Funny you mention that, as in Cataclysm, Ogres were originally planned to be the new Horde race until Blizzard decided to go with Goblins. To be clear, I have nothing against Goblins (I’d be rooting for them if they weren’t playable still) and was happy to see them getting to be playable, but I’m frustrated generally that Ogres get the short end of the stick when new races get picked (specifically that they get considered and close to being playable and then dropped for some reason).
Rumors are they were originally going to be one of the core races at WoW’s launch and even more rumors came from them possibly being playable during WoD. I’d like to think because they’ve been considered a few times, they might be higher up on the choices for Horde races. All we Ogre fans can really do is hope and keep showing support in one way or another.
Lizard men are my favorite fantasy race, which is something WoW is lacking in the playable department. If you’re interested, I do run the Saurok megathread in support for them to be a playable race: