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Post by the Moosiah on Apr 15, 2012 2:35:13 GMT -5
I was watching TNA last week during the Hulk Hogan General Manager thing where they had everyone come out to the ring to try and persuad him.
At that moment, I forgot everything that Hogan has done in the past 10 years and looked at him like an Icon for the first time in that many years. And I realized, just look at how many legendary names won't be remembered as such anymore because they took that extra 20 years of glory instead of leaving with dignity.
Guys like Mick Foley, Hogan, Ric Flair, Kevin Nash, etc. all continue to want to wrestle or be on a syndicated Wrestling show when in the end it just makes us slowly resent them for sticking around past their prime and wasting our time as a result. Guys like Hogan are more than a shell of their former selves and continue to destroy their legacy with each time they come out of those curtains out of shape looking to reclaim the glory they had a long time ago.
I know it's a topic that's been beat to death, but do you think the superstars of this generation (Cena, Punk, Orton, etc) are going to stick around way too long to the point where they start to shit on their own legacies?
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Post by Patrick McFadden on Apr 15, 2012 8:25:47 GMT -5
I'm sick of seeing Hogan, period. Flair too. And I love those two guys. I hate seeing them, as you put it, shells of their former selves.
In a perfect world I'd love to see them bow out gracefully and free up that tv time so that the next generation can grow but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.
And ultimately, it's ok. If they still draw, if there's still an audience for Hogan, for fans who will yell 'WOOOOO!!!', for the kids who will buy the Hulkamania t-shirts, then they're going to be on our screens.
And it's surreal. Hogan/Flair have wrestled in five decades. 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's and into today.
But if it still works and the fans are receptive it's all good.
I tend to look at it like this, I'm not a fan of Cena, I think his Superman-Run from WM 21 to whenever hurt the business but, ultimately, he worked. He got over and he sold merch and for all intents and purposes he was a wild success.
Despite my misgivings it still worked, just like Flair and Hogan do.
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Post by Irwin R Schyster on Apr 15, 2012 8:32:33 GMT -5
I'd like to last remember hogan from Rock/Hogan Wrestlemania. To me, thats where his legacy should have been sealed.
No Hogan Knows best, no Hogan TNA.
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Post by Patrick McFadden on Apr 15, 2012 10:39:23 GMT -5
I'd say that the one month title reign was tolerable. It was a nice apex to the whole Hulkamania resurgence that stemmed from WM X8. At the time it was unbelievable how hot this comeback was. I got the Hulk Still Rules DVD and it was a nice, brief jaunt down memory lane. Winning the title from HHH was a natural extension of that and, one month later, who better to cut that reign short than the Undertaker at Judgment Day?
This is the last WWE run that Hogan deserved after the rather unceremonious way he left after the inaugural King of the Ring.
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