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Title: Larger than Life Stars
Post by: littleguns on August 08, 2012, 04:41:29 PM

Was listening to an MLW podcast and Konan pointed out there are no more "larger than life" wrestlers.....Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Ultimate Warror types......will we ever see this again?

IMO Rock is he closest but with his less than PT schedule.....

Title: Re: Larger than Life Stars
Post by: Montague on August 09, 2012, 05:05:24 AM

I think a big part of it is that it's easier to be a spectacle when you're the first. Erego, having already had a Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Asshole, etc., it's harder for the next guy with a similar act to garner the same excitement; even if he's a degree better.

Title: Re: Larger than Life Stars
Post by: littleguns on August 11, 2012, 04:19:47 AM

Quote from: Montague on August 09, 2012, 05:05:24 AM

I think a big part of it is that it's easier to be a spectacle when you're the first. Erego, having already had a Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Asshole, etc., it's harder for the next guy with a similar act to garner the same excitement; even if he's a degree better.

I tend to disagree, look at Stone Cold, 8-10 yrs after HH and UW, Rock same time frame. I just can't tell if there is anone that truly wants to be the next big thing, Vince McMahon keeping down the man or the combo of both.

Look at wrestlers of Old, many have respect for Cena but he will never go down in History as a HH or Ric Flair...

Title: Re: Larger than Life Stars
Post by: Montague on August 11, 2012, 04:13:40 PM

Quote from: littleguns on August 11, 2012, 04:19:47 AM

I tend to disagree, look at Stone Cold, 8-10 yrs after HH and UW, Rock same time frame. I just can't tell if there is anone that truly wants to be the next big thing, Vince McMahon keeping down the man or the combo of both.

Look at wrestlers of Old, many have respect for Cena but he will never go down in History as a HH or Ric Flair...

That's why I specified someone coming along with a similar act. Austin was a different breed that fans hadn't seen before. If Steve had presented another Hulkamania-type package, the fans would have farted on it; just like they did when Hogan himself took the act to WCW in '94.

Similarly, if someone else tried to follow Steve's Stone Cold with a similar gimmick, it wouldn't have been as special, having already been done. The impact would have paled in comparison.