Animal notes that WWE has never really been a tag team company. Vince McMahon has made his money with singles stars and that’s completely understandable. He points out that The Road Warriors were one of the few tag teams that could main event in WWE when Hogan couldn’t make certain events. He calls Hogan the man, adding that Hogan put the business on the map back in those days.
Animal and X-Pac talk about why there were rarely multiple-performer main events back in the day. X-Pac points out that McMahon didn’t like using factions or 6-man tags in main events because he’d rather only pay two guys. Animal also points out that he and Hawk were only making 0.5% on their merchandise sales. They were told everyone was making the same percentage but they knew that wasn’t right. X-Pac notes that some guys were making 15-25%.
Animal informs that his son recently retired from the NFL. He made good money during his football career, so even though he enjoys the business there’s no need for him to pursue a wrestling career.
That sums up this week’s episode of X-Pac 1, 2, 360. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!
