Yakuza Rich
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Problem with Hogan is he wouldn't put other guys over unless he absolutely had to. And by '93 he had nothing really left as an in-ring performer and his gimmick had gotten sale anyway. But, promoters still wanted him and he still got his way on everything. After the initial shock of him going to WCW wore off, WCW PPV buyrates were mediocre and for the amount they were paying for him, it was really a loss financially. Then the nWo came along and after the initial shock of Hogan turning heel went away, the WCW buyrates were actually lower than ECW's.
The Rock is a far better in-ring performer. Much more athletic and does a far better job of putting guys over. There was a good stretch where the Rock put other wrestlers over, feud after feud. And it was brilliant because the Rock would still be popular, now they just got the wrestler who beat him over.
That to me is really the reason why the WWE took over WCW. The WWE got themselves with top echelon talent that included Austin, The Rock and Foley. All three were extremely entertaining and all three would put guys over. Shawn Michaels was on hiatus (and did put Austin over at WrestleMania).
Guys with huge egos and 'creative control' and wouldn't put guys over unless they ok'd it....Nash, Hall, Hogan, Savage and even Bret Hart...were all now in WCW and were WCW's problem.
Foley would've put over a broomstick if asked to do so. Same with the Rock. Austin was a little more apprehensive, but usually had good reasons and was really good at coming up with something to replace what he felt was a bad idea.
The problem with Hogan for me, even when there was a somewhat exciting or interesting storyline....like him vs. Goldberg....or him coming back to the WWE.....was that in the ring, when we were supposed to see the big payoff...you knew it was going to suck because he was so limited physically. And to make it worse, they still had to make Hogan look superhuman. So his opponent would look like crap in the process
I don't watch much wrestling anymore and I find John Cena to be corny. But at least he's willing to put guys over, he is pretty athletic and there's a decent chance that the payoff will be pretty good.
YR
The Rock is a far better in-ring performer. Much more athletic and does a far better job of putting guys over. There was a good stretch where the Rock put other wrestlers over, feud after feud. And it was brilliant because the Rock would still be popular, now they just got the wrestler who beat him over.
That to me is really the reason why the WWE took over WCW. The WWE got themselves with top echelon talent that included Austin, The Rock and Foley. All three were extremely entertaining and all three would put guys over. Shawn Michaels was on hiatus (and did put Austin over at WrestleMania).
Guys with huge egos and 'creative control' and wouldn't put guys over unless they ok'd it....Nash, Hall, Hogan, Savage and even Bret Hart...were all now in WCW and were WCW's problem.
Foley would've put over a broomstick if asked to do so. Same with the Rock. Austin was a little more apprehensive, but usually had good reasons and was really good at coming up with something to replace what he felt was a bad idea.
The problem with Hogan for me, even when there was a somewhat exciting or interesting storyline....like him vs. Goldberg....or him coming back to the WWE.....was that in the ring, when we were supposed to see the big payoff...you knew it was going to suck because he was so limited physically. And to make it worse, they still had to make Hogan look superhuman. So his opponent would look like crap in the process
I don't watch much wrestling anymore and I find John Cena to be corny. But at least he's willing to put guys over, he is pretty athletic and there's a decent chance that the payoff will be pretty good.
YR
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