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Hogan is immortal because he came at the right place at the right time and got the most massive push ever. The Rock is way more talented, as are hundreds of other wrestlers. Hogan also is a terrible guy to start a company around since a ton of his success is built on squashing and killing the momentum of other guys in your company.

chicken or the egg scenario imo...and no one wins in this argument.

...But I will make this comparison, just to put things into perspective:

Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player of all time, ainec. He was taken first overall in the Hockey Draft, and it was never questioned. There have been so many hockey players since (Mario Lemieux to name one) who were more skilled in every facet of the game than Wayne...Wayne played on an insanely deep and talented Oilers team, and also played in the highest scoring era on NHL history....yet, despite all this, he is still the greatest....as is Hogan.

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11-16-2009 , 04:25 PM

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we traded the 1st 2nd and 3rd round pick. not sure of the numbers right now.

the way things are going, my picks are very safe at this point.

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11-16-2009 , 04:27 PM

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FWIW, if Hogan had fell to me at 10 I would have drafted him, but I would have drafted him as Hollywood Hogan....During the 80's the American Hero stuff was cool, but now I think it's just cheesy, I always thought Hogan was an underrated heel...he had perhaps the best heel turn in wrestling history IMO

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11-16-2009 , 04:29 PM

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...Hogan also is a terrible guy to start a company around since a ton of his success is built on squashing and killing the momentum of other guys in your company.

Yeah, but this formula made him like the biggest thing ever in wrestling, and put the WWF over for what, like 15 years? Throw in the WCW years, and he's been massive. It doesn't really matter what is done with him now, as long as there is at least one big name to be his foil. And Hogan can be a face or a heel, so the options are wide open.

Hogan rarely lost, but he did lose occasionally. Most superstars didn't lose a whole lot, except to other big names.

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11-16-2009 , 04:32 PM

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what other picks do you get dnky?

He moved down in the first round and moved up in the second and third round.

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11-16-2009 , 04:34 PM

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Even though I've been trashing him, I know that Hogan is a high pick, and that he's not the most popular guy for no reason. I'd just prefer someone who I think is more talented and is imo a better centerpiece to a promotion. I don't really care about how the wrestlers were once perceived since that all goes out the window when we have a completely new promotion from scratch.

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11-16-2009 , 04:35 PM

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I'm very interested to see who Lurchy felt was worth trading up for. I think I have a guess.

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11-16-2009 , 04:35 PM

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With the sixth pick in the Professional Wrestling Promotion Draft, we select....

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Vincent Kennedy McMahon

First things, first I realize that this will be a controversial pick but I felt it best to take McMahon for one simple reason: the goal of this draft is to build the best wrestling promotion and who has done that better than Vincent Kennedy McMahon? The answer is no one.

McMahon basically built the WWF/E from the ground up and has remained extremely successful and the top wrestling promotion in the United States despite serious challenges from foes such as Ted Turner and WCW.

Just read this paragraph from his wiki to realize the influence that McMahon has had in building wrestling into what we all loved as kids:

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This led to what has been considered a "Golden Age of Wrestling" with WWF seeing increased mainstream exposure, TV ratings, and house show gates all throughout the rest of the decade.[citation needed] During the late 1980s, McMahon shaped the WWF into a unique sports entertainment brand that reached out to family audiences while attracting fans who had never before paid attention to pro wrestling. By directing his storylines towards highly-publicized supercards, McMahon initiated a brand-new revenue stream by promoting these events live on PPV television, a concept that would completely revolutionize event programming for all sports while catapulting the WWF into a multi-million dollar empire

With McMahon we get a man who can: promote, book, be an on screen character, wrestle big matches, and even commentate. Even in this thread we've had posters argue that guys who went above him would not be stars if it were not for the booking of McMahon and here we get him at pick #6.

Titantron - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RevcwSUnpxk

You're Fired! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuBGevbuQYs

Awards Vince has won:

PWI Feud of the Year (4 Times with 3 different people)
PWI Match of the Year (2006) vs. Shawn Michaels

Wrestling Observer Newsletters Booker of the Year - 3 Times

Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Nominated for SI Sporstman of the Year in 2006

Let the controversy begin IMO.

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11-16-2009 , 04:36 PM

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There's one guy I have as clear cut above the rest... but I doubt he's going. Two or three others that wouldn't surprise me.

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11-16-2009 , 04:37 PM

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I think Hogan's the clear #1 in this. While Rock and Austin were just as big as Hogan at their peak, Hogan was the only wrestler to completely carry a promotion both as a face and a heel. nWo doesn't work without Hollywood, brotha.

Austin and Rock were both great as heels too, but neither had the second act that Hogan did.

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11-16-2009 , 04:37 PM

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Probably a really good pick. I think there are a few top end wrestlers, and then a deeper 2nd tier. I don't know that there's another Vince out there.

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11-16-2009 , 04:38 PM

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Vince McMahon was the clear #1 pick imo.

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11-16-2009 , 04:39 PM

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The Rock is the clear #1. He left wrestling because he was too talented. Hogan is still wrestling 30 years later because he can't do anything else.
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Why does that matter? It doesn't change the fact that 10 years into our hypothetical, the person who drafted The Rock will have to be without their #1 pick, whereas the person who drafted Hogan will continue to get all that Hogan brings for 21 more years.

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11-16-2009 , 04:40 PM

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Hogan was a very bad wrestler and not very slick on the mic. I guess the only thing he's got going for him is longevity.

Hogan was arguably the most over face of all time and the most hated heel of all time. LOL@ saying that all he has going for him is longevity.

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11-16-2009 , 04:40 PM

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Tonight, you join the Vincent Kennedy McMahon, Kiss My Ass club!

I like the pick, VKM is hilarious as an on-screen character, not to mention all the other stuff

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11-16-2009 , 04:41 PM

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Vince was the obvious #1, he's a steal here.

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11-16-2009 , 04:41 PM

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i like that pick alot. if i was going in that directioni probally would have picked him.

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11-16-2009 , 04:42 PM

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Yep, this was the pick here IMO.

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11-16-2009 , 04:43 PM

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did not see vince coming, seems almost like wooden in the college draft

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11-16-2009 , 04:43 PM

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Seriously, everyone kept saying Hogan made the WWF, the Rock and Austin made WWF, blah blah blah... Vince is the guy who made Hogan, the Rock, and Austin what they are. The guy's a genius. He's by far the most valuable guy in the draft.

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11-16-2009 , 04:43 PM

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Yeah I didn't know we were drafting behind the scenes type people. Seems to open up a whole can of worms.

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11-16-2009 , 04:44 PM

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Please keep this closed.

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11-16-2009 , 04:44 PM

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sixfour

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actually, i suppose he did win the rumble that one time

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11-16-2009 , 04:46 PM

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I was considering Vince for like round 3. There's arguments for him, but it seems like people will be way too hot or cold on him for a first round pick when there are dudes left that are guaranteed awesome. Still, interesting.

I'm going back and forth between two different guys. Was kind of hoping you would take one of them but oh well, writeup coming soon when I decide.

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11-16-2009 , 04:46 PM

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Bingo. Nail on the coffin.

Vince could take mediocre wrestlers and mic'ers and turn them into stars.

Also, like said, given he CAN wrestle, be part of a storyline, commentate, etc, he is a full package. He should of been the number one pick. The draft is deep enough to be able to suffer without Hogan or The Rock or Austin in order to have Vince.

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