When did you get sick of Hulk Hogan?

[Trent Valentine]

Now, everyone seen Hogan's run in WWF/WCW, and the more they shoved him down our throats, the more we got sick and tired of him.
His Popularity started to wane in his time in both organizations around
two time frames.

WWF - Around the time of 1992, people were growing bored of Hogan's good guy schtick. If you watch his Survivor Series match with Undertaker, you'd see Taker got more cheers while Hogan got booed all the way through the match. Then at the Royal Rumble, fans lost it when Sid Justice eliminated him. To them, it was a good thing that FINALLY Hogan didn't win something. Then the cheers turned to boos when Hogan complained about being eliminated. Soon, the steroid accusations cracked down on the WWF and Hogan left the company. A year later (After making movies that tanked in theaters..) he came back for one final run before dropping the belt to Yokozuna and leaving again.

WCW - When Hogan came to WCW, he promised that Hulkamania would run wild. But of course..the fans were bored of Hulkamania and booed Hogan out of every building he went to. The fans were no longer little kids as they clamored for other stars like Sting and Ric Flair. Soon, Hogan was turned heel and the crowd was even MORE sick of him..

But when did you get sick and tired of Hogan? I mean yeah, he was a great good guy and helped turn the WWF into a pop culture machine..but too much Hogan can be a bad thing...in more ways than one. Your thoughts?

["Playboy" Don Douglas]

As a young Hogan mark, the '92 Rumble was the moment he lost me. I hated Flair (from a mark perspective) and wanted anybody else to win the title. I actually had no problem with Sid eliminating Hogan. I understood that it was every man for himself, and figured Sid could win the title and all would be well. Then when Hogan grabbed Sid and led to him being eliminated, I got pissed. Even as a 9 year old, I thought Hogan looked like a dick. By the time he came back to WCW, the last of my "markdom" was gone, and I just didn't care. I had became a Flair fan by this time, and had no desire to see him get squashed by a guy I was sick of.

Of course, that's what I got.

[neal]

Day one. Never liked him.

[Hassan bin Sober]

I got sick of him when he stopped being Hollywood and went back to the red & yellow. Love him as a heel, can't stand him as a baby face. Hogan as a baby face works as good as Sting as a heel to me.

[strykerdarksilence]

By the end of 97

[Throwback]

Never, The Man could steal a bus load of children and run it off a cliff and he'd still be awesome in my book.

[texan]

Never was a Hulkamaniac, but I never minded him either... UNTIL the 1992 Royal Rumble. Hogan pulling Sid Justice out of the ring after he'd already been eliminated himself just made him seem like, as someone else already stated, a "dick."

Then I had somewhat forgiven Hogan when he made his return to the WWF in 1993, but the final straw was WrestleMania IX. Bret gets defeated by Yokozuna for the belt after Fuji throws salt in his eyes and Hogan, who had never had anything to do with Bret before, comes down to the ring. Instead of pleading Bret's case to the ref and getting the match restarted like a true "friend" should do, he immediately accepts a challenge by Fuji for the belt and wins the title... suddenly forgetting his "friend" had just lost that belt only minutes earlier and still had salt in his eyes.

What the heck Hogan?!

[dav]

Can never really get sick of him to be honest. The fact that his Hulk Up's are one of the few things that ignite my inner mark means I can't help but like him for the most part.

[guyincognito]

I took Savage's side in the Megapowers split (he had LUST in his eyes!), but the ending of WM IX was the final straw. And at KOTR 93, I practically wept with joy when Bobby Heenan made his famous proclamation: "Hulkamania is DEAD!"

Then, he showed up in WCW...with a ticker-tape parade. This time, there were tears of sorrow.

[mattyc]

I started watching WWF as a child in 1991 so at the time Hogan was very entertaining to me; I had not been watching him for the majority of the 80’s like many others. So while I can understand why many were sick of him by that point, I wasn’t one of them.

He annoyed me a little towards the end of his WCW run with the whole Red/Yellow revival and the New Blood stuff; I think this was more to do with WCW’s dodgy booking and lack of ideas than anything else though.

His return to the WWE in 2002 was great and it felt like the right place and time for a true Red/Yellow Nostalgia tour. His appearances in the years that followed never annoyed me as he wasn’t around long enough to do so.

I was sad he never lost to Shawn Michaels and slightly pissed that a year later he never put Orton over, by that point I wasn’t sad if I didn’t see Hulk Hogan for awhile as he was still clearly out for himself and not willing to even lose to an established Superstar like Shawn.

And right now in TNA he’s annoying me, simply due to over exposure. Hulk Hogan is best served as a special attraction. He loses his special aura when he’s on Impact week in and week out.

[jamielowndes {N}]

I used to love him.

Once I found out what a politicker he was, I kinda faded. Im glad Shawn Michaels made him look like such a tool at that Summerslam.

[FrankGotch]

Never I fell into the age range where Hogan grew with me. He was the baby face super hero good guy all through my childhood, and then just as I started to hit my new found teenage rebellious streak Hogan kicked off the NWO. Hogan was is always will be awesome in my book.

[FrankGotch]

May 14, 2010 17:14:29 GMT -5 jamielowndes {N} said:

I used to love him.

Once I found out what a politicker he was, I kinda faded. Im glad Shawn Michaels made him look like such a tool at that Summerslam.

Yeah thank god, SHAWN MICHAELS taught that "politicker" a lesson.

Name emphasized for ultimate irony.

[Citizen Snips]

I'm not a fan of these tattoos he's gotten. Other than that, he's tops in my book.

[Doctor Of Style]

The first time, when the Mega-Powers broke up. I regained interest when he joined the NWO, and got sick of him again after a couple years. I was mildly interested when he wrestled the Rock until the end of the Mr. America gimmick, and haven't had any real desire to see him since.

[MolotovMocktail]

I've always been a mark for him, even his 2002 WWF title win. If anything tarnished my opinion of him, it was more his comments about Graziano than anything in his wrestling career.

[DASH 243✅]

May 14, 2010 14:59:35 GMT -5 @neal said:

Day one. Never liked him.

[Paco]

Twice really...

FIRST: 1995-ish.
The novelty of Hogan In WCW wore off within a year. It was still same ol' stale Hulk Hogan...now just older and saggier.

Thank God he saw it was time for a change in 1996.
Biggest heel turn ever and Hogan was in my good graces again. I could love to hate him now!

SECOND: 1998
After the Sting feud ended, I just didn't wanna see Hogan anymore.
I was getting sick of him even before (his weekly 20 minute Nitro interviews were a complete channel changer...awful, awful matches too) but couldn't completely want him off my TV screen until Sting & WCW finally conquered. Some blowoff it was, huh?

Then, I got caught up in the Hulkamania revival in 2002. So I was loving Hogan again.
(I'm originally from Montreal and was there for both his HUGE ovations...my God ).

Today, I respect Hogan for all his accomplishments and being a part of shaping me as a wrestling fan...and I'd be okay never seeing him wrestle or even being on my TV again.

[h]

1993. I enjoyed everything at WrestleMania IX and King of the Ring 1993 other than Hogan's appearances.

[Krimzon]

I can't remember that far back.