08-01-2003, 07:36 AM
I wouldn't expect HHH's reign to last that long. The company will go out of business first, and they're a long way away from that.
Seriously, at the rate he's going, expect a Billy Graham reign.
Flock, you've called him "Hogan Jr." but you are not giving Hogan any credit, or you're giving HHH too much credit. As bad as Hogan ever was, he knew when to tone it down, cycle off the roids and lay low for a while. Like he's doing now. Like he did while making his movies.
He also knew when to pass the spotlight, at least for a short time, before turning it around and putting it back on himself.
Hogan sucked as a wrestler, but he was real smart. HHH seems to think he can go on forever as both a wrestling champion and bodybuilder/muscleman. What he and Vince don't understand, is that bodybuilders don't make good wrestlers and vice versa. Flair, Hart, Michaels, Austin, Rock, Sting, Goldberg, Steamboat, Angle, fucking whatever...none of them bodybuilders. Hogan was a one in a million fucking phenomenon that won't happen again. The Warlord and Ludwig Borga and Bautista are what happen when you DO try to push big steroid built bodybuilders as wrestlers. Look at even guys like Benoit and Guerrero now - good by WWE standards, but compared to what they used to do their work sucks now. It fucking sucks, seeing Eddy and Benoit have an almost psych-free match with their bloated upper bodies - and having it almost universally praised on the net - while it was nowhere NEAR anything either one did just 9 years ago (before they were ready for Sportz Entertainment).
It's sad, very sad what has happened to wrestling.
I could write about this subject forever...
Seriously, at the rate he's going, expect a Billy Graham reign.
Flock, you've called him "Hogan Jr." but you are not giving Hogan any credit, or you're giving HHH too much credit. As bad as Hogan ever was, he knew when to tone it down, cycle off the roids and lay low for a while. Like he's doing now. Like he did while making his movies.
He also knew when to pass the spotlight, at least for a short time, before turning it around and putting it back on himself.
Hogan sucked as a wrestler, but he was real smart. HHH seems to think he can go on forever as both a wrestling champion and bodybuilder/muscleman. What he and Vince don't understand, is that bodybuilders don't make good wrestlers and vice versa. Flair, Hart, Michaels, Austin, Rock, Sting, Goldberg, Steamboat, Angle, fucking whatever...none of them bodybuilders. Hogan was a one in a million fucking phenomenon that won't happen again. The Warlord and Ludwig Borga and Bautista are what happen when you DO try to push big steroid built bodybuilders as wrestlers. Look at even guys like Benoit and Guerrero now - good by WWE standards, but compared to what they used to do their work sucks now. It fucking sucks, seeing Eddy and Benoit have an almost psych-free match with their bloated upper bodies - and having it almost universally praised on the net - while it was nowhere NEAR anything either one did just 9 years ago (before they were ready for Sportz Entertainment).
It's sad, very sad what has happened to wrestling.
I could write about this subject forever...