Why The Hate for Hogan?

[The Shockmaster]

Recently more than ever I've been seeing posts on both the stories and forums of this website bashing Hulk Hogan. I get it, hes not the most popular guy in the world but I believe that for the first time during his stint in TNA people should actually not be bashing him but praising him. Maybe praising is not the best term but let me explain. Usually Hogan is bashed for pushing older talent and keeping his friends around, eating up television time, and still constantly trying to get himself over. No one ever has any positives to say about the poor Hulkster.

People cant stand that he is the new general manager of Impact Wrestling. News Flash people, someone has to do it. A wrestling show will always need an authority figure and you might as well have the biggest name in professional wrestling making a spot on your broadcast every now and again.

But people sure love the Impact World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode. People are saying hes one of the best champions that TNA has had in quite some time and even if you were a supporter of Storm winning at Lockdown you stilll weren't disappointed that Roode walked away with the belt. But both Roode and Storms characters and story line were a direct result of Hulk Hogan. Hogan was the one that said a Face Roode was not ready for the title at BFG and that Storm had more appeal to the audience. Due to Hogans input they turned Roode heel and made him one of the best TNA has seen in a long time if not ever. In the process they created a top face in James Storm.

So most likely the reason you tune into Impact Wrestling each week(that being Storm and Roode) is all thanks to everyone's favorite scapegoat for TNA's failures.

It seems for the first time hes doing positive things for TNA and people still cant let up. So I guess my point of this tread is why all the Hogan hate and What has he done lately that warrants all the Hate

 

[OneTooManyPunts]

A lot of people aren't ragging on Hogan for what he's done on air since becoming the TNA Impact GM again, they are ragging on him for the things he has said and done before that.

The big thing that has always stuck out to me, about Hogan, since joining TNA is that he has seemed very much like a fish out of water. He's talked highly of the promotion, but has never been able to define what his role in the company is. Now, given the stature Hogan has in the business, that might not seem like a big deal, but when he repeats it over and over, it almost gives a sense that there is little organization and thought going on behind the scenes in TNA.

My only other complaint towards him would be that he's preached pushing the younger guys, pushing the new talent, yet we haven't really seen any evidence that he's been a part of that, or that he's facilitating that in any real way.

It's sad, but Hogan's name just doesn't carry the weight, or mystique it used to. In a promotion filled with young, extremely talented performers, he does sort of represent the old guard. The reliance of talent established decades ago is a stigma that's haunted TNA for a long time, and unfortunately for Hogan, being the symbolic figure he is for pro wrestling, he's going to be the easiest to point at for many in that regard.

I don't blame him for any of the negative aspects in TNA, and I don't think he's doing any real harm to the product overall, I'm just not sure he's really doing anything that will elevate it in the long run.

 

[nish2231995]

i havent been a wrestling fan for all that long so a lot of my post probably won't make any sense. I think the internet just hates hogan because from what i've heard he's put other's down in his run's in wcw and wwe. He constricted from letting some younger talent to show off skills and be number 1 in the company he worked for at the time. I think the internet is hating on him because he is taking away spotlights from the younger talent nowadays. The people that were around for hogan's era must've disliked him then so much that its reflected now in the fanbase for his actions.
that probably didn't make sense at all
that or the internet probably just wants to bag anything that moves in tna

 

[Azane]

This will be the 90th time I've heard him say "THIS COMPANY WILL BE GOING PLACES NO BROTHER"

and everytime it happens, we get Jeff Hardy at Victory Road '11

I'm sick of him pulling Tony Schiavones and calling everything he or TNA does as the best thing in the world, there is merit to selling yourself, but the overhype he's put out has really turned me off the product (Dixie's tweeting turned me off for good for a few months before)

You also are crossing the lines of Kayfabe and non-Kayfabe. The reason Bobby Rhoooooooooooooo is a good champion is because of Bobby Rhoode, we've been saying it for years on these forums, that when he breaks out, it'll be big.

Hogan will take credit for this, but he won't take credit for the fact that ever since that January 4th iMPACT (I forgot, has it really been over 2 years?) the product had been declining in entertainment value (Subjective, but ratings were stagnant too). Bobby Rhoode's run is the first thing that has popped up in the WCW er of TNA that's made me interested in watching the main event scene.

With that being said, Hulk Hogan has lost my interest more than he's gained it since he's been with TNA, and this is coming from a 90's Hulkamaniac.

