We are talking one match a year, in which the last few years have actually looked like he might lose (Orton, Michaels, Edge).
In the build up to those matches, he has tended to be beaten more than he wins.
Taker outside of WM probably loses more matches than Hogan has ever done.
Lets face it, he even suffered the indignity of being "knocked out" by Big Show on more than one occasion.
i dunno, to me, the formula is mostly the same.
the storyline always was hogan lost the matches (PPV or otherwise) leading up to wrestlemania, to play up the rocky-story revenge.
taker gets beat up or knocked out prior to mania, comes in and cleans house.
