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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2010 7:03:14 GMT -5
Prob only very recently
When I was younger it was hard to watch wrestling for me so my viewership was spotty so never really got the chance to be sick of him, when I finally did get regular programming he was in WCW which I didn't watch and for the last few years I enjoyed the nostagla factor
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Post by azrael502 on May 16, 2010 8:07:00 GMT -5
never a fan of hogans till the nwo but that faded very soon
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Post by Tiger Maskooo on May 16, 2010 8:18:42 GMT -5
Well,I wasnt a hulkamaniac. No that isnt me trying to be cool,I just grew up during the monday night wars. I loved the nwo but I never got to have that sentimental attachment some have to hogan. I learned about hogan through renting and buying ppvs and Coliseum video releases from the 80s and 90s at this local videostore when I was a kid. I think the moment that pretty much killed my enthusiasm for him was the randy orton summerslam match. Im not one of those people who complain about not putting someone over but that was ridicolous. Hulk Hogan was towards the end of his career and Randy Orton was one of their top heels and top stars.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on May 16, 2010 9:53:12 GMT -5
I kinda liked him when I was a kid, but I preffered Randy Savage and later Bret Hart. never watched WCW, it always came off as bushleague to me when I was a teenager (kinda regret that now). I got sick of him being on my TV when he was Mr. America.
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Post by johnpricesuperstar on May 17, 2010 7:04:15 GMT -5
When he went off the roids and looked very skinny around 1993-1996. He looked lanky and past it at King of the Ring 1993. Didn't help that Russo and WWF magazine buried him in an issue.
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Post by bigsplash on May 18, 2010 9:19:04 GMT -5
The first thing I think was as many have mentioned was Royal Rumble 1992.
He looked liked such a sore loser and he was really in the wrong. "HOW DARE I GET ELIMINATED!"
I didn't really care much after it, but I remember at the time wondering why he would do that.
I finally threw in the towel in 93 when he won the title. I didn't see the PPV, but was shocked when I found out. It was pretty much the "same old" Hogan and wasn't really that interested.
Still loved Hogan though.
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Post by willywonka666 on May 18, 2010 9:56:30 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. Yea, same here, I could never get tired of Hulk Hogan
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Post by mikegt33 on May 18, 2010 10:54:43 GMT -5
I won't say never, but I haven't gotten sick of him yet!
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Post by Triple Kelly on May 19, 2010 1:27:00 GMT -5
When I discovered Bret Hart in the early 90s and started paying more attention to match quality. After that (especially seeing him defecting to WCW), watching Hulk was a dull and repetitive experience for me. Then many many years later I found out about his backstage politicking and suddenly it all made sense why he was always all over the place like dogs*** and you couldn't get rid of him.
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Post by rhennesey on May 19, 2010 7:04:47 GMT -5
NWO
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Post by johnnyk9 on May 19, 2010 7:08:29 GMT -5
When he went to WCW
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Post by quantum on May 19, 2010 8:25:31 GMT -5
When I discovered Bret Hart in the early 90s and started paying more attention to match quality. After that (especially seeing him defecting to WCW), watching Hulk was a dull and repetitive experience for me. Then many many years later I found out about his backstage politicking and suddenly it all made sense why he was always all over the place like dogs*** and you couldn't get rid of him. To be fair though every wrestler (from Flair to HBK to Austin to The Rock) that's been on top for a length of time and held their companys top title has had a good deal of 'backstage politics' going on and Hitman did have his 5 moves of doom. He was no where near where Hogan was at as far as being repetitive in the ring but that was the Hogan character (see his Japanese work for evidence that Hogan could work) and so has Flair got his 'moves of doom'. Just seems that when backstage politics are spoken about Hogan gets mentioned like he was the only one that was up to anything on these boards
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Post by Madagascar Fred on May 19, 2010 15:32:11 GMT -5
1993 in WWF was annoying, also from 1995 on his feuds with Flair/Avalanche/Jimmy Hart/Giant/Dungeon Of Doom/Horsemen sucked like hell
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Post by Vampiro138 on May 19, 2010 17:34:40 GMT -5
when i was like 12, i had seen hogan via tapes my cousin had and i liked him...however, i remember when i was 5 being scared to death of him, because i would see him for ppv ad's and he would be yelling and ripping off his shirt...scared the bejesus out of me. but then i saw mr. nanny and saw that he wasnt mean. anyway my love for hogan changed drastically when i was 12 and my cousin derrek had brought over a tape that read "ECW" on it...and the first match i saw was a Sabu match....after seeing that i automatically got tired of the hulkster and never looked back.
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Post by Victory on May 19, 2010 19:55:11 GMT -5
For me it was around 88. I was a huge Hulk fan from his AWA days (he is the reason I got addicted to wrestling), but in the WWF after WMIV I started to get bored of him. He still had some good moments,don't get me wrong, just overall he was not my favorite anymore (Savage and Warrior took that spot in the WWF for me).
I still enjoyed every moment last summer when I got to meet him and get his autograph. He will always be one of my favorites from the 80's.
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Post by "I'm Batman..." on May 19, 2010 22:32:51 GMT -5
i didn't care much when he first went to WCW. the nWo, definitely made me like hogan again.
now it's just, "DUDE" "JACK" "BROTHA"
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Post by psychokiller on May 19, 2010 23:25:45 GMT -5
I've never exactly been sick of him, just I find him pretty boring in TNA since he's old and inactive now.
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Post by poontangler on May 19, 2010 23:47:17 GMT -5
Hated him then, hate him now. When the Hogan/Goldberg match went down, I was so thrilled that someone would FINALLY just destroy the guy.
As a matter of fact, the only time I ever wanted him to win was WM3, and that's only because my pre-teen mind didn't know who could ever beat Andre if Hogan lost. I figured Savage would have taken him out eventually...and sadly, this never, ever, EVER happened.
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Post by The Warsman on May 20, 2010 9:49:49 GMT -5
WrestleMania IX lit the fuse in my turning on the orange goblin...but then he never made another appearance seemingly until he lost the title back to Yokozuna, so it was a slow burn...
Then the cheesy, hokey, fake-ass Disney parade for his arrival at "Dub-ya See Dub-ya" made my sickness for Hogan explode more than the Mega Powers. He was tired, stale crap, and when he made the asinine statement (after winning the WCW Title on his match) that, "Everything old is new again, brother!" I never looked at WCW seriously again.
So not only was my affinity with Hogan dead, he killed my liking of WCW.
To quote Tony Schiavone..."Damn you Hulk Hogan...damn you straight to hell!"
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Post by quantum on May 20, 2010 10:09:40 GMT -5
WrestleMania IX lit the fuse in my turning on the orange goblin...but then he never made another appearance seemingly until he lost the title back to Yokozuna, so it was a slow burn... Then the cheesy, hokey, fake-ass Disney parade for his arrival at "Dub-ya See Dub-ya" made my sickness for Hogan explode more than the Mega Powers. He was tired, stale crap, and when he made the asinine statement (after winning the WCW Title on his match) that, "Everything old is new again, brother!" I never looked at WCW seriously again. So not only was my affinity with Hogan dead, he killed my liking of WCW. To quote Tony Schiavone..."Damn you Hulk Hogan...damn you straight to hell!" Bobby Heanan is that you?
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