Those of you who are veterans of shoot interviews and youtube will know that Honky Tonk Man is very opinionated and outspoken. He's a fun guy to listen to rank. This is what he said: As the story goes, Vince McMahon wanted Savage to win the IC belt at that October Saturday Nights Main Event (when they ran the guitar shot angle).
Honky refused, reasoning that he and Savage were doing sold out business across the country, and contacted NWA who told him to jump ship and bring the belt with him. Honky tells Vince he isn't going to put Savage over, and it sets off a chain of events that began the rise of the biggest storylines that were occuring in the WWF when I started watching as a kid (The Savage/Hogan alliance leading to the eventual Double Referee Andre Hogan match in 1988).
The World belt was promised to Ted DiBiase, but Honky refusing to give up the IC gold resulted in Savage eventually winning the World Title at Wrestlemania 4. To appease DiBiase, apparantly, they gave him the "Million Dollar Belt".
Watching this angle unfold on my SNME DVD last night I was amazed how quickly they must have come up with such a great angle - the formation of the Megapowers revolving around Elizabeth returning from the back with Hogan after Honky hit Savage with the guitar. This angle and the subsequent "The MegaPowers Explode!" angle headlined WWF shows for the better part of two years.
My question is, if what Honky says is true... how would history have changed if he hadn't refused to do the job? If Savage wins the title clean theres no need for Hogan to save him from the attack (Honky admits that Vince told him he would be taken off the tv and repackaged. So it's clear there was no post match attack planned).
Is Honky's story generally believed to be true?