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Hulk Hogan, Wrestling icon that made professional wrestling, whatever it is today, died Thursday at the age of 71.
Hogan became Vince McMahon’s valued possession as Hulkamania ran wild for decades and out of the ring. Wrestling until the early 2000s gave Hogan generations of fans unforgettable moments.
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Wrestlemania III – the giant goes down
WWE -legend Andre The Giant, Left, in action against Hulk Hogan under Wrestlemania III on March 29, 1987 at Pontiac Silverdom in Pontiac, Michigan. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)
The story of Hogan and Wrestling in general cannot be told without mentioning what is perhaps the biggest match of the story.
Hogan fought Andre The Giant for WWF World Heavyweight Championship at Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan in 1987, and the match ended with a legendary scoop slam of Hogan to others who weighed 525 pounds at the time.
Hogan then gave his signature Ben-Drop Finisher and attached others.
The whole event is still considered widely as the Pinnacle event of WWE, mainly because of this match.
Wrestlemania vi – Warrior Walks with titles
Hulk Hogan, right, in action against Ultimate Warrior under Wrestlemania 6 on Skydome on April 1, 1990 in Toronto. (WWE/WWE via Getty Images)
In 1990, Hogan and Ultimate Warrior were both loved by fans, but only one could be considered the top dog.
So in Toronto, the two baby facts met in the ring and put their respective belts on the line – Hogan with the WWF title and Ultimate Warrior with the intercontinental championship.
The ultimate warrior prevailed and gave Hogan his first pure loss of Pinfall since 1981.
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Wrestlemania VII – Real American
The patriotic Hogan was facing a battle with SGT. Slaughter, whose character was called an Iraqi sympathizer during the Gulf War.
During the match, Slaughter tried to pin Hogan while holding the Iraqi flag, but Hogan kicked out and tore it. Hogan then used the eternal bone drop to win his third championship and waved the American flag in the ring as a party.
Bash at the beach 1996 – the heel’s turn
Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, with a mysterious partner, were in a tag-team match against Randy Savage, Sting and Lex Luger on Daytona Beach WCW event. To everyone’s surprise, Hulk Hogan entered the ring during the match, with many thoughts that he was there to support Savage, Sting and Luger.
Out of nowhere, however, Hogan hit Savage with not one, but two bone drops that revealed themselves as the third partner, turned heel for the first time and officially formed the new world order (NWO). Then he hit another leg drop before Hall gave the three count.
Fans were so angry that they threw garbage in the ring.
Wrestlemania x8 – icon vs. Icon
Hollywood Hulk Hogan, right and the cliff at Wrestlemania X8. (George Pimentel/WireImage)
Hogan appeared sporadic appearances in WWF and then wwe in the early 2000s, but as the company pushed Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson to be its next top star, rock face to face came with a legend.
The decibels of the Torontos Rogers Center reached it from Joe Carter’s walk-off home driving in 1993, when the two came face to face and turned notorious both ways to tackle the crowd.
In the end, the cliff came out on top, which is often a sign of respect for the older wrestlers in the industry – but the two shared several embraces in the ring together and caused the amount to go in the middle of their signs of unity.
