The Dungeon of Doom provided a bold heel faction of outlandish gimmicks all banding together. Kevin Sullivan leading the group saw them having an evil dark side and primarily feuding with Hulk Hogan. WWE made a lot of money having Hogan feud with big men and monster heel characters.RELATED: WCW's Dungeon of Doom: The 5 Best (& 5 Worst) MembersWCW didn’t find the same level of success creating their version of the faction. Noteworthy names like The Giant (Big Show), Vader, Meng and Jimmy Hart all joined the group, so there were some important players involved. However, fans easily forget what happened during that time since it was a lackluster time. The following tidbits about the Dungeon of Doom deserve more discussion.
10 Jimmy Hart Leaving Hulk Hogan For Them
The heel turn of Jimmy Hart was lost in the mayhem of The Giant beating Hulk Hogan for the WCW Championship and The Yeti insanity at Halloween Havoc 1995. Hart joined WCW as the manager of Hulk Hogan on-screen, as well as a backstage position.
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WCW actually had an interesting storyline of Hart using his influence on Hogan’s contracts to add a clause where Hogan would lose the WCW Championship via DQ. Giant won the title due to Hart cheating Hogan to join the Dungeon of Doom.
9 Big Bubba Rogers Only Joined To Wrestle Hulk Hogan
One of the stranger additions to the Dungeon of Doom featured Big Bubba Rogers aka The Big Boss Man joining. Rogers wasn’t an outlandish character like the other names in the group. It is no secret that Hulk Hogan loved working with Boss Man in WWE and inspired this move.
WCW placed Rogers in a few matches with Hogan to add to the Dungeon of Doom storytelling. The first Nitro episode even featured Hogan scoring a win over Big Bubba in the main event. WCW specifically put the veteran in the Dungeon of Doom to give Hogan someone he likes as a frequent opponent.
8 The Faces Of Fear Reunited After WWE
Many fans forget or have no memory of the Faces of Fear having experience together in WWE before their WCW run. Meng and The Barbarian did a great job at adding depth to WCW’s strong tag team division in the late ‘90s.
WWE put them together for a short run with Bobby Heenan as their manager. However, it was the longer tenure in WCW that helped them really build their legacy The Dungeon of Doom added both wrestlers to the group to star their stint as the Faces of Fear.
7 Multiple Members Left Them For NWO
WCW started to take off when Hulk Hogan turned heel to form the New World Order rather than feuding with the heel group. Hogan, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash taking over WCW led to a solid list of talents jumping ship to join the nWo.
Multiple members of the Dungeon of Doom ditched their old group to become part of the hotter act. Big Bubba Rogers was a one of the first to become an early member of the nWo when they recruited new talents. Konnan was an even better fit for the nWo when leaving the Dungeon of Doom that never helped him.
6 Vader's Road Kill Tour
Newly inducted WWE Hall of Famer Vader was among the biggest names to join the Dungeon of Doom faction. The logic was once again to give Hulk Hogan another monster heel to feud with, especially since Vader was the top WCW big man in previous years.
WCW dubbed it the “road kill tour” when Vader built up a dominant streak destroying his opponents as a way to get in the head of Hogan. Vader predictably just won those matches to become a threat to lose to Hogan in every match they had.
5 Lex Luger Drama
The return to WCW of Lex Luger came in the first week of the Monday Night Wars as a surprise defection from WWE. Luger played a tweener at the start of his run wanting to challenge Hulk Hogan for the WCW Championship with fans unsure of his motive.
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The bigger heel turn eventually came at Halloween Havoc 1995 when Luger joined the Dungeon of Doom’s attack on Hogan. Luger became part of the group for a few months until WCW wanted him in the face role again. His time in the Dungeon of Doom turned out to be a waste for him and the faction.
4 The Zodiac Was Hulk Hogan's Plant
WCW added an odd layer to the storyline of Ed Leslie’s gimmick in the Dungeon of Doom. The former best friend of Hulk Hogan feuded with him and eventually embraced a darker side with The Zodiac gimmick to join the faction.
Hogan eventually revealed that Leslie was a plant in the Dungeon of Doom working on Hogan’s behalf all along. It made little sense since their friendship had an ugly ending, but Hogan wanted to have his buddy on his side moving out of the faction.
3 Jimmy Hart Continuing His Own Faction With Remaining Members
The end of the Dungeon of Doom saw most of the members going their separate ways. However, there was a smaller group of heel wrestlers from the faction to remain united with the common trend of Jimmy Hart as their manager.
Hugh Morrus, Meng and The Barbarian continued to be loosely associated with Hart as the main reason for their characters remaining on the same side. WCW found more success with Jimmy creating theme songs and helping backstage, but he was still an effective manager.
2 WCW Put Together Face Super Team For WarGames
The concept of WarGames was made for heel factions to face off against the faces they’ve wronged. WCW came up with a unique concept for the Fall Brawl 1995 match, with a super team of faces taking on the Dungeon of Doom.
Hulk Hogan convinced Randy Savage, Sting and the tweener version of Lex Luger as the four most beloved characters in WCW at the time. The super team got the better of the Dungeon members in a predictable ending.
1 Tested Hulk Hogan's Hollywood Look First
The heel turn of Hulk Hogan forming the New World Order showed him sporting black outfits rather than the bright red and yellow to indicate his character change. However, WCW experimented with this during Hogan’s feud against the Dungeon of Doom.
Even though Hogan was a face during this storyline, he felt that he must embrace the dark side by wearing black gear and showing an edgier side. The idea didn’t work out as planned, but it helped him prepare for the new look as Hollywood Hogan the following year.
