and never goes to WWF , whom in AWA would have been good for Hogan to work programs with ? And whom takes the place of Backlund in WWF? Rebook AWA as if it became a household name with Hulkamania running wild ...

In the AWA as it was, I'd say Brody, Hansen if he stuck around , Scott Hall, Zbyszko, Hennig eventually...probably a series with Race..I'd imagine Verne would would bring in some new guys, but I still don't think the AWA would've survived, even with Hogan. The booking was stuck in the 70's and never evolved. Hogan would've jumped sooner or later. Doesn't seem to me that Verne ever knew what to do with Hogan. He had lightning in a bottle and let it get away. The flip side of that is if Hogan was given the book....well, I guess we know how that would've turned out...