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Hey, watcha gonna do? I'm still a Hulkamaniac beyond any sense of reason.

Greatest draw of all time. Lost all credibility since.

He had one move.

Reminds me of simplier times...when all us youngin's thought pro wrestling was real *sigh*

very popular but also a giant ego. very selfish and not a team player. his in ring skills are garbage. he dosen't know the difference between a wristlock and a wristwatch. ric flair in his prime wrestled hour long matches every day of the week and twice on saturdays for about ten years straight.

Will be forever remembered as the Babe Ruth of wrestling. You can go practically anywhere and people know his name, even Ric Flair has admitted as much. In the ring I hated to watch him wrestle. He was predictable and after he "hulked" up everyone knew he was going to win the match with the leg drop. His heel turn was a much needed over haul of his image but in the end he along with other old timers in WCW helped to kill it. Hogan has always been about himself and has admitted as much at various points in his life. Finally he came clean on his steriod use but he will always be remember as the person who brought wrestling into the lime light. An Icon for sure but couldn't hold a candle in terms of technical wrestling.

Good $$ making machine in his time.

One of the most popular wrestlers of all time. The popularity of wrestling grew due to his antics. He was a great figure-head for the "sport" more than anything else. He actually helped add the E to the WWE. He was great for the entertainment aspect of wrestling.

As a personality, a definite five. There has never been a bigger star in wrestling than Hulk Hogan. I just don't see how anyone can discuss any wrestlers skill, with any seriousness. It's all fake. Not to say these guys are not tremendous athletes, they are, they have to be to do some of the stunts they do. Not that they couldn't kick a$$ either, I'm sure most of them can. But they are in the stunt business, or more correctly, the money making business.

Too much of Hogan is about whats best for Hogan.The greatest influence of modern wrestling and the greatest personna.However,over saturating his good guy image,and his lack of being able to wrestle anyone more than ten minutes hurts his standing among wrestling purist.He surprised everyone with his turn to heel and this writer was pleased to see him for once actually show some mat skills even meager as they were.A champion for many years but protected by limited challenges outside the ranks of W.W.E. will never recieve the credit like traveling champions such as Ric Flair.

Overrated but I like him though. He has a big ego, he wont job to anyone. I think thats why the possible Austin vs Hogan match was canceled cause' Hogan wouldnt do the match unless he won. The leg drop is the worst finishing move of all time. It doesnt look painful at all.

best wrestler of all time. if it wasn't for hulk,alot of wrestling would'nt be where it is today. he's the only one who can end hulkamania,not any single opponent or vince mcmahon. i wish he'd do a show in portland,cuz i've never seen him at a live show.

The man is without a doubt the greatest entertainer of the 80's and 90's and the most known wrestler of all time everyone born in the 90 's and before knows his name.

One of the few old timers who still got it.

Hogan was abysmal!!! his in-ring performances were dire, he spoke nonsense on the mike, and lied all the way through his book (even admitting it later) and when his turn finally came to doing a 'job' would usually find some way of getting out of it. A showman yes, but not of the class or ability of Rick Flair or Curt Hennig. Contrary to popular opinion I think Hogan killed professional wrestling, not made it. He is the very reason the sport is a laughing stock it is today with many people. The thing is, Hogan really thinks HE made wrestling. Well he may have sold a lot of tickets in the short-term, but in the long-term he has murdered the sport, and along with Vince McMahon is responsible for the soap opera 'sport' is is today. As was said in WCW in 1997, wrestling is about the guys that perform in the ring week in and week out! It's not about being a movie star!!!

I think the fans made Hogan and they can make whoever they want to make. Hogan had the fans, but that was about all when you think about it. Not the most impressive moves and not the classic, shocking moments of a Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, or The Rock.

Love him or hate him every Wrestler in the business today should send Hogan 10% of what ever they make because he made wrestling what it is today and Vinnie Mac should be kissing his feet.

