History YMMV / HulkHogan

* BaseBreakingCharacter: The most unpopular wrestler on the internet, but there's still a large, old school legion of Hulkamaniacs out there.

** Hogan's detractors often refer to him as the "Orange Hobgoblin" and more recently [[Characters/WoodyWoodpecker "Wally Walrus"]]. Related to this, there were jokes that "the tanning bed was the only thing to pin Hulk cleanly."

* FranchiseOriginalSin: The WWE blacklisted Hogan for years after leaked audio of him using racial slurs found its way onto the internet. Thing is, they broadcast him unironically calling Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} "The Jap" at ''Wrestlemania IX'', so it's not as though his casual use of racial slurs was anything new.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: The WWE blacklisted Hogan for years after leaked audio of him using racial slurs found its way onto the internet. Thing is, they broadcast him unironically calling Wrestling/Yokozuna "The Jap" at ''Wrestlemania IX'', so it's not as though his casual use of racial slurs was anything new.

* FollowTheLeader
** Before Hulkamania there was Idolmania. And Austin Idol himself took most of his gimmick from Super Star Billy Graham.
** The nWo was conceived out of the shoot style versus strong style UWF