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Always funny to stumble upon New Japan footage of Hogan and remember he was actually perfectly capable of having an athletic, technically sound match.
To his credit he realized very early on that he doesn't need to do all of that to get over in the west, especially in that era. It was all about crowd control, participation, and making the moves matter. As much as I enjoy guys going balls out there's something to be said about doing more with less and pretty much nobody's ever epitomized that better than Hogan.
There's a lesson to be learned there. Preferably with less racism.
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