(Ps. Vince Russo or Dixie Carter were scape goats, Hogan is legitimately hurting the company)

 

[Rampage Bentley]

Recently more than ever I've been seeing posts on both the stories and forums of this website bashing Hulk Hogan. I get it, hes not the most popular guy in the world but I believe that for the first time during his stint in TNA people should actually not be bashing him but praising him. Maybe praising is not the best term but let me explain. Usually Hogan is bashed for pushing older talent and keeping his friends around, eating up television time, and still constantly trying to get himself over. No one ever has any positives to say about the poor Hulkster.

People cant stand that he is the new general manager of Impact Wrestling. News Flash people, someone has to do it. A wrestling show will always need an authority figure and you might as well have the biggest name in professional wrestling making a spot on your broadcast every now and again.

But people sure love the Impact World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Roode. People are saying hes one of the best champions that TNA has had in quite some time and even if you were a supporter of Storm winning at Lockdown you stilll weren't disappointed that Roode walked away with the belt. But both Roode and Storms characters and story line were a direct result of Hulk Hogan. Hogan was the one that said a Face Roode was not ready for the title at BFG and that Storm had more appeal to the audience. Due to Hogans input they turned Roode heel and made him one of the best TNA has seen in a long time if not ever. In the process they created a top face in James Storm.

So most likely the reason you tune into Impact Wrestling each week(that being Storm and Roode) is all thanks to everyone's favorite scapegoat for TNA's failures.

It seems for the first time hes doing positive things for TNA and people still cant let up. So I guess my point of this tread is why all the Hogan hate and What has he done lately that warrants all the Hate

I understand what you're saying, and by no means are you wrong...

But the thing is, Hulk Hogan has been burying young talent, butchering wrestling promotions and constantly forcing himself in the spotlight for a decade. It's going to take more than a few months for people to start overlooking all of that.

The other thing is, I really don't know how much of what's going on is the doing of Hulk Hogan. Hulk has always claimed that he has no part of creative, and things have changed a lot since Dave Lagana has taken over as head writer.

I'm all for being forgiving, but The Hulkster has a long road ahead of him when it comes to earning people's trust and changing perceptions about him.

 

[New Hot Fed]

He's too much overbearing. Impact Wrestling was doing fine with Roode as champ and all the stuff in 2012 but he comes back like a hero's welcome, he got the whole roster showing up on tv saying "oh Hogan we love you please be the commish, you are so great!". What has he deserved to have whole shows dedicated to him? Hulkamania was a long time ago and the ratings are doing better with him. You have to have an ego to have all this happening, the book your whole show around you.

 

[JAK]

When I got into wrestling I was not that interested in Hulk Hogan because of his rather preachy say your prayers, take your vitamins skit. The longer I was into wrestling the more I realised that Hogan in the WWF meant wrestlers I liked would never get a sniff at the WWF world title. As a teenage fan I'd have loved to see Ted DibBiase, Jake the Snake, Earthquake or Mr Perfect hold the WWF title and have a PPV that didn't end with Hulk Hogan standing victorious. Even in PPV's where Hogan wasn't fighting for the world title it felt like he found a way to capitalise on his position in the company. I've had similar feelings towards John Cena and Triple H.

When Hulk Hogan jumped to WCW I was relieved, WCW was virtually non-existant in the UK until it's later years and even then PPV's never made it onto terrestrial television (although I was able to watch a few on a German satelite channel with overdubbed commentary). With the departure of Hulk Hogan came the arrival of Bret Hart and HBK as world champions, wrestlers who could really go in the ring.

My real hatred towards Hulk Hogan set in as the internet became more accessible. From this point onwards the back stage reports and access to the stuff he'd say on television and radio programmes that I'd never have heard became available. As Hogan came out with more and more claims that were easily revealed as lies I started to move from disliking him as a character to disliking him as an individual.

