TNA News: Hulk Hogan says he's only used his creative control power once, isn't sure what his own TNA job description is, explains why he didn't want Bobby Roode to win the TNA Title at Bound For Glory
Feb 5, 2012 - 11:18 AM |
TNA legend Hulk Hogan spoke with the UK Sun's WrestleCast hosts Joel Ross and Rob McNichol and was asked about his TNA job description. "I don’t know what I do!" Hogan said. "I really don’t know! Everybody always asks me that! They’ve got a bunch of people there. They’ve got Dixie (Carter), of course. They’ve got Vince Russo who is the head writer, they’ve got Bruce Pritchard is the head of creative. Eric Bischoff is the executive producer. To me he’s between the network and the company, a middle man.
"I contribute, I’ll throw stuff out there creatively and every once in a while if I need to hit the ring I’ll slide on out there and do whatever, but I don’t really have a job description. I just try to be there, listen and contribute. If there is anything I can do to help or guide the direction, I’m there."
Hogan also acknowledged that he was not in favor of Bobby Roode winning the TNA Title at Bound For Glory: "They were setting him up for failure. They had his parents and everybody saying what a great guy he was. You put the belt on him and he’s a good guy but he’s plain white milk toast and who is he going to work with? When I was sitting at home and I watched the interviews of his parents and his kids and his wife saying what a great guy he was I thought ‘You’ve got one of the greatest wrestling angles set up here that I have ever seen and you don’t even know it!’
"Don’t let him win the belt, have him screw everybody, turn heel, put some heat on him, keep him heel for a long time, get him red hot, and then when you turn him babyface he’s got a chance to be a Rock or a Stone Cold or a Hogan. (I thought before Bound For Glory) the way you guys have him set up now he’s just ‘one of those TNA originals that has five-star matches that don’t mean nothing’. Give the guy a chance!" To listen to the full interview, visit Thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/4107308/Hulk-Hogan-news-Hogan-on-Bret-Hart-Ultimate-Warrior-Shawn-Michaels-and-TNAs-UK-tour.html.
Powell's POV: I can think of a few people in WWE and WCW that would disagree with Hogan's claim that he only used his creative control once. I agree with Hogan's assessment of Roode at BFG. I enjoyed those videos he mentioned, but I felt that Roode was a better fit as the heel champion with babyface James Storm chasing. Hogan also had some interesting comments about his controversial match with Shawn Michaels, The Ultimate Warrior, and how the TNA wrestlers need to step up.
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