And it could only be done by the WWE, because they're the only ones that could do it correctly and give it justice. Hopefully, down the road there'll be a spot to do it that way. Obviously, you return to WWE as shows are being held in fan-less environments. I started in the s. The first day I came in to be a wrestler, they broke my leg and said, 'Don't come back. I spent a couple of years learning to get in good shape, how to wrestle and then how to do the professional wrestling scenarios.
I didn't plan stuff out. I just knew who was going to win or lose, and then listen with my heart and my ears with what they wanted to see. You're a three-tier chess player, thinking a few moves ahead every time.
Andre [The Giant] taught me that, because Andre basically raised me in this business. How to pace myself in creating emotion and passion and hatred and then blowing the roof off the place when I 'hulked up. Today, I see guys come right up and take off and hit the ropes. Back in the day, when I was in a rear chin-lock, I would start shaking my ankle and leg a little bit, like I was freaking out. I wouldn't come up out of that chin-lock until the building was about to explode.
It's a different feel with a live crowd. A lot of the superstars that are coming in from the performance center right now are learning to wrestle without a crowd. So I'm not sure there's much of a transition to go out into the ThunderDome without a live crowd.
But for me, it would really affect me until I got my sea legs under me, because when I wrestled, I was so used to the crowd. Even when I'd watch other wrestling shows with fans now, I think about how freaked out I'd be to watch a bunch of people sitting down looking at their iPhones during my matches.
Something else that's changed a bit since you started in the business is the concept of heroes and villains. There's a lack of clear "good guys" and "bad guys" with many shades-of-gray characters. How do you feel about that change in the industry? When I was the bad guy, it was 'forget the prayers and the vitamins Making sure there was no gray area there. I put him in an ambulance and ran him over with a semi-truck. I tried to do everything I could to be the most evil person in the world.
And then, when I came out for the match, they started cheering me in Toronto. So even though they weren't supposed to be cheering me, we switched up that thing really fast.
I was on a plane the next morning back to Florida to get the red and yellow gear again, brother. I didn't want to be in a gray area. Look at The Miz. From the famous actress almost cast in the lead role to behind-the-scenes crushes, here are some fun facts about the film starring Reese Witherspoon.
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This despite the fact that Bret Hart had just lost his title in an attempt to make a star out of Yoko, only to have the massive competitor defeated with a single leg drop. Watching Hogan celebrating to close out WrestleMania IX felt like watching a political hitman execute the entire creative direction of a company for no reason other than to pat his own back. The decision easily could have killed Hart's career as a top draw for WWE. Luckily, his connection with the audience ensured that would not happen.
Clad in the black and white of the New World Order, he was brought back to the company as a heel, but the love and admiration longtime fans had for The Hulkster earned him a warm response from fans eager to see him back in the company he helped build. Though he was flanked by Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, and sported the colors of a renegade fashion that had inflicted such evil in WCW, fans were eager to see Hogan back. They wanted to cheer the Superstars they grew up watching. At the No Way Out pay-per-view, his insincere and disingenuous promo promising a new and improved nWo was met with curious positivity from a fanbase eager for a nostalgia kick.
Whether a heel in black and white or a hero in his trademark red and yellow, Hogan had a renewed passion for the sport that saw him take a step back when necessary and devote himself to putting over young talents, such as Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar. For a Superstar routinely criticized for his insistence on positioning himself as favorably as possible, it was refreshing to see him give back from a creative standpoint.
While it was never graced with The Hulkster vs. The bout, one of the most unforgettable in event history, saw Hogan turn back the clock and deliver an awe-inspiring epic with The Great One in front of 60,plus fans in Toronto. The fans loved him, cheered wildly with every familiar spot and genuinely wanted to see him win. So vocal in their support was the audience that the decision was made to turn Hogan babyface that same night in a post-match moment that saw him band together with Rock to fend off Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.
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