I'd say it does matter. When Hulk isn't raged out he's not much stronger than the Rhino, and at one point Captain America knocked him out, as did Spider-Man on another occasion.
I agree that any decently angry Hulk would win no contest, and Hulk's like WWH, Mindless Hulk, etc would be considered a spite thread, but I think that if Eddie and Cletus worked together they could KO a lower end Hulk.
The not so angry Savage Hulk that Captain America took down or the Hulk Spider-Man KO'd by throwing a truck at his head. If the Hulk wasn't given tie to get to a sufficient level of anger these two could KO him.
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The symbiotes really don't have any change if Hulk is smart enough to thunder clap, although the Symbiotes would be able to take few punches (Good durability, healing factor) their physical attacks really can't damage the Hulk enough to KO him (Like the symbiotes Hulk has a decent durability and wicked healing factor, only better)
I'm not sure if the symbiotes would be able to **** with his mind though, they do have some kind of mind controlling powers, but those would only work if they're close enough (Their agility/speed wouldn't help them if they were too close)
I'm talking about the classic savage Hulk of course, modern Hulks just are way too powerful for the duo.
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It's not just Cap that's KO'd him though. Spider-Man did it by throwing a truck at him, so why wouldn't Venom or Carnage be able to do the same with a Hulk as calm as the one Spidey faced?
Dude that was utter PIS there is no version of Hulk that should be ko'd by a truck, that was almost as dumb as Spider-Man beating Juggernaut with cement. I don't see how a truck can KO him when every version of Hulk has taken blows higher than a trucks blunt force.
I doubt it, since we haven't seen much of Anit-Venom and we can't assume his powers can revert him back to Banner. Also Hulk doesn't need fire or sound to be a symbiote or anti-symbiote.
So what I'm getting from this thread is that most people think that the Hulk being KO'd at all is PIS. That's just silly, in a functionally calm state the Hulk is no more powerful than the Rhino, and Spidey takes him down all the time. I'm sure if the Hulk weren't that angry Venom and Carnage could KO him.