Lets take it back to 1984 for a second. Let's say Hogan never even got into wrestling or he stayed in Japan, either way He was never with the AWA and He won't be with the WWF.
Now lets say you're Vince McMahon, you still have the idea of going National you just need a star to take your company there. Now realistically with there being No Hogan Flair is by far the biggest star in America alongside Dusty Rhodes due to their relationship with the NWA their is no way their leaving. This still leaves you with an incredible talent pool of stars to choose from.
Kerry Von Erich, Macho Man, Rocky Johnson, Paul Orndoff, Rick Martel, Stan Hansen, Ted Dibiase, The Freebirds, David Von Erich, Greg Valentine, The Road Warriors, Vader, Ricky Steamboat, Jerry Lawler, Terry Funk, Jimmy Snuka, Tommy Rich, Magnum TA. This may look like a list of members in some wrestling Hall of fame somewhere, but, this happens to be a list of guys who were in the territories drawing big (as big as you could get in the territories) houses night after night. Do you think anyone could have been the guy if Hogan was never around?
I feel like it could have been done. As great as Hogan was I think Vince is equally responsible for the boom that happened when the WWF went national. I feel that Vince would have been smart enough to get an established act over.
The easiest way for him to do this would be to look at who was the hottest at the point in time and without a doubt in my head it would have been Kerry Von Erich. He was on fire at this point in time and Vince would have took that fire and threw gasoline on it.
What I want to know from you guys is do you think that the WWE would have made it without Hulkamania?
who would you have used to make it the global phenomenon that it is today and why would you pick that person?
Now lets say you're Vince McMahon, you still have the idea of going National you just need a star to take your company there. Now realistically with there being No Hogan Flair is by far the biggest star in America alongside Dusty Rhodes due to their relationship with the NWA their is no way their leaving. This still leaves you with an incredible talent pool of stars to choose from.
Kerry Von Erich, Macho Man, Rocky Johnson, Paul Orndoff, Rick Martel, Stan Hansen, Ted Dibiase, The Freebirds, David Von Erich, Greg Valentine, The Road Warriors, Vader, Ricky Steamboat, Jerry Lawler, Terry Funk, Jimmy Snuka, Tommy Rich, Magnum TA. This may look like a list of members in some wrestling Hall of fame somewhere, but, this happens to be a list of guys who were in the territories drawing big (as big as you could get in the territories) houses night after night. Do you think anyone could have been the guy if Hogan was never around?
I feel like it could have been done. As great as Hogan was I think Vince is equally responsible for the boom that happened when the WWF went national. I feel that Vince would have been smart enough to get an established act over.
The easiest way for him to do this would be to look at who was the hottest at the point in time and without a doubt in my head it would have been Kerry Von Erich. He was on fire at this point in time and Vince would have took that fire and threw gasoline on it.
What I want to know from you guys is do you think that the WWE would have made it without Hulkamania?
who would you have used to make it the global phenomenon that it is today and why would you pick that person?
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