He performed for the "industry" way beyond the ring.

i met hogan once in the mid 80s hes a really nice guy, but he was a bad wrestler, i still like him though it was his charisma that got him where he is. the only prob with him was that he smelt really bad of urine, and you would get a bad scent of it as he walked into the ring. alot of wrestlers complained about this, as they had to wrestle the guy and who blamed them, i was pleased to get his autograth though.

This is without a doubt the worst wrestler of all time!! His gimmick of being beat up the whole match and then going into invulnerability mode helped ruin wrestling. Yes he was great for bringing in the crowds but at the cost of every other wrestler who would do their finishing move on him only to have it completely ignored by hogan who gets up and beats them silly. This was amusing two or three times but then it got old real fast! Then there is his ego which may well be beyond that of shawn michaels, no small task, which is the stuff of legend. This guy is so in emphatic about what he has done for the sport I am surprised he hasn't claimed he created it. As the late great Gorilla Monsoon used to say, I doubt this guy knows a wrist lock from a wristwatch and doesn't that just say it all.

YYYYYYYAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he was the people favorite and he deserves his place of being a legend. he personally wasnt one of my favorites but it doesnt make him less

For promotion (self and for the sport) and pumping up a crowd, he gets a five. For actual wrestling ability, staged or not, he gets a one. My grandmother could do a better leg drop. What kind of finishing move is that anyway?

If it weren't for this man, at least 75% of all pro-wrestling fans would never have known such a thing existed. Personally, I don't like him, but I cannot argue (as few could even try) with the fact that he made wrestling what it is today. He put it on the map.

Hulk Hogan is the greatest and most famous and most popluar wrestler and entertainer of all time

plus 4 for his interviews... minus 1 for his limited repetoire... plus one for slammin the Giant... awesome

As a child, I looked up to Hulk Hogan. His message, encouraging kids to say their prayers and to take their vitamins, was one in which my childhood buddies and I took to heart and practiced to the hilt. A 6-time WWE Champion and a numerous WCW champion, the Hulkster was still never perfect, and it was sad to hear he had taken steroids during his prime. Nevertheless, he inspired little kids like I was to be good citizens. And as a wrestler, he was not a technical grappler, by any means. But the Hulkster was a power, crowd-motivating wrestler, who in return thrived off the energy of the crowd. Somewhat because of this, but mainly because of how he brought wrestling to where it is today, Hulk Hogan is one of the greatest wrestlers ever.

A poor copy of Dick the Bruiser

I agree with CapAnson, he made wrestling great. i wish he had been a more creative wrestler. A Hogan match was work crowd-tear off shirt-pound opponent-get pounded and almost beaten by opponent-experience miraculous recovery despite repeated blows-whip opponent to ropes-clothesline-legdrop-pin

lets count 1, 2 ,3 ,4 ,5,6 oh well i lost count at about 1,000,000, he used to be a legend but now he just wont quit, i mean the old fart wrestles in that cheap crappy little progam wat was it called...........dunno, and nobody ever will. he plain sucks

For better or worse has made wrestling what it is today.

Hulk Hogan made wrestling a household word in the 80s. He headlined all the major cards of the 80s and early 90s, against the likes of Piper, Andre, Savage, and Warrior. His in-ring repatoire was repetitive, but he had the charisma and the interview skils to draw fans to the arenas. The babyface act got old by the mid 90s and he was in danger of becoming irrelevant, until he turned heel and joined the NWO at Bash at the Beach. He cut the best heel promo I've ever heard at that event, following the pummelling of Sting and Savage. IMO, he started wearing out his welcome in WCW in 1998 when his heel interview ran out of steam, and his backstage presence was beginning to hurt the product. Returned to the WWE for one final run and had another memorable match, this time with the Rock. What's amazing was the Rock always held the crowd in the palm of his hand, until his match with Hogan. Rock received a lot of boos, what with the fans wanting to see one last Hogan victory. As far as the decades old argument as to who was more responsible for the WWF's success in the 80s, Hogan or McMahon, I'd have to give the slight nod to Hogan. Sure, McMahon did a good job with the marketing on MTV, and he brought in celebrities to make the WWF more mainstream. However, Hogan had the charisma and the physique to make that run possible. Look at who else McMahon has tried to push. Lex Luger, Diesel, and Warrior were disasters. Hart and Michaels were good workers, but ratings and business in general were in the tank when they were headlining. McMahon struck in big with Austin and Rock, but again, that had more to do with their talent than anything McMahon had done.

