Guest Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Did anyone notice the boos that Hogan recieved on Raw when he was blabbing on about Hulkamania?? Could be trouble Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 24, 2002 I think people were dissapointed he didn't come out to his old music. After I heard voodoo child I was dissapointed the whole interview. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HartFan86 Report post Posted April 24, 2002 I think people were dissapointed he didn't come out to his old music. After I heard voodoo child I was dissapointed the whole interview. Indeed. I want him to use Real American...BAD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 24, 2002 His interview sucked. All he did was blab on and on about hulkamania and he kept thanking the hulkamaniacs every 2 seconds. Fans don't want these kind of faces anymore. They want people with an edge like Rock and Austin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mickberna Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Thing is, Hogan COULD blab about Hulkamania and whatnot, like he used to, and it would be over, however... these days, he looks old, he sounds tired, and his promos have no energy. He used to shake and flex and growl and bug his eyes out when he'd talk to Mean Gene. Nowadays he just looks like he shootin' the shit with people, but he's talking about the same things. Watch an old Hogan promo. It's the same shit he did on Raw. He just doesn't have the INTENSITY~! anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cobainwasmurdered Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Voodoo Child Is the only reason I didn't immediatly change the channel when I saw Hogan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dangerous A Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Sorry, fellas. Real American is buried. Buried by Briscoe and Patterson and Big Show when they had no problem burying Hulkamania. This Hulk nostalgia, when it runs out, is gonna run out quick. Just like it's last run in WCW from Hog Wild 2000-Fall Brawl 2000. That's a small time frame. This version of Hulkamania may run a little more, but I'll be surprised if it's still around by Summerslam. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 24, 2002 I read somewhere the the WWF is having Kid Rock do a version of Real American for Hogan? Any truth to this? God I hope not... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest cobainwasmurdered Report post Posted April 24, 2002 good i hope he is. it'll kill hulkamania faster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 24, 2002 I think that the fact that he can hardly walk is what will also kill off his popularity. Even if he was still doing his Hollywood Hogan act from WCW, people would get tired off him, as they expect the wrestlers to be able to go full steam ahead in the ring and take bumps, and not expose the business like Hogan. That is why the WWF is limiting his ring work, as not to expose just how bad he is in the ring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted April 24, 2002 you know, the irony of all this is that triple h got a huge pop when he showed up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Big McLargeHuge Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Yup. So far that Undisputed Title has been a heat killer to all who've held it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JHawk Report post Posted April 24, 2002 That is why the WWF is limiting his ring work, as not to expose just how bad he is in the ring. Then why the hell was that match given more than 20 minutes? Hogan wasn't doing 20 minutes when he could go 20 minutes and still be somewhat credible. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest RickyChosyu Report post Posted April 24, 2002 I turned off Raw before his interview, so I don't know if he actually got booed, but it wouldn't shock me. Hogan always bases his combacks on nostalgia, fizzles out quickly, and then just sort of lies there like some sort of slug while the ratings drop and the bookers scratch their heads. Yeah, that silly Austin guy didn't know a DAMN THING about putting butts in the seats. Who was he to question Hulkamania? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Voodoo Child Is the only reason I didn't immediatly change the channel when I saw Hogan. Same here. I actually listened to Voodoo Child, then changed channels until the segment was over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Man in Blak Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Hate to break it to you, but it's not the theme music. Like I denoted in my huge-ass post to the Raw thread, there was a mixed reaction all night and, actually, it was tame compared to some of the other reactions to him that night. The issue is that the nostalgia trip is already starting to wear - people are happy to cheer for them, but the ears perk up when they see him with a title, which requires, honestly, a little bit of suspension of disbelief on the viewer's part. I think people like Hogan - just not as an aging champion in a federation full of top tier guys that they'd rather see with the belt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheMikeSC Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Hate to break it to you, but it's not the theme music. Like I denoted in my huge-ass post to the Raw thread, there was a mixed reaction all night and, actually, it was tame compared to some of the other reactions to him that night. The issue is that the nostalgia trip is already starting to wear - people are happy to cheer for them, but the ears perk up when they see him with a title, which requires, honestly, a little bit of suspension of disbelief on the viewer's part. I think people like Hogan - just not as an aging champion in a federation full of top tier guys that they'd rather see with the belt. >>> I gotta agree here. If Flair was suddenly given the World Title at his age, I'm sure that many fans would give him a mixed reaction. Fans don't mind nostalgia at all, but they don't want to see guys older than their parents holding the World Title. -=Mike ...Although Flair would be a better choice than Hogan, since Hogan always won with brawn while Flair won with guile and technique. