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Post by Hulkster2001 on Sept 4, 2018 7:11:30 GMT -5
What if Hogan had beaten Taker at Judgement Day 2002 and kept it until Mania XIX dropping it to Lesnar (or someone else who would’ve won it). Do you think fans would’ve been okay with Hogan as champ for a year? Do you think he should’ve retained at Judgement Day?
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Post by Team Madness on Sept 4, 2018 10:43:31 GMT -5
Way too much talent on the roster at that time to have Hogan hold the belt for that long. I would say it would have been cool to see Brock beat Hogan at SummerSlam for the belt.
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Post by warriorlynx on Sept 4, 2018 10:49:37 GMT -5
Hogan was never meant to be the champion. Triple H was poised that year to be the top babyface, but it was Triple H apparently that wanted to drop the strap to Hogan. It should've been a rematch with Triple H and Hogan with Hogan dropping it back to Triple H, that made more sense.
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Post by cordless2016 on Sept 4, 2018 12:53:20 GMT -5
Hogan was never meant to be the champion. Triple H was poised that year to be the top babyface, but it was Triple H apparently that wanted to drop the strap to Hogan. It should've been a rematch with Triple H and Hogan with Hogan dropping it back to Triple H, that made more sense. Yeah Bruce Pritchard confirmed that it was HHH who suggested dropping it to Hogan. To me that clearly threw off all of their plans going forward the rest of the year. I feel like they were building towards a big HHH (c) vs Lesnar match at SummerSlam that clearly could not happen once Hogan took the strap. Between HHH getting legit injured and Vince seemingly changing his mind every week with regards to the main event scene and people can see why it was so crazy back then. I think it worked out best though as Brock got a huge rub from Hogan and Rock before both went on a hiatus. It would not have been the same had Brock simply taken the belt from Hogan with no rub from Rocky. |
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Post by Hulkster2001 on Sept 4, 2018 13:42:01 GMT -5
Hogan was never meant to be the champion. Triple H was poised that year to be the top babyface, but it was Triple H apparently that wanted to drop the strap to Hogan. It should've been a rematch with Triple H and Hogan with Hogan dropping it back to Triple H, that made more sense. Yeah Bruce Pritchard confirmed that it was HHH who suggested dropping it to Hogan. To me that clearly threw off all of their plans going forward the rest of the year. I feel like they were building towards a big HHH (c) vs Lesnar match at SummerSlam that clearly could not happen once Hogan took the strap. Between HHH getting legit injured and Vince seemingly changing his mind every week with regards to the main event scene and people can see why it was so crazy back then. I think it worked out best though as Brock got a huge rub from Hogan and Rock before both went on a hiatus. It would not have been the same had Brock simply taken the belt from Hogan with no rub from Rocky.It would’ve worked since it was Hulk frigging Hogan we’re talking about here. |
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Post by The Brain on Sept 4, 2018 16:09:26 GMT -5
It was a nice nostalgia moment giving Hogan the belt one more time but I knew it wouldn't last since he was near 50 at the time and way past his prime.
The pop he got when he did win it from HHH was like a throwback to the 80s so I'm little surprised they didn't run with it for a little bit until at least SSlam where he'd lose it to Brock.
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Post by TKO Propagandist on Sept 6, 2018 3:10:38 GMT -5
It was by this time point the nostalgia was wearing off, he shoulda dropped the title back the next night and been written off TV the next week.
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Post by hbkfan on Sept 6, 2018 7:43:50 GMT -5
It was a nice nostalgia moment giving Hogan the belt one more time but I knew it wouldn't last since he was near 50 at the time and way past his prime. The pop he got when he did win it from HHH was like a throwback to the 80s so I'm little surprised they didn't run with it for a little bit until at least SSlam where he'd lose it to Brock. I think he was more than 50 by that year. |
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Sept 6, 2018 7:53:48 GMT -5
I think it was done the right way. Brock really needed the accolade of taking the belt off of The Rock, and he got the rub from Hogan when he demolished him on Smackdown, so I think everything was done correctly.
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Post by warriorlynx on Sept 6, 2018 8:39:08 GMT -5
It was a nice nostalgia moment giving Hogan the belt one more time but I knew it wouldn't last since he was near 50 at the time and way past his prime. The pop he got when he did win it from HHH was like a throwback to the 80s so I'm little surprised they didn't run with it for a little bit until at least SSlam where he'd lose it to Brock. I think he was more than 50 by that year. No he was 49 when he won the title, became the last "WWF" Champion in history, and the first "WWE" Champion, and turned 50 in August. |
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Post by The Brain on Sept 6, 2018 14:54:43 GMT -5
I think he was more than 50 by that year. No he was 49 when he won the title, became the last "WWF" Champion in history, and the first "WWE" Champion, and turned 50 in August. You sir are correct. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 8:45:33 GMT -5
It was by this time point the nostalgia was wearing off, he shoulda dropped the title back the next night and been written off TV the next week. The nostalgia didn't wear off till Hogan realised in front of thousands of ppl that he couldn't get a motorcycle started. |
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Post by JokerFC on Sept 12, 2018 13:06:59 GMT -5
I think he was more than 50 by that year. No he was 49 when he won the title, became the last "WWF" Champion in history, and the first "WWE" Champion, and turned 50 in August. excellent fact.....never knew that. |
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Post by phantomdreamer on Sept 12, 2018 21:48:59 GMT -5
No he was 49 when he won the title, became the last "WWF" Champion in history, and the first "WWE" Champion, and turned 50 in August. excellent fact.....never knew that. He was actually 48, by the time he turned 49, he had already quit following his Smackdown match with Lesnar. |
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Post by Papi Joker on Sept 12, 2018 22:02:56 GMT -5
I think he was more than 50 by that year. No he was 49 when he won the title, became the last "WWF" Champion in history, and the first "WWE" Champion, and turned 50 in August. This fact alone was totally worth it. - maybe it was also a factor to the decision. And a good reason to really respect Trips. This title has a great history although short. Y2J Triple H Hogan Undertaker Rock Lesnar if that is not a 'Mount Rushmore' of WWE legends than idk what is. |
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Post by JokerFC on Sept 12, 2018 23:26:31 GMT -5
Prichards podcast has been a bit revelation when it comes to info & putting rumors to rest.
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Post by BoJack Hogan on Sept 12, 2018 23:42:50 GMT -5
I'm about as big of a Hogan fan as there is, but I agree that it was pretty good the way that it was. He was still super over, but people would get tired of his limited ability if it had gone any longer. Last WWF champion, first WWE champion - that's the legacy of that reign...and its a pretty damn good legacy for something that was done for nostalgia. He was also on his best behavior during that run, like he was humbled and appreciative. From all reports he was one of the boys.
Part of me wishes that he had just had that match with McMahon at Summerslam or Survivor 2002 and then retired. He would be remembered in a far better light.
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Post by warriorlynx on Sept 13, 2018 11:08:58 GMT -5
excellent fact.....never knew that. He was actually 48, by the time he turned 49, he had already quit following his Smackdown match with Lesnar. You're right I kept thinking it was in 2003, but it was 2002. |
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