The issues with Hardy and Punk can go either way but Hogan has been notorious for brushing people off who are not "worth his time." Thats why Hart claims he and Austin totally ignored HIM backstage at a HOF one year.
Punk claims he went to shake Hogans hand and thank him for everything he'd done for the business and Hogan blew him off.
The issues between Punk and Hogan are more Hogans fault. If I were Punk I'd feel the same way.
See this is where having no first hand experience or dealings with the wrestlers is confusing. We are basically reliant on the internet news sites and what wrestlers say in interviews. You're basically left with your own judgement based on that and nothing else.
We all know Hogan's backstage politics when it comes to booking, and I think the television product during the WCW days and even in the later WWF days tell us all we need to know about those reports.
But Hogan is often described as someone who despite his politics, was cool with the boys in how treated everyone. I haven't read or heard too many stories of guys who said Hulk was a dick personally. He is often described as a laid back dude. The way he does business and wants to go over is another matter. Goldberg for example is the same way. Lance Storm has told numerous stories of disagreeing with Goldberg on how to do business, but loving Goldberg the person and thinking he was a great guy to be around. Hogan is described the same way.
Hart and Austin are two guys who have always been bitter about Hogan not putting them over and been ****ting on him for years. It was reported years ago the reason Austin/Hogan did not happen at WM 18 was because Austin did not want to work with Hogan. Then years later it was reported Austin thought that's the match they should have gone with, not Hogan vs Rock. So what's the truth? How much of that is Austin looking back and seeing how fondly Rock vs Hogan is looked at? Who knows!
Austin is another guy who has played politics. He refused to work a program with Jeff Jarrett, who was extremely over at the time in 1999, becuase he felt like he was held down in the promotion run by Jeff and his father. Jarrett might not be everyone's cup of tea, but he has always been described as a professional.
Punk is an odd duck because a couple of years ago he reportedly had backstage heat with the veterans and the way he carried himself in the locker room. Yet he has heat with Hulk for supposedly brushing him off? Seems a bit hypocritical doesn't it?
There is enough blame to go around I suppose for all of these guys and their conduct.
I'm not saying it's right, because it's not, but Hogan can at least say he has a reason for his ego given what he's done in the business. Same for Austin. Even Hart (to a degree). Punk cannot.
Jeff Hardy is not a veteran to Punk, more of a peer I think. As for Hogan, well the line to take a pop at the mighty Orange one goes around the block...TWICE!
I think being a face in modern WWE is difficult in general due to this image WWE want to create, plus the Attitude Era created this culture of cheering for heels, which is why I think WWE has used the chicken**** heel so much, because the cool heels killed the story dynamics at times. Even now it's not really working as at the last PPV the crowd cheered for Ziggler over Sheamus and Ziggler isn't even booked as a cool heel.
I wasn't keen on the alcohol angle at first either, but I thought they built it to a good blow off street fight which is the best I've seen since 2008. Agreed on AJ, she has been a revelation, but credit to Punk and Bryan for supporting her, how many other main event guys would have agreed to the closing spot on Raw last night?
Now I'm going to sound ignorant but what exactly is an IHOP?
I think Hardy is a veteran in the sense that he made it in WWE well before Punk ever did, so he was seen as a veteran of the company.
You are spot-on in everything you just said about WWE.
IHOP serves a bit of everything, but they specialize in breakfast food that you can order 24 hrs a day. It's awesome cheap comfort food. I spent many of drunk college nights there
That was years ago of course before I got my head on straight
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In Canada, they only exist in Western Canada, pretty much. Now that I live in Toronto, I have to drive down to your neck of the woods if I want to eat there.
