"technical wrestling doesn't sell tickets"- Hulk Hogan

[FS4LFE]

she would sell tickets doe

Who's that

 

[Jackson LeRoy Briggs]

But it only works because people were invested in the Kurt character. Otherwise, you're Benjamin and Haas.

But Kurt's in-ring style was why we bought into the Olympic Gold Medalist gimmick. Picture him as an up and comer wrestling like HHH for instance. He wouldn't have the same impact.

Haas and Benjamin didn't have anything near Kurt's real life credentials, they had zero chance of making it as big as he did no matter what they tried to do

 

[R=G]

He's right in a sense that compared to his status? It's nothing. But once certain brands are built. .like Eddie, Benoit, Bryan, Punk. It leads to fan appreciation reactions. ..not the same as Rock vs Brock or Sting vs Hogan but it definitely is marketable and desired by the fanbase..especially in this day and age where fans are sick of 37 year old Cena jokes and passive attitude towards disapproving crowds.

 

[R=G]

But Kurt's in-ring style was why we bought into the Olympic Gold Medalist gimmick. Picture him as an up and comer wrestling like HHH for instance. He wouldn't have the same impact.

Haas and Benjamin didn't have anything near Kurt's real life credentials, they had zero chance of making it as big as he did no matter what they tried to do

Nah..they didn't have nowhere near his push. That's why they went nowhere. Angle was put over by real successes in that first year. Everybody made that boy look good.

 

[Jackson LeRoy Briggs]

Nah..they didn't have nowhere near his push. That's why they went nowhere. Angle was put over by real successes in that first year. Everybody made that boy look good.

Nah, even with a big push they wouldn't have made it as big as Kurt. It was the wrong era for that and like I said they didn't have his inherent name value as an Olympian.

 

[DANJ!]

Point is, Kurt was a total package. It's not a black-and-white situation where you can't be a good technical wrestler and sell tickets. But you can't JUST be a good technical wrestler and sell tickets. Of course his in-ring skill ultimately made his character work, but the character made people care enough to wanna see him in the ring. Both things complemented eachother. If he only had one and not the other, he wouldn't have been a main event wrestler. He would've been Haas, Benjamin, Lance Storm, Malenko... all better than average technical wrestlers, but not the ones you put at the top of the card thinkin' they're gonna be a draw.

 

[King P]

Not even 1 minute into the match...

"BORING!!! BORING!!!"

 

[Art Barr]

Not even 1 minute into the match...

"BORING!!! BORING!!!"

that was the mechanics of that debut and match to get him heel heat, though.
plus, it was there to give a contrast to the smashmouth me style.
that was being implemented to capitalize on austin's style after injury.

yet, when austin wrassled benoit the first time, that was a technical affair and on raw and was one of the better matches on freetv for that time, too.


art barr

 

[MenacingMonk]

that was the mechanics of that debut and match to get him heel heat, though.
plus, it was there to give a contrast to the smashmouth me style.
that was being implemented to capitalize on austin's style after injury.

yet, when austin wrassled benoit the first time, that was a technical affair and on raw and was one of the better matches on freetv for that time, too.


art barr

I was disappointed that match never made an DVDs before the incident. I have it on VHS. I have a lot of wrestling VHS I need to transfer to DVD.

Technical wrestling is to WWE what lyricism is to mainstream rap.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Mook]

Hoegan was right

 

[YvrzTrvly]

Hoe Kogan fukking sucks and he's just fortunate wrestled against giant gonzalez

 

[TL15]

If “real” technical wrestling sold tickets there would be no need for “professional” wrestling


And as always it’s Terry Bollea

 

[KFBF]

Hogan has never known how to get anything over besides himself.

 

[Mook]

Put your glasses on the next time you watch NXT. Neville's got it.

Well look whos the one that needed glasses. "nevilles got it" god damn was you blind