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Post by engstu7 on Sept 7, 2007 16:47:56 GMT -5
God, I love the internet. He never said Andre died a week later. He said he died "shortly after that." Whether 6 years is considered a short ammount of time or not is open to interpretation. And the quote didn't come from his book either. It came from his A&E television doccumentary. He also said it in his episode of MTV Cribs. He was showing off his wrestling room and said, "These are the boots I wrestled Andre in. He died a couple weeks later" Or something to that effect. actually he said that andre died a few days later. lol
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Post by Silent Brad on Sept 7, 2007 17:10:59 GMT -5
you have to go get the audio book from itunes, its amazing to hear hogans voice actually read it.
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Post by doclindgren on Sept 7, 2007 17:25:39 GMT -5
As I was reading the book, seeingly every paragraph had the word "brother" ending a sentence. A bit of an inconvenience, but it didn't stop me from reading it and enjoying it to some degree.
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Warwolf
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Fear the Wolf
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Post by Warwolf on Sept 7, 2007 17:29:50 GMT -5
I can honestly say that there's a large list of wrestlers who would never be considered "legends" if they hadn't worked with Hogan. Honestly, would Paul Orndorf, Big John Studd, and King Kong Bundy be remembered as such high profile performers had they not worked with Hogan? And you can also list the people who would have gotten farther if they hadn't worked with Hogan. Vader for one. He doesn't make everyone look like gold after he's had a match with them like he said in his book. Actually, nine times out of ten, he usually does. Vader is one of the rare exceptions. Most people who worked with Hogan became recognizable as being marketable and/or capable of being put into main event caliber matches after a feud with Hogan in the WWF and to an extent WCW, though by then the guys he was feuding with were already at the main event level. Vader was already pretty over on his own. But that was hardly Hogan's fault that Vader's popularity took a dive. Sometimes when two guys who are both over get booked in a match together, one or both gets elevated to a higher level of recognition by fans and/or the company, sometimes one gets a rub and the other just looks good as a result, and sometimes one winds up coming out of the match less over than before. Warrior/Hogan I worked wonders for both men involved. Hogan/Vader didn't work out so well for Vader. But had Vader stayed in WCW, he might have gotten back to where he was again if he'd stayed there as a face. Or at least a tweener. the WWF just didn't really seem to know what the hell to do with him after they brought him in for that brief mini-feud with Yokozuna.
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Post by General Adam on Sept 7, 2007 19:03:14 GMT -5
No. But he can tell other people what to write.
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goodoldjl
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Post by goodoldjl on Sept 7, 2007 23:58:49 GMT -5
Yeah, the most entertaining thing about young Terrance Hogan's book was the fact that it was written like he speaks. I read the whole thing in a Hogan voice and it made it so much more enjoyable!
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Post by RareTradU on Sept 8, 2007 0:17:38 GMT -5
I always assumed that when Hogan said that Andre gave him the WM3 boots, that he died a few days later it meant that he died a few days after he gave him the boots, not a few days after WM3 or was I mistaken?
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HRH The KING
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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
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Post by HRH The KING on Sept 8, 2007 0:17:57 GMT -5
Hogan never lies brothas.
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Post by Hassan bin Sober on Sept 8, 2007 11:31:11 GMT -5
you have to go get the audio book from itunes, its amazing to hear hogans voice actually read it. I have it on CD. Funny stuff. One of these days I need to put in on YouTube or something. I can't remember exactly but doesn't he say he didn't realize wrestling was scripted until months after he was in the buisness or something?
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Post by fg76 on Sept 8, 2007 12:13:48 GMT -5
you have to go get the audio book from itunes, its amazing to hear hogans voice actually read it. I have it on CD. Funny stuff. One of these days I need to put in on YouTube or something. I can't remember exactly but doesn't he say he didn't realize wrestling was scripted until months after he was in the buisness or something? His explanation of the WCW 2000 betrayal is something funny to listen too. Hogan: I was pissed that Russo would say those hurtful things about me, only looking out for myself and I had to prove him wrong by using my creative control and winning the title.
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Post by Ramses on Sept 8, 2007 14:42:47 GMT -5
so essencilay this is a book writen by Hulk Hogan, Not Terry Bolia?
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Post by elushon on Sept 8, 2007 15:06:49 GMT -5
Geez, I wanna read this thing, but I don't feel like shilling out the cash for a fricking ebook.
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Post by scottyno on Sept 8, 2007 15:26:28 GMT -5
Geez, I wanna read this thing, but I don't feel like shilling out the cash for a fricking ebook. I bet your local library has it since everyone knows who Hulk Hogan is.
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fg76
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Post by fg76 on Sept 8, 2007 15:32:51 GMT -5
The Hogan book is half true, half lies, and full of great comedy value. Then again so was Dynamite Kids book too as he claimed he shot on everybody until he joined the WWF, and he still was shooting most of the time.
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Post by elushon on Sept 8, 2007 15:32:59 GMT -5
Well I meant now, since I'm stuck at work and it's a slow day. By the time I can close this store down it'll be closed. Not looking for any long term investment on it, just a nice little way to pass time.
And laugh hysterically.
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