Ric is dead on with the history of how hogan came over to wwf. And how good it feels to relive that through Rics podcast.Hogan over in japan wins there title ,i followed with admiration.ispirational wrestler of the year perhaps

@TL2354

Жыл бұрын

Where is the title?

@MohammedSameerSayedHussain

Жыл бұрын

@@TL2354Long decommissioned and retracted from history, at least in New Japan.

Love those AWA days! Aging myself, but that's like the true origins of wrestling!

The St Paul Civic Center, The House The Hulkster Built.

Also Vern was making Hulkamania shirts while hogan was in Japan (hogan made them and sold them himself), hogan came back and found out Vern was selling them without his consent and Vern wouldn’t give him a penny of it either. Then when Vern did offer to put the belt on hogan he said he wanted to keep doing the merchandise with hogan getting 0 plus he wanted a percentage of hogans Japan money.

@gregorylevi1826

Жыл бұрын

I personally didn't see A problem with Verne selling Hogan Merchandise cause he was wrestling there. But wanting his Japan Money was wrong, I would have told him no on that .

@Injectedracing

Жыл бұрын

@@gregorylevi1826 hogan invented hulkamania, he made the shirts himself. When he left Vern sold hogan merchandise, with his trademark and gave hogan 0% of the profit…… How is that okay? Imagine you got famous and someone started selling your brand and likeness for profit and gave you nothing

@Ted_Bell

Жыл бұрын

Gregory is a moron. That decision helped push Hogan away. Many other talents as well. Vern would rather put the belt on himself then Hogan, even with Nick Bockwinkle begging Vern to put the belt on him.

@gregorylevi1826

Жыл бұрын

@Ted Bell Verne had no way of knowing Hogan would go back to WWF especially since Vince Sr. kicked him out. Vince Jr. talked to Hogan sneakily in Japan so Verne didn't know. As far as Verne was concerned Hogan was coming back so legally he could sell Hogan Merchandise. Until Hogan left and officially went to WWF. That's what happens when you don't know the Law.

@gregorylevi1826

Жыл бұрын

@Injected Racing if it was me I would have had legal protection which I'm sure Hogan would have done if he had known he was going back to WWF before his trip to Japan.

The Hulk is the best in the business

@rizennsunn

Жыл бұрын

He is awesome💪😉👍

@jameschilders7423

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@OeraliusTarth

Жыл бұрын

No he isn't. He had 7 good years. 1984-1990. 1991 was underwhelming, 1992 was worse. He was out of the picture in 93. 94 and 95 in wcw were turd years for him. Came back to life somewhat as a heel in 1996, 1997, and 1998 but was a coward in the NWO. 1999,2000, and 2001 more turd years. 2002 wwf nwo wasn't that great at all, his match with the rock was the only highlight and that's when he should have retired because everyhting after that was terrible. Hogan had 7 good years.

@jameschilders7423

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@bigfatcatbigfatcat7599

Жыл бұрын

The question is, who else has 7 years as good as this?

Wooo!

That was the St. Paul Civic Center which is today the Xcel Energy Center home for the Minnesota Wild hockey team. Hogan vs. Bockwinkel was so popular that not only was the Civic Center sold out, but the Roy Wilkens Auditorium next door was sold out to watch the match on Closed Circuit. Hogan had a major problem with Verne selling Hogan merch while he was in Japan (which is completely normal in any promotion). Verne claimed that he gave Hogan his cut, but Hogan claimed Verne stiffed him on the pay. Both stories are believable.

@FerretJohn

Жыл бұрын

More believable is that Verne stiffed him, he was kind of "old school" as a promoter with a habit of trying to take a personal cut out of his wrestlers deals.

@michaelpalermo354

Жыл бұрын

The St. Paul Civic Center is my favorite venue for classic wrestling. The AWA presentation in that building was PERFECT! And I am from NY. When we got the AWA starting in 1984 it was awesome. Too bad Verne lost his footing after the AWA/NWA partnership.

@VoxVeritas1776

Жыл бұрын

Verne has the well earned reputation of ripping his talent off especially on sales of their merch. Hulk isn’t the only one with tales like this there’s several.

Hogan was THE SHIT in the AWA. He was crazy over. Crazy.

very true hogan peaked in the late 80s bye then he could work pretty good,,verne lost a gold mine in not pushing hogan for the title,tshirts,etc,, remember seeing hogan as a bad guy in the wwf against backlund and andre and he always lost, I always knew he would be the champ with rocky 3 movie tie in the rest was history as for flair he held the nwa together forever back then (78-98) hogan and flair was like coke verse pepsi in the day that what wrestling needs today not cookie cutter forgetable people

@Ric Flair The AWA World Championship Match Hulk Hogan vs. Nick Bockwinkel that, Ric mentioned was at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, MN.

I love it when me and one of my buddies are talking about Rocky and I hit them with the “dude you do know Hulk Hogan and Mr T weren’t famous before Rocky 3 right, they became famous because of it?” And they just go 🤯

@justamurse5646

Жыл бұрын

You telling me ol’ Thunderlips wasn’t over before Rocky 3!?

@davidbennett4946

Жыл бұрын

Hogan was big before that so was Mr T that's why they both got those roles in rocky 3. Hulkamania was up and running and Mr T was big cuz of the A team

@gregorylevi1826

Жыл бұрын

@David Bennett no, Rocky 3 came out in 1982. The A-Team came out in 1983, A-Team wasn't even around before Rocky 3.

@gregorylevi1826

Жыл бұрын

Hulk Hogan was already famous before that Rocky movie, that's why he got that role.

@SonnyK248

Жыл бұрын

@@gregorylevi1826 He wasn't dude. He was a wrestler but he wasn't a star. Sylvester Stallone didn't know who he was when he met him. He got the role because they needed a big wrestler and he fit the part. Hulk actually got fired by Vince McMahon sr for taking the part. He said he didn't want one of his guys doing movies so he gave Hogan an ultimatum that he either turn it down or he's fired. Then when Rocky came out Hogan became a megastar.

"It's not about who's the best worker but who makes the most money," then proceeds the call HBK the goat

Verne made a huge mistake not putting the strap on Hogan. History would be so different, as great as Bockwinkel was.

@jd9119

Жыл бұрын

Hulk really wasn't that big of a mark. He wanted the money. Vern did offer him the belt when he got back from Japan, but refused to give him any of the T-shirt money and also wanted a piece of his Japan money. That's when Hogan left.

Ii love you Rick, Wooooooooooooo from back in the day but care shield dude,lol!

Whoever makes the most money IS the best worker!!!

The number of zeros at the end of your check is how we keep score in this sport.

If these old wrestlers controlled or did merchandising back in the early days?? Should have learned from Gene Simmons starting in the mid 70's. Extra cash along the way.

Ric has great wrestling and promo delivery skills, while Hogan has average wrestling skills but great promo delivery skills. So Ric is the best all around wrestler, the total package, when the two are compared.

@gregorylevi1826

Жыл бұрын

You never saw Hogan wrestle in Japan.

@BillyBob-ec5ox

Жыл бұрын

Ric is the better overall package in terms of character and in-ring skill combined.......but Hogan was smart enough to understand that making himself popular with a preteen boy audience is where the most money was at. Hogan basically got himself over as a real life 80s action hero, right next to the Ninja Turtles, Batman, He-Man, etc. He bridged the worlds of professional wrestling and comic book merchandising, which would lead to toys, video games, etc.

@PassivePortfolios

Жыл бұрын

@@gregorylevi1826 - yes I have seen his matches.

Whooooooo look at Hogan's money

I love how some rewrite history acting as if the NWA itself was a stand-alone territory.

@theherogothamneeds1014

Жыл бұрын

That's typical flair behaviour. He'd try make people believe that as he thinks he's the greatest NWA champ ever.

The 2 biggest stars of the 1980's. Imo ric flair was the better all around performer. He's the greatest to ever lace up a pair of boots. I rooted for both as a kid but as I got older I realized how bad of an in ring performer hulk hogan was. Wwf was selling to kids with hogan's say your prayers, take your vitamins and drink your milk. Nwa was selling to men with ric flair. Everybody wanted to be ric flair with his sex and alcohol gimmick. Jet flying, limousine riding. Flair oozed charisma. Wrestled 1 hour matches monthly. Hogan maybe wrestled a few 1 hour matches. It's not close in my opinion and hulk hogan's either

Hulk didn't leave the AWA because Verne wouldn't the belt on him. Money and a bigger opportunity is why he left. He would not have stayed just because of the belt.

@ssssssstssssssss

Жыл бұрын

Isn't that what Flair basically said?

@tomh1593

Жыл бұрын

@@ssssssstssssssss no. Hogan said Verne wanted a piece of the merchandise Hogan was selling on his own and he wanted some of Hogan's Japan money. That's not what Flair is saying.

@justamurse5646

Жыл бұрын

@@ssssssstssssssss sounds to me like it’s what Flair said too

@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester

Жыл бұрын

@@tomh1593 he's not wrong they didn't want to put the belt on Hogan Either Nick didn't want to give up the strap to anyone but an old time legend so they are both correct

@gregorylevi1826

Жыл бұрын

You & sts are both correct.

Sylvester Stallone created Hulk Hogan. Putting him in that Rocky movie gave him the exposure that Vince later leveraged to mainstream pro wrestling to the general public. Without Stallone's influence, Hulk Hogan would have been just another big mediocre wrestler, like John Studd or Blackjack Mulligan....

That's the reason Hulk Hogan will NEVER be the greatest of all time, He and Vince BOUGHT it, Ric Flair and the old Ws EARNED it. Hogan paid some dues, with Vince's money he did NOT pay THE dues. Va, NC SC Tenn and GA will Always be Flair Territory !!!

@bigfatcatbigfatcat7599

Жыл бұрын

Dont skip your pills dude.

Wwe. Nwa awa. I thought. Were. Stacked talent wise. Its a shame awa. Went under. 👋

80s and 90s were awesome the shit no is crap

Hogan had 7 good years. 1984-1990. 1991 was underwhelming, 1992 was worse. He was out of the picture in 93. 94 and 95 in wcw were turd years for him. Came back to life somewhat as a heel in 1996, 1997, and 1998 but was a coward in the NWO. 1999,2000, and 2001 more turd years. 2002 wwf nwo wasn't that great at all, his match with the rock was the only highlight and that's when he should have retired because everyhting after that was terrible. Hogan had 7 good years.

@bigfatcatbigfatcat7599

Жыл бұрын

I also repear, who else was so over for 7 years like Hogan did?

Hulk Hogan worst humanbeing hands down