QUESTION - Was Hulk Hogan more of a "team player" than Stone Cold Steve Austin?

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Originally Posted by KingofOldSchool Most of the guys Hogan laid down for was already established by that point.

Can you not say the same for Austin?

And with the Warrior, Hogan had Bischoff bring in Warrior to WCW just so Hogan could get his win back.

Is this just speculation on your part? I didn't follow WCW but did Hogan beat Warrior cleanly after this?

He also agreed to drop the title to Goldberg only if he got to be the one to end his streak, but unfortunately for him...Nash beat him to it.

Again....is this just speculation on your part?

In the end Hogan refused to put over guys that he should have, like Hart, Hennig, etc.

Again.....is this just speculation? Also - was Curt Hennig a big enough star to warrant Hogan jobbing to him? Another thing - Although Austin jobbed to Kurt Angle (No Mercy), couldn't you make a similar argument that Austin did that with the assumption that he'd beat Angle cleanly at a later date? (which happened during the PPV where Jericho beat Austin/Rock on the same night). Speaking of Jericho, Austin defeated Jericho cleanly a few weeks earlier....prior to Jericho's "heelish and non-clean" title victory.

Also, I don't remember Hogan jobbing to Triple H clean. Plus let's not forget Hogan's debacle with both Orton and HBK.

Hogan jobbed to HHH and then admitted that he had no problem shaking hands with the better man. HHH and Hogan then did 'poses' together (this was after Hogan had defeated HHH at Backlash).

Hogan didn't job to Orton and HBK because Hogan had felt that he had already given enough back to the business (and based on the evidence presented, perhaps a case can be made here). Having said that - I don't deny the fact that Hogan was selfish...he was/is. However - how is Austin any different? (and if not, worse?).

Austin's problem with jobbing to Lesnar is that they wanted to do it unannounced on an episode of Raw. Austin wanted it to be a big PPV money match, I agree. He shouldn't really have walked out, but he stood his ground. I doubt anyone here has not at least thought of walking out on their job at least once for whatever reason.

I agree here, and Austin had every right to be upset and disagree. However - Austin STILL walked out (and in effect, never did the job to Lesner at a PPV).

I think Hogan is the worst offender because his many, many years of pulling shitty powerplays that only boost his own ego and self worth.

Perhaps - but the fact of the matter is that Hogan *did* job to Warrior during his peak (although granted...Warrior was "established", but since when did Austin do clean jobs to anyone that wasn't established?). Randy Savage and Bret Hart were also given main-event title shots at Wrestlemania during Hulk Hogan's presence.

Austin on the other hand, was in the main-event (and winner) of 3 out of 4 straight Mania's (1998, 1999, 2001. 2000 was the only one that Austin missed due to injury).