The Rock is now bigger than Hulk Hoegan ever was!

[Waterproof]

You grumpy old ass nikka go sip on some prune juice. Don't forget your tube of Bengay

Just like a bytch nikka, young bytches having crushes on Wrestlers, is some mark, hoe shyt, that he's losing his mind to defend Rock..

All I know 33 Million ain't tuning in to watch Rock wrestle that's because he was never as popular than Hulkamania

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Hogan was big but people saying he was MJ big are delusional or revising history....he's never reached the levels rock has... that's absurd

Hogan practically used as American branding for the world...MJ, Prince, Madonna, Tyson, Hogan, Freddy Kreuger, Oprah etc...these people were the epitome of American pop culture...were you around in the 80s?

 

[Breh Obama]

Hogan practically used as American branding for the world...MJ, Prince, Madonna, Tyson, Hogan, Freddy Kreuger, Oprah etc...these people were the epitome of American pop culture...were you around in the 80s?

The Rock IS American pop culture.....this aint the 80s anymore breh. Catch up

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

The Rock IS American pop culture.....this aint the 80s anymore breh. Catch up

You're absolutely right this isn't the 80s anymore. Why would kids identify with old ass Hogan in this day & age? The problem with your argument is you are saying Rock's peak years are superior to Hogan's peak years and I simply can't agree with that. The Rock wasn't even the definitive big dog in his hey day...If you ask 10 people who came up in the late 90s half MAY say Rock was the biggest out whereas nobody would dispute Hogan was the biggest draw when it came to wrestling. Rock was wildly popular and it certainly bolsters his name in recent years that he is a much bigger crossover hollywood success than Hogan ever was

 

[HiphopRelated]

This is true.....Outside of Professional Wrestling and his reality show on the E network, Hogan ain't shyt. The Rock eclipsed him a long time ago and managed to be successful into crossing over from wrestling to Hollywood in a huge impactful way.
So many wrestlers have tried to cross over and failed....but The Rock is an exception
We all knew he had a ton of charisma and was a superstar but I never imagined him dominating Hollywood like he has


And he can comeback and set records at Wrestlemania too if need to be.


Also, he doesn't have to live his gimmick 24/7 like Hogan. Hogan is trapped into being "Hulkamania" for the rest of his life while The Rock could be "Dwanye Johnson"

Rock also got Ballers, has a show on TNT he produced, he gave The Fast & Furious franchise a shot in the arm to go on and break box office records

This is why The Rock transcended wrestling

 

[MrWestGrand]

Old enough to remember Hogans run, and Rock is bigger no doubt. People are looking at Hogan from when we were kids, sure he seemed larger than life, but Rock is colossal. He's staring in Billion Dollar movie franchises. He was voted People magazines sexiest man alive. Dude is printing money on anything he touches.

He also was the industries biggest star when WWE went public, and help make Vince a billionaire. Hogan never had the personal susscess, or gave WWE the business success the Rock provided.

 

[Truetalk]

Let rock say ****** and see what happens to his popularity tho

If the rock said that it might make his popularity go up with hip hop types

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

the rock BEEN bigger than Hogan.

but he didn't bring wrestling with him.

Hogan took wrestling to new heights twice.
the rock is a big-time actor that wrestles.....or wrestles part-time.....or used to wrestle?? people aren't sure cuz the rock didn't convert them into wrestling fans.

so yea, the rock is by far the bigger star.
but as a star wrestler to the general public that doesn't even watch wrestling, hulk Hogan is still the more synonymous name with the sport.

The Rock is the biggest (male) star in the World. People only cared to see Hulk Hogan wrestle, people come out in droves spending money to see The Rock do anything. No Holds Barred was a flop, Trouble in Paradise was a flop etc etc Everything this dude tried to convert his overness in the industry into anything out of it was a colossal failure. The utter opposite of Dwayne.

I didn't know "no holds barred" flopped.

 

[Breh Obama]

Some of you dumb nikkas claiming Hoegan need to realize were not just talking about fukking wrestling

 

[CarltonJunior]

Exactly. The Rock got to where he was with no movies. He took over the world Jordan style...Michael Jackson style. Guy had shows and video games named after him after in 3 years..icon status. That's unrivalled greatness. Can't no one touch that...Austin, Flair, Goldberg, Horsemen, nwo, Hogan, Macho, Warrior, Piper, Andre, Bruno, Cena, DX, Eddie...no one. It's unheard of.

Dont sleep on scorpion king

 

[Waterproof]

You're absolutely right this isn't the 80s anymore. Why would kids identify with old ass Hogan in this day & age? The problem with your argument is you are saying Rock's peak years are superior to Hogan's peak years and I simply can't agree with that. The Rock wasn't even the definitive big dog in his hey day...If you ask 10 people who came up in the late 90s half MAY say Rock was the biggest out whereas nobody would dispute Hogan was the biggest draw when it came to wrestling. Rock was wildly popular and it certainly bolsters his name in recent years that he is a much bigger crossover hollywood success than Hogan ever was

Close Thread!

 

[Waterproof]

Dont sleep on scorpion king

The Mummy was such a monster hit that The Rock got his break with the weak Mummy 2 which led to The Scorpion King

 

[MrWestGrand]

the rock BEEN bigger than Hogan.

but he didn't bring wrestling with him.

Hogan took wrestling to new heights twice.
the rock is a big-time actor that wrestles.....or wrestles part-time.....or used to wrestle?? people aren't sure cuz the rock didn't convert them into wrestling fans.





I didn't know "no holds barred" flopped.

From 1999 on with the Rock as the Headliner, WWE became a publicly traded company, started a movie division, started a cable channel, and absorbed all the competition WCW,ECW,etc...

 

[CarltonJunior]

The Mummy was such a monster hit that The Rock got his break with the weak Mummy 2 which led to The Scorpion King

At the time those were pretty big. Your average joe started to take notice of him because of those movies.

 

[Heelish]

The Mummy was such a monster hit that The Rock got his break with the weak Mummy 2 which led to The Scorpion King

Brendan Frasier and Brian Gewirtz stayed blessing Rocky.