HULK HOGAN DEAD AT 71

[Valcazar]

And it made WCW profitable for the first time. Also created wrestling best boom period since the 80s and who was responsible for that.

Mostly Nash and Hall since the NWO was their and Bischoff's baby.
Hogan jumped in and it was a great run for a bit but then he fucked everything up being a key part of why WCW destroyed themselves.
And, of course, credit has to go to everyone in WWE with responding and eventually taking everything to new heights.

But all credit to the original heel turn and the first part of the NWO run. Hogan was doing good work for a bit, there.

 

[roddermac]

Mostly Nash and Hall since the NWO was their and Bischoff's baby.
Hogan jumped in and it was a great run for a bit but then he fucked everything up being a key part of why WCW destroyed themselves.
And, of course, credit has to go to everyone in WWE with responding and eventually taking everything to new heights.

But all credit to the original heel turn and the first part of the NWO run. Hogan was doing good work for a bit, there.

NWO doesn't work without Hogan. It brought fans back to wrestling which was suffering in popularity. WCW was sold because of the Time/Warner merger.

 

[Valcazar]

NWO doesn't work without Hogan. It brought fans back to wrestling which was suffering in popularity. WCW was sold because of the Time/Warner merger.

The invasion angle was working fine without Hogan.
Did Hogan going bad make it better?
Absolutely.
It also was part of what caused so many problems down the line.
Look at how much they fucked up the Sting match.

Did the NWO getting red hot help wrestling?
Absolutely.

WCW was sold as part of the merger, yes, but it had been dying for a while once WWE took over the Monday Night Wars.