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**Vastardikai** · 08-31-2005, 11:55 AM

Sorry to bump this, but I think Bret/Hogan in '94 would have been bigger than Micheals/Hogan '05. For one reason and one reason only:

Hogan could go slightly better then than he can now, and Bret was on the cusp of his prime. He could pull a good match out of anyone, except Kamala (but god, it's KAMALA). This would have made a great deal of money. Hogan's ego fugazi'd it.

But, to what Rob said, Bret was a different animal for the fans. They went from seeing Hogan wrestling a couple times a year on television/PPV, and defending the title even LESS, to seeing Bret defend the title about every week, against everyone from Kamala to Virgil to Razor Ramon. For many, self included, Bret was an accessible alternative to Hogan at that point. Hogan, while still a draw, was kind of the distant superstar that you could never hope to meet. Bret, on the other hand, was more like somebody you could meet on the street and have a conversation with.

But on the topic at hand. How many times did Micheals forfeit titles? Enough times to show McMahon that he shouldn't have made him the centerpiece of a promotion. I would like to point out that the last boom period occurred when Shawn Micheals WASN'T on TV every week.

08-31-2005, 11:55 AM	#44
Vastardikai Taller than Adam Cole Posts: 10,876	Sorry to bump this, but I think Bret/Hogan in '94 would have been bigger than Micheals/Hogan '05. For one reason and one reason only: Hogan could go slightly better then than he can now, and Bret was on the cusp of his prime. He could pull a good match out of anyone, except Kamala (but god, it's KAMALA). This would have made a great deal of money. Hogan's ego fugazi'd it. But, to what Rob said, Bret was a different animal for the fans. They went from seeing Hogan wrestling a couple times a year on television/PPV, and defending the title even LESS, to seeing Bret defend the title about every week, against everyone from Kamala to Virgil to Razor Ramon. For many, self included, Bret was an accessible alternative to Hogan at that point. Hogan, while still a draw, was kind of the distant superstar that you could never hope to meet. Bret, on the other hand, was more like somebody you could meet on the street and have a conversation with. But on the topic at hand. How many times did Micheals forfeit titles? Enough times to show McMahon that he shouldn't have made him the centerpiece of a promotion. I would like to point out that the last boom period occurred when Shawn Micheals WASN'T on TV every week.