CMWaters
Ozymandius
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 25, 2013 22:39:14 GMT -5
Suffice it to say, Hulk Hogan made a name for himself in WWF. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair made it in NWA, specifically Jim Crockett Promotions, which later had the majority of it break off into WCW. They had their times with the belts that were the top prizes. But then there were the times that they were in "the other guy's backyard" as it were, and held the title there. So, I ask you, which seemed odder to you: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair as WWF Champion? Or Hulk Hogan (pre Hollywood Hogan) as WCW Champion?
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Sept 26, 2013 7:28:27 GMT -5
When I first got into wrestling, Hogan was in WCW and the world heavyweight champion, so to me he has always been synonymous with WCW, honestly. Flair in the WWF, on the other hand, blows my mind because when I started watching I didn't know he'd even been in the WWF, and I stopped watching regularly before he re-debuted in late '01, up until 2006 when suddenly, what the f***, Ric Flair is wrestling Mick Foley.
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Jiren
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Post by Jiren on Sept 26, 2013 8:10:11 GMT -5
Hogan, I grew with WWF
Christ the "Hogan & his amazing friends" era WCW blew, Thankfully NWO happened
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Sept 26, 2013 15:04:03 GMT -5
Hogan. Flair was able to fit in when he came to the WWF. He was a great wrestler but had enough of a persona to fit in the cartoony world of the WWF. Hogan, on the other hand, stuck out like a sore thumb when he went to WCW.
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Post by Cry Me a Wiggle on Sept 26, 2013 15:13:03 GMT -5
I'll say Flair. Flair IS WCW for me. At least Hogan eventually spent five years with WCW, so it's less jarring to see him associated with that company. Flair was only with the WWF for a year (before 2001) and it still seems like a weird anomaly for the WCW fan in me.
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