#3 Nick Patrick, Sting and Hulk Hogan
As far as talk about referees and controversies go, this one is one of the most remarkable incidents. Fresh off the Montreal Screwjob, Bret Hart was ringside for Sting Vs Hulk Hogan at Starrcade 1997. This was a match that had huge amounts of build up. The story goes that Patrick was NWO’s lackey and given that history, he was supposed to do a fast count when Hogan pinned Sting.
But he didn’t.
This made Hogan’s win seem clean and Hart’s speech later, on why nobody should be screwed like he himself was at WWE, seem redundant.
Many speculate that Hogan might have been influential since he did not like putting guys over much, but Patrick retrospectively answered that WCW had a huge problem with changing bosses week to week that there were many voices about what to do. These conflicting voices made him make that botch.
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