Hogan On Bubba The Love Sponge Today...

[Harmonica]

mightykretzler said:

drbackflipshoffman said:

IF hollywood hulk hogan BLOWS HIS KNEE OUT IN THE WOODS DOES BRIAN KNOBBS MAKE A SOUND

NO, BUT HE PROBABLY THREW HIM THROUGH A TABLE DURING THE HOUSE SHOW IN THE FOREST.

damn Brian Knobbs with his throwing people through tables at house shows and forest that lacerates their knees

[Banned Member]

areyouready said:

themercenary said:

For the love of....Look man I like seeing Hogan around too, but for the love of all thats good stop calling him Hollywood Hulk Hogan in caps. It makes me skip over all your posts man.

Yes me too, but I'm not annoyed I see it as a helpful piece of assistance, as soon as I see it I know I can keep on scrolling.

But in any event this isn't Vince wanting to share the money out more fairly, he just wants to give Hogan less. You think he's going to go to the other performers on the card and say "Good news, I've secured you more money" Of course he's not.

Hogan knows his worth and at his age and condition he's sticking to that religiously, and who can blame him. Sure Hogan's rich but if you were rich would you work for a BILLIONAIRE for free or less than you think you're worth? No of course you wouldn't, nor would I if I were in Hogan's position.

To me this is about ego, I think the rot in Hogan/McMahon's relationship probably set in around the same time HHH woke up and thought "hey, Hogan gets bigger pops than me". I mean, who can forget the frankly embarrassing episode at Summerslam when HHH virtually spent 10 minutes trying to outpop him (and failing miserably amusingly enough) at Summerslam? Now suddenly Hogan's just "another guy". Since when? Look at these last two Summerslams where Hogan has been the top advertised draw for each show and the buyrates they did are fantastic. He is not just another "it guy" (what the hell does that mean anyway?) but rather THE it guy.

However it will be Vince and not Hogan who will be embarrassed because of this. Just think about the venue, the occasion. I would guess a LOT of tickets for that event went to people wanting to a) see wrestlemania and b) see Hulk Hogan. If you went down to the line of people queueing up at the box office for tickets and asked them which performer they were most looking forward to seeing I bet most would have said Hogan. I bet there will be "We Want Hogan" chants as most people would have wanted to see Hogan there. They'll almost certainly crap all over the Lashley/Umaga thing and the Khali match as those are the two widely speculated that Hogan would participate in.

So yeah, this isn't Vince standing up to the big bad Hogan, it's Vince trying to save money and convincing himself that he doesn't need who is probably the biggest individual reason for the majority of people to buy tickets to the event to be at Wrestlemania.

But then we harp on Vince for not giving the younger guys a spot on the card.

[Cousin Judge]

themercenary said:

SCSA out drew Hogan.

Well with respect - he didn't. Certainly not in terms of attendence and TV ratings, not ever really come close.

In terms of sheer PPV buys he did but the PPV market during the late 90's was much more sophisticated and more widely available than it was in Hogan's time in New York.

Also factor into it that Hogan had Vince McMahon and a few office guys behind him and Austin had a PLC behind him with the companies value at the time being overinflated by usual stock market marlarky it's clear to see that although Austin got more money, he didn't outdraw Hogan.

[The Boss]

themercenary said:

SCSA out drew Hogan.

Never. Adjust for inflation and you'll find that HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN drew more money than anyone. And that's not even including WCW where "Stinko" -- while putting on some good matches -- did little to draw fans.

So just think if SCSA wouldn't have gotten that botched tombstone. Hogan would be begging to work with SCSA.

HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN has already challenged "Stinko" to a match. But "Stinko" is too much of a coward because he knows that if they wrestled each other HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN would out pop him and shatter "Stinko's" myth of popularity.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

sweet german jesus

[The Boss]

jmontoya9189 said:

why do you type Hollywood Hogan in all caps

I don't. HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN is just so much better than everyone else that his name stands out. So it just appears that it's in caps.

and count didn't Hogan pass the torch to Ultimate Warrior

HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN tried to "pass the tourch" to several guys but they all fumbled and HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN had to pick it up and continue to run with it.

[Cousin Judge]

drbackflipshoffman said:

sweet german jesus

You can't goosestep in sandles.

