i posted this on the bulletin too.....it's a really good read.
http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publish/article_14327.shtml
McNEILL: What Hogan Needs To Say on Raw
Immortal vs. Icon: For a while, the match between Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan was all about respect. The two biggest wrestling stars of 1996 are poised to hook 'em up here in the summer of 2005. The match was set up when Michaels superkicked Hogan after the duo teamed together weeks ago on WWE Raw.
For a couple of weeks, Michaels tried to keep his viability as a babyface by not taking potshots at Hogan. Michaels Deferred to Hogan's experience and starpower. Over the past couple of weeks, that has changed. The Heartbreak Kid took a few tentative jabs at the Hollywood Hulkster, and then unloaded last week with a blistering parody of the Immortal One. Michaels hit on all of Hogan's main weaknesses: his age, his baldness, his greed and his backstage politicking. Best of all, Michaels got his points across without breaking kayfabe. It was a bit that could be enjoyed on multiple levels.
The interview segment was so cool that it runs the risk of turning Michaels babyface before the main event of SummerSlam. That's too soon for WWE's purposes. It's time for Hogan to battle back in an uncharacteristic fashion. It's time for Hulk to tell the truth. It's time for Hulk to go shooting. Hulk Hogan has never been good at cutting shoot-style promos, but with a little tweaking, he might say something like this:
"You know somethin', brother? I saw Shawn Michaels, that squeaky little mouse, out here on Raw last week. And he was runnin' down the Hulkster something fierce, dude. And he said Hulk Hogan is old, and Hulk Hogan is bald, and that Hulk Hogan's a backstabber, and that Hulk Hogan played politics during Hulkamania, blah blah blah.
Let me tell you something, Jack. I am a lot older. I have two full grown kids. I have lost a lot of hair, brother, but that comes with being a parent. Shawn Michaels doesn't have as much as he used to since he had kids. And I've done a lot of things in my past, ten, twenty years ago, that I'm not proud of. But Shawn Michaels, the "Showstopper", you'd know all about that, wouldn't you?
All you Hulkamanaics know that back in the day, Hulk Hogan used to run with some guys called the N-W-O. They told me ALL about Shawn Michaels, brother. They told me how the skinny little Heartbreak Kid used to pal around with heavyweights like Sid Vicious, Big Daddy Cool Diesel and Triple H, so that when Shawn Michaels got in trouble, there'd be someone around to pull his ass out of the fire or take the fall for him.
They told me about how Shawn Michaels got drunk one night in Syracuse and got beat up by a Marine, and then went back and told Vince McMahon he was attacked by ten people. They told me about how Shawn Michaels faked an injury so he wouldn't have to wrestle Shane Douglas, and lost his smile to get out of wrestling Big Sid, and how he and Vince McMahon screwed Bret Hart out of the WWE Title.
But you know what, Shawn Michaels? None of that matters now. We're both older and wiser, brother. We're both married with beautiful children. We're both in contact with that big Hulkamaniac upstairs. And when you step into the ring with Hulk Hogan at SummerSlam, you're gonna find out just where the power lies, dude.
And what'cha gonna do?"
credit: pwtorch.com
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