Calm down. It is well known that Hogan's an attention seeker who would do almost anything to get noticed. Due to the success he enjoyed during the peak of his career he doesn't want to part with it completely. I would say it's a kind of a withdrawal symptom.
Oh yeah, you're definitely one of those "It's still real to me....DAMMIT!" types judging from those first few sentences of your reply. Again, mix an alpha male ego and an endeavor of fame and fortune for good measure and you're going to get people that will be attention seekers. Professional Wrestling is predicated on that as well as Hollywood, TV, and actual sports. Hogan's not an exception, he's the rule. He's in good company.
The way the OP has structured his post implies that Hogan has sacrificed himself throughout his career and wants to work another match merely for the entertainment of the fans, which I don't agree with.
To quote Heath Ledger from "The Dark Knight", "If you're good at something never do it for free."
You could argue that Bruno Sammartino, Steve Austin, Jesse Ventura are just a few short list of names that have come back for reasons more than just the fans as well, the decimal points for them were always put in the right place. Professional Wrestling isn't a Non-Profit Organization there, chief. Until you've actually been in the wrestling business yourself, I'm going to assume you're not based on your asinine generalizations of professional wrestlers. I wasn't either but I know what it's like to take on a challenging endeavor in a competitive environment like the military. Again, most people who go on the internet that buy everything they see, read or here on it usually aren't the types that do they just "talk".
Since I'm going with the initial assumption you're just a fan, I'd say it behoove you to pick which words you would use to question ANY individual that's ever been a professional wrestler. I apply that same mentality to professional wrestlers that I don't even like let alone the ones I grew up idolizing.
But like I said, I can tell you first hand what someone like Hulk Hogan thinks of his fans and that is that he thinks highly of them, I can also say the same about gentlemen like Terry Funk, Bret Hart, D-Von Dudley and others, who I've had the opportunity to meet and have conversations with. Again, I go with the same stance I had earlier, considering the nature of their line of work, I only take things with a grain of salt.
I happen to come from the school of thought that I base my true opinions on people based on how they've treated me, not what some keyboard warriors tap away at on their dirt sheet reports or what sensationalists from outlets like TMZ tell me.
Based on the hook, line and sinker bit Hogan pulled on you through his "calling out" of Brock Lesnar on TMZ, I bet you'd probably of the same camp that thinks Obama is secretly a totalitarian muslim, a modern day Hitler if you will, waiting to amend the constitution to give himself a dictatorship. Or better yet, just flush the entire document down the toilet and bring an overseas Muslim Army to the White House to "fuck shit up".
Maybe, you were told that a seance with Jim Morrison, John F. Kennedy and Elvis isn't necessary because they're actually all chilling on an island somewhere, meaning that you'd probably still have a chance to meet them. Hell, Hitler could even be there too.
It was wrestling that made him a millionaire and global icon that he is. He has clearly gained a lot from being a pro wrestler and he clearly misses having the cameras on him so let's not pretend that he is some kind of martyr who wants to wrestle solely for our sake because quite frankly, most of us are not even interested.
Again, time will tell, if they ever actually pull the trigger on this one. I personally don't see it happening, they haven't let Flair go out there and do anything that would constitute a full length match. And again call the shirt tuckers in Stamford, Connecticut about why Hogan's getting back in the ring, if he actually does. After all, they're the ones signing his paycheck, you whiner.
Even if he were in his prime today his larger than life gimmick and limited move set would not go well with today's audience. This is not the 80's anymore.
If Hogan were around today as a younger performer, it's very likely that he would have done what he had to do work in the time he was placed. Again, Hogan came from a far different era and for your information, despite becoming a TRULY big star in the 80s. Hogan cut his teeth in the business in the 1970s. While I'm inclined to think that Hiro Matsuda breaking his leg was part of the Hogan legend and not 100 percent fact, I'm not going to deny what he had to go through to get where he got.
Personally, I and well any other level headed individual enjoy professional wrestling to allow a break from reality, that's what its actual purpose is. It isn't there to replace reality. You didn't answer my original question about your age either...I'll assume you're over 18, and if you are, shame on you for being so damn gullible. But then again, the fact that Hogan's comments on a platform like TMZ of all places was enough to get you to talk about him, shows that even if he can't wrestle a match anymore, he can still get your attention, meaning that he's doing something right to keep people paying attention.
Hulk Hogan on Brock Lesnar: TMZ 08/20/2014
And look here, instead of making you go and look it up yourself, I did the leg work for you, but then again, when I'm out to make a point and fact find, I always have a source to back it up. But there you go, again a media outlet like TMZ reported something that you're thinking is the 100 percent gospel and not just something to build tension for potential WWE storyline threads.
Dios mio, that's what the Latin part of me just can't stop saying over and over in my mind, and I'm an agnostic in the first place, so getting myself to take the Lord's name in vein...well I save that for special occasions. Congratulations on being one of the few to receive such a dubious honor.
Again though, I part with the following sentence, as only David Wills could say it best, I'm inclined to even think that David himself could be part of the "smoke and mirrors" of professional wrestling lore in the form of a plant. But regardless of whether he is a plant or isn't...he does indeed symbolize what an impressionable lot many of us fans can be at times, and not always in a good way.
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