[jcdenton]

areyouready said:

drbackflipshoffman said:

sweet german jesus

You can't goosestep in sandles.

JBL?

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theboss said:

jmontoya9189 said:

why do you type Hollywood Hogan in all caps

I don't. HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN is just so much better than everyone else that his name stands out. So it just appears that it's in caps.

and count didn't Hogan pass the torch to Ultimate Warrior

HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN tried to "pass the tourch" to several guys but they all fumbled and HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN had to pick it up and continue to run with it.

Meh, Hogan always ended up coming back and stealing the spotlight from talented guys. Warrior was not a good wrestler, either. He sucked. Even worse than Hogan. Hogan won't even job to guys at the right time. Hell, he didn't even put Orton over. And Randy needed that right then; he could've become a good heel faster. Orton is no legend, but come on, Hogan comes back to force him to job? Shenanigans, I say.

Oh, and you can stop with the caps now. DO I need to do it when I talk about wrestlers?

THE GREAT KHALI is the master of the brain chop, and while THE GREAT KHALI is not the most talented man ever, THE GREAT KHALI at least doesn't try to steal the spotlight from guys.

Etcetera. Oh, and you can shut up now.

[MGH]

mightykretzler said:

theboss said:

I don't. HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN is just so much better than everyone else that his name stands out. So it just appears that it's in caps. HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN tried to "pass the tourch" to several guys but they all fumbled and HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN had to pick it up and continue to run with it.

Meh, Hogan always ended up coming back and stealing the spotlight from talented guys. Warrior was not a good wrestler, either. He sucked. Even worse than Hogan. Hogan won't even job to guys at the right time. Hell, he didn't even put Orton over. And Randy needed that right then; he could've become a good heel faster. Orton is no legend, but come on, Hogan comes back to force him to job? Shenanigans, I say.

Oh, and you can stop with the caps now. DO I need to do it when I talk about wrestlers?

THE GREAT KHALI is the master of the brain chop, and while THE GREAT KHALI is not the most talented man ever, THE GREAT KHALI at least doesn't try to steal the spotlight from guys.

Etcetera. Oh, and you can shut up now.

Dude...I see THE GREAT KHALI's name in giant caps! He's on Hogan's level!

[jcdenton]

mightykretzler said:

theboss said:

I don't. HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN is just so much better than everyone else that his name stands out. So it just appears that it's in caps. HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN tried to "pass the tourch" to several guys but they all fumbled and HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN had to pick it up and continue to run with it.

Meh, Hogan always ended up coming back and stealing the spotlight from talented guys. Warrior was not a good wrestler, either. He sucked. Even worse than Hogan. Hogan won't even job to guys at the right time. Hell, he didn't even put Orton over. And Randy needed that right then; he could've become a good heel faster. Orton is no legend, but come on, Hogan comes back to force him to job? Shenanigans, I say.

Oh, and you can stop with the caps now. DO I need to do it when I talk about wrestlers?

THE GREAT KHALI is the master of the brain chop, and while THE GREAT KHALI is not the most talented man ever, THE GREAT KHALI at least doesn't try to steal the spotlight from guys.

Etcetera. Oh, and you can shut up now.

also, khali gives his pay check to his indian village, thats cool.

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jcdenton said:

areyouready said:

You can't goosestep in sandles.

JBL?

Yes?

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jcdenton said:

mightykretzler said:

Meh, Hogan always ended up coming back and stealing the spotlight from talented guys. Warrior was not a good wrestler, either. He sucked. Even worse than Hogan. Hogan won't even job to guys at the right time. Hell, he didn't even put Orton over. And Randy needed that right then; he could've become a good heel faster. Orton is no legend, but come on, Hogan comes back to force him to job? Shenanigans, I say.

Oh, and you can stop with the caps now. DO I need to do it when I talk about wrestlers?

THE GREAT KHALI is the master of the brain chop, and while THE GREAT KHALI is not the most talented man ever, THE GREAT KHALI at least doesn't try to steal the spotlight from guys.

Etcetera. Oh, and you can shut up now.

also, khali gives his pay check to his indian village, thats cool.

