Analyzing why certain legends are or aren't drawing power material.

It's an age thing. I'm in my mid 30s... couldn't give a shit about legends like Hogan. A legend like Undertaker though is a different story. In fact, my youth was the Attitude Era, so any of those guys/women have more drawing power than the older generation, not just because they were before my time, but when I've seen people like Hogan wrestle it's been completely awful.

Even Ric Flair isn't a draw to me. My best made loves the guy, but he's a bit older than me and can remember him. Plus he grew up watching the older generation on tape with his dad. I watch Flair matches and I wonder what the hype was all about. He has some funny moments like his flop, but ability wise I can only compare him to what I grew up with which while unfair, is all I can do. I watched a Flair match from his prime and I'd put someone like Triple H over him any day talent wise. Same goes for Hogan... it might have been great for a certain generation... but the Attitude Era showcased wrestlers better than anything I've seen Hogan do. Even with the nWo, Hogan was the weak link in there ability wise, and that was clear to me at a young age. Hogan was getting crowd reactions, but doing nothing for me at home watching as other wrestlers were clearly much better.

It's a funny one though, because you look at someone like Hall and you wouldn't say he's more talented than your average WWE wrestler. Yet he'd draw me in because, whilst he's similar to Hogan ability wise, he has a better move set. Would rather see him powerbomb someone than Hogan leg drop someone which is a weak finisher. Watching Nash and an older Hogan, I can't remember anything good Hogan did to entertain me, but I can with Nash.

So yeah, drawing power material to me comes down to an age thing to me and a few people I know that still watch wrestling. Don't think people of a certain age really care for some legends because they are now really dated and was either before their time, or you viewed them in their later years and it's not a great impression - take someone new watching Taker now... they wouldn't care much or think he's that great, but they'd have missed what we have in the last 10-20 years where he's been pretty awesome.

Another way to look at it is what their impact was on the wrestling business. Can't stand Hogan, but can't deny that he did an awful lot to raise the profile of the wrestling business. He was more than just a wrestler. Whereas someone like Steiner, although a legend, really had a minimal impact on the wrestling business. Same with Big Show and some others. The legends that made the Attitude Era what it was - your Stone Colds, Rock, Triple H, Bret Hart, Michaels, etc, etc - they had a real impact on the business and so will draw. Compare what they've done to other legends of the time, and their impacts were minimal. Kind of like people who drew well in their prime, will have that drawing power as a legend.

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