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Originally Posted by Observer
The issue with Hogan is he wants to be 80's Hogan, who beats everyone and is on top, and they (WWE) want him to put people over and make new stars. Really, neither appraoch is the right one. He should win almost all his matches, but he can't be on top, aside from perhaps a novelty one or two month deal. But with money he wants, he really can't be justified in the middle for any length of time eathier. With his artificial knee and hip, I think he and everyone realizes Hogan's role is going to be to drop in and stay just until his novelty waers out, and then dissapear, but perhaps on better terms that the past few times. There have been talks with Hogan about wrestling, but if they don't shoot an angle by 3/21, (yesterday) there is no point in wasting it. In a sense, Hogan would mean more for overseas tours, but then again, only if they are doing a staduim type event, because the overseas tours don't need his help to draw.There was talk of using Hogan on major international events. Japanese sources were talking about a Tokyo Dome event, but this past weekm we heard that was no longer on the cards.
Hogan can lose and make someone because he's past the point where he can where he can be hurt and is bullet proof, but should only lose once, at the end of his run, and have it played up big, because him losing and not having it harped on constantly means it'll have no impact anyway. Unlike Flair or even Michales (who doesn't realize it himself, or else we wouldn't be having him beat Edge on TV), who people like to see and don't mind seeing them lose, Hogan really shouldn't lose because people don't enjoy seeing it. Well, some people do, (Sickboy up there :lol) but it's not the right thing. When Hogan was in the last few times, he jobbed for a lot of people, but the only one who really got anything out of it was Lesner, because it was such a strong win for Lesner and because it was played up big after the fact. His losses to Taker, and HHH were lousy matches that didn't get anyone over. His loss to Rock actually helped him and hurt Rock because of how well he played it. His loss to Angle should of helped Angle, but it wasn't played up after the fact that Hogan submitted for the first time ever, sp that was more of a problem of follow-though than anything else.
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