Yes, did I ever mention how THE GREAT KHALI is an advocate against drugs in his village, and that he gives them money from his paycheck? What class from THE GREAT KHALI.

[rrm15]

areyouready said:

drbackflipshoffman said:

sweet german jesus

You can't goosestep in sandles.

lmao

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mygreatesthour said:

mightykretzler said:

Meh, Hogan always ended up coming back and stealing the spotlight from talented guys. Warrior was not a good wrestler, either. He sucked. Even worse than Hogan. Hogan won't even job to guys at the right time. Hell, he didn't even put Orton over. And Randy needed that right then; he could've become a good heel faster. Orton is no legend, but come on, Hogan comes back to force him to job? Shenanigans, I say.

Oh, and you can stop with the caps now. DO I need to do it when I talk about wrestlers?

THE GREAT KHALI is the master of the brain chop, and while THE GREAT KHALI is not the most talented man ever, THE GREAT KHALI at least doesn't try to steal the spotlight from guys.

Etcetera. Oh, and you can shut up now.

Dude...I see THE GREAT KHALI's name in giant caps! He's on Hogan's level!

He's past Hogan's level. THE GREAT KHALI can do a multitude of stiff manuevers, whereas Hulk Hogan just moves stiffly.

[MGH]

Wait let me see if this works with other people...


STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN! Yessssss!
THE ROCK! ...YAY!
hardcore holly. aw boo.

[DrBackflipsHoffman]

MANTAUR
MAN MOUNTAIN ROCK
DJ SKITTLEZ
WIFEBEATER

who'd have though?!?!

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THE GREAT KHALI is a great man.

[The Boss]

areyouready said:

themercenary said:

For the love of....Look man I like seeing Hogan around too, but for the love of all thats good stop calling him Hollywood Hulk Hogan in caps. It makes me skip over all your posts man.

Yes me too, but I'm not annoyed I see it as a helpful piece of assistance, as soon as I see it I know I can keep on scrolling.

But in any event this isn't Vince wanting to share the money out more fairly, he just wants to give Hogan less. You think he's going to go to the other performers on the card and say "Good news, I've secured you more money" Of course he's not.

Hogan knows his worth and at his age and condition he's sticking to that religiously, and who can blame him. Sure Hogan's rich but if you were rich would you work for a BILLIONAIRE for free or less than you think you're worth? No of course you wouldn't, nor would I if I were in Hogan's position.

To me this is about ego, I think the rot in Hogan/McMahon's relationship probably set in around the same time HHH woke up and thought "hey, Hogan gets bigger pops than me". I mean, who can forget the frankly embarrassing episode at Summerslam when HHH virtually spent 10 minutes trying to outpop him (and failing miserably amusingly enough) at Summerslam? Now suddenly Hogan's just "another guy". Since when? Look at these last two Summerslams where Hogan has been the top advertised draw for each show and the buyrates they did are fantastic. He is not just another "it guy" (what the hell does that mean anyway?) but rather THE it guy.

However it will be Vince and not Hogan who will be embarrassed because of this. Just think about the venue, the occasion. I would guess a LOT of tickets for that event went to people wanting to a) see wrestlemania and b) see Hulk Hogan. If you went down to the line of people queueing up at the box office for tickets and asked them which performer they were most looking forward to seeing I bet most would have said Hogan. I bet there will be "We Want Hogan" chants as most people would have wanted to see Hogan there. They'll almost certainly crap all over the Lashley/Umaga thing and the Khali match as those are the two widely speculated that Hogan would participate in.

So yeah, this isn't Vince standing up to the big bad Hogan, it's Vince trying to save money and convincing himself that he doesn't need who is probably the biggest individual reason for the majority of people to buy tickets to the event to be at Wrestlemania.

Despite your lie of not reading my posts (makes no difference to me) you do make one hell of a point. Especially about fans expecting to see HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN at WrestleMania 23. When the tickets went on sale only one name was on the card: HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN. Even his opponent wasn't 100% yet. They said that they wanted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the "body slam heard 'round the world". Tickets sold out in one hour on HOLLYWOOD HULK HOGAN'S name alone. A lot of fans are going to be angry.

[MGH]

BRET HART. Awesome!
TRIPLE H. Score!
batista. oh shoot.