Hogan Verbally Agrees to Return to WWE

The Examiner said that Chris Benoit was returning

The biggest reason TNA isn't a viable company to compete against the WWE is they are seen as hiring and pushing WWE's cast offs. How many guys left a mid to lower card position in the WWE only to handed the TNA title shortly after their debut? Christian, Mr. Anderson, Raven & Jeff Jarrett come to mind throughout the history of TNA. Other guys like Chavo were handed other championship almost upon their debut.

TNA's booking over the last number of years has become absolute garbage. Ace's & Eight's is a prime example of TNA's booking. That whole angle should have ended months, if not well over a year ago. They dragged it on way to long and the payoff of Bully Ray (another former WWE Talent) being the "President" was a massive letdown. Yet the angle continues. Ace's and Eight's would have had way more of an impact if someone seen as a "TNA Original" was reveled at the President. It could have given the angle more of a "nWo" feel and maybe it would have given TNA some press exposure.

Another one of TNA's problems is they almost NEVER advertise outside of their own time slot and Spike doesn't go out of their way to help promote them either. Which doesn't make sense considering they give TNA money to help with production costs. If I was paying into TNA I would want to make sure I was getting as big a return on the investment as possible.

Finally for the record I have done my best to follow TNA as closely as I could over the last couple of years, but I find myself fast forwarding more and more of their show as the weeks go by. One thing that TNA has really done over the last couple of years is to take away everything that has set them apart of WWE. The X-Division & Knockouts Division have become absolute jokes. The look of the ring shouldn't matter be it six sided or four sided as long as the wrestlers appearing on the show can adapt to work a six sided ring. Sadly TNA over the last couple of years has brought in more and more people who probably wouldn't know what to do in a six sided ring. Hogan is a prime example of that. Speaking of Hogan....



I have to agree with everything you posted here for the most part. First off if AOL/Time Warner wanted to keep "Wrasslin" on TNT WCW would have never been sold to Vince and then folded into obscurity. I am sure that Bischoff & Russo would have been ousted from their creative positions and someone like Jim Cornette or Paul Heyman may have eventually been given the chance to helm the show.

Hulk Hogan is someone who should be looked at as two separate people Hulk Hogan the wrestler and Terry Bollea the man. In the ring Terry Bollea will always be the "Immortal" Hulk Hogan to me. Outside of the ring he is just a man who has made a lot of bad personal decisions. Sadly I don't believe that Terry can no longer separate himself from Hulk Hogan.

If Hulk can comeback and take a bump or two and is medically cleared by his and WWE's doctors to do so, who are we to stop him trying to support himself the only way he knows how to? Would I be happy if Hulk Hogan was one of the guys who retired and stay away from the business as a whole? Of course I would be. Will I jump out of my seat the second his music hits on WWE programming? Your damn right I will. Hulk Hogan was the reason I first got into professional wrestling and I for one will be a diehard Hogan fan until the day I pass away. Over the years I have become a fan of numerous people, but deep down I have always routed for Hogan. He was the reason my friends and I started watching WCW in the first place. He was a big reason I returned to TNA and NEEDED to be at Universal Studio's the day TNA tried to compete against WWE on Monday Night. (I literally changed my vacation time when I saw that Hogan was booked to compete on that show). Sure after that his entire TNA run was complete crap, and he and Bischoff are the biggest reasons a lot of what I use to love about TNA has disappeared. I am more than willing to give TNA one last chance with Hogan and now Bischoff gone and I truly hope they can turn things around.

Then someone like Ryback eliminates him.

I'd mark.

Actually, 3MB in the Rumble, they are alone then Hogan comes out and they gang up on him but he Hulks Up and eliminates them.

"Verbal agreement". Good excuse for when you are proven wrong, dirtsheet.

Good to have him back

Bravo sir, bravo....

The Examiner is not a credible source. I cannot believe that the dirt sheets still use examiner articles to pull news from. Anyone can apply and be accepted as an Examiner writer. I was an examiner horror news writer/reviewer for a bit. I had free will to put whatever I wanted to put up. It's easy to make something up and put "sources say". Almost sounds like something TNA would do on their own to make people think Hogan is going to WWE so it'll be a "major surprise" when he shows up on Impact again.

this was his last wrestled match i believe.

And he didnt look that good...a rumble appearence is all i'd like to see at most, i think.

I agree with this.
I'm also happy Hulk is going to be back - as long as he stays out of the ring.