Once again we go down these roads...
Hogan has proved he is an awful authority figure in TNA and not a very good backstage one. Whether I hate him, love him or indifferent him - there is very little that he can actually offer in terms of positive impact on WWE TV.
All seriousness, Hogan's impact pardon on the pun on TNA has been nil overall, even I admit that. For someone of his magnitude, of course the expectations were that he'd do what he did in WCW, with some never stopping to think that despite Hogan's star stature WCW had an infrastructure of great talent that dated back to the Jim Crockett Promotions days. Therefore, as great as Hogan did in bringing WCW to prominence, it already had a foundation laid down to make great thing happens. Much like, Hogan returning to the WWF in 1984, even though he was the biggest part of that promotion there was a lot more than just him to enjoy with the product.
I'm of course disappointed in many ways that Hogan's not done what many think his name should do in TNA, but I'm not surprised. I think even if they could consistently deliver a solid top to bottom product, TNA just doesn't have enough to offer with the way WWE has dominated today's wrestling market. I also think that Hogan's role in everything with the promotion is a figurehead one, I don't think he has the say and authority that we've been led to believe. And even if he did have say in everything going on backstage, I still don't see how the product would improve.
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Matt Morgan even stated that Hogan wanted to work with him but the promotion nixed and vetoed the proposal. I cite that as a reason as to why I think Hogan's got very little say and he's just there to be a ceremonial addition to the product. Again, I could be wrong, and Matt Morgan could just be trying to mislead us, but in some ways as a former TNA star, I'm not sure what he stands to gain by saying this, unless there really are plans to bring him back to TNA at some point. Who knows?
The nearest you can say (and I did say we could see it) is a Survivor Series run to help promote the new game (which he plays a big part of) which the E will test him with - just like they tested RVD with a short run before the main one.
It's possible, there's speculation going around now that Hogan's not actually signed with TNA despite reports. Again, who knows, that's a wait and see thing.
I did actually meet Hunter once but that was long before he had any stroke whatsoever as the American side of my family are from Nashua and my aunt was his personal shopper at K-Mart... Bizarre but true...
That's cool man, he's one guy I've always wanted to meet, I know he gets a lot of shit on these forums for obvious reasons, despite what luxuries he has to being married in the family, I'm a fan of his determination and prowess , something that I think people with objectivity should never overlook about Triple H. Because I think those are attributes to be admired, even if he has used his connections to being married into the family for his own benefit at times, the man just screams passion with what he does in that ring.
As for the hate, it's getting old... I am not a fan of Hogan, doesn't mean I never was or am prepared to keep being attacked... Whatever good he did he has undone many times over and my point is Vince, Trips - whoever would be silly to want that back in the locker room when they have enough problem pushing who they have.
I admit that at times, I am headstrong in some of my statements and yes I've been pretty firm in my rebuttals towards you. The only thing is that these supposed problems that Hogan always seems to start, seem to always be "forgiven" when the time is right. Keep in mind it was WWE the last ten years that has given Hogan nostalgia title reigns and main event spots. There's only so much blame one can put Hogan's way when WWE has put his character back on a superstar platform.
Hogan hasn't actually wrestled a match in two years time, and the last time he did show up in WWE during the RAW 15th Anniversary show, he came in for a run in against the Great Khali, and did so in the middle of the show. And as I cited in the last post I made, he was at WrestleMania 21 in a non-wrestling role. In my opinion, Hogan does what WWE tells him to do, and all this internet ga-ga we hear is just Hogan doing what he can to get people like us to react. The guy essentially is the internet's biggest troll and his occupation is that of a pro wrestler, these people's jobs are to incite reactions out of us. There's just some guys like Hulk Hogan that are just so outlandish and outrageous that they live their character to the hilt, on a 24/7 basis.
Again man, I apologize if I've come off like an asshole in a lot of my replies, I just think that sometimes as a whole we here in the IWC tend to forget why we're wrestling fans, and we fail to realize that what's on the screen dictates more of what it's about. I'm not impervious to internet conjecture myself, but I just think some of it overrides why we're fans of this stuff in the first place. That's why I challenged some of the points in your post.