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The Need For A Hostile Takeover (Part IV): The Build-Up To Bash At The Beach 1996

(July 7th marked nineteen years since the events of Bash At The Beach 1996. This is part four of a series of articles looking back on the events that led up to the infamous WCW pay per view.

To view part one, click here.

To view part two, click here.

To view part three, click here)

When Eric Bischoff approached Hulk Hogan about abandoning his All-American good guy red and yellow persona after over two decades, Hogan was against the idea. He didn’t see why he should abandon something that had worked.