What was the point of signing Hulk Hogan earlier this year if WWE wasnt going to use him for anything relevant? Even TNA never made him dress up as Santa. Besides, didnt Mick Foley do that multiple times earlier this month? After hosting WrestleMania XXX, Hulks appearances havent felt important. When The Rock and Steve Austin shows up it means something. Not The Hulkster. Hogan has now entered campy legend territory which is a spot that has already been filled by Jim Duggan, Nikolai Volkoff, Roddy Piper, I.R.S., The Million Dollar Man, Gene Okerlund and many more. It would be nice if one wrestler from the 80s wasnt treated as an idiot. I shudder to think what The Big Bossman and Adrian Adonis would be doing if they were still around. Speaking from a pure business standpoint, WWE is not making as much money as they could off of Hogan. He should be saved for big announcements, or playing some sort of guest enforcer for a huge match. Instead of getting fans to tune in to see him, theyre just scaring them away. Imagine Steve Austin or The Undertaker being approached to play Santa on Raw. It should have been beneath Hogan to play St. Nick, and keep in mind this is the same guy who gladly appears in Rent-a-Center commercials, and starred in a sex tape with his former best friends' wife.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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