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PWINSIDER Q&A: SHAWN MICHAELS VS. HULK HOGAN, KEN KENNEDY, PWU, JAZZ & MORE

In summer 2005, HBK turned heel to work his program with Hulk Hogan, it didn't last long but I thought it was a success, and even gave HBK a different dimension to the character that returned in 2002. He feuded with Hogan, gave the sweet chin to Piper and Lawler, had an awesome heel promo in Montreal were he teased Bret's return, and even worked dark matches as a heel. The night after Raw he was suddenly turned face after losing to Hogan and began a feud with Chris Masters. Why was this? Surely they could have kept him heel for a while longer, or was it a request by HBK to turn face again?

The storyline was that Shawn Michaels wanted to see how good Hulk Hogan really was and he didn't want to hold anything back against him, so he went heel as a way to bring the fire out of Hogan.  It was never really explained, particularly since Hogan nixed any rematches, which left WWE having one of their top performers, Michaels, losing clean at one of the biggest matches of the year with no chance to regaining the loss.  That was one of the factors behind Michaels' promo the day after where he basically admitted that wrestling was a work.

I've been watching Pro Wrestling Unplugged online since they started their TV a few weeks ago and it's a nice throwback to old indy wrestling.  I was wondering if Tod Gordon founded the company like he did ECW or did he come along after?

Pro Wrestling Unplugged was actually formed three years ago by what was one of the top tag teams on the Northeast independent wrestling scene at the time, Johnny Kashmere and Trent Acid.  The two had a falling out with their primary home Combat Zone Wrestling and after a short ROH run, opted to open their own school and promotion.  Over time and trial and error, it's grown from a small group running empty bars and wrestling school shows to a group that draws 500 in the former ECW Arena.  Gordon came along about a year or so ago and has brought his own expertise to the company.  For more on the promotion, visit www.prowrestlingunplugged.com.

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