|
|
Post by szatowski420 on Jul 24, 2007 12:53:07 GMT -5
For those who watched back then, did you get tired of seeing Hogan as champion after a certain point? These days people are bitching because John Cena has held the title for almost a year. I can imagine how bad it would be if he held it for 4! Anyway, did you or anoybody you know complain when Hogan was champ for so long or did it not matter because he was the man?
|
|
|
|
Post by ZMaster on Jul 24, 2007 13:04:26 GMT -5
I was real young at the time so I really couldn't tell you what I was thinking at the time. To be fair, there wasn't PPV every month or 2 weeks. Also, take into account there wasn't a Monday Night Raw every week. To compare the two of them would be like comparing an Apple to an Orange.
|
|
|
|
Post by Mark on Jul 24, 2007 13:06:45 GMT -5
I'll be honest with you I was iffy about it. Some things he did make me love that he was champ and other things he did made me hate him
|
|
|
|
Post by Beast from the east on Jul 24, 2007 17:48:33 GMT -5
Wrestling is a different creature now.The fans want to see their Favorite as the Champions.Hogan was THE MAN.At that time there was noone else really IMO that could be world Champion.After his first title loss there were alot more contenders for the World title.Thats why his reigns were not as long.
|
|
|
|
Post by Sam Hain on Jul 24, 2007 19:44:13 GMT -5
Bruno held it for 7.
|
|
|
|
Post by szatowski420 on Jul 24, 2007 20:33:31 GMT -5
^ I doubt that anybody that comes on this board was born when Bruno was champ.
|
|
|
|
Post by kimberlysghost on Jul 25, 2007 0:13:05 GMT -5
Wrestling was a lot different in the early 80s. There was not a PPV every month or a live two hour show every Monday. I don't think by any standards was Hogan's reign boring.
|
|
|
|
Post by hitman2782 on Jul 25, 2007 4:59:15 GMT -5
i didnt mind hogan was champ for 4 years ,,on australian tv then u hardly saw him in a big match well not until the videos come out so id look forward to seeing him
|
|
|
|
Post by moogie101 on Jul 25, 2007 6:06:40 GMT -5
But Cena is hated by so many fans whilst Hogan was the biggest face of that era & no-one wanted to see him lose, plus as mentioned above there wasn't the TV/PPV schedule that we get now which meant it didn't have the same effect as Cena being rammed down our throats.
|
|
|
|
Post by gregthebunny on Jul 25, 2007 6:12:36 GMT -5
Back when Hogan was a champion, he was booked as a champion. He wasn't on the program every week and PPVs were a few months apart, so when Hogan appeared on TV it was a big deal, and you would watch because "Holy crap! The champ is going to be on this week!"
During Hogan's run they would build up to appearances by the champ, now it's the opposite and the champ is the most seen character on the show.
|
|
|
|
Post by Beast from the east on Jul 25, 2007 6:39:06 GMT -5
^ I doubt that anybody that comes on this board was born when Bruno was champ. hmmm...I was but I didn't watch WWE until 1985.All I had was Atlantic gran Prix wrestling at that point in time |
|
|
|
Post by The Michael on Jul 25, 2007 15:58:13 GMT -5
Well, WWE wasn't milked around on two weekly television programs and monthly PPV events back then, wasn't it?
|
|
|
|
Post by blu3blazer on Jul 25, 2007 21:35:19 GMT -5
Times were different back then. Hogan very rarely wrestled on TV, except for Saturday Night's Main Event. So, when he did wrestle, it was a big deal. Also, on quite a few of the PPVs in that time period, the belt wasn't even defended. Hogan wrestled in a lot of tag team PPV matches. Hogan was booked very well.
|
|
|
|
Post by markallenkellner on Jul 28, 2007 10:08:42 GMT -5
Yes
|
|
|
|
Post by timebombversion420 on Jul 28, 2007 19:30:53 GMT -5
Times were different back then. Hogan very rarely wrestled on TV, except for Saturday Night's Main Event. So, when he did wrestle, it was a big deal. Also, on quite a few of the PPVs in that time period, the belt wasn't even defended. Hogan wrestled in a lot of tag team PPV matches. Hogan was booked very well. Exactly .......I remember Hogan holding the title those years not very well but thats when I actually fell in love with wrestling . |
|
|
|
Post by hammerhead on Jul 29, 2007 23:21:17 GMT -5
I'm 27 years old and I'm guessing that back in the 1980's I would have hated Hogan's reign just as much as I hate John Cena's reign right now.
But....I was a Hulkamaniac back then and I loved watching Hogan bury the competition just as the youngsters today like to watch John Cena beat the odds every time he wrestles.
And talking about Hogan...has anyone ever actually thought about the laundry list of guys he went through in his first title reign...
Randy Savage
Paul Orndorff
Greg Valentine
Jesse Ventura
Brutus Beefcake
Big John Studd
Terry Funk
King Kong Bundy
Dr. D David Schultz
Kamala
Sika
"Handsome" Harley Race
One Man Gang
Iron Sheik
Nikolai Volkoff
"Cowboy" Bob Orton
Don Muraco
Masked Superstar
Andre The Giant
Looking back, I'm really glad he never got that clean win over Piper.
|
|
rvd+sabu=greatness
Main Eventer
68 good trade references/ Former Classifieds MOD
Joined on: Jan 3, 2006 1:49:15 GMT -5
Posts: 2,157
|
Post by rvd+sabu=greatness on Jul 30, 2007 0:44:14 GMT -5
nope, Hogan was my favorite wrestler for the first 5 years I started to watch wrestling (started about age 2 with my dad). I was a small child when hogan was the champ, and at that age you never get tired seeing your favorite wrestler win time after time.
|
|
The Boglin
Main Eventer
Team Goldie.
Joined on: Apr 20, 2005 16:46:22 GMT -5
Posts: 4,171
|
Post by The Boglin on Jul 30, 2007 10:04:45 GMT -5
I hated Hogan as a kid so I never wanted him to have the title.
|
|
