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Originally Posted by xrodmuc316
Depends on how you define infancy. Vince bought WWF in the middle of 1982, and in January 1984 Hogan won the WWF title. The first Wrestlemania was in March 1985, so I would argue that yes Hogan had become a true star well within those 3 years.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Nerfect
That’s a hard question to answer because the context of the time was completely different. AEW has launched as a promotion with globally recognized stars and a national cable platform. The WWWF was an existent territory for about 20 years before Vince K. took it over. It’s not really apples to apples — wrestling just operated differently then.
Hulk Hogan was the WWF Champion within two years of Vince K. taking over in 1982. The first WrestleMania was in 1985.
The whole “AEW is still young” thing doesn’t hold much water with me. I don’t think it takes that long to get over. Austin’s run at the top basically lasted as long as AEW has been around. Something in its fourth season isn’t considered “new” in television terms. But yes, I would say the WWF did have stars within 3 years of forming. But they also had television and a presence before that.
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Admittedly, I didn't read all that ^ - it shouldn't be this complex.
AEW started a couple years ago.
Whatever Vince McMahon or whoever started WWWWWWWWWF - where was it in the same amount of time as AEW's total time in existence.
AEW - started in 2019 - its 2022
WWF (or whatever the OG company was) started in ???? its 2022.
We can go down the "rabbit hole" of semantics with cable vs not cable blah blah blah, but that's not what I'm after. That wouldn't be a "fair comparison" to either party.
Just wanna know, did WWF have any stars that were bigger than the brand in the same amount of man made time measurement of your choosing?