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Who has more power, Hogan or Cena?

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Who had more power, Hogan or Cena?

6K views 71 replies 57 participants last post by  Shutthehellup 
#1 ·
I was not really around in the Hogan era, but I'm smart enough to understand how popular he was and how he took WWF to heights it had never been before. At the peak of his years Vince would of done anything to keep hold off him.

As for Cena, well he is the big money machine weather you like him or not. They are so desperate to keep him active that he even appears on TV and too promote PPV when he is injured.

Cena really has Vince and the WWE by the balls if he wants. They can not afford to lose him and he could demand any kind of contract he wanted, all he would really have to do is threaten to leave...

In their respectful era's both had the popularity and power to get what they wanted when they wanted. They could turn big scary Vince into a scared little boy if they pleased...

But out of the two...which one has the most power?

I go for personally vote Cena. In those days many people thought wrestling was real and would go to watch grown men "fight". There was also a very well pushed roaster behind Hogan too so the attraction was there...Cena on the other hand has had a show pretty much built round him and him alone...everyone else has been made a prop to say the least...
 
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#3 ·
The thing with wrestling is it doesn't matter how much popularity a performer has or how much money he brings in, if he needs to be replaced he can be at the drop of a hat. Look at Ryback being inserted into the main event. Boom hat some. If cena retired tomorrow, Vince would just make some one else. I think Cena doesn't have power over Vince maybe just over other wrestlers. I think the position he is in is because he is so loyal to Vince it is Vince with the power. Hogan though had mainstream appeal and wasn't so subservient to Vince, and there was always another promotion that was equal to WWF that he could jump to if Vince didn't cater to him. In the end Hogan left and WWF although didn't have the best years it went on. Cena deides to do a Rock or gets injured whatever Vince will make another guy
 
#7 ·
Hogan had all creative control of his character in WCW and wouldn't be surprised if he did in wwe.
 
#9 ·
How does Cena have power? Cena even said himself about wanting to play a diff character, but he couldn't. He has less power than people think,but because Cena is a main guy, and someone that many people on here hate, they just find more random reasons to not like him.

Winning matches and being a top guy, doesn't mean you have power....

Though having power, doesn't mean you're gonna abuse it too.
 
#10 ·
He has power. The show revolves around him and he is the most over guy on the roaster. And he is the main guy by quite some distance...

Also this is not a Cena hate thread so not sure why you think that? I like Cena...

And I agree it does not mean it you will abuse it, but the potential is there.
 
#11 ·
I don't see how so many people can vote Hogan. There's a lot of factors that contribute to Cena winning this hands down.

At least when Hogan was on top, booking was good, titles had prestige, midcard was relevant, and there were other stars like Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior(who was almost on Hogan's level).

Nowadays, the show drags even using DVR, booking is straight up awful, the top title in not just the company but the WHOLE DAMN INDUSTRY isn't all that relevant, and no one matters except Cena. That's the key. NO ONE MATTERS EXCEPT CENA! The show is nothing without him, and the worst part is they plan to keep it that way. So Cena has more power.

Don't get me wrong, Hogan's is far and above Cena in terms of star power and legacy, but Cena is the end all be all of the WWE right now. They'll die without him.

 
#22 ·
As a general rule of thumb when a person is pretty much the most popular/greatest star in modern North American wrestling history then they are going to garner more power. Despite what many of the younger fans on this board think the Golden Era was the most popular era in WWE history. Hogan was the Michael Jordan of professional wrestling. If Hogan had quit the WWE during the height of the Golden Era it would have been pretty devastating despite the fact that yes the midcard titles meant more then and the booking was good. Cena leaving would have nowhere near the shock or the empty feeling that would have happened had Hogan left the WWE at the height of the Golden Era. Even though the WWE product was literally many times superior then to what it is now the fact is that the whole WWE climate and culture in the Golden Era was Hulk Hogan. To appreciate just how over Hogan was and vital to the company a person would really have had to live and witnessed the Golden Era when it happened.
 
#12 ·
I'd say Cena has more power but Hogan abused it more.
 
#13 ·
Considering John Cena already has 3 loses under his belt at Wrestlemania and has put over more superstar's than Hogan would ever put over, I would say Hogan has the more political power, or atleast abused it more.

Hogan didn't job to both Shawn Michaels and Randy Orton. On one hand, Shawn was already established so it didn't do much to Shawn's career if he won or not. But imagine if Orton was able to beat Hogan, how big that would have got him.

Hell, Hogan was going to run for President because he's so good at politics.
 
#14 ·
Hogan easily. I don't even see how people can say Cena. The business was much more protected back then and Hogan could of done a great deal of damage at a moment's notice by exposing every single fake thing about it. Also, if you want to take a look at the product damage Hogan did do, he left the WWF in 93 and it didn't pick up again until 98. In that time, he turned heel, turned WCW around and nearly put the WWF out of business.

Hogan all the way brother.
 
#15 ·
How the fuck can anyone take Cena? Hogan is the master politician and in the ring, he rarely lost. People bitch about Cena always winning but he has taken more clean pinfalls than any other top star in WWE history (save for maybe The Rock).

And the "show only revolves around Cena" excuse is old now. Punk has taken all the TV time in the past couple of months.
 
#16 ·
Hogan is the biggest politician in the industry BY FAR, so i don't know why people are saying Cena is.
 
#18 ·
There's a difference between having power and using it people. We're just lucky Cena doesn't abuse his like Hogan does (except for the rare case like Alex Riley of course). But yeah, I can see how the add factor of killing kayfabe could play an important role in power.
 
#20 · (Edited)
for their respective times id say hogan, cena is a big name no doubt, he can be replaced by the likes of ryback for one ppv, but eventually a bigger star is gonna be needed to replace cena, however hogan was the first of his kind, before hogan wrestling wasnt the business it is now, hogan was the pioneer per se, he was crucial and was the one who put it on the map period, imagine if he'd been offered a bigger stake than what mchmahon was offering during the 80s and jumped ship somewhere else, it may have killed all the buz that was happening in wrestling right there and then, im sure vince was doing everything he could to keep hogan happy for those 6 or 7 years or so
 
#29 ·
Hogan and not even close.

Problem with Cena today is through no fault of his own, Vince just isn't taking the initiative to create new stars. So for years, we've had to endure Cena and a revolving door of number 2 guys.

But with Hogan, he remained on top for 4 consecutive years. When the Ultimate Warrior didn't work out, Hogan was put back in the spotlight. Before taking a hiatus in 1993, he was put back into the spotlight.

So it's a big difference, as Hogan was surrounded by talent who were held back due to WWE (or Hogan himself) having fear of losing his "spot". Cena isn't surrounded by guys who WWE feels can properly fill his role, as far as PR goes. It's a reason we didn't get Flair/Hogan at WM, why HBK infamously overselled at Summerslam or why the final scene of WM 9 was Hogan holding the belt, even at 5 years past his actual prime or why all subsequent releases of Royal Rumble 1992 have removed all cheers for Hogan rival, Sid Justice. You don't see that with Cena. Cena, supposedly, wants the best for the business, Hogan only wanted the best for himself and his circle of butt buddies like Brian Knobs and Brutus Beefcake.
 
#32 ·
Hogan had more power to ridiculously higher levels and I don't know how people are saying Cena. Outside of getting Alex Riley buried for a petty squabble, Cena hasn't shown much political power at all. He can't even get Vince to change the design of the WWE Championship.
 
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