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Post by Welfare Willis on Nov 3, 2013 16:25:35 GMT -5
Until wrestletaint.gov weighs in I'll assume that it's newz. It's amazing to me Hogan and Bisch haven't came out with a line of Hulkamania penis pumps for that 24in python, brother! There's millions of dollars in a Lancers post.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Nov 3, 2013 16:29:06 GMT -5
Have him break the record for shortest Royal Rumble appearance. He's too old to bump that quickly. Genuinely. I'm not even sure how they'll be able to eliminate him.
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Post by RIHT on Nov 3, 2013 18:39:50 GMT -5
Have him break the record for shortest Royal Rumble appearance. He's too old to bump that quickly. Genuinely. I'm not even sure how they'll be able to eliminate him.Uh oh..... does that mean he'll have to WIN it? ??
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Post by Push R Truth on Nov 4, 2013 7:42:34 GMT -5
He's too old to bump that quickly. Genuinely. I'm not even sure how they'll be able to eliminate him.Uh oh..... does that mean he'll have to WIN it? ?? Here's the sad part: if the Final Four is Cena, Orton, Del Rio and Hogan nobody is going to give a shit about anybody but the Hulkster. The other sad part is that I'm not entirely sure Hogan wouldn't be the "freshest" act out of the 4.
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Post by doinkmark on Nov 4, 2013 15:50:52 GMT -5
I'd be fine with Hogan entering and winning the Rumble. The last few years the Rumble has always had a surprise entrant, but they never win the match. What if just once they did? People are always looking for ways to make the Rumble fresh. #30 wins without doing anything is always a popular suggestion, as is Zach Gowan returning and avoiding elimination via his fake leg. The surprise entrant winning hasn't been done yet. It would be one way to make it fresh for another year, and it wouldn't be a bad storyline either. An old man trains for the Rumble because anyone can enter and it's his only way to get to a title shot at WrestleMania these days. He returns unexpectedly to a big reaction and shows he's "still got it" by winning. Hogan wins a battle royal where he didn't have to do much, which is better than him going over a younger member of the roster in a full-on match, and the heel he's facing can even point out that Hogan's a sad old man who took a shortcut to success for a shot at glory he doesn't even need anymore. Hogan then challenges for the SmackDown title to try to have one last WrestleMania Moment, and win or lose, he retires after that and becomes the WWE ambassador. It's a perfectly good storyline.
My only problem is it might clash with, or worse, delay, The Undertaker's last 'Mania match. And yes, I'm one of the people who would also buy a Hogan/Undertaker WM match for the story alone.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2013 15:58:47 GMT -5
I'd be 110% on board with Hogan winning the rumble and having a title shot at WM 30 with a "can he still do it" storyline. Even if you've got a completely broken down Hulkster with zero chance of winning, I feel like that would still draw like crazy and the pops for any offense he gets in at all would be massive.
Not to mention that whatever heel you put in that angle is made.
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Post by Urfarkendarf on Nov 4, 2013 16:30:13 GMT -5
Hogan winning the Rumble is a bad idea. IMO its a smack in the face to the guys in the locker room who work their asses off year round and see a spot like that go to a 60+ year old man who has so many medical issues at this point he's a potential liability. On the other hand, there's maybe 3 or 4 guys at this moment that could win the Rumble realistically and outside of Bryan and Punk, most of the "contenders" have already won it, so its potentially "more of the same" there as well.
I get the nostalgia behind the idea and for that alone I don't hate it. I just don't think Hogan returning to the WWE again will have the same impact that it did the last time should it happen. That match with the Rock was something special and no one expected it and it was that moment that he truly returned (since the NWO angle was awful). It will be hard to recapture that kind of magic and boost again, its more than a decade since that even and most thought Hogan was too old then.
I'm all for him appearing in the Rumble and "coming close", but I don't like the idea of him winning whatsoever
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Post by mcstoklasa on Nov 4, 2013 17:04:09 GMT -5
You know what would be great?
Hogan returns at the Rumble, near the end. He comes in and gets to eliminate 2/3 guys. The final four are Hogan, 2 top babyfaces and a top heel. All four are tired by this point. The commentators are going crazy "Can Hogan do it?". Hogan eliminates the heel and that leaves Hogan and two top faces (Cena, Punk maybe). The heel who was eliminated interferes and eliminates the Hulkster. Feud to Mania with heel. Hulk is retired ala Ric Flair in 2008.
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Post by Loser troll. Please ban me on Nov 4, 2013 17:09:46 GMT -5
sigh... Well it spells good news for TNA at any rate.
