Hogan ’92

By Scott Keith on November 16, 2018

If we disregard what actually happened in the WWF in 1992 and Hulk Hogan had been willing to turn heel after his petty elimination of Sid Justice at the Royal Rumble (and had Vince been able to bring himself to pull the trigger on such a turn), do you think it would have dramatically improved WWF's business during that time period?

How would a heel Hogan been received by WWF fans at that time — maybe against babyface Sid at WM VIII, a face Savage or Warrior at the 92' Summerslam or Survivor Series PPVs, and possibly even a babyface Luger in 1993? How big of a deal would that have been, or was Hogan too stale or too entrenched as a babyface to make it work in WWF?

Thanks

It wouldn't have worked. Hogan's turn in WCW was because it was the right place and the right time. People were already getting sick of Hogan in 93, but he needed a long sabbatical more than anything. In WCW, the fanbase was actively rejecting him as a character on the show itself, which is why the heel turn worked so well as a meta-textual thing and on every other level.

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