Hogan 1998 and wrestlers getting stale

By Scott Keith on October 22, 2018

Hi Scott,

I've been listening to a few podcasts recently that one way or another talk about Hulk Hogan's run in 1998 and what stood out to me was that during the summer when he was feuding with DDP/Malone and losing to Goldberg he seemed like he was still a hot character with a lot left in the tank, but by the Warrior feud just 2 or 3 months later he'd already cooled off significantly.

Was this the actual case or was his star already falling earlier in the year? What do you think happened, overexposure/a stale act combined with an audience that was getting sick of the NWO and wanting other things (Goldberg/Horsemen/Wolfpac/Hart)? WWF making everything else look uncool by comparison?

Also for the sake of blog conversation who are the wrestlers you think went from hottest act to coldest in the shortest amount of time?

As for the last question, Bob Backlund in 1994. World champion one week, midcard geek the next.

Hogan's star was already somewhat falling, along with all of WCW, during most of 1998. Goldberg himself was hot, but the company was trending downwards as RAW destroyed them systematically and everyone started to look uncool as a result. In particular, nWo Wolfpac really made Hogan's group of second-stringers look lame by comparison, and it didn't help that he was still booking himself to be top guy while Goldberg was the World champion and hottest act.

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