laugh forest you are an idiot when he's in the ring that's his act he's acting for the audience any retart should know that and he was the one that created wrestling he made wrestling entertainment if it wasn't for him there will be no stone cold steve austin or the rock triple h or bret hart anybody agrees?

The Babe Ruth of Wrestling

hulkimania is the best eva

Only 2nd to Andre. HH made sports entertainment what it is today...the innovator of the gimmick...the FACE...the REAL AMERICAN. HH was able to take two entities to #1 at different times...that is incredible.

WHATCHA GONNA DO?

An overrated bore. He seems like a perfectly nice guy away from the ring, but in the ring he's all huffing and puffing and throwing punches. I always fast-forward through his matches on old tapes.

Normally I would never rate a wrestler, at least not in "PRO" wrestling..lmao. They definately use that word LOOSELY. But if you were to rate Hulk Hogan as a ROLE MODEL for young people, I would have to give him 5 stars. He has done so much for charity, and he is just an overall good human being, and definately somebody young people can look up too. I just wished the whole "PRO" wrestling industry was as good as Hulk. It is turning into a nightmare.

Hogan and Flair are the two biggest wrestlers in history.Flair was about workrate.Hogan just had the look.Hogans ability was mediocre at best,but he had the personality and charisma and Vince M at his side.With his popularity he could have changed the conditions wrestlers work under. Instead his ego took over and he denied steroid use for a long time.I would have loved to see him in a Ufc type match as he would have been destroyed.Hogan you are 50 and you suck .Retire already.

Made wrestlemania and the WWF in the 80's. His act wore quickly,the shaking fists,wiggling the finger at his opponent. His lack of athleticism made many of his matches hard to watch. Great charisma, good on the mic though

Slow, old, bald....and that was in the 80s.

I am really split on Hogan. I loved him when I was a kid & he is the reason I loved wrestling then. However he is alot of things that I don't like about wrestling today. His matches never change His in ring talent is non-existant & his promos are the same now as they were 15 years ago. That said I still get chills when I see him live. He is certainly one of the most important wrestlers of all time (thanks to Vince)

Steroial Loser

Before he went "Hollywood"

Not the best technical wrestler, but that really isn't too important these days. He brought professional wrestling into the spotlight of "mainstream America". He is the original personality in professional wrestling. Although I'm not a big fan of Hogan personally, I have to admit that he put wrestling on the map and provided the skeleton for the character and entertainment part of the business.

Hogan rates a 5 for his drawing power and popularity, but his performance skills are a 1. Hogan never had much agility and his in ring skills were EXTREMELY limited. Most of his best matches were against Randy Savage and Ric Flair, two of the most widely recognized best in ring performers among main event wrestlers in the 80's and 90's. His image and all American personality fit perfectly in the Reagan era US and he was the main star of the WWF when they became a nationwide organization. Probably the most recognized wrestler ever by the general public, only Flair, Steve Austin, and a hadful of others have ever shown the ability to draw live crowds and TV ratings for their matches like Hogan. Gets bonus points for making tough transition to main wrestling bad guy during very successful run 1996-1999.

I didn't like Hogan in the 80's very much, but he appears on the radio here in Tampa on the Bubba the Love Sponge show and I like him as a person more than as a wrestler. He is VERY down to earth and is very honest as an individal. He has earned a huge amount of respect from me of late, even though I haven't been a wrestling fan for 15 years.

Great during his prime, which was over around 15 years ago

Hey Brother! At his prime, the most compelling wrestler ever. His boot to anyone's face was my favorite part of any wrestling show.

