History Awesome / HulkHogan

*** It's like his entrance video says: '''Hulk still rules.'''

--->'''Wrestling/JimRoss''': ''[[CatchPhrase "OH, BAGAWD…!!!"]]''

* His [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turn]] at [[https://youtu.be/3hILCw66sLU WCW's Bash at the Beach 1996]]. After years of playing the [[AllAmericanFace All American]] [[InvincibleHero Hero]], Hogan turned his back on WCW, aligning with Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash to form the [[Wrestling/newWorldorder nWo]]. Quite possibly, the standard bearer for heel turns.

* His [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turn]] at [[https://youtu.be/3hILCw66sLU WCW's Bash at the Beach 1996]]. After years of playing the [[AllAmericanFace All American]] [[InvincibleHero Hero]], Hogan turned his back on WCW, aligning with Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash to form the [[Wrestling/NewWorldorder nWo]]. Quite possibly, the standard bearer for heel turns.

* His [[FaceHeelTurn Face Heel Turn]] at [[https://youtu.be/3hILCw66sLU WCW's Bash at the Beach 1996]]. After years of playing the [[AllAmericanFace All American]] [[InvincibleHero Hero]], Hogan turned his back on WCW, aligning with Wrestling/ScottHall and Wrestling/KevinNash to form the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO]]. Quite possibly, the standard bearer for heel turns.

** It is literally zero exaggeration to say that if prompted, "Show me a real-life superhero", the collective popular response of generations of American children would be--- "HOGAN".

** It's like his entrance video says: '''Hulk still rules.'''

* His tours of Japan, which proved Hogan could go out and wrestle technical matches with the best of them, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Mly1h4QsI as seen]] in one match against the legendary Great Muta.
** Want to know what's the best way to enrage smarks? Only ask them: "Remember that time [[Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher Abby]] and 'Mania bladed the shit out of each othOH YOU DIDN'T KNOW? ...[[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3we3j HERE]], you're welcome!"
** Two words: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/24oxl0/hulk_hogan_hits_an_enzuigiri_on_the_great_muta/ Hogan Enzuigiri]].

** And, contrary to what some detractors say, there was ''no'' line or any sort of assistance used by Hogan during that match. He ''tore a pectoral'' in the process of lifting Andre. While it's a shame that Hogan eventually couldn't get over his own ego, it's truly something to see him during the entertaining high...

** If you believe the rumors, apparently [[EnforcedMethodActing commentators Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross had no idea that Rock and Hogan were going to make this happen, as the plan had been pretty straightforward with Rock as the face and Hogan as the heel.]] That means that Ross' breathless "Oh my God…" and Lawler's [[{{Squee}} fanboy shouting of "Whatcha gonna do, Rock?"]] were completely '''genuine.'''
*** If you believe the rumours, they ''couldn't'' have known it was going to happen, because it ''wasn't supposed to!'' According to a magazine interview Hogan did in 2013, he and Rock read the audience reaction in the ring and made the decision themselves to rewrite the script on the fly in a masterful display of psychology, improvisation and storytelling.
** The night after on RAW, Hogan came out to one of the loudest and longest rounds of applause in the history of the promotion. After waiting some time for the fans to get the emotion out of their systems, a visibly choked up Hollywood Hulk Hogan [[BookEnds reversed the infamous words that began his heel turn by saying]] "Damn I love you guys."
** Hell, you could have seen it coming at No Way Out 2002, when the nWo came to WWE. When Hall passed the mic to Hogan, everybody went nuts and started chanting for him like crazy, and anybody could tell that he was pretty happy to be back.
* The fact that despite being decades over the hill, despite being, by all reports, an opportunistic, nepotistic jerkass backstage, despite being old and worn out, all it takes for the roof to blow off the arena is for ''Real American'' to come on. Despite it all, he is the Legendary Hulk Hogan, and his name is still a household one, and will likely remain one til the day he dies, and probably for several years after.
** And probably well beyond that. Hogan pretty much ''is'' nostalgia at this point, and even four generations later, people ''STILL'' blow the roof off for the guy.
*** It's like his entrance video says: '''Hulk still rules.'''

* The response he got from the fans in Canada on Smackdown not long after he won his sixth WWF/E championship, which went on for over '''''FIFTEEN MINUTES STRAIGHT'''''. The arena was pretty much blowing the roof off nonstop for the entire time. Hogan was very literally ''begging'' them to let him talk. This went on so long they had to go to a ''commercial break''....and '''''it was still going on when they came back'''''. Hogan's response once they finally let it come down to a dull roar— it never actually ''stopped'', they just gave him some room to talk— summed it up perfectly: "You guys are ''OVERWHELMING!!''"

** The night after on RAW, Hogan came out to one of the loudest and longest rounds of applause in the history of the promotion. After waiting some time for the fans to get the emotion out of their systems, Hollywood Hulk Hogan [[BookEnds reversed the infamous words that began his heel turn by saying]] "Damn I love you guys."

** And, the WWE is re-personing him. He recovered...from dropping an N-Bomb.

* The response he got from the fans in Canada on Smackdown not long after he won his sixth WWF/E championship, which went on for over '''''FIFTEEN MINUTES STRAIGHT'''''. The arena was pretty much blowing the roof off nonstop for the entire time. Hogan was very literally ''begging'' them to let him talk. This went on so long they had to go to a ''commercial break''....and it '''''was still going on when they came back'''''. Hogan's response once they finally let it come down to a dull roar— it never actually ''stopped'', they just gave him some room to talk— summed it up perfectly: "You guys are ''OVERWHELMING!!''"

* Opinions of what he said in the sex tape that made him an UnPerson to WWE aside, it's pretty awesome that Hulk managed to single handedly take on a $100 million media company on in court, and win so hard that they had to sell off.

*** It's like his entrance video says: '''Hulk still rules.'''

** It was 1990's Royal Rumble that lit the fuse on the whole thing. The second that Hogan and Warrior found themselves alone in the ring, the crowd went berserk. Jesse Ventura and Tony Schiavone on commentary sold it beautifully.

** And probably well beyond that. Hogan pretty much ''is'' nostalgia at this point, and even four generations later, people ''STILL'' blow the roof off for the guy.

** Hell, you could have seen it coming at No Way Out 2002, when the nWo came to WWE. When Hall passed the mic to Hogan, everybody went nuts and started chanting for him like crazy.