Thoughts on Hulk Hogan

**Zeeboe** · 10-24-2012, 11:04 AM

I like Hulk Hogan, he's my favorite wrestler of all time, and the reason why I became a wrestling fan, but for the most part without Vince McMahon's creative input, Hogan is a B-rated actor and a second-rate wrestler who jips people out of their money. The nWo was the only good thing Hogan did that McMahon was not apart of, and the nWo angle was ripped off from Japan.

Hulk Hogan (like Bret, with all due respect to Bret) were just WWF wrestlers in WCW. i.e. Without McMahon there, the WCW had nothing to do for Bret, and Hogan's ego was so well-fed by Vince that Hogan actually thought he could make it on his own and do whatever he felt like by using the same gimmick McMahon created for him and try to put Vince out of business, but when Hulk realized the gimmick grew stale (which is something Vince already told him in his final days in the WWF), Bischoff stole the nWo angle, and breathed more life into Hulk for a few more years, but then that got old and stale too in due time so Hulk was left with nothing.

Hulk Hogan should have retired with the WWF in the 1990's and been the Babe Ruth of the company and be a special attraction so that way the memories of him would not be screwed up with images of him in WCW and TNA. (TNA is a glorfield independent promotion. But I digress.)

I would like (and I try very hard) to just remember Hulk Hogan as he was in the WWF in the 1980's and early 1990's. I get warm and fuzzy feelings of childhood innocence when I do that. When I think of him in WCW and TNA, I feel depressed.

In my view - Hogan's final 2002 run with the WWF was the best thing Hulk Hogan did since 1993, and I am glad he did it, and it was my last run as a regular wrestling fan too, and next to the New Hart Foundation run in 1997, it was the funnest time for me to be a fan. But like so many other things Hulk has done, Hulk just had to milk his time in the WWF and sadly screw it up by going over on guys like HBK and Orton when he should have been putting them over or just not wrestled them at all.

Then he went and did that silly-ass reality show that killed his family (and a show that I also never watched), and then Hogan did other shitty B-rated crap with Bischoff and Jimmy Hart and the Nasty Boys. The Hogan fan in me really wishes Hulk would have just (figuratively speaking) riden out into the sunset a long, LONG time ago and not been so selfish for money and attention and maybe just be content with the money he had instead of stealing other people's money.

If Hulk could have returned the favors others did to him and not been so hungry for money and the spotlight, and just retired with the company that made him what he was, and maybe become a mentor for the younger wrestlers, I truly believe he would get the respect he deserves from more people.

10-24-2012, 11:04 AM	#1
Zeeboe Posts: 6,269	Thoughts on Hulk Hogan I like Hulk Hogan, he's my favorite wrestler of all time, and the reason why I became a wrestling fan, but for the most part without Vince McMahon's creative input, Hogan is a B-rated actor and a second-rate wrestler who jips people out of their money. The nWo was the only good thing Hogan did that McMahon was not apart of, and the nWo angle was ripped off from Japan. Hulk Hogan (like Bret, with all due respect to Bret) were just WWF wrestlers in WCW. i.e. Without McMahon there, the WCW had nothing to do for Bret, and Hogan's ego was so well-fed by Vince that Hogan actually thought he could make it on his own and do whatever he felt like by using the same gimmick McMahon created for him and try to put Vince out of business, but when Hulk realized the gimmick grew stale (which is something Vince already told him in his final days in the WWF), Bischoff stole the nWo angle, and breathed more life into Hulk for a few more years, but then that got old and stale too in due time so Hulk was left with nothing. Hulk Hogan should have retired with the WWF in the 1990's and been the Babe Ruth of the company and be a special attraction so that way the memories of him would not be screwed up with images of him in WCW and TNA. (TNA is a glorfield independent promotion. But I digress.) I would like (and I try very hard) to just remember Hulk Hogan as he was in the WWF in the 1980's and early 1990's. I get warm and fuzzy feelings of childhood innocence when I do that. When I think of him in WCW and TNA, I feel depressed. In my view - Hogan's final 2002 run with the WWF was the best thing Hulk Hogan did since 1993, and I am glad he did it, and it was my last run as a regular wrestling fan too, and next to the New Hart Foundation run in 1997, it was the funnest time for me to be a fan. But like so many other things Hulk has done, Hulk just had to milk his time in the WWF and sadly screw it up by going over on guys like HBK and Orton when he should have been putting them over or just not wrestled them at all. Then he went and did that silly-ass reality show that killed his family (and a show that I also never watched), and then Hogan did other shitty B-rated crap with Bischoff and Jimmy Hart and the Nasty Boys. The Hogan fan in me really wishes Hulk would have just (figuratively speaking) riden out into the sunset a long, LONG time ago and not been so selfish for money and attention and maybe just be content with the money he had instead of stealing other people's money. If Hulk could have returned the favors others did to him and not been so hungry for money and the spotlight, and just retired with the company that made him what he was, and maybe become a mentor for the younger wrestlers, I truly believe he would get the respect he deserves from more people.