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Continued....
2000 - Hogan begins feuding with WCW booker Vince Russo over how he's being used. Russo
wanted to push younger stars and to appease Russo only, Hogan worked with young Billy
Kidman.
When a WCW Title match with Jeff Jarrett was booked, Russo had Jarrett winning. Hogan
refused, because his contract with WCW was almost up and he feared Russo wouldn't use him
on future PPV events. Meaning Hogan would lose out on serious cash.
Russo pulled a swerve on Hogan by having Jarrett lay down for him intentionally. Hogan did
so, winning the belt - then was immeditaely stripped of it.
Hogan was never seen in WCW again.
2002 - Hogan accepts an offer to return to WWE and reunite the original NWO, with the
understanding he would be in a featured match with The Rock at Wrestlemania X8.
Hogan scored a huge deal from WWE, and agreed to put over The Rock. He suggests they
close the show as he felt "they had drawn the crowd" - but McMahon and specifically Triple H
refuse to put the WWE Title match in a secondary role.
Hogan is later booked to win the title from Triple H, but is dissapointed when it comes with
the condition he drop it to Undertaker a month later.
After being booked to lose to Kurt Angle at KOTR 2002, Hogan decided he needed time off
again. Despite only having been back for all of four months.
Hogan is convinced to stay long enough to get in a quick tag team championship win with
Edge. He is then asked to put over Brock Lesnar, which he does.
He is dissatisfied with his role, because he isn't be portrayed the way "he thought he would".
He takes another "extended brea" after the Lesnar match.
2003 - He returns at the request of Vince McMahon and the promise of a big Wrestlemania
payday. Their street fight is a featured match on the card.
With the WWE Title now revolving around much younger wrestlers, Hogan is frustrated by
Creatives decision to book him in a secondary role on Smackdown and he leaves WWE again.
2004 - Hogan is openly courted by TNA Wrestling, but the deal hits a snag when Hogan was
reportedly told he would have to put over Jarrett at some point. Hogan begins to complain of
"knee problems" as the deal falls apart.
2005 - Hogan is inducted into the Hall of Fame, and agrees to the idea of a Hogan/Shawn
Michaels match at Summerslam.
McMahon proposes two matches, with each winning one. Hogan agrees.
After spending all of his comeback as a face, HBK agrees to turn heel to sell the match.
Michaels carries a clearly laboring Hogan through a decent match at Summerslam, and HBK
does the clean job to Hogan.
The second match in the series is called off, when Hogan began to complain "his knee was
acting up again".
Hence, the Hogan win over HBK stands as their one and only meeting.
2005 - Hogan proposes the"Dream Match" scenario of Hogan vs Steve Austin to WWE Creative
for Wrestlemania. Austin says no - citing the HBK scenario at Summerslam. He refuses to put
Hogan over.
2006 - Hogan is asked to appear at Summerslam and face Randy Orton. He agrees with the
rumoured condition that WWE pushes his daughter Brooke's debut CD.
Instead of putting over "The Legend Killer", Hogan flexes his "creative control".
Despite being 53 at the time, having wrestled one match in over a year, and bad knees, Hogan
defeats the 26 year old former World Champion via clean pinfall.
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