Hogan was a rip-off of Superstar Graham .... but unlike others like Jesse Ventura, never had the class to admit it.

Like Lou Thesz, I would have given Hogan a ten for showmanship and a zero for wrestling. But after seeing 'Hulk still rules' on DVD, I'm willing to give him a bit more credibility for his earlier matches. Even if you're like me and not a Hogan fan, this documentary makes for good watching. The matches circa 1980 are particularly interesting, in that a much younger and beefier Hogan can actually move rather than just pose. In any event, his mastery of ring psychology and crowd interaction has allowed him to go easier on his body than some wrestlers have done - the benefit being a longer active career and more money!

u tell me that Hulk Hogan isn't the reason why got Rocks, stne Colds, Triple HHH's and Jericho's..he opened the way for that ..Hollywood status type fame.....his legendary matches with Andre, King Kong, Iron, Sgt Slaughter, Yokozuna, Warrior, The Rock, and etc....he has done alot for this sport and is the most popular wrestler ever ....one of the greatest mic skilz, and wrestling skillz...well at least more than the Rock

He had two moves and a Jesse Ventura wannabe persona... how he ever got so popular (and I'm old enough to remember his WHOLE career) I'll never understand.

He was good in the red/yellow to start with though I think he hit a low when he "won" the title at Wrestlemania IX. I did like the NWO switch though as it was a bold move to take a character that well loved and turn him heel. He has proved, bad or good he can keep fans.

what u gonna do when the Billionz and Billionz of Hogan fans run wild on u?....legend ..opened up wrestling ...great wrestler when he wanted too..one of the strongest all time ..slamed andre weighing about 540...he rules....2003 -04 last run let him get his respect bac

didn't make the sport but he did more than any1 could imagine..still got mic skillz and can get down with them all...some guys owe him some jobs..Goldberg,Rock,warrior,Shawn....he's a legend all time great...let him go out like the Icon he is

He made wrestling and he's still doing it.Haters out there use to run around when they where younger and now they like foolz like triple garbage. The Rock and his peoples elbow and they wanna comment on the leg drop?.what hurts more a leg to ur neck or a bow wit nothing to ur chest?..i would kick out asap from a bow..lol..macho man is better than the crock..i say B.lesnar,k.angle,Rock,Sting,goldberg should all do a job 4 hogan like he did 4 them and let him retire wit the greatness he deserves.

Hogan is GOD! Montréal loves you man! Looking forward to No Way Out Feb. 23rd 2003!

loved him as a kid, the more i watched him, however, the more i began to loathe him, until i now consider him totally and utterly worthless. in fact hes more than worthless, hes a detriment to our whole phony sport. i didnt used to consider him worthless because people have always cheered for him, and thats worth SOMETHING...but the older i got the more i realised that he has been wrestling the same match for the past 20-odd years. and that match isnt even a good one! it consists of punch, kick, hulk-up, big boot, legdrop. even the rock knows more moves than hogan. ive been reading that he took so long in coming back to wwe because of a dispute over wether or not he should beat brock lesnar. he seems to think that 'cause lesnar beat him he deserves a win over lesnar.....the barstard STILL wont pass the torch. i thought he might be headed down the right track when he lost to goldberg but..... not so...... flair will pass the torch hogan, why cant you?.

THE Icon. He MADE Wrestling Sports Entertainment!

I was never a great fan, but I have to be amazed at the recation he can still get after all these years. Vince McSatan should realize that if not for Hogan, he would not have had the monster success that he had in the eighties, and would be selling used cars today.

what ya gonna do brother

hogan took wrestling to new heights. The greatest wrestler to ever live. I'm lucky I got the chance to see him live.

HULKAMANIA!

The biggest "ICON" in wrestling. Wherever The Hulkster is the fans are. Although he has the hugest ego ever...wouldn't you if you were the greatest of all time? Muhammed Ali had the biggest ego and he backed it up every time. If I was hogan I would never job

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