WrestleMania 25: Cena vs Hogan

[George Steele's Barber]

This is the first I am hearing that this was a possibility. I thought by this point Hogan was long gone.

25 could have really used this. Cena was a huge draw by then but putting him in a triple threat with Show and Edge probably didn't bring in many extra buys other than from a few uptight Canadians and those that suffer from gigantism. Hogan would have brought in/back many fans who wanted to see one more match or a so-called generational battle. In the end, the match would have met much criticism from the IWC smarks (too old, superthis vs. superthat, repeat of 18) but who cares. The important thing is that it would have gotten more people emotionally invested in the product again and maybe some of that investment would have led to those fans sticking around through 2009.

[thebarber]

from what I recall, the entire legends storyline was aimed to end up Chris Jerichovs Hulk Hogan, who was going to return to stick up for the LEGENDS Jericho has been belittling. Hogan's back surgery that he was booked in for was the reason he did not sign on for Mania.
Hogan and Jericho get along quite well and Hogan, reportedly at the time, was happy to do the job, but as he knew he could not physically wrestle, he could say that I guess.
I do not see how Cena would have been involved in that storyline as he was in the WHC picture and feuding with Edge. Jericho could have carried Hogan to a passable match, and Mickey Rourke could still have gotten involved during or after the match.

[thebarber]

from what I recall, the entire legends storyline was aimed to end up Chris Jericho vs Hulk Hogan, who was going to return to stick up for the LEGENDS Jericho has been belittling. Hogan's back surgery that he was booked in for was the reason he did not sign on for Mania.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...ena-or-jericho

Hogan and Jericho get along quite well and Hogan, reportedly at the time, was happy to do the job, but as he knew he could not physically wrestle, he could say that I guess.
I do not see how Cena would have been involved in that storyline as he was in the WHC picture and feuding with Edge. Jericho could have carried Hogan to a passable match, and Mickey Rourke could still have gotten involved during or after the match.

[Macho Machismo]

Yes I would've liked to have seen Cena vs. Hogan at Wrestlemania 25. As for whether it would've been good or not, who cares. The Rock vs. Hogan at Wrestlemania 18 wasn't some 5 star matchup but it's still iconic because of the crowd and because it's the two biggest names in the company facing each other, it would be exactly the same here, those two things alone are enough to make this match great, plus it would be the first time ever that we had two true top stars of different generations facing each other. And I doubt it would've actually been as awful as people make it out to be, this is Wrestlemania, Hogan would've put in all his effort to at least make it a decent match despite him being past his prime and his injuries, I mean nobody expected Taker to come into Wrestlemania 28 with him being past his prime and all his nagging injuries and put on a good match but look what happened, so who's to know whether Hogan would've been awful in that match or not.

As for whether it could've organized Mania better, Mania 25 could've been organized better whether Hogan vs. Cena was on the card or not. I've always thought Edge should've faced HHH for the World Heavyweight Title since we had seen Orton-HHH a billion times by that point, so this would've been new and quite possibly better than Orton-HHH. They still could've done the same build up they did with Orton with Edge instead, Edge would've been just as convincing as Orton in that build up. Also those two hell-cats Vickie & Stephanie could've been involved in the match, with both of them interfering for their men but it results in them two having a cat-fight with each other instead. Orton could've faced Batista- Batista did return the next night after Wrestlemania, they could've just brought him back one month earlier to try & get his revenge on Orton for putting him out with the Punt after Survivor Series. If Hogan vs. Cena wasn't on the card though then it could've been Cena vs. Orton for the WWE Title instead. As for Big Show, who cares, he could've just been in the Money In The Bank match.