Hulk Hogan at 6 months

[Richard]

Hogan signed with TNA on October 27, 2009 and since then TNA has signed several big name talents, moved to Monday nights, released some big names (in the TNA world) and controversy has surrounded them.

Simply put, 6 months in give Hogan (and Bischoff) a pass or fail grade.

[Steveweiser]

If they were brought in to lose half their audience, then it's a pass.

[AriadosMan]

Just hasn't delivered the "big mainstream domination" he purported he would.

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

I can't fail him since I think he's doing a decent job as a TNA ambassador, and they had cast-offs from other companies at the top of the card and overly hectic storylines long before his arrival.

However, the controversies (the BTLS crap sticking out for me) and the early ratings struggle against Raw drop him down to a C- in my book.

[________ has left the building]

Hogan haven't lived up to the hype. So far he's the New Coke.

[Crazy Diamond]

Believe it or not, I think it's too early to tell.

[bob]

epic fail

[The Tank]

I'm gonna go with somewhere between pass and fail.

TNA certainly hasn't tanked since The Hulkster showed up, but they definitely haven't made any accomplishments.

[forgottensinpwf]

Massive Fail

[Celgress]

Somewhere between pass and fail, for now. Though I'm leaning towards fail, at this point.

[Bravo Echo November]

3/5, but when you put it in perspective he has failed to really bring TNA to the next level.

[Deleted]

Apr 30, 2010 17:38:34 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

If they were brought in to lose half their audience, then it's a pass.

We can argue all day long about which stars should be brought in, whether storylines are interesting, whether they are building stars are not, whether divisions (X, KO, Tag) are stronger or weaker now.

These are all subjective things.

But the fact that Hulk Hogan was able to halve the audience and brought iMPACT its lowest rating in its five year history is evidence that he has failed thus far.

"The Draft," "SCSA on RAW," "Bret Hart on RAW," etc, etc, etc are excuses. And excuses are monuments of nothingness that build bridges to nowhere - those who use these tools of incomptence are worthy of nothingness.

Hogan has made mistakes - mistakes that his paycheck should not allow. If you bring in a "fixer" and he spends 6 months making things worse on all fronts - that's failure.

The fact that he's too proud to admit he made a mistake is further example of failure.

Making a mistake normal, but not admitting to it and correcting it is the sign of a failure.

[ritt works hard fo da chickens]

They've increased roster size, so I'd assume they increased pay costs unless Waltman is working for less the Kong, but considering why Kong left I doubt it. They've increased production costs. They've cut or lost prominent members of their biggest draws, the knockouts and X-division. They've increased their TV time and in doing so increased the networks reliance on them. The verdict for me is they've failed in ways I didn't think they could, but have somehow kept the ship afloat so I would have to give them a D- minus.

[sunwukong]

Fail.

He's cost them a massive percentage of their first run audience, put them in direct competition with a company they have no hope of competing with, creatively they're still a mess, and they're rehasing stuff from fifteen years ago in the hopes that lightning will strike twice.

He has contributed nothing and caused verifiable harm to the company's standing on television. That's an equation for failure, plain and simply.

[Natalya's Ass Fanboy]

Pass.

He's helped bring them their highest rating ever and the roster and product have both improved while he's been involved. He's also proven that, when going against your average RAW, he can help keep iMPACT! close to its usual audience.

[Kevin Hamilton]

I'd give him like a C minus.

Nothing TOO terrible, but 1) I much preferred the four or five months pre Hogan and 2) if he was supposed to be a 'game changer' it ain't working.

So I guess it's a passing grade, he's just scraping by doing the bare minimum.

[comahan]

I read this as Hogan out 6 months.

[Richard]

Apr 30, 2010 19:37:31 GMT -5 Natalya's Ass Fanboy said:

Pass.

He's helped bring them their highest rating ever

And their lowest ever.

and the roster and product have both improved while he's been involved.

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He's also proven that, when going against your average RAW, he can help keep iMPACT! close to its usual audience.

Close? Seriously? At best they are .3 from their average rating on Thursdays and about 250,000 viewers less.

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I am saying fail. Massive fail.

The ratings have plummeted. Abyss is a failure (see the popularity title shot pole) and, none of the talent he has brought in have been worth it IMO.

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

You can't call his run to this point a success by any measure, unless you measure his success by how many paychecks he's netted his buddies, but it's not fair to call it a complete and utter failure yet, either. He gets a C-, but it's sliding toward an F.

[GaTechGrad]

Pass, but not with flying colors.

TNA now has four hours of programming per week, with every other week's show live.

Also, if we're going all the way back to October of last year, you have to give Hogan credit for the highly esteemed Wolfe/Angle program and the AJ/Daniels/Joe rematch from last year. We also had the longest title reign from a "TNA original" in TNA history.

The major faults I see are the removal of some of the TNA originals (Daniels) and the dismantlement of the Knockouts division (Kong, Alissa, Traci, Roxxi, etc). Ending the World Elite is also one of the worst decisions I can remember, since that stable was a license to print money.

Under Hogan, it also seems like TNA has a multiple personality disorder. Sometimes it is family friendly (the Abyss ring saga, Black Machismo, etc). But other times it is adult oriented (overuse of blood, making the Knockouts sex objects, Pope's promos, a pothead for world champion, and the Orlando Jordan character). Maybe they should just do "family friendly" from 8 to 9, and then do hardcore/attitude from 9 to 10.