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Special K Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Definitely. There's a limit to how far one can suspend one's belief. He really hobbles around the ring, and while people are getting used to sepctacular finishers, he gets about an inch off the ground for the legdrop, and can barely deliver a big boot. Plus from his Raw promo, and what his Smackdown promo sounds like, his mic work is just WAY too saccharine now. Rock is the 'people's champ' and he mentions the people about 2-3 time a month. Hulkster thanked God and the Hulkamaniacs about 4 times EACH during his promo, and people don't like having their butts that actively kissed. Another thing, slightly off topic. Jericho barely defended the title. HHH successfully defended it once, beating a woman, and we all know how often Hogan likes (and now, is able to) wrestle. It seems like the undisputed champ, while on both shows, is the antithesis of a fighting champ, just blabbing and never wrestling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest muzanisa Report post Posted April 24, 2002 It's funny that every web site, radio show, sheet and magazine said that the Hogan nostalgia trip would last a month tops; and Vince still put the belt on him. Since the Austin comeback the WWF has gone downhill so badly with botched Angles dropped storylines etc. Then you have something as basic as Hogan coming back, all they had to do was look at the last days of WCW to see what happens. It's gone from two top guys in the Rock and HHH with a bunch of credible upper midcarders challenging them in Benoit, Jericho and Angle to Hogan, the NWO, Undertaker in the M/E. When people used the fat old men in Spandex to berate wrestling you used to be able to show them HHH, Jericho, Angle, Rock and Benoit heading the shows now that argument is justified again and on top of that you have Bradshaw getting a massive push. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mystery Eskimo Report post Posted April 24, 2002 It was only a matter of time before the boos started. Hopefully the Hogan push will end soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Maybe it's the sight of him trying to rip his shirt off while talking into a mic that he's holding in his right hand. Maybe it's his roasted turkey-like skin. Maybe it's the painted black five o'clock shadow. Maybe it's his poor offense. Maybe it's the fact that he doesn't glue his bandana to his head so that it doesn't fall off and remind people just exactly how old he is. Maybe it's the fact that he headlined Wrestlemanias 1-9 and just headlined Wrestlemania 18. Maybe it's... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Risk Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Maybe wrestlers in the WWF will revolt and form a union, that would rule. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Does anyone know what the real young kids think of Hogan? I mean, the ones who get their Dads to buy t shirts? Why should they care about Hogan? They're the future of wrestling and the future smarks. lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest humongous2002 Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Can't stand Hogan at all but I respect the man for what he did for the business, even though to me he always was a poor man's Superstar Billy Graham. Hopefully this Hulkstalgia farewell tour will end pretty soon because I'm sick and tired of seeing bad 80's main event type matches and Hogan's promos are as boring as HGH. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Austin3164life Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Hogan was booed during his whole promo. Sure, they weren't loud but were noticable. His whole nostalgia parade wont last for more than 1-2 months. If the WWF is smart, they'll have the Austin/Hogan money match at King of the Ring and have Hogan leave while he's somewhat over. I wish that they would've shown the Austin/Hogan staredown/segment (the one that happened after Raw went off the air). One person who was there said Austin received mostly all of the pops and people went APESHIT when Hogan got Stone Cold Stunnered.......is that evidence of Hogan being "#1 face" as many Hogan-marks have said? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BookerTman Report post Posted April 24, 2002 No doubt everyone else also saw the crapload of anti-Hogan signs on Raw. It's a ****ing joke when you got guys like Angle, Rock, and Jericho who are young and healthy and they should be able to kick the old hobbling geezer's ass, hell even Triple H is more believable than Bozo Hogan. Aha, it's Triple H's fault that Hogan now holds the "undisputed" title. Damn his SOUL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 24, 2002 Does anyone know what the real young kids think of Hogan? I mean, the ones who get their Dads to buy t shirts? Why should they care about Hogan? They're the future of wrestling and the future smarks. lol. My Fiancee's little brother is 11 and he LOVES Hogan... he's his favorite wrestler. And when Hogan's not around it's Stone Cold... and if they're both gone, then it's the Rock. :-) And he's really loyal to them - doesn't care if they're face or heel... Of course my fiancee's other brother who is 2 1/2 love Rikishi and Cane, and gets excited when any wrestler with long blonde hair comes on becuase he thinks it's Jericho. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 24, 2002 I hate to break it to you guys, but reports from Smackdown! are coming in that say that Hogan was CHEERED literally out of the building when he came out for the opening promo. Several reports that I've read, including a friend of mine who attended, stated that he literally tried to calm the audience down and shut them up so he could talk, but gave up and absolutley looked astounded. My theory is that he was booed slightly on RAW probably because of it's location. Hogan isn't going to be popular everywhere he goes. Some areas are going to buy into him, and some won't. I think this Hulkamania thing is going to last a little longer than most of the internet guys think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest buffybeast Report post Posted April 24, 2002 I'm waiting for someone to sit in the front row of RAW or SD wearing a brown bag over their heads while reading the newspaper.......during a Hogan match or promo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest notJames Report post Posted April 24, 2002 I'm waiting for someone to sit in the front row of RAW or SD wearing a brown bag over their heads while reading the newspaper.......during a Hogan match or promo! NICE~! As for Hogan's waning approval, is anyone really surprised? An aging, unbelievable champion amidst a sea of much more worthy performers, who spends quality TV time verbally patting himself on the back, gladhanding to all the nonexistent Crapamaniacs, and practically begging us to buy into the notion that it's his destiny to be the champ. Ugh, ugh and UGH! In this era of edgy, brash, and YOUNG competitors, Hogan is the epitome of the word "throwback"... as in, "throwback" his ass into the graveyard where they found him. When the Goblin's trip down Amnesia Lane comes to a screeching halt at the bottom of a ravine, let's just hope he doesn't take the Fed's future with it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
