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MELTZER CONFIRMS HOGAN>AUSTIN 2017-03-21 10:59:59 Post No.
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>Biggest box office draw of the century: Overall, Hulk Hogan. Nobody consistently sold more tickets for a longer period of time. A lot can be knocked about Hogan and most of it is deserved, but this also can't be taken away from him. Even today, while the average crowd for WWF shows is much larger than it was in Hogan's prime, the fact is it's a group effort and nobody, not Austin at his prime nor Rock today, can match the effect on attendance that Hogan had (in fact, none of the wrestlers today can match the impact on attendance that Flair had in his core cities at his drawing power peak of the mid-80s either). As a perfect example, when Austin went down, there was no impact on attendance and only a slight impact on buy rates. Hogan walked in to WCW and attendance quadrupled and buy rates doubled. In his WWF peak, the same cities that drew 4,000 without Hogan would draw 10,000 with him. Hogan's name alone would nearly double the average attendance even before that in his AWA days. There were probably guys like Jim Londos or Gorgeous George at their drawing peak who for their major matches can say the same thing, but not consistently night after night all over the country.
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post the link to his article/audio or else fuck off.
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>>2398059
http://members.f4wonline.com/wrestling-observer-newsletter/february-28-2000-wrestling-observer-newsletter-wcw-super-brawl-review
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>Biggest pay-per-view draw: Hogan again, although that's a new phenomenon that nobody before 1985 and nobody outside of the American scene is a part of. When Austin or Rock draw a 3.5 buy rate, which Hogan did nine times, and nobody else in history ever did without him, let alone an 8.0 that he drew against Andre, argue the point. Granted PPV's are monthly and no longer the novelty they once were making higher figures far more difficult to achieve, but Hogan's PPV box office up until two years ago when Austin finally topped him was tops in the business for a period of more than a decade.
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>>2398061
>february 28th 2000
check the numbers now Austin 3:16 outsold Hoganetty
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GOAT
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Austinetty btfo 5evr. lets face it, stone cold stopped being cool ever since he left for neck surgery in '99 and then became a joke character.
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>>2398071
his best look
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>in fact, none of the wrestlers today can match the impact on attendance that Flair had in his core cities at his drawing power peak of the mid-80s either
>flair is not a draw
/asp/ BTFO
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>obese neets are quoting articles older than they are to justify their ebig contrarian stance that Hogan drew more than Austin
Jesus how embarrassing to get worked by Austin's box office numbers.
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Isn't this obvious? Hogan was a top guy for many more years than Austin
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>>2398146
Austin being a bigger draw than Hogan is in itself a contrarian stance that spread like wildfire because Austin is more liked today. Wrestling merchandise was a much bigger phenomenon in the late 90s than in the mid 80s. Fucking Chyna probably sold more shirts in 1998/99 than Andre the Giant did in 1985/86, that doesn't mean she was a bigger star. Hogan circa 85 thru 88 was objectively a bigger celebrity and singlehandedly a bigger reason for people to buy tickets than Stone Cold ever was. The fact that the Austin 3:16 shirt outsold every other shirt doesn't change that.
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When you ask casual fans who the GOAT is, there's usually 2 answers: Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair. Austin isn't one of them because he didn't have anywhere near the longevity those 2 had. Hell, HBK is a more frequent answer than Austin even though Shawn didn't draw.
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>>2398910
What does it matter? Hogan was selling nWo shirts like hot cakes in the 90s too.
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>>2398057
Why did WCW go out of business then, Mr. All knowing meltz?
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>>2398057
DELETE THIS RIGHT NOW BEFORE I THROW UP A MIDDLE FINGER AT YOU
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I don't like Hogan, but it's true
tl;dr - Austin had a higher peak, Hogan lasted longer at the top
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What a load of shit
When Hogan left in 93 he left WWF a mess and they struggled financially for years.
Austin helped build other mega stars, thats why they didnt miss a beat when he left for 10 months. They are still feeding off the momentum he created to this fucking day.
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