Whos place in WWE is bigger? Stone Cold Steve Austin's or Hulk Hogan's?

[PerfectAngle45]

Didnt any of you guys hear what Vince McMahon said when he inducted Steve Austin into the HOF? He said Steve Austin was the best of all time. He did not say that for no reason, he most likely meant it.

[CrucifiedRaven]

Anyone who says Hulk Hogan was clearly born before the 80s. Or at least '85.

Stone Cold's lasting impression on WWF for the casual fan base is:
- Stunners
- Chugging beer

And let me tell you, this is not a bad thing. When casual fans look back on the attitude era, they look back fondly on both these things. In fact, if I were to ask most of my friends to name a pro wrestler, most of them would say either Austin or the Rock, because of that, and because of the success they had in the late 90s in wrestling's last boom.

The Rock is unfair because he has transcended the business by going hollywood, but still.. to this day, i still have friends and strangers knowing stunners and middle fingers and chuggin beer because of Stone Cold.

Austin made wrestling cool. And at the very least, less embarrassing as a fan to talk about. And that still holds true today.

[lowandmighty]

I've changed my mind about this. I said hulk Hogan before but I've thought more about it and I think Stone Cold's place in wwe will inevitably be bigger.

Hulk Hogan actually does deserve the bigger place hands down and anyone who thinks otherwise is just plain wrong end of story.

However, Vince McMahon doesn't like Hogan anymore and hasn't for years and this attitude towards the Hulkster would definitely have rubbed off on the rest of the McMahon's (Triple H included) no matter how much they originally liked him, because in person Hulk Hogan really is a painfully nice guy. despite that, at the end of the day blood is thicker than water and McMahon will get his wish in the end and phase Hogan out of the history of the company as time goes by and Hogan will be left as nothing more than a foot note on the ass of Stone Cold Steve Austin.

It almost even calls for an "and thats the bottom line". Sad but true.

[HBsam31]

This one is real tough. I would say Hogan did for WWE in the 80's what Stone Cold did in the 90's. Hogan revolutionized the sport bringing it to the mainstream, while Austin pulled them out of a slump that could have put them out of business. Stone Cold made wrestling more popular than it ever was before. They were both merc cash cows, and they both brought in a whole new group of fans. It is really hard to pick one over the other so I am going with equal.

[thebarber]

Hands down Hulk Hogan. Without Hogan, there would never have been an Austin, Rock, Hart, Michaels.....the list is endless. Hogan is wrestling, Austin cashed in on the popularity. Sure Austin took off and became as big a star as Hogan, but if both guys were on the same happy place with Vince, he would always go to Hogan over Austin.
At least with Hogan, when it came time to do business, he did business the right way in WWE. Austin only did business when it suited him, otherwsie he took his ball and ran off, belted around his wife and shot innocent animals

[agentmichaelscarn]

I love Austin but it's Hogan and it's not close. I didn't read all the responses so pardon me if I repeat some things. With that said unless you grew up and lived in the 80s during the height of Hulkamania like I did you truly don't understand the impact that he had. Not only was he a famous wrestler, he was a famous person period. I would venture to say that literally 99% of Americans over the age of 15 know who Hulk Hogan is. You can't say the same about Austin. Hogan revolutionized the business. As great as Austin was the WWE would've been alright without him, (after all check the ratings when he was out in 99-00 due to his injuries, they were equal and in some cases higher than he was there). McMahon would've just used a different wrestler to antagonize him. You couldn't just use another wrestler to be Hulk Hogan. Not only did he have to have the size like Hogan(which very few if any people had) you also had to have the charisma of him, so he wasn't nearly as replaceable as Austin was.

Anyway, they both were the 2 biggest draws in the company and I don't want to take anything away from Austin but as great as he was he or any other wrestler was no Hulk Hogan.