[1999-03-04-WCW-Thunder] Hulk Hogan promo

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Hogan plants the seed for his babyface turn for the first time and throws some potshots at Flair for considering wrestling the love of his life instead of his family. He points out that Ric didn't really react too strongly to his son turning on him, which proves he's rotten to the core. Hogan explains that he's a business man, but he loves his family. Hogan says all the things about Flair that are often said about him, which is amusing. The stakes are raised for Uncensored - if Flair wins at Uncensored, he will become World Champion *and* President of WCW "for life". However, if Hogan wins, Flair has to leave wrestling forever. I get the feeling Hogan believes a lot of what he's saying about Flair, which makes this even more fun.

[Tim Evans]

This is probably the most calm Hogan interview you will see. Also one of the better ones. You can tell Hogan really feels everything he's saying about Flair. Looking forward to the match based on the hype.

[soup23]

I loved this. Hogan actually seems pretty invested in this program which is welcome from how checked out he was from the second half of 1998 onward. He feels impassioned about what he is saying and levies some good claims against what Flair has said about him in recent weeks.

[Zenjo]

This is just like Shawn Michaels in the feud against Bret Hart. Hogan and HBK trying to get to get fans on their side by explaining that they are driven by the noble goals of fame and greed. Their lousy, no good opponents on the other hand just love wrestling and put it first in their lives. Such despicable motivations are clearly worthy of the ire of all fans.

[PeteF3]

Hogan calls out Flair for blowing off the David turn on Nitro. He...has a point, actually. Ric didn't address that or his supposed "retirement" on Nitro. This would be a great "heel who thinks he's a babyface" promo, if it wasn't leading to a genuine face turn.