The way you made it sound the first time was that Flair was the first heel to ever get cheered at all, by like one person. Then you made it more clear and I realized it wouldn't have made much sense if you ment what I thought, so no problem there. But that was in the past, and Hogan is just simply more popular now in the average city.
"Flair is just as much of a legend as Hogan ever was, it just depends on what part of the country you're in"
It depends on how you define "legend" really. But ask your grandma who Ric Flair is. Then ask your grandma who Hulk Hogan is. Do this to a million other grandma's and I'm pretty confident that the majority will know who Hogan is and not know who Flair is. When people say wrestling, people think Hogan.
And no, not everyone was bowing, but as for them cheering "Hogan! Hogan!" that was as clear as anything. Same as the "Rocky sucks! Rocky sucks!" Those two were very real.
"Hogan's promo was not fantastic by any means, and if you think it was you are acting foolish. Youb are marking out and not thinking straight."
For Raw standards, that promo was that damn good, and the majority of the people on various message boards that I go to agree with me. It's all an opinion thing pretty much, and more people have the opinion that is was great than not I think.
As for the comebacks you named, Hogan is the biggest name in professional wrestling. That alone gives him a huge advantage over the guys you named. And booking will have a lot to do with this, if this fails it will NOT be Hogan's fault. Whether it was carrying the WWF or carrying the WCW, he has what it takes to not drop the ball and if (that's a big if) Vince uses him right, it could last a while. Judging (which you can't really judge from one show though...) by Raw, they're playing this angle up not too bad I think you'll agree, and any angle played right will last a while.
As for if Hogan will last, that depends on if you mean his face comeback or just plain him if that makes sense. He still has big money matches with Vince, Austin, The Rock of course, Flair, etc. and these feuds could keep him around for another two years.
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