I saw claims abouit Hulk Hogan being partly responsible for the demise of WCW, a company I'd wanted to be able to watch before Hogan arrived, and from looking at what happened to TNA since his arrival I'm convinced he certainly had something to answer for in the demise of WCW. On his arrival to TNA he got rid of the six sided ring, brought in the vile Bubba the Love Sponge (which resulted in the departure of the outstanding TNA knockout Awesome Kong), he also pushed for or was responsible for the arrival of Sean Morely, the Nasty Boy, Sean Waltman, Scott Hall, Mr. Anderson, RVD, Brian Kendrick, Eric Bischoff and Garrett Bischoff. Of that list 7 are gone and most of those 7 didn't last very long despite getting pushed to PPV status very quickly in favour of established TNA talent that are still with the company. Of the 4 that remain only Mr. Anderson is worth watching (and it's taken him ages in TNA to become worth watching in the ring) whilst RVD remains horribly inconsistent. Bischoff snr. is partly responsible for the continued poor state of TNA (along with Hogan) whilst Bischoff jnr. is receiving a push he simply doesn't deserve (and from the way the lethal lockdown match was booked I suspect actions are being taken to hide his lack of ability). To me these problems are because of Hogan's political sway.

Finally Hulk Hogan continues to take credit for things he does even if he doesn't deserve it whilst always laying the blame on failures with everyone but himself or his cronies. He changes facts to make himself appear better because he knows that casual fans will lap it up whilst hardcore fans like you and I can be labelled as internet losers who live in their moms basement and have never even seen a naked woman unless it's on a porn website when we point out he's spouting a pack of dressed up lies.

Hulk Hogan is, to me, the opposite of Sting. He's only out for himself and his buddies and will do nothing to put over others, blaming them for any failures his egotistic personality causes to happen.

 

[The Mountie]

When I got into wrestling I was not that interested in Hulk Hogan because of his rather preachy say your prayers, take your vitamins skit. The longer I was into wrestling the more I realised that Hogan in the WWF meant wrestlers I liked would never get a sniff at the WWF world title. As a teenage fan I'd have loved to see Ted DibBiase, Jake the Snake, Earthquake or Mr Perfect hold the WWF title and have a PPV that didn't end with Hulk Hogan standing victorious. Even in PPV's where Hogan wasn't fighting for the world title it felt like he found a way to capitalise on his position in the company. I've had similar feelings towards John Cena and Triple H.

When Hulk Hogan jumped to WCW I was relieved, WCW was virtually non-existant in the UK until it's later years and even then PPV's never made it onto terrestrial television (although I was able to watch a few on a German satelite channel with overdubbed commentary). With the departure of Hulk Hogan came the arrival of Bret Hart and HBK as world champions, wrestlers who could really go in the ring.

My real hatred towards Hulk Hogan set in as the internet became more accessible. From this point onwards the back stage reports and access to the stuff he'd say on television and radio programmes that I'd never have heard became available. As Hogan came out with more and more claims that were easily revealed as lies I started to move from disliking him as a character to disliking him as an individual.

I saw claims abouit Hulk Hogan being partly responsible for the demise of WCW, a company I'd wanted to be able to watch before Hogan arrived, and from looking at what happened to TNA since his arrival I'm convinced he certainly had something to answer for in the demise of WCW. On his arrival to TNA he got rid of the six sided ring, brought in the vile Bubba the Love Sponge (which resulted in the departure of the outstanding TNA knockout Awesome Kong), he also pushed for or was responsible for the arrival of Sean Morely, the Nasty Boy, Sean Waltman, Scott Hall, Mr. Anderson, RVD, Brian Kendrick, Eric Bischoff and Garrett Bischoff. Of that list 7 are gone and most of those 7 didn't last very long despite getting pushed to PPV status very quickly in favour of established TNA talent that are still with the company. Of the 4 that remain only Mr. Anderson is worth watching (and it's taken him ages in TNA to become worth watching in the ring) whilst RVD remains horribly inconsistent. Bischoff snr. is partly responsible for the continued poor state of TNA (along with Hogan) whilst Bischoff jnr. is receiving a push he simply doesn't deserve (and from the way the lethal lockdown match was booked I suspect actions are being taken to hide his lack of ability). To me these problems are because of Hogan's political sway.

Finally Hulk Hogan continues to take credit for things he does even if he doesn't deserve it whilst always laying the blame on failures with everyone but himself or his cronies. He changes facts to make himself appear better because he knows that casual fans will lap it up whilst hardcore fans like you and I can be labelled as internet losers who live in their moms basement and have never even seen a naked woman unless it's on a porn website when we point out he's spouting a pack of dressed up lies.

Hulk Hogan is, to me, the opposite of Sting. He's only out for himself and his buddies and will do nothing to put over others, blaming them for any failures his egotistic personality causes to happen.

