Romo 2 Austin;3961563 said:
Well it's both, Russo could've and did book the program into oblivion but it still was drawing a 2.2+ rating weekly, if not more. It would've been profitable if you removed the ridiculous contracts people like Bret Hart, Nash, Hogan, DDP, Sting, Hall, Flair etc; had. The only guy they had that deserved the money they got was Goldberg as he was the only home made draw they established.
Look at it this way, Hall and Nash had it in their contracts that the only person that could be paid more then them was Hogan, Bret Hart was signed for a reported 2.5 million a year(correct me if im wrong, I may be but thats the number in my head and I believe its right.) so your looking at both Nash and Hall making more than that, and Hogan making more than that...
So Hogan, Nash, Hall and Hart combined for ATLEAST $10Million per year... In comparison WWE's ENTIRE roster, including FCW talents make $15million a year now... Plus bonus's.
2.5 is pretty close. It was between 2.5 and 3 million a year. I remember Hart talking about how it was the one thing that WCW did well for him was they paid him really well, to not use him properly.
Romo 2 Austin;3961565 said:
Most likely he would never hold the title, but Vince understands business and a Hogan v. Cena match for the WWE title would draw huge money, he wouldn't put it on a WM, but he would probably stick that on a SummerSlam or a Survivor Series and enjoy an extra hundred thousand buys... People crap on TNA for angling Hogan for a title shot, but you know what, aslong as he doesn't win the title its good business, why leave millions of dollars on the table? A Hogan title shot would draw TNA atleast an extra 20,000-40,000 buys, and then DVD sales of people in a store saying Hogan challenging say, Sting for the world title? I'ma buy that I remember those guys.. Then T-Shirt's, etc;.. The best way to do it money wise is to have Hogan as the face vs a heel Anderson. As you need Hogan as the face to maximize drawing in todays age, so putting him vs Styles would idiotic.
I agree with you, I do. Except one little problem. It's very hard, downright impossible most of the time really, to get Hogan to agree to put anyone over. No matter who they are.
If you look at Hogan's career, and think about it really hard, you'll find a glaring fact. The dude simply doesn't put folks over.
In his entire career the only people he put over, to help make them a mega star, were The Ultimate Warrior, Brock Lesnar and Goldberg. In Warriors case he was already huge and that was the move to make him MEGA huge. Unfortunately Warrior was a headcase and it backfired.
Goldberg was a nice touch but AGAIN WCW booking, Hogan being part of that, screwed WCW and Goldberg in a way, by giving that way on free TV with pretty much zero build up to the match. If I recall correctly they announced on Thunder one Thursday that the following Monday Goldberg, who JJ Dillion deemed the #1 Contender, would face Hulk Hogan for the World Title.
That was litterally the entire build. That should have been, and in any sane company would have been, a major PPV Main event that was really built. That could have drawn enormous numbers, and they screwed it up.
Brock he put over nice and clean to put Brock over as a mauling, dominate, heel and it was the last true act of professionalism by Hogan.
The only other person I can think of that he's bothered to put over cleaning, without a fuss, was The Rock and The Rock was already a mega star and didn't need to beat him to be one of the most over wrestlers ever.
Hogan will not be facing Cena for a WWE title because Hogan has proven, many many many times over in fact, in his career that he's not about business and he's all about Terry.
For ****** Sakes the dude was nothing more an a semi-part time wrestler in WWE when he faced HBK, who was a full time wrestler, and he absolutely refused to put him over. That was after agreeing to a 2 match deal where they'd each go over once. If I recall correctly initially HBK was supposed to go over the first time but Hulk balked on that so they switched it to Hogan going over the first time and then when that was over Hogan refused to do the second one and put HBK over.
he decided that simply shaking HBK's hand at the end of the match would be putting him over enough cause, again, that's how Hogan does business. Which is, again, why Hogan isn't really worth all that much to a company anymore as anything more than a very short term, nothing major, role.
in fact I think I wouldn't mind him in the role he's in with TNA if they did it to where he wasn't the leader of any faction and was only on TV 1 or 2 times a month, tops. Then he'd be fine in the role they have for him.
Anything more than that is a waste of time with Hogan cause it's only a matter of time before his massive ego gets in the way and he starts demanding title runs and BS like that.
I also agree with you that putting him against Styles would be idiotic but not just because of the face issue (which is more than issue enough) but because Hogan is so friggen bad in the ring that AJ would have an impossible time getting a good match out of him. That thing would stink the joint up. It would just be embarrassing and I'd feel very sorry for AJ Styles being screwed over in that manner.
