I agree. Thanks. On RIP threads we should show respect or, if that's not possible for anyone, just refrain from posting in that thread.
It always seemed dumb as hell to me knowing it’s fake. But then I don’t care about “real” combat sports like UFC either, and paid zero attention to traditional boxing since like the 80’s. But that’s the beauty of free market and choice. Don’t like something? Change the channel. When it comes to frivolous entertainment, it’s that simple.
Can you please point out where it violates the rules to say something true about the person's legacy even if it isn't particularly kind? If you want to make a rule, make a rule. You shouldn't censor people when they violate no rules. There is no way that such an unwritten policy would be applied equally across the board... As far as I am aware, Hulk Hogan was not a poster on this board.
That Bill’s inside info was Hogan needed a heart transplant - which would indicate mechanical failure, not the cardiac arrhythmia that apparently killed him.
Maybe The Rock surpassed Hogan’s fame as an actor, but I don’t think he surpassed Hogan’s fame as a wrestler. I don’t even think a modern wrestler could do that. Hulk was like Jonnie Carson or Walter Cronkite. Everybody knew who he was. There just wasn’t another game in town.
We used to watch Days of Our Lives in college for the same reason. It's a farce, but it's fun and oftentimes hilarious.
Again, Hogan started it, but the Rock did it in a way that Hogan couldn't. Both were the kings of respective golden eras. But the Rock was a far more complete package. Great technical skills, put on a great show and one of the best talker's ever, right up there with Rick Flair or his buddy Austin. Thus, he was able to pull it off in movies in a way Hogan couldn't. And everybody knows who The Rock is. It's very similar. I give The Rock the edge on mat skills and mike skills. P.S. I'm pretty sure the late 90s saw WWE's biggest ratings ever. So, in terms of reach, the Rock had a lot more. I get it though. We all grew up with Hogan, Savage, etc. so that era is burned into our consciousness.
People enjoy “so bad they’re good” movies in the same way. Like the types of movies they’d show on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Sometimes it works, sometimes bad is just a bore to get through.
Late 90s were good. WCW vs. WWE produced some really good stuff, as competition always does. P.S. It was a moment. You kind of had to be there. I haven't watched it in decades, but it was fun back then. Thing is, it starts like MST, but then you start to notice that some are better than others, that Brett Hart's stuff looks more real, or that Shawn Michaels does a lot of flying off the ropes (putting himself at risk), etc. and it works its way from there where you judge them in the same way you would actors, or screenwriters (critique the storylines). If you're trying to understand the mindset, the vast majority know it's not real.
I'm a kid of the 60s, I don't think either of them passed Dusty Rhodes fame as a wrestler. Every kid in the neighborhood knew how to do the Bionic Elbow.
Eddie Graham, The Great Malenko, Chief Wahoo McDaniels, Sam Steamboat ….. Gordon Solie, the Sportatorium, and Fort Homer Hesterly Armory.
We spoke earlier about the Robinson High School and Manatee High wrestling teams. Our 198lb wrestler Tom Meyers pinned Mike Graham in about 30 seconds of the 1st round. Eddie Graham came to our locker room to congratulate the guy who had embarrassed his son. It was a couple of years later that I realized just how fake pro wrestling was. When Gordon Solie would say on his Saturday morning wrestling show that Mike Graham went undefeated through high school I knew it was all bull shit. It's kinda embarasing that I was only one of 2 Manatee wrestlers to lose their match that day. At least I didn't get pinned, the other loser on our team did.