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Post by Urfarkendarf on Nov 4, 2013 19:07:05 GMT -5
You know what would be great? Hogan returns at the Rumble, near the end. He comes in and gets to eliminate 2/3 guys. The final four are Hogan, 2 top babyfaces and a top heel. All four are tired by this point. The commentators are going crazy "Can Hogan do it?". Hogan eliminates the heel and that leaves Hogan and two top faces (Cena, Punk maybe). The heel who was eliminated interferes and eliminates the Hulkster. Feud to Mania with heel. Hulk is retired ala Ric Flair in 2008. That. I'm perfectly fine with that.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2013 19:23:05 GMT -5
Ugh,..I hope this is false. If he came back for an occasional non-wrestling appearance here and there I could tolerate him a little more. Who the hell us he going to have a match with? He can barely walk and we seen what a modern aged Hogan can do in TNA in what few matches he had there. Again...hopefully it's BS. Hogan can do less damage in WWE at least. If he must be around, I'd much rather see him be a small cog in the machine in WWE instead of having creative pull and being involved in all the top angles and opening and closing the show every week like he did on Impact. I like Hogan cutting his "aw little ol' me?" humble dude promos as the crowds cheer insanely for him, that's probably all we'd get in WWE.
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Post by Phil Parent on Nov 5, 2013 0:07:37 GMT -5
If Hogan can't bump his elimination, he could simply "run" in to save some face from a much bigger and threatening heel which would be Hogan's WM program. Then Hogan leaves on his two feet after eliminating the heel. He's not an entrant, so no problem.
Plus, you get a RAW Moment / massive ovation the next time WWE comes to Montreal. Maybe he can announce his retirement date there, or retire here. Hogan said it was his best crowd, and said he'd love to live his second life here.
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Post by Crusty Ruffles on Nov 5, 2013 2:13:51 GMT -5
Boy. I don't know about him winning the Rumble.
There's a few things I think could be pulled off well, though. He could come in as a face as Vince's planned savior against HHH, Stephanie, and Orton. Have him work one match against Orton (NOT Mania) where they have to throw the kitchen sink at him to beat him. Vince is really despondent because he thinks his best shot at taking back control is gone. Then we have someone else rise to the occasion with Hogan as a mentor and get the rub for finally being the one to take down the evil corporation.
Another idea, should he be able and want to wrestle, is you could just have him be a straight challenger to someone. This could even work in a face/face situation. Set up the match (again...probably not Mania) and build it with a lot of promos and videos. Have Hogan recreate the old Hulkamania training montages but go Rocky Balboa with it where you can see him having lost quite a few steps to age. He can still train somewhat like he did back then, but with a great deal of difficulty. He does what he can in the match, Hulks up, the usual spots, but comes up just short in the end. I think with the right person you could make amazing drama out of that.
I guess my main thing is I don't really feel great about him wrestling. And if he's adamant that he wants one more match, I don't know if I want a 60 year old hip replacement spinal surgery Hulk Hogan in a ring at Wrestlemania 30 trying to wrestle. Give him a moment, a run in, something. But not a full blown match.
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Post by Raskovnik on Nov 5, 2013 2:25:48 GMT -5
I'm absolutely fine with him winning the Rumble. I'm fine with him winning whatever championship he wants. I'd love all of it because I'm a Hulkamaniac and you couldn't pay me to give two shits about the Tyson Kidds of the world not getting their spot in the Rumble.
I recognize that this happening is highly unlikely, but I'd still love it.
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Post by Boo! on Nov 5, 2013 5:44:38 GMT -5
They could have Hogan brutally attacked midway through the Rumble and have to be carried out and then have it announced a bit further on that he's had to withdraw due to doctor's orders.
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Post by Turd Ferguson on Nov 5, 2013 6:05:37 GMT -5
It'll be surreal if they wait to bring him in (if they have, in fact, agreed to terms) until the week before the Royal Rumble, which will mark the 30th anniversary of his title win vs The Iron Sheik.
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Post by Boo! on Nov 5, 2013 6:12:27 GMT -5
The best 'use' of Hogan is exampled in the 2005 match with HBK. Don't have him on TV every week, put him in with someone who matters not some hamandegger who happens to be on the rise that month, and watch the people come. As silly as that matched turned out the interest spiked by it was real. It's why I never understood why WWE could pique a buyrate and then allow HBK to turn up the next night and say "That thing you spent $40 last night? It wasn't legit, so moving on....". What a way to insult the audience, take their money for an event then 24 hours later have someone laugh it off and call it a waste of time.
But if you put Hogan in there with one of the big, big stars I think it could draw a ridiculous amount.
John Cena vs Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania - face vs face. The number 1 wrestler in the world today vs the most recognisable figure in the history of the business. The match itself would have to be very carefully planned and worked out to ensure it wasn't a car crash but damn the interest would be huge.
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Nov 5, 2013 10:34:57 GMT -5
You could fudge the Hogan elimination bump with a monster like Big Show going for a chokeslam, lifting him up to put him outside the ring, and then someone interrupting it so that they drop him (i.e. delicately place him) on the apron and Hogan 'falls' off.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2013 10:47:20 GMT -5
"In this royal rumble, you no longer need to go over the top rope as long as both feet touch the floor!"
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Post by Push R Truth on Nov 5, 2013 11:02:40 GMT -5
Have a couple Authority guys team up and eliminate him by tossed Hogan into the arms of like... the Usos or something.
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