Hulk Hogan retweets tweets about possible WWE return

[Lockard 23]

• The numbers dont lie. Austin broke all of Hogan's records for ratings, merchandise, popularity and more.

no fuckface check yours...o how about right here ---> http://www.examiner.com/article/is-hulk-hogan-better-than-stone-cold-steve-austin-hogan-thinks-so

He never beat Hogan's rating of 33 million people for the rematch with Andre on SNME back in February of '88. There's other SNME ratings he never beat either (the battle royal that Hogan and Andre were apart of one month before Wrestlemania 3 comes to mind.) Nothing that Austin or Rock did in the Attitude Era ever hit double digits. Granted, there were less channels to choose from back in Hogan's day, but still.

As for the merchandise issue, Austin did surpass Hogan in merch sales but Hogan didn't have as large of quantity of merchandise as Austin did. It seemed like Austin had a new t-shirt coming out every week (not to mention other type of items like his Smoking Skull Replica Belt, which cost $450 if I recall... what did Hogan ever have that was that high-priced?), and with the help of the internet, he was able to have a much better penetration of the market than Hogan had. There was no internet in Hogan's day, wwf.com was only launched in 1998... very conveniently, right when Austin's popularity exploded post-Mania with his feud with Vince.

As for who was more popular, I don't doubt that Austin is most certainly on Hogan's level and got some of the biggest deafening pops in history (most of his pops were bigger than Hogan's, to be honest) but a large part of that was because the Attitude Era had the most rapid wrestling crowds in history. I think only ECW had more passionate fans. Crowds in the AE were popping big for almost everything, even midcarders like Val Venis and The Godfather.

hogan may have built the old "wwf" but when he left to WCW...austin came in and ran hogan and WCW into the GROUND

WCW ran themselves into the ground. They dropped their two hottest angles (NWO and Goldberg) and didn't follow up with any new strong ideas. Add to that bad management, giving too much power and creative control to many of the wrestlers, blowing money, never making new stars, horrible storyline after horrible storyline (starting specifically from mid/late '99 to WCW's demise) and the fact that Turner executives hated wrestling and always wanted it off their network and you have the recipe for disaster. I can sit here and talk about all the things WCW did to dig their own grave without even bringing WWF into it at all.

 

[Wacokid27]

I have said it before and I'll say it again:

I actually kinda like the idea of Hogan making an appearance at Wrestlemania XXX.....IF he doesn't wrestle. He's a hugely charismatic guy and he puts butts in the seats.

I take solace in my belief that Vince/HHH/Stephanie/whoever would not give him the creative control he used to have and they would be very hesitant to put him in the ring. If they did, it would probably be a throw-away street fight where his lack of in-ring capability could be hidden.

One thing that I am positive about is that WWE would never give him the power that TNA did. Hogan has proven that he has little sense when it comes to making good booking decisions and that he doesn't understand the way storylines, character development, or the creative process work, so WWE wouldn't put him in that position. If he signed with WWE in any way, it would merely be as in-ring/on-screen talent, nothing more.

wk

 

[Lockard 23]

One thing that I am positive about is that WWE would never give him the power that TNA did. Hogan has proven that he has little sense when it comes to making good booking decisions and that he doesn't understand the way storylines, character development, or the creative process work, so WWE wouldn't put him in that position. If he signed with WWE in any way, it would merely be as in-ring/on-screen talent, nothing more.

wk

Funnily enough, Hogan used to say for years that he taught Vince McMahon everything he knows about wrestling.

 

[Aids Johnson]

I think we all already know Hulk has no idea what retweeting means.

 

[Stopspot]

"Hey Hulk, I went ballsdeep in your daughter. Can I get a retweet?" "YOU'VE GOT IT BROTHER"

 

[Lodger]

i would mark for a hogan return >

 

[Wacokid27]

"Hey Hulk, I went ballsdeep in your daughter. Can I get a retweet?" "YOU'VE GOT IT BROTHER"

I see you saw my latest tweet.

Love me some Brooke....:gusta:

wk

 

[Testify]

Hogan confirmed TNA departure....


"Here’s the deal. I need a job. I quit TNA. That was a shoot. Everybody thought it was a work; that was a shoot. It was four years .... I mean, they were really great. They were awesome. Dixie Carter’s a sweetheart. I love Eric Bischoff, Jason Hervey – they’re my boys. Everybody there was great. But, it’s time to move forward."

 

[Senhor Perfect]

Yeah, he quit 1:

 

[Testify]

Yeah, he quit 1:

True dat, Dixie didn't let him to ride a Dixie Train.

:ksi:

 

[Action Jackson]

Ugh... I don't think anyone's trying to ride that train anymore. She's fucked up looking now.

 

[Irwin R. Schyster]

I'd mark like a fucking sissy if he came back. Fuck yeah, Hogan was a big part of my wrestling childhood, no matter how much of a dick he can be. HULKAMANIA

 

[Action Jackson]

I was googling for "Hulk Hogan Leg Drop" and "Hulk Hogan Leg Drop Worst Finisher" was a suggestion. FUCK THAT SHIT.

Take a look at when he dropped the leg on Andre The Giant. Hulk is a 300 lb man and that shit lands RIGHT on Andre's face. You can't tell me it wasn't stiff as fuck. Besides, it's not about what a dude's finish is or how fancy it is. It's the timing and the crowd reaction you get from it. It's the fan acknowledgement that "YEP YOU'RE NOT KICKING OUT OF THAT SHIT!"

When Hogan drops the leg, you can assume no one is kicking out of that shit unless you're THE ROCK!

That's 2006. He lands it right on Orton's FACE. The leg drop is beast.

 

[Lockard 23]

I was googling for "Hulk Hogan Leg Drop" and "Hulk Hogan Leg Drop Worst Finisher" was a suggestion. FUCK THAT SHIT.

Take a look at when he dropped the leg on Andre The Giant. Hulk is a 300 lb man and that shit lands RIGHT on Andre's face. You can't tell me it wasn't stiff as fuck. Besides, it's not about what a dude's finish is or how fancy it is. It's the timing and the crowd reaction you get from it. It's the fan acknowledgement that "YEP YOU'RE NOT KICKING OUT OF THAT SHIT!"

When Hogan drops the leg, you can assume no one is kicking out of that shit unless you're THE ROCK!

That's 2006. He lands it right on Orton's FACE. The leg drop is beast.

Not even The Rock could kick out of it the first time he took it. That's how powerful it was/is.



This match was awesome, btw. It could have gone on a little longer on PPV, but it was still surreal seeing Steve Austin and The Rock battling the NWO in a WWF ring. Also pretty cool they let the NWO get a clean win here.

 

[Leo C]

Love how the link the guy that hates Hogan provided just lists that Austin broke all of his records but it doesn't list anything specifically. It also starts with "The numbers don't lie" 1: I can't take that seriously anymore, :steiner:.