No one cares if he could wrestle one match or not.
Allright, so good wrestling matches are now exempt as proof as to why a wrestler is good or not.
But just to entertain you. If Hogan was such a bad wrestler, how does he hold 3 MotY accomplishments?
PWI Match of the Year (1988) vs. André the Giant at The Main Event
PWI Match of the Year (1990) vs. The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VI
PWI Match of the Year (2002) vs. The Rock at WrestleMania X-8
As well as 3 time winner of Wrestler of the Year.
PWI Wrestler of the Year (1987, 1991, 1994)
on top of being ranked Number 1 wrestler of the year twice. The one in 2003 WELL past his prime.
PWI ranked him #1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1991
PWI ranked him #1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
I have already said. If you want to look at popularity, ratings, or drawing ability, then it is either Austin or Hogan.
This is what being a good wrestler is about. You can be as good technical wise as Dean Malenko, but if you don't bring in any money. You are shit.
There is an interview with Vince saying that Austin broke all of Hogan's selling records, so if you want to use that, then its Austin.
Go ahead, show it to me.
Tell me why Flair couldn't hold a candle to Hogan and I will tell you that besides merchandise sells and ratings, Flair was the best.
Because Merchandise sellsm and ratings is all that matter. Who gives a fuck about anything else? Money rules the world, that means Hogan rules Flair. Flair couldn't put a drop in a bucket as to what Hogan go during his heyday.
Yes it does. Because thats what he did, summed up the qualities a good professional wrestler has to have. The ability to entertain the croud, and draw money. Hogan was superior at both.
True, Hogan helped build WCW and everyone knows that, but who kept that company afloat when Hogan was runnin wild in WWF?
No one, it died then got bought out by Vince.
Bischoff is the reason Flair became an after thought in WCW because he didn't like Flair.
Sounds a bit personal. Still doesn't mean Flair was drawing 1/8th as much as Hogan was.
BTW, if Flair hadn't have agreed to fall to Hogan in Hogan's first matches at WCW, we might not be having this conversation.
But he did, and we are. So who gives a fuck about a "what if" moment.
They used Flair like a door mat and that is just stupid.
Flair let them. He could have packed his bags and left for the WWF. So, Flair is just as stupid as they are.
Wow, Hogan made a card go.
No, he made 2 companies go. Once he left 1 company, the other started to fall. Go ahead check it out. WWF dominated with Hogan, Hogan jumped the WcW, WcW dominated WWF, the WcW started crappy booking with Hogan, WWF started to take over, Hogan jumped ships, and boom. WcW died.
Flair was selling out areanas across the world while Hogan was still in Japan or with the AWA.
So? Hogan was busy doing something important with WWF, making them go nationwide. Sellingout arenas here in America nightly, setting up the largest and most powerful wrestling company in the world. Its hardly a secret, without Hogan that wouldn't have happened.
All Hogan has on Flair is drawing ability and that's it.
For one, Hogan can wrestle, and put on a show just as well as Flair. For two, thats all that matters in the wrestling business. Drawing ability.
If you want to look at the business of professional wrestling then Ric Flair is the man.
Not hardly.
He wrestled 60 min matches night in and night out
Congragulations? Flair can wrestle for a long time? Hogan got more done in 1 20 minute match, than Flair got done in 10 1 hour match.
he put over more people than Hogan has even tried to put over,
2 things. Who did Flair make? Enlighten me.
Even if Flair made and put over all these people, then who cares? Hogan made multi-million dollar companies, not wrestlers worth $200,000 at most.
he is great in the ring(better than Hogan),
Thats subjective, hardly usable in a debate.
great on the mic(better than Hogan),
Funny, how did Flair only sell half as good as Hogan did. If he was that damn entertaining on the mic?
was the best professional(Hogan is not, I have interviews to prove it),
and he is a 16 world champion, back when the title actually meant something.
Hogan MADE the WWF title what it is today. He WAS the title back in his day. He held it for 4 years in one reign, thats more than Flair held it during all 16 reigns. Yet, Hogan is still 12 time World Heavyweight championship holder.
