Be honest, Vince/WWE have stayed away from Hogan WAY longer than you thought they would

[jadillac]

Its going on what 4 yrs now?

You knew at some point it would blow over and he'd be invited back.

But considering he's prob the biggest legend not named Stone Cold, Vince deserves some credit for giving him a proper punishment.

I personally figured he'd have already been eased back in somehow

 

[Smoking With Cigarettes]

I dont give Vince or the E any credit for acting the way respectable human beings should, but with that said.....

Definitely didnt expect them to stay away from Hogan this long. I only somewhat fukk with WWE still because TSC makes it entertaining but once they bring back that walking corpse Ill have to wash my hands of it completely. No great loss either way

 

[woof]

If this was 15 years ago, he’d be back. Or if he wasn’t as big of a star, who wasn’t so publicly outed, he probably would be now.

With the types of sponsors they’ve courted and how hard they’ve worked to shift their branding, shareholders to answer to, the backlash wouldn’t be worth it to them though things as is. I’m not going to give them credit for putting their money and direction first. They’re not doing it because they actually care that Hoegan is a racist scumbag.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

They've been slowly working him back into programming via clips and mentions for the last few years so they "stayed away" for a year or two at most.

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

This summer makes 3 years. We all know they’re keeping in touch with him and guys comment on him fairly regularly. If the company were still privately owned Vince might not have ever fired him.

 

[The G.O.D II]

No. Even Vince isn’t dumb enough to risk bringing him back within a year or two. It’s still stupid considering the climate of the country right now

 

[dbp]

eh, i don't really give people credit for doing things when there's a strong ulterior motive.

The ONLY reason they've done it is to avoid the bad press and financial consequences that would occur in today's society. 10-15 years ago, he'd be back in a flash.

Make no mistake, Vince does not *want* to keep Hulk away. He has to.

 

[R=G]

They've been slowly working him back into programming via clips and mentions for the last few years so they "stayed away" for a year or two at most.

He's all over those Andre the Giant commercials

 

[Buzzed Lightyear]

If deep down in Vince's heart he really wanted to stay away from Hoegan, he'd have BEEN Benoit'd him. No mentions & no clips whatsoever. There's a whole new generation of fans who probably don't even know who Chris Benoit is because of that method.

 

[Nintendough]

The E is bigger than Huckster. The last people who saw Huck really matter are 30 something or older and half us of don't even watch current wrestling anymore. Dude is Sammartino status now.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Vince has only dealt with Hulk in terms that have always been good for business. If anything, killing Hulkamania was right up his alley because he was one of the ones that was always bigger than the business which is something he knew WWE needed but he personally never wanted

 

[Homer Simpson]

I expected them to hire him full time after those racist tapes came out

 

[Kinguno]

I thought he would be dead by now to be honest

I figured he would die and they would immortalize him again but it would be worse than before

I'm sure a bunch of y'all watched Hogan from the 80's and got rose tinted glasses but man was a horrible wrestler and stole what was rightfully Macho Man's

Man was helped by the fact a lot of his contemporaries are dead, were in WCW longer, or druggies

 

[El Cocodrilo]

If Hogan had just done some racist shyt but not said explicitly racist shyt and said quote, "I am racist." He would be back.

His big mouth had to be his downfall eventually.

I hope everyone is ready for that moment when he comes back and all the white people in the crowd are chanting "WE FOR-GIVE YOU" CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP

 

[OH SOHH TRILL]

Its going on what 4 yrs now?

You knew at some point it would blow over and he'd be invited back.

But considering he's prob the biggest legend not named Stone Cold, Vince deserves some credit for giving him a proper punishment.

I personally figured he'd have already been eased back in somehow

fukk Hogan but LOL at saying SCSA is bigger than Hogan.