It's as if you are in my mind! I agree with everything, even the whole 80's/90's British tv stuff. I remember watching the odd 1 hour WCW show on Saturday mornings on ITV, other than that I never saw WCW, until later of course.

I watched Impact last night on Challenge TV, which for you Americans is the terrible gameshow channel that TNA has found a home on here in the UK, and last weeks show was pretty good, except for one thing, Hulk Hogan. The man is an egotistical buffoon. The concept of a general manager is fine, but I don't believe it should be someone who is more popular than the entire roster, let alone someone who maximises each amount of their screentime so that they are more over than anyone they appear with. During the whole 'open fight night' segment, when we had all of TNA's champions in the ring, Hulk Hogan did everything in his power to appear more important than them. Could you imagine if The Rock returned to WWE full time and was the GM of Raw. I love The Rock, but my God it would be terribly detrimental to every other superstar on the roster if you were cheering for the GM more than your cheering for your top babyface, which I feel is where TNA are now.

I understand that Hulk Hogan is a draw for TNA, hell if he came to WWE he'd still be a draw, always will be, but TNA will never grow with him as the on-screen figurehead. He will always overshadow the company.

Also, for the record, I like TNA, but more accurately I like the wrestlers more than the promotion. I want it to succeed so that WWE has competition, but that will never happen with Hogan...ever.

 

[#heel420]

I respect Hulk Hogan because of what he's done for the business. He made wrestling cool back in the 80's. Wrestling wouldn't be what it is today for better or for worse without him. I liked him when I was younger, but learning of how he does and did business soured me to Hogan. He comes off as selfish. He rarely puts over other stars. Why didn't he lose to Shawn who was gonna be there for a few more years to put over young talent. Why did Orton lose at Summerslam a man that's one of the most over superstars heel or face and will be here for years to come. To me he always just wanted what was best for Terry.

 

[Rayne]

Hogan has done a lot for professional wrestling; lately, professional wrestling is doing a lot for Hulk Hogan.

It's a bit much to give credit to Hulk Hogan for Bobby Roode's success; actually, a LOT much. Hogan will happily take the credit if it's offered, but Roode not winning the BFG series is Professional Wrestling Booking 101. If fans really want something, you make them wait for it- that way, maybe they'll get it next week and keep tuning in. Professional wrestling fans, in the general sense, are not the brightest bunch. You can manufacture what they want; one month, people were begging for Bobby Roode to win the championship, the next month they were begging for James Storm to beat him for it. I have a hard time giving Hulk Hogan credit for Bobby Roode's success when the only thing that happened is a company didn't slavishly provide what the fans were demanding during a particular week.

Now; what has Hulk Hogan done for TNA/IW? Ratings? Nope; we're right back to where we were pre-Hogan, and his reappearance on Impact hasn't spiked the needles. There is not one person in TNA/IW who can say that their career position is better right now as a result of their association with Hulk Hogan. This isn't hyperbole, I actually cannot think of one person who was in TNA/IW prior to the Hogan era who has improved their career as a result of an association with Hulk Hogan. The ONLY person that's been helped out has been Gunner, and he wins the award by virtue of slumming around NWA local promotions at the beginning of the Hogan era. As it stands, despite the incessant push he's received, Gunner would have to murder an infant in the ring just to get people to notice him.

So besides the fact that he's done nothing for TNA/IW besides take their money, why do *I* dislike Hogan? He's boring. I've heard the Hogan Interview, brother. I've seen the Hogan Storyline, and the only difference in the Hogan Storyline these days is whether he takes a beating and blades to sell it or not. Hulk Hogan offers me nothing that I haven't seen before. He does not reinvent his character anymore; we get the same shit we've been getting for the past twenty years.

The reason I do not care for Hulk Hogan is because Hulk Hogan has not given me a reason to care about him, and that's what he's in the business of doing.

 

[dudedudedude]

The hate is because we keep hearing how TNA is the future, but all we see is storylines around Hogan and his buddies. I mean, that impact a few weeks back where the lockeroom came out and were like 'nooo be the gm, plzzz wank wank wank' was one of the most self maturbatory things ive seen. It was having the divas make out with Vince McMahon kinda bad.

 

[Domamania]

Like Hulk Hogan has said in character in WCW and he said in quote " The greater the gladiator is, the more enemies he has". That pretty mush concludes your question.....

 

[dudedudedude]

Like Hulk Hogan has said in character in WCW and he said in quote " The greater the gladiator is, the more enemies he has". That pretty mush concludes your question.....

Yeah, that's all well and good when you're making a company money. Not so much these days. Now the enemies don't wanna fight, they just want him to go away.

But, wait a minute...by that logic.....the great khali must be president of the world!!!

 

[Domamania]

Well you have to think that PPl these days have less money then back in wcw's days of the 90s. We are in a global economic crises where people are spending less and less inculding spending less for the world of wrestling no matter what company..

Nice with the sarcasm, I know the man who really controlls the world on earth, but i wont say who it is..

 

[oogieboogie]

WCW was virtually non-existant in the UK until it's later years and even then PPV's never made it onto terrestrial television (although I was able to watch a few on a German satelite channel with overdubbed commentary).

Oh man, this brings back memories. I was just like you in watching WCW PPV's on a German Satellite channel. LOL!

I loved Fridays as once Cartoon Network was finished and 7pm rolled around it was time for Nitro.

When i got into wrestling i was a major Hogan fan. Even when he was part of the NWO i wanted him to be beaten to a pulp but i still liked him. lol
But like people have mentioned he likes to take all the credit, even if he isn't deserving of it. Since the age of the internet you read more and more about how he held guys back and his friends all benefited, which is a shame. Yep i know not all stories are true.

I remember reading recently didn't he take credit for the sell out at Shea Stadium for him and Andre, even though prior to that or after that they couldn't fill a 3500 seater arena? Did Hogan provide an answer for that?

 

[HBsam31]

I think the hatred for Hulk Hogan is a bit undeserved, but I can see it from other fans point of view to. He had continually boasted how TNA is going to take over, and be better than everything else yet the only results we have been given is a great run with Roode being champ. I really do hope they start utilizing the younger talent, but with Hogan at the realm it's hard to take it seriously that they are going to do that. I think Hogan needs to earn the trust of the fans back, and stop being so self serving in the storylines. The TNA lockerroom coming out to essentially beg Hogan to be GM was a bit on the ridiculous side to be honest. If for once he would follow what he says I could see the hatred going away.

 

[theBec2101]

Dont think it is so much the hate as it is the tiredness of seeing him already. Also the fact that he really hasnt done anything in TNA either. The only major change so far was the ring and the he had burried other talent aswell. He has brought nothing in.

 

[Larry]

I think a lot of the hate towards Hulk Hogan is unfounded and unjustified. All the arm chair bookers, know-it-all's, and critics waste their time and yours digging for reasons to hate this guy as it's become a new standard for being an internet mark.

On one hand people lay the blame on Hogan for TNA not becoming a bigger deal, but no one can say where TNA would be without him or if it would be in a better place(which I doubt it would).

Folks want to blame him for decisions that have been made they disagree with, then you have others who openly acknowledge that he isn't the one making the creative decisions in TNA, so which is it? Is he solely responsible or not? Make up your minds.

I think the truth is that he's been doing all he can to help TNA, obviously not for free which is to his gain, but wrestling isn't in the position it once was and you can't blame it all on him. Everyone wants to play the "blame game" and point all fingers at Hogan, who is the most visible figure, but how can you really justify it? I've read a couple pages of people trying to justify it and everyone is entitled to their opinions and feelings on the matter, nonetheless that doesn't make any of it warranted .

Also, why don't you riddle me this: What do you propose Hogan do otherwise? He took this business to a level it had never been to before, he's put his entire life into it, and it's what he knows best. So why should there be no place in the business for him? As lauded as Ric Flair is, you should feel the same way about him if you're upholding those standards across the board, and if you don't you're being a complete hypocrite. You want to say Hogan is all in for himself and so on, and Flair isn't? He's clearly there for the paycheck and doesn't even pretend to give a shit about TNA, at least Hogan has made a visible effort to try and boost the company.

You can't place all the blame at his feet, and you can't really say he hasn't made a difference either. I think changing the ring(which he got a lot of heat for) was a great idea, he was right about that whether you want to admit it or not. They tried to rekindle what they knew worked for them years ago, and while it didn't send ratings through the roof, they were still sustained.

They've been playing merry-go-round in TNA over the last few years trying to figure out who are best suited as champions, looking for the right recipe to appease the never ending complaining of the audience, and for all the bitching no one seems to be paying attention to the fact that all but one title holder at this very moment are younger guys on their way up, TNA grown talent, or people who weren't getting a break anywhere else. You've got Robert Roode(which most of you wanted but still bitch about for some reason) and Austin Aries(An indie God getting elevated) both going on 6 month+ title reigns as TNA world and X-Division champions( Can't complain about short meaningless title reigns there, something everyone bitches at the WWE about), Gail Kim as the knockouts champion(who's been great after WWE felt she had nothing to offer and TNA gave her another chance), Brutus Magnus (Doesn't this appease any of you brits?) and Samoa Joe(Doesn't this appease any of the internet marks?) a tag champions after Morgan and Crimson had a good run building that feud(Which made sense and has been a focal point, which points to consistency and linear storytelling), and then D-Von holding the Television title(Legitimizing the title with an established veteran) making him the only veteran holding a belt. And Hogan is holding back talent? Last time I checked a year or so ago, Bobby Roode and James Storm were nowhere near the main event. What about the influx of cruiserweight's we've witnessed in the last year? What about the consistent linear storylines we've been watching unfold?

Can Hogan take any credit without getting blasted for it when we've clearly seen improvements and positive steps forward? Or is there someone else whose been lending their lifetime of knowledge to TNA to steer them in a better direction that we're not acknowledging? Last time I checked TNA turned to Hogan not the other way around, and came to him to help the company. You can argue all you want that he hasn't, but people still argue that the moon landing was faked, and we all know that's bullshit too.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I'm just tired of the Hulk Hogan schtick quite frankly. I know who Hulk Hogan is, I know what he's meant to wrestling and how big of a star he is. However, my like or dislike of a wrestler or what he's doing revovles around what he brings to the product and whether or not he's doing anything to get me to want to invest my attention. For me, Hogan is simply doing nothing to add to or continue my enjoyment of watching Impact Wrestling.

Hogan is something of a wind bag...actually, the guy is a huge wind bag that loves to hear him talk. His latest words of wisdom have him stating that going live would solve 75% of TNA's problems as if producing a live show each week is going to somehow make 3/4's of the difficulties somehow magically vanish. However, that's just par for the course when it comes to Hogan. He sticks his foot in his mouth all the time anyhow and that's not what truly bugs me.

What bugs me is that Hogan is someone that brings nothing whatsoever to the product. He's a big name that draws a big paycheck, but what does he contribute? According to reports, TNA's ratings have tanked, with the last two weeks especially showing IW drawing a 0.98 & 0.97 respectively. Allegedly, TNA's ppvs haven't been doing any better, their live shows aren't drawing any better. Hogan as the GM of IW just seems like TNA going back to making him the center of attention in which he pops up in nearly every other segment or any segment that feels at all relevant to the show.

Hogan is someone that, to me, is certainly getting more from TNA than TNA is getting from him. He's in the spotlight, he's on television every week, he gets to hear people cheering & chanting his name, he has TONS of stroke with Dixie Carter, practically has the run of things and makes more money than anybody else on the roster. But what does he do?

Is it simply because of the fact that he's Hulk Hogan that people are supposed to care? Is it just because of what he was doing 15-25 years ago that fans should just worship the ground he walks on? Bullshit. I don't care what he was doing 15-25 years ago, nor do I care that he's just simply Hulk Hogan. TNA has relied heavily on nostalgia in the past, it didn't work. They're relying on it now with Hogan, it's not working. I respect what he's done in the past but the past is just that. If a wrestler can't bring something to the table in the here & now that's worth watching, then why should fans like him?

 

[dudedudedude]

Well you have to think that PPl these days have less money then back in wcw's days of the 90s. We are in a global economic crises where people are spending less and less inculding spending less for the world of wrestling no matter what company..

Nice with the sarcasm, I know the man who really controlls the world on earth, but i wont say who it is..

Hogan not drawing money has nothing to do with the GFC, it has to do with the fact he doesn't draw anymore. Good lord. That's the first time i've heard the GFC used as a reason for Hogans decline.

 

[Workrate]

Is it simply because of the fact that he's Hulk Hogan that people are supposed to care? Is it just because of what he was doing 15-25 years ago that fans should just worship the ground he walks on? Bullshit. I don't care what he was doing 15-25 years ago, nor do I care that he's just simply Hulk Hogan. TNA has relied heavily on nostalgia in the past, it didn't work. They're relying on it now with Hogan, it's not working. I respect what he's done in the past but the past is just that. If a wrestler can't bring something to the table in the here & now that's worth watching, then why should fans like him?

^^ This. ^^

It's called resting on one's laurels. I don't think just because someone has an amazing resume or has given a whole lot to an industry, that person should be forever idolized and given unlimited free passes.

A lot has changed since Hogan's heyday or even the mid-90's wrestling boon. News cycles have shrunk and attention spans have all but evaporated. Even if Hogan weren't running his mouth and putting himself in the middle of the spotlight, he would still run out of rope for the same reason that fans have turned on John Cena: fans don't have the patience for repetition. They may collectively be able to stomach long, drawn out storylines, but it doesn't seem like anyone can tolerate the same star being pushed into the forefront of major storylines for not just a few months, but years. Hogan has been there for decades. People are just sick of seeing him. When you add on top of that a roster of talent that can't make it to air because 30 minutes need to be devoted to an aging non-wrestler, I think there's plenty of perfectly understandable reasons for resentment.

 

[Domamania]

Hogan not drawing money has nothing to do with the GFC, it has to do with the fact he doesn't draw anymore. Good lord. That's the first time i've heard the GFC used as a reason for Hogans decline.

Its not only for hogans decline its for all decline in the real world and the wrestling world. The fact is that the water in the well is almost dry and ppl use the little fet water to feed their need like barely making it.. except for the 1 percent rich every one is suffereing even Vince Mcmahon..

 

[mr.davidson]

LOL

This is funny

I was just at the Impact Wrestling Taping last Wed night and I will tell u this the Biggest POP in that whole Taping was when Hulk Hogan Came out and talked for only I thing 4 mins.....

Then the other biggest pop went to Eric Bishoff send off then the last biggest pop was to the Dudleys.....

So yea.. U may not like aging wrestlers.. but clearly Hogan is still needed because the POP was so Loud when he came out i couldnt hear the person next to me speak!!!

 

[Rayne]

I was just at the Impact Wrestling Taping last Wed night and I will tell u this the Biggest POP in that whole Taping was when Hulk Hogan Came out and talked for only I thing 4 mins.....

Then the other biggest pop went to Eric Bishoff send off then the last biggest pop was to the Dudleys.....

So yea.. U may not like aging wrestlers.. but clearly Hogan is still needed because the POP was so Loud when he came out i couldnt hear the person next to me speak!!!

I can totally believe he got a big pop. It's not for what he's doing, it's for what he was.

Universal Studios is a tourist crowd. Beyond your diehards who try to get in every week, you've got a crowd of people who brought their kids on vacation. It's a tourist attraction. Hulk Hogan was huge in the '80s and '90s. Eric Bischoff had a good year and has people fooled into thinking he's a genius. (Seriously, I call the man a con artist all the time, but not without a small degree of admiration. I don't call him a con artist because it's a bad name, I call him one because I believe he is, and a damned good one at that.) If TNA/IW needs Hogan, where are the approximately 350,000 viewers that have stopped watching Impact over the past six months? (350,000 is speed math for the difference between a high 0.9 rating and a low 1.2, the actual number will vary by ten or twenty thousand.) They aren't tuning in to see him as GM.

People cheer Hulk Hogan, but they don't care what he's doing with the product. They aren't cheering Hulk Hogan's role in TNA/IW, they're cheering Hulk Hogan.

 

[thaonly1guly]

LOL

This is funny

I was just at the Impact Wrestling Taping last Wed night and I will tell u this the Biggest POP in that whole Taping was when Hulk Hogan Came out and talked for only I thing 4 mins.....

Then the other biggest pop went to Eric Bishoff send off then the last biggest pop was to the Dudleys.....

So yea.. U may not like aging wrestlers.. but clearly Hogan is still needed because the POP was so Loud when he came out i couldnt hear the person next to me speak!!!

LOL! Sorry buddy but Impact Zone fans don't count. Half of the people in the Impact Zone are just there because it is free and they live close by. What people on here are talking about is ratings and obviously the ratings show that Hogan is not someone they want to see showcased all night. Same thing with all the aging wrestlers as you so called put it. Hogan can be general manager and that is fine but as far as getting all this TV time or making it about himself during segments is not what TNA needs. Nor do they need him pushing his buddies(Hardy, Anderson, RVD, G. Bischoff) only as well.