Hulk Hogan's Been Answering a Lot of Questions on Twitter
by Geno Mrosko on Aug 26, 2010 5:30 AM EDT
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Over at Wrestling Inc. they've compiled a list of Hulk Hogan tweets answering various questions. It's a fascinating look at what Hogan thinks:
On heel Hogan coming back: "never say never."
On American Gladiators coming back: "no the show was to expensive to produce when u can do the same number with a cheap reality show"
On Halloween Havoc 99 where he laid down for Sting: "those were wack times. That was the old Russo and the old me.it was all stupid"
On Steve Austin turning down his WrestleMania challenge a few years ago: "he always said if there was money to be made let's do it , I thought he was serious"
On bringing Steve Austin to TNA, because he is the biggest draw in wrestling history: "oh he is ?"
On whether he reported Jesse Ventura to Vince McMahon when Jesse was trying to form a union: "Vince already knew about it, I just said I didn't think it was a good idea. jesse a clown, at that's how the boys have though of him. he was running his mouth like usual trying to get everyone in board everyone knew"
On whether he'd be welcomed back to WWE: "all I can say is,if there's money to be made,Vince is all business"
On whose idea it was for the Mr. America character: "mine,but Vince was supposed to run with it.the hatred knew it would get over so they killed it.the first match in the garden"
On what he would do differently in life: - "get divorced instantly after Nick was born"
On the steroid situation in WWE in the 80s: - "horrible, that the kind of stuff most guys did before breakfast that's a shoot"
On whether Vince McMahon would send a main eventer to rehab: "Vince doesn't play games with anybody.he treats everyone the same way"
On whether anyone tried to shoot on him in the ring:"ya , couple guys.Billy Robinson and fuginami in japan"
On Bret Hart's return: "I love Brett because I know who he really is. Really glad to see him back"
On Hiro Matsuda breaking his ankle as Hogan was starting out: "30yrs ago that's how they got rid of marks in the fla territory"
On the rumour that he and Shawn Michaels fought over Shawn's overselling at SummerSlam: "Not true"
On Randy Orton: "he's got it figured out. There only very few who really get it"
On wrestling The Rock at WrestleMania: "it freaked me out when 75thousand booed him"
Couple things stand out. Somebody telling Hogan that Austin is the biggest draw in wrestling history is hilarious. Hogan replying by saying, "oh he is?" is even more hilarious. I don't know what the barometer would be to gauge such a thing but if I had to put money on either guy I would go with Stone Cold. Also found it interesting that he would say that there was not a disagreement with Shawn Michaels over Summerslam 2005. That's not what HBK has said and although his word doesn't mean all that much, it carries a lot more weight than Hogan's. His memory is also shot or he's just overly full of himself in regards to the WrestleMania match with The Rock. Were there people booing Rock? Yes. Everybody in the arena? No. Not even close. Hogan was cheered plenty that night but so was Rock. That crowd was mostly split and they marked out for every spot in that match. But hey, that's the kind of thing you get with a guy like Hogan.
His Twitter can be found here.
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Austin’s peak as a draw was hotter than Hogan’s in every way except that Hogan drew bigger TV ratings by virtue of Saturday Night’s Main Event’s run on NBC. Hogan had much greater longevity though.
That was mostly
my thought process. Hogan was around as a big draw a lot longer and he did it twice.
Forget it Donny, you're out of your element.
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Also Austin was living in a house Hogan lived in. Austin also was never the mainstream name Hulk was and nobody really is.
Lets be real about WM 18. Maybe everybody was not booing Rock but it was at best 90/10.
Austin lived in a house Hogan built. That’s the difference. Austin may or may not have been a bigger draw, but Hogan started this whole thing.
I don’t think it’s a winnable argument either way. The thing Hogan has is he got the ball rolling and truly blew up the business. That and he had a Saturday morning cartoon!
It is a winnable argument you just need to low at the numbers and Austin wins. He had more sellouts and sold more merchandise.
I still think it’s kind of subjective. Merchandising is different, house shows are different.
Hogan sold out 93,000 seats at Wrestlemania 3.
It was a different era with different criteria. Maybe Austin wouldn’t have sold out those shows if Hogan hadn’t created a million wrestling fans in the 80’s.
One thing is for sure, the Hulkamania and Attitude eras are very distinct and different.
@ Jaso_73 Subjective? Sorry but numbers are objective Im sorry that the numbers dont suit your subjective opinion
@Bix Can O’ Worms
Good Discussion.
I understand your point. Austin is technically a bigger draw than Hogan. He has sold more merchandise and put people in seats. In addition, made more money via PPV.
I guess I just chose the wrong argument.
The more appropriate argument I suppose would be who was more influential, the bigger star in their era, had the most notoriety, etc.
In that case, I might be inclined to choose Hogan. That might just be the subjective 12 year old in me though. :)
P.S. Regardless of the actual number, Wrestlemania 3 was a pretty big deal…
It’s also interesting he said Billy Robinson tried to shoot on him. I’d think if Robinson really wanted to, he could have made Hogan quit or pinned Hogan any time he wanted to. It’s more likely Robinson tried to get a good match out of him (and Hogan was somewhat technical in Japan) much the same way Steven Regal did with Bill Goldberg in WCW.
If there was an actual concern Robinson would shoot on Hogan, and if Hogan was being built up, the promoter would have never put the two together in a match. That’s why Karl Gotch never wrestled Buddy Rogers and why Gotch had to continue his career in Japan. Had Gotch played ball and jobbed to Rogers, he would likely have continued his career in North America, Japanese MMA and MMA in general today wouldn’t exist as we know it.
As another interesting side note, Billy Robinson conducted a private catch wrestling seminar with Randy Couture, Chael Sonnen and Jake Ellenberger back in June. He also did a public seminar at Xtreme Couture the same weekend.
I will never discount Hogan's legacy and place in pro wrestling history...
but I know longer care about what he says or what he’s doing these days.
I wish he’d just get out of the spotlight and give the rub to the next generation of wrestlers. We may never see another rock n’ wrestling era again but the least he can do is promote TNA in a manner that takes the focus off of him and onto the young lions (who can work their asses off) in the promotion.
In my eyes – anything Hogan does these days is just not compelling anymore. But whatever, I’m gonna go now so I can take my vitamins and say my prayers, brother.
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