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Post by warriorlynx on Sept 17, 2018 13:48:16 GMT -5
 Forget about Hogan as a regular heel...WHAT IF...the ultimate American Hero Hulk Hogan becomes a TURNCOAT at Survivor Series 1990 (instead of the Sarge who can be a babyface)? I'm probably high or something, but I have a feeling that Hogan probably would've had been shot or something if he did. But perhaps we would get Warrior vs. Hogan II at Wrestlemania VII this way. Your thoughts? |
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Post by nibs92 on Sept 17, 2018 14:29:31 GMT -5
Is the Warrior really the guy to represent America in this war? For me personally no.
This will take a huge stretch of the imagination but if you add all American Lex Luger around this time that might have been a match worth seeing (for hype at least)
I do like the concept of Hulk being the turncoat but at that time frame there wouldn’t have been a decent top baby face to counter act
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Sept 17, 2018 14:33:00 GMT -5
In 1991, Hulk Hogan was still the guy fans loved to cheer. So no, it would not have worked. And honestly, I don't think Hogan could have ever came back as popular as he did in the early 2000s if he did that.
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Post by drifter on Sept 17, 2018 22:47:28 GMT -5
In 1991, Hulk Hogan was still the guy fans loved to cheer. So no, it would not have worked. And honestly, I don't think Hogan could have ever came back as popular as he did in the early 2000s if he did that. Exactly. Hogan was still the guy people loved to cheer at the time, and the poster boy of the all American hero. While yeah, him being the turn coat would be shocking, I don't think it would have worked. Slaughter I think was just a better way to go, as he came back after a run in the AWA, so you have him coming back as a heel, instead of being on WWF TV as a face that suddenly turned, and I would say with the fact that he was actually in the Marines, before becoming a wrestler, helped in the whole turn coat storyline. Plus, the feud after math face turn, where he goes on the campaign, 'wanting his country back,' was a nice touch. Basically I think his return to a face after the feud, was much easier, then later on down the line, they tried to turn Hogan. Honestly, I think Hogan turning heel as the Iraqi sympathizer would have succeeded about as well as turning Steve Austin heel in 2001 and siding first with Vince, and then the Alliance. |
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Post by Gorilla on Sept 18, 2018 17:23:40 GMT -5
What about turning Duggan heel? That works have been interesting. He was far more over than Sarge
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Post by The Brain on Sept 18, 2018 18:10:29 GMT -5
What about turning Duggan heel? That works have been interesting. He was far more over than Sarge WCW tried it in 2000 when he joined Team Canada and it failed miserably. It would've flopped really bad if the WWF tried it during the early 90s. |
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Post by Gorilla on Sept 18, 2018 18:14:21 GMT -5
What about turning Duggan heel? That works have been interesting. He was far more over than Sarge WCW tried it in 2000 when he joined Team Canada and it failed miserably. It would've flopped really bad if the WWF tried it during the early 90s. I think wcw did everything poorly with the exception of the NWO starting. What about if they built it at Hogan and Duggan being best friends, and Hogan accidentally eliminates him from the rumble, and steals his thunder for a couple of months. It would be a slow heel turn. Duggan burns the flag Duggan starts slamming the NFL Duggan starts calling Americans lazy and fat. I think he could have made an awesome heel because his wrestling style could look so brutal and violent. |
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Post by The Brain on Sept 18, 2018 18:22:42 GMT -5
WCW tried it in 2000 when he joined Team Canada and it failed miserably. It would've flopped really bad if the WWF tried it during the early 90s. I think wcw did everything poorly with the exception of the NWO starting. What about if they built it at Hogan and Duggan being best friends, and Hogan accidentally eliminates him from the rumble, and steals his thunder for a couple of months. It would be a slow heel turn. Duggan burns the flag Duggan starts slamming the NFL Duggan starts calling Americans lazy and fat. I think he could have made an awesome heel because his wrestling style could look so brutal and violent. Ehh I don't know. Duggan in his whole WWF tenure to that point was the goofy loveable patriotic babyface. It'd be really hard to take em seriously as the heel turncoat. |
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Post by LA Times on Sept 18, 2018 21:43:13 GMT -5
It wasnt the right time for a Hogan heel turn, but if that did happen, who knows, maybe Hollywood Hogan and the NWO wouldnt have worked or existed.
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Post by China Claus on Sept 18, 2018 22:29:54 GMT -5
It would've killed the WWF dead. They were already starting to have problems, especially with Slaughter turning heel. It's been documented, that's why they downgraded WM that year, and all the death threats to Slaughter and Vince. Think about the backlash if it was Hogan instead. This would've been the end for sure.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2018 17:32:02 GMT -5
It would've killed the WWF dead. They were already starting to have problems, especially with Slaughter turning heel. It's been documented, that's why they downgraded WM that year, and all the death threats to Slaughter and Vince. Think about the backlash if it was Hogan instead. This would've been the end for sure. This. Wrestling fans would have absolutely sh*t a brick factory and probably stormed the ring. |
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Post by The Brain on Sept 19, 2018 19:49:06 GMT -5
You thought the death threats to Slaughter was bad? Imagine if they did turn Hogan. Riots would be an understatement.
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Post by TheLastDude on Sept 19, 2018 20:04:01 GMT -5
I think it honestly would have destroyed Hogan's career at that point.
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Post by Hulkster2001 on Sept 20, 2018 8:44:14 GMT -5
The WWF would’ve shot themselves in the foot if they did this, Slaughter was bad enough but Hogan? They might as well close up shop.
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Post by LA Times on Aug 2, 2019 12:29:10 GMT -5
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Post by MKSavage on Aug 2, 2019 12:52:22 GMT -5
Interesting take, though I'm not sure if I believe it, you had Bischoff and other guys from WCW saying that it was a chore getting him to turn heel in 1996 with the NWO. They said he was worried about it hurting him with things outside wrestling; with movies, merchandise, and advertisements. The way Bischoff and others made it sound was that they really had to talk Hogan into turning heel. If I remember correctly they had Sting as the back up option all the way up to the Bash at the Beach PPV - when Hogan turned - just incase Hogan said no to the heel turn. Seems odd that he would want to turn heel in 1990 when he was still way over. |
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Post by LA Times on Aug 2, 2019 13:00:06 GMT -5
Interesting take, though I'm not sure if I believe it, you had Bischoff and other guys from WCW saying that it was a chore getting him to turn heel in 1996 with the NWO. They said he was worried about it hurting him with things outside wrestling; with movies, merchandise, and advertisements. The way Bischoff and others made it sound was that they really had to talk Hogan into turning heel. If I remember correctly they had Sting as the back up option all the way up to the Bash at the Beach PPV - when Hogan turned - just incase Hogan said no to the heel turn. Seems odd that he would want to turn heel in 1990 when he was still way over. I dont really believe it either. Previous stories from Hogan about pitching a heel turn in the WWF took place in 1992. And why would Hogan want to turn heel after one clean loss? |
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Post by phantomdreamer on Aug 3, 2019 12:43:27 GMT -5
Sounds like more revisionist history from the Hulkster. |
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Post by warriorlynx on Aug 3, 2019 13:32:11 GMT -5
Sounds like more revisionist history from the Hulkster. True, but I wouldn't be surprised if Hulk asked Vince if he could turn Heel. I'm sure when he was going to drop the WWF title at WM6 that he thought if Warrior was successful it was over for him as the top face in the company. I mean what else was there left for him to do in the WWF when you think about it? Vince's response was probably a laugh. But from my understanding the only time Vince ever considered the idea was in 1993, when he wanted to keep Hogan from leaving. |
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