At the time Hogan was still the man in WCW and always was the biggest actor in pro wrestling. Seems to me like it was a slap in the face NOT to have Hogan in this movie and have those posers like Sting and Goldberg. Just doesn't make sense to me that Hogan was not in this movie.
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shareBecause Hulk and WCW didn't exactly see eye-to-eye with WCW booker Russo forcing Hogan to work with younger stars like Kidman (but in true Hogan style,he did little to put the said stars over and was eventually fired from WCW at Bash at the Beach 2000 after a famous work/shoot promo by Russo)
sharedid you seriously call sting a poseur? and mean it? what the hell's wrong with you, son?
Each day you breathe is more time to kill...
How do you call Sting a poser? He was a way better wrestler then Hulk Hogan ever dared to be.
shareBecause Sting always got on my last nerve thinking he was too good to wrestle in the WWF, also wrestlers that wear that facepaint get on my nerves as well.
Hulkamania is STILL runnin' wild!
Sting always got on my last nerve thinking he was too good to wrestle in the WWF
actually its because sting saw how popular wcw wrestlers were being treated in the wwe mainly most of them being fired or they're talent being completely underused(diamond dallas page).
Another reason is that Sting doesn't believe in all the filth Vince has put on his shows in the past. While Vince McMahon has been running Pro Wrestling into the ground, Sting looks like a genius for not being part of it.
I guess the meek can inherit the Earth now. It looks like the stupid aren't doing anything with it.
Hogan was too much of a character and would have turned it into another Hogan movie, none of which were good. This movie would not have been as effective with guys like Hogan or Undertaker (to use another example - I know Taker wasn't even in the WCW). They were pushing it with Sting and Goldberg, but they had to have guys the fans know, even casual fans.
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Hulk is mentioned in the opening monologue.
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I don't know exactly why Hulk Hogan didn't show up in the movie, but I think it was a smart move.
Think about it: the biggest names in READY TO RUMBLE were all homegrown NWA/WCW guys. They used Goldberg and Sting, not Curt Hennig and Bret Hart. Hogan's appearance would have made this too much of a "WWF" movie, and there had already been plenty of those by 2000.
Let's face it: most good American folk either don't watch wrestling or haven't tuned in for it either since when they were kids or when THEIR kids were kids (the fact that the average age in the United States right now is something like 54 should tell you something). So not enough time has passed by now for most people to even remember the "Attitude Era," let alone have a clue who John Cena is. Just look at anyone who tries to parody wrestling, and they'll always trot out some knockoff of The Ultimate Warrior or "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Some REALLY old folks don't even know who those two are, and if you bring up wrestling in a conversation they'll demand to know what the likes of Haystacks Calhoun and "Classy" Freddie Blassie is! (For the record, they're both dead.)
So if Hogan had been in the movie, you'd have had all these theatergoers scratching their heads going "Why isn't he wearing yellow and red?" or "Why's he being such a dick when he's an American Hero?!" - and it just would have shot the whole thing to hell.
Hulk was the biggest, but wasn't the only game in town. Sting was an excellent wrestler. And Goldberg wasn't a bum.
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Weren't both Hogan & Flair a bit on the outs with WCW at the time of filming (fall 1999), meaning they weren't available?share
By 1999, Hogan wasn’t the “the man in WCW” anymore. Goldberg was the biggest name in WCW.
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