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Post by wildojinx on Sept 8, 2023 10:32:51 GMT -5
We've had threads about Hulk Hogan's worst WCW matches, but what matches would you say are his best? Even though it ended in a schmozz, I really liked the match he had against Sting on Monday Nitro in 1995.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Sept 8, 2023 10:38:46 GMT -5
I really like the first Hogan/Vader match at SuperBrawl V. Whether Hogan was rising to the challenge or Hogan was getting legitamately pissed at Vader working stiff and started dishing out receipts, it's probably the most physical Hogan match after his 80s WWF run. Also it's fun to see WCW Hogan actually go toe to toe with a Monster like he did back in the mid 80s.
Some dark horse ones: I think the Hogan/Flair match at the August 1994 Clash of the Champions match is very good. It's probably the best Hogan/Flair match because Hulk is selling the knee, so it's one of the few times he actually seems to be in peril against Flair. Usually Hogan Flair matches are Hogan beating the shit out of Flair for like 80% of it and then going to the finish.
I also love the Hogan vs. Billy Kidman matches in 2000. They had some good chemistry and you could tell Hogan was having fun doing that FUNB character doing all those Steve Austin style brawls.
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Post by tafkaga on Sept 8, 2023 10:49:09 GMT -5
I really like the first Hogan/Vader match at SuperBrawl V. Whether Hogan was rising to the challenge or Hogan was getting legitamately pissed at Vader working stiff and started dishing out receipts, it's probably the most physical Hogan match after his 80s WWF run. Also it's fun to see WCW Hogan actually go toe to toe with a Monster like he did back in the mid 80s. Some dark horse ones: I think the Hogan/Flair match at the August 1994 Halloween Havoc match is very good. It's probably the best Hogan/Flair match because Hulk is selling the knee, so it's one of the few times he actually seems to be in peril against Flair. Usually Hogan Flair matches are Hogan beating the shit out of Flair for like 80% of it and then going to the finish. I also love the Hogan vs. Billy Kidman matches in 2000. They had some good chemistry and you could tell Hogan was having fun doing that FUNB character doing all those Steve Austin style brawls. I really enjoyed that Hogan/Kidman pairing as well. On paper it looks terrible, but it really worked.
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Post by Jindrak Mark on Sept 8, 2023 10:53:42 GMT -5
Hogan/Goldberg/Sting v Nash/Sid/Steiner on Nitro in summer 1999. It was a very basic tag match realistically but I've always loved it because it was one of the first WCW matches I ever watched and the crowd was on fire. And that is one of the most overpowered babyface teams ever.
He had a good match with DDP on Nitro around March/April 1999. It was his first televised match in Canada in years and he was being cheered like crazy to the point the crowd completely turned on DDP so it was kind of a prelude to the reaction he would get in Toronto at Wrestlemania X8.
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Post by Fundertaker on Sept 8, 2023 12:00:38 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd say his match with Vader is really the only I would put on par with his WWF classics, even if it's different from all of them due to Vader's physicality.
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Post by Alexander The So-so on Sept 8, 2023 14:53:24 GMT -5
Could just be nostalgia talking, but to this day I can still watch and enjoy his initial 1994 matches against Flair at Bash at the Beach and Halloween Havoc.
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Post by HMARK Center on Sept 8, 2023 15:33:57 GMT -5
I really like the first Hogan/Vader match at SuperBrawl V. Whether Hogan was rising to the challenge or Hogan was getting legitamately pissed at Vader working stiff and started dishing out receipts, it's probably the most physical Hogan match after his 80s WWF run. Also it's fun to see WCW Hogan actually go toe to toe with a Monster like he did back in the mid 80s. Some dark horse ones: I think the Hogan/Flair match at the August 1994 Clash of the Champions match is very good. It's probably the best Hogan/Flair match because Hulk is selling the knee, so it's one of the few times he actually seems to be in peril against Flair. Usually Hogan Flair matches are Hogan beating the shit out of Flair for like 80% of it and then going to the finish. I also love the Hogan vs. Billy Kidman matches in 2000. They had some good chemistry and you could tell Hogan was having fun doing that FUNB character doing all those Steve Austin style brawls. I was still holding out hope with 2000 WCW that things would work out, and FUNB Hogan was one of those things that made me think "hey, this is new, and pretty good!" It was a fun departure from typical Hogan, it was interesting to see him actually using his size and strength more in matches, but like so much of '99-'00 WCW it felt like it could go somewhere good, but of course didn't live up to expectations, and he had to go and, well, Hogan up a lot of things. I should probably go back and watch the Vader match, I wasn't paying super close attention at that point back then but Vader is always the man and, again, it might be fun to see Hogan out of his usual element.
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Post by wrestlingrecap on Sept 9, 2023 17:36:24 GMT -5
I feel like I enjoyed Hogan/Sting on a Nitro in the summer of 99 in Vegas. The crowd was into it and they hit the spots you'd expect. Hogan/Flair always had an enjoyable formula together.
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 9, 2023 18:07:47 GMT -5
I probably need to watch others in comparison to this, but Hogan/Goldberg I remember being pretty good, especially given Goldberg's relative experience at the time. At the very least it was good for the crowd in attendance.
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