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Post by Slammy Award-Winning Cannibal on May 14, 2010 20:47:26 GMT -5
WM 9 when Hogan Leno'd Hart.
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Post by Todd Pettengill on May 14, 2010 20:54:18 GMT -5
I got sick of Hulk in 94-95 when he switched to the WCW. I think I was more mad at Hogan being in WCW, rather than the WWF, than I actually was at Hogan. But when He formed the nWo, I was back. He had me hooked again.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on May 14, 2010 22:54:00 GMT -5
as soon as he signed with tna, BOOM! it was over.
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Post by theryno665 on May 14, 2010 23:59:43 GMT -5
Probably once the novelty of his Hollywood heel turn wore off. I was still fairly young so I didn't really get sick of him even around Wrestlemania IX-era. Plus, I was a WWF devotee and didn't really watch much WCW until The Outsiders formed. Of course, all of this was around the time I first discovered the IWC so that probably had something to do with it. But I feel I would've gotten sick of him regardless. As the nWo wore on, so did Hogan.
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Post by sunwukong on May 15, 2010 0:37:52 GMT -5
Even as a little kid I never really marked for him. I mean, I kind of did because if you were a child in the 80's it was pretty much expected, but even then I found other guys like Macho Man and Piper more engaging. My interest would always shoot up whenever they were on screen. Never much with Hogan.
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Post by tarheelfan on May 15, 2010 0:46:43 GMT -5
I think the Hollywood Hogan character in WCW should have been Hogans last wrestling persona. When Hogan returned to the WWE even as part of the WWE version of the NWO it sort of felt forced and then when Hogan turned face then it really felt awkward and forced. (It was as if they were trying to take the WCW mark of Hollywood Hogan and make every one forget Hollywood Hogan and just remember Hulkamania and wash him clean to use an old expression of anything to do with Hollywood Hogan). Sort of a repackaging into what the WWE had originally created his character as - the good guy superhero.
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Post by héad.casé on May 15, 2010 4:15:02 GMT -5
Never have...whenever I heard 'Real American' in the comeback years, I always get a warm, fuzzy, nostalgic feeling that makes me mark out for him as much as I did when I was a kid. I was heartbroken when he turned heel and joined the nWo though...I mean, this was my hero, the man that's responsible for me being a fan in the first place, and he told me to 'stick it brother'. At heart i'll always be a Hulkamaniac
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Post by Long A, Short A on May 15, 2010 4:43:16 GMT -5
Day one. Never liked him. six year old me-"I hate ketchup and mustard man."
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Post by Paul on May 15, 2010 7:22:55 GMT -5
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. Must be a pretty big Chris Benoit fan, eh?
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Post by shadowangel on May 15, 2010 7:58:46 GMT -5
Never really, i always was a fan but it would've been if he just retired in 2004. Wrestlemania XIX could've been a good retirement. He beat Vince, ends his career. But no, he had to step into the ring and he got worse and worse. Now he can't even walk properly, his punches look faker than ever and there's no Leg Drop anymore. Well, i liked that he beat Orton (I can't stand that ugly guy ;D ) but it just makes me angry that he steps into the ring, takes the spotlight of younger wrestler and still thinks he is the biggest star and deserve the main event spot.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on May 15, 2010 9:26:45 GMT -5
When he got his TV show.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2010 9:56:35 GMT -5
His "stealing the spotlight" from Randy Savage at WrestleMania IV kinda did him in for me.
I tolerated Hulk, I just liked other guys more. Jesse Ventura and Bobby Heenan would talk about how Hulk was just as much of a rulebreaker as the bad guys, if not more. He just hid behind his popularity and "Oh, it's okay because it's Hulk Hogan. If Muraco did that, you'd want him suspended and fined." That made sense to me.
Besides, I liked characters like Nikolai Volkoff and the Iron Sheik, Magnificent Muraco, and King Kong Bundy. Guess I was a natural fan of the bad guys.
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Post by Scorpina on May 15, 2010 10:53:09 GMT -5
Fingerpoke of Doom.
Cause seriously, f*** that.
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Post by Lord Bendtner on May 15, 2010 13:14:18 GMT -5
Hogan and Warrior were my favourites when I was a kid in the early 90s, and I was bummed when he went to WCW as I didn't really want to watch WCW back then (but I did like Sting too). I guess I got sick of Hogan around his whole Captain America thing.
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Post by DavidArquette on May 15, 2010 14:12:53 GMT -5
Not long after nWo debuted in WWE in 2002, when Hogan turned face. I've never been a huge fan anyway but's when I realised I just didn't give a crap.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 15, 2010 14:20:48 GMT -5
Before I read anyone elses' response the answer is:
Never.
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Post by ICBM on May 15, 2010 15:25:56 GMT -5
Several times but I always came back. 93-97 jaded by the all american hero I turned to Nirvana, all things colored black, stopped taking my vitamins and replaced them with other things
98 but when he put over Goldberg I was entertained
99-2000 because I beleieved the internet hype (I have come to recant this once the whole story was known about WCW)
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Post by quantum on May 15, 2010 15:53:43 GMT -5
I also believe Hollywood Hogan in WCW should have been his final run and faded out around 1998 time as after then he did get boring. He should have retired long ago. The only thing we would have been missing is Rock VS Hogan and Hogan VS McMahon at WM two of my favorite WM matches (and the dream Rock/hogan match) as well as Austin/Rock VS NWO. However I would agree NWO in WWE did feel forced and storyline wise didn't;t make much sense as the NWO were long gone (finally!) by the time WCW folded. Hogan in TNA now is destroying the product IMO he failed at getting there ratings up and competing with WWE he should leave there he unfortunately now is a joke in the ring and a one off appearance (non match) would have been OK but not another run especially not with a just as over the hill Flair right there with him taking up the TNA main event spotlight.
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Post by Ozman on May 16, 2010 4:31:03 GMT -5
In 1989, after the Megapowers split. I had become a huge Randy Savage fan after his AMAZING match with Steamboat at WrestleMania III. So naturally after the Megapowers split in early 1989, I sided with Savage over Hogan. While my dislike for Hogan has fluxuated over the years, I can honestly say that I haven't been a "Hulkamanic" since 1988.
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Post by Kris Kobain on May 16, 2010 6:56:38 GMT -5
1988 when I first started watching wrestling.
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