Points to be made apparent: Hulk Hogan

[dablackguy]

I'm not sure what it is, maybe being around a bunch of Hogan fanboys watching the ppv, but I've had it with the approach of people who decide that Hogan is some kind of God and that he IS wrestling. As the title states, these are points to be made apprent.

1. The gay Hogan faanboyism needs to stop. I recognize what Hogan has done for the business, but that was about 20 years ago, move on. The people that complain about canadians not moving on after Montreal are the same ones that won't get off Hogan's dick, even in his 50's.

2. Hogan changed what wrestling was, yes. he greatly helped the business. But a 50 something Hogan going over Randy Orton doesn't help the business in an era when there are few credible stars left to begin with. Who has the WWE built up in the past 2 or 3 years? Cena? who can't can over with some crowds. You could possibly argue Batista, but the point is I don't see a whole line up ppeople that have been built up. Older talent needs to put over younger talent, its the nature of the business. Which brings me to 3...

3. Hogan does not put over younger talent. Go ahead and cite Lesnar and the Rock. The Rock didn't need it and Hogan going over Lesnar would have killed his push completely. That's one guy in the 4 or so years he's been back. My argument is mainly the same as #2.

4. The guy is an asshole. Everyone who worships this guy needs to calm down, he's a dick and everyone knows it. Not to say he doesn't deserve the credit he gets, but the guy has admitted to sabotaging other wrestlers and is well known for backstage politics. I guess the best comparision I could draw is Barry Bonds. We know the guy has talent, and yeah he probably took steroids. That fact notwithstanding, he's a talented guy who people openly acknowlegde as an asshole. Hogan should be in that same light.

5. Hogan is a nostalgia act for all intents and purposes. The guy comes in and wrestles 3 or 4 times a year, goes over established talent and leaves. He doesn't work a full schedule and doesn't want to. If Hogan worked a full schedule, I tend to think that those of us that are sick of him would become even moreso. And those of us who 'love' Hogan would probably to a degree get sick of him as well. The only thing that comforts me right now is that we probably wont see Hogan now until maina time where he can go over some other already established star. The point is, its not like the guy works any kind of full schedule yet he comes in and goes over guys that are here the full year. Thanks vince, that creative control clause looks real good right now.

6. I do not want to hear any fanboys complain about how Cena can't wrestle. As if Hogan is that much better. Don't say Hogan can wrestle but doesn't, that makes it even worse. I can only watch the same damn match and hogan kicking out of finishers and hulking up, then the boot and the leg drop so many times.

Thank you for your time.