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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Sept 18, 2013 21:49:34 GMT -5
How dare you fire my 25 year old daughter brotherdudejack. The hulkster refuses to allow her to actually have to get a job.
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Post by rybackrulez on Sept 18, 2013 22:10:12 GMT -5
If he can't wrestle I don't see what he does for WWE in an on-camera role. Same thing piper, flair, foley do. Use wwe to promote outside ventures. Hulk with the wwe machine doing his q&a sessions would be awesome. He would he great in an ambassador role, as everybody over 26 knows who hulk is Anyways. Good that he was able to get all that money from tna. If they were willing to pay him, why not play them?
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Post by The Portable Stove on Sept 18, 2013 22:12:16 GMT -5
You know, every time I listen to Hogan's interview on Savage at WMV (He wasn't truly the man he thought he was, he was jealous of Hulkamania, he wasn't truly following the three demandments), I always think that this is his answer for everything that he's involved with that turns out to go sour.
TNA DIDN'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE DEMANDMENTS OF THE TRAINING AND THE VITAMINS AND THE PRAYERS
Good riddance.
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Post by Toxik916 on Sept 18, 2013 22:48:06 GMT -5
So glad Hulk can finally be free to come back home to WWE. He deserves to be in front of bigger crowds and WWE will use him much better than TNA ever did.
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Post by Glitch on Sept 18, 2013 22:52:52 GMT -5
I can just imagine the day.
*ding dong goes from door bell.*
McMahon in his jammies:"Who could it be at this hour?" *Opens front door.*
Jeff Jarrett:"He's your problem now!" *pushes Hogan forward.*
Hogan:"Great to see you again Vince! I got this great idea on how you can turn Cena heel."
McMahon looking up at the sky:"Damn you Panda energy!!!"
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Post by hassanchop on Sept 19, 2013 0:04:41 GMT -5
If he goes to WWE, he might use this opportunity to make Brooke be a part of Total Divas and maybe convince Nick to go to FCW or NXT or something. I can just imagine the day. *ding dong goes from door bell.* McMahon in his jammies:"Who could it be at this hour?" *Opens front door.* Jeff Jarrett:"He's your problem now!" *pushes Hogan forward.* Hogan:"Great to see you again Vince! I got this great idea on how you can..." McMahon:"(Unzips pants and moons) On your knees!!!" Fixed
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Post by Tony Schiavontay on Sept 19, 2013 0:11:57 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan's contract expires, so he goes to every media outlet that will listen to say he's on his way back home to WWE. Bound For Glory ends with the announcement that TNA has signed Hulk Hogan!
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Post by Rave on Sept 19, 2013 0:14:27 GMT -5
Hopefully he can take Bischoff with him. Both need to go away yesterday.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Sept 19, 2013 0:20:53 GMT -5
Im fine with him back in WWE if for punishment he returns to his Rock N Wrestling song for a few appearances...
And uses the song with its actual lyrics.
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Post by The Ichi on Sept 19, 2013 4:42:49 GMT -5
Where is SOR? I'd like his thoughts on this.
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Post by Ryushinku on Sept 19, 2013 4:56:47 GMT -5
They tried, they failed, I can't think of any good reason to hold onto him.
Hogan himself will do whatever is best for Hogan, so if he can wangle a quick WWE WrestleMania appearence out of it or something he'll do so and happily badmouth TNA.
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Post by thelonewolf527 on Sept 19, 2013 5:20:06 GMT -5
If they could find some way for Hogan to safely go over the top rope and then have his feet hit the floor, I think I actually would want to see him enter the Rumble as a surprise entrant at #30
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on Sept 19, 2013 5:28:53 GMT -5
When Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff came into the company, there were a couple of clear objectives everyone hoped to accomplish:
- Use Hogan and Bischoff's ideas to take the company "to the next level" and to bring them closer to the WWE in terms of recognition and being a legitimate alternative product. - Use Hulk Hogan's name/brand to legitimize the company and harness his celebrity status to get more eyes on the TNA product because he's there.
On both of those avenues, they have failed. On some of those avenues, they were completely obliterated and made into a laughing stock. In 2009, Hulk Hogan did not have the drawing power to bring in new fans or the fringe casual fans TNA could hope to capture. This has not changed.
His celebrity status, while still recognizable, has faded badly. He can't wrestle anymore. The writing staff has given him items so bad that they expose how much "brother, dude, jack" is really underwhelming these days. He has no defined backstage role as any kind of agent, mentor, writing team, etc. Overall, business has regressed or remained the same at best since Hogan and Bischoff have come into play. When you try and look at this objectively, their fault or not, these two have not brought a whole lot to the table to justify a (presumably) high salary. There is not a blank checkbook to work with and Hogan's public comments about wanting more power and more money are proof that he has no clue anymore. I absolutely loathe the TNA/WCW comparisons, but I feel one fits here. Unless you have a billionaire backing this that has absolutely no one to answer to, then sure! Go crazy! But this is not what TNA is. They have to spend wisely to stay in business. Hogan's views are completely conflicting with what this small business has to do to avoid financial ruin.
I guess I just don't see what Hogan brings to the table for TNA at this point. If they need to cut payroll, this one seems like a no brainer.
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Post by Mozenrath on Sept 19, 2013 5:39:58 GMT -5
Only way I could see him staying with the company would be with a paycut or if Spike shouldered a significantly larger portion of his pay than they currently do. He is expensive, and while he did get them a little buzz early on, maybe, that well is dry. TNA has made some very big cuts to other portions of its roster, only having two tagteams(if you don't count Bad Influence) and 4 knockouts at the moment. I cannot think of a way to justify keeping him around.
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Post by Hit Girl on Sept 19, 2013 8:02:02 GMT -5
Why do I feel like we're going to just end up with "Hulk Hogan, General Manager of Monday Night Raw"? It would at least be an improvement on Brad Maddox, who's entire existence in WWE has still never been explained.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2013 8:15:28 GMT -5
The best thing Hogan can do at this point is to work with the company that owns the footage of pretty much his entire career.
He can do DVDs, merchandise, come out to Real American for the occasional massive nostalgia pop, and watch the cash roll in.
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Post by Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster on Sept 19, 2013 8:19:46 GMT -5
Honestly if does leave then good because TNA would at least benefit from cutting their losses with Hogan.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 19, 2013 8:52:32 GMT -5
They should have given him access to a time machine like he wanted.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Sept 19, 2013 12:08:17 GMT -5
Hogan is WWE, WWE is Hogan they belong together. Hogan may not be able to wrestle but he belongs in the WWE. I would give him Flairs new job since Hogan is a bigger name than Flair and understands the WWE a lot more than anyone else. and say what you will about Hogan, he's a professional whenever he's in front of fans. you won't get the sloppy drunken embarrassment you get with Ric Flair.
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Post by hassanchop on Sept 19, 2013 12:38:59 GMT -5
Hopefully he can take Bischoff with him. Both need to go away yesterday. And when they get to WWE, they will get Hall and Nash and maybe Shawn Michaels and Booker T(and maybe Cody Hall in his debut) for another nWo reunion this time to fight Triple H's reign of terror and the story is they try to get Big Show to join them only for Triple H to force him to beat them all up and we get more of Big Show crying over the fact that he beat his "buddies" the nWo.
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