Loss Posted December 31, 2012 Report Share Posted December 31, 2012 Talk about it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted February 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 We've seen the best of Hogan and the worst of Hogan at times. This is somewhere in the middle. His angles and acting are so transparently phony and over the top that it's hard to invest in them, but I also can't deny that they are effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoe Posted February 5, 2013 Report Share Posted February 5, 2013 This felt different as opposed to his back to the camera in front of a green screen or some lockers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childs Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 There's definitely some black comedy in the idea of Hogan as the ultimate American. He in no way represented the phony ideals he was touting, yet he absolutely represented a lot of what a cynic would describe as "Real American." These promos have a place in the Hogan-was-an-asshole thread we had going a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 More conflicting feelings here. Hogan makes some incredibly cynical references to his USO tour, but the promo is definitely full of intensity and focus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ridge Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Hogan brings up his USO tour. Hulk has his own rules now. Hogan says the only conditions he has for their match is Slaughter will not leave with the WWF World Title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soup23 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 I guess I'm a Hulk apologists as I am right there with him on these promos. I thought this was neat to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garretta Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Again, what the hell was the man supposed to do? He was cast in the role of American hero. Was he supposed to refuse it or downplay it just because Vince decided to make his opponent more distasteful than usual? Was he only supposed to talk about the moves he was going to use during the match, with no mention at all of the poster burning? Was he supposed to not bring up his USO tour, as if it was something to be ashamed of under the circumstances? Remember, the USO had to have known that the WWF was going to use this tour for its financial gain. If they didn't want Hogan to sell pay-per-views off of it, why did they let him do it in the first place? I guess what I'm saying is that there's no sense taking the moral high road in a situation where there's none to be had. The best Hogan could do was play the hero to the hilt and make himself look as good as possible, and that's what he did here. Any changes in that role had to come from Vince, and he wasn't changing a damn thing at the time. This angle was coming off exactly as he wanted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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