JohnyCrown

Late 80's, early 90's would have been a mistake IMO. They probably could have tried something around WrestleMania 9 when Hogan jumped in and won the title at the last second and it MIGHT have worked but the way it was done in 96 was probably the best way it could've been done.

septurum

I think Hogan's heel turn was one of the best in history. I wouldn't change a thing about it.

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Yosihait

Anyone who says that in 1990-1991 Hogan was still a draw, is wrong

Since 1990, Hogan was not a draw. He couldn't stop the downfall of house shows that started during Warrior's reign. His matches with Slaughter couldn't draw any serious crowd, and the crowd booed him. Even on 1993 he couldn't help the WWE house shows and even when he got to WCW, he didn't made anything go up aside from his debut match.

By the way, watch the Hindsightmania series on Youtube. The guy actually books Wrestlemanias and he turns Hogan heel on 1991 and makes him "The ugly American". I'm sorry, but Hogan couldn't sell as a babyface during the 90s. It didn't work. The WWE started losing money then.

The Gorgeous One

Yosihait

You ignore the fact that the ticket sales were weak even before the venue change. Do you really think that Vince would care about Slaughter if he had 100,000 people in the original venue? No. Add to this that the Rumble did better then Wrestlemania that year.

And WCW still lost money with Hogan until 1996. Exept for his debut, he did nothing. Not even in the WWE of 1993. Basically, he was John Cena- That one dimmensional superman that the WWE were afraid to turn heel. And Cena comes out every week- Hogan didn't. So Cena would get more boos.

dave 1981

Up until mid 1991 Hulk Hogan was still a HUGE draw and had the crowd behind him as the biggest babyface in the business so there was no reason at all to turn him heel. There was also the fact that there was no one else who could have taken over as the top babyface and drawn anywhere near as much as Hulk Hogan did from 1984 through to mid 1991 as seen by Randy Savage and The Ultimate Warrior during their run as WWE champion.

For a heel turn for Hulk Hogan to have as much impact as it did on the entire business the timing had to be right and the world was a different place in the late 80's to how it was in 1996 and the world had seen enough of the whiter than white babyface which is why Hulk Hogan was booed. At best maybe turning Hulk Hogan heel in 1993 may have worked as it may have carried WWE through the dark period from 1993 to 1996 with the momentum it may have had and it could have made mega stars out of Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, The Undertaker, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.

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dddsssccc

There was no reason to turn Hogan heel back in the 80's or early 90's. His heel turn in 96 was perfect. They let his babyface run play itself completely out and right when he got stale as a baby face and was beginning to get booed etc. they turned him heel and did it in an all time great storyline. His heel turn is not something that needs fixing or re-booked. It was awesome and the fact that it took so long for him to turn heel added infinitely to it when it finally went down.

Yosihait

Nah, Hogan stopped being a draw since 1991. The Rumble did better then WM in the buyrates and the venue change... All of that says that Hogan stopped started to fade away. The steroid trail killed him.

I don't know why to keep him face, BTW. He did anything big as a face from 1991-1996? Anything remarkable, exept for his feud with Flair? His feud with Slaughter didn't draw. His feud with Sid was stupid. He did nothing as a face back then.

septurum

Hogan was a draw in WCW so I fail to see your point.

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Quasi Juice

Perhaps because it was fresh. A "Hogan in WCW, think of all the matches!" type deal so people tuned in to see him again. People were getting bored of seeing superman Hogan in the WWF all the time.

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