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^ Great post. If Hogan does not leave WWE, would there ever have been an attitude era? Monday night wars never turned in WCW's favor until the Hogan turn, which prompted the rise of the NWO. I don't believe that WCW could have booked the Outsiders any further had it not been for the hatred that Hogan received for them.

So, where would WCW have gone without Hogan? Let's face it, Flair was still the centerpiece of WCW at the top. He controlled his booking until Hogan came on board and threw his weight around in for booking. Flair still has been keeping his face in the ring well into his 60's, thus there is no reason for me to believe that he would not have influenced the booking of WCW product.

Had Hogan stayed in WWE, Vince would still have relied on the instant pops that Hogan got when times were bad. I'm not sure that WWE would have ever been forced into the booking of charecters such as Stone Cold and Rock had it not been for Hogan's departure.