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Originally Posted by SlickyTrickyDamon
He was champion so Hogan could film his shitty movie. They never let Macho have a PPV that was him alone without Hogan. So, there is really nothing to judge his buyrate on. Hogan was on the card too in a main role so blame him too brother.
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This is true. He got bigger reactions than Hogan at times and Hogan was obviously threatened by him and made sure he never got the big spotlight shined on him as champion.
The fact was, people loved him and Elizabeth and loved their story. He knew how to work an angle and he knew how to make the crowd react the way he wanted to.
There is no proof that the streak contributed to manias drawing power. In hindsight, WWE marketed it like that, but it was an afterthought until very recently and even when it was a thing it was rarely the top match on the card.
There is no evidence that Taker was a bigger peak draw than Savage and he was never the man. Savage was sabotaged, but he was still the man at one stage. Taker never was.
I'm not saying I am voting Savage, just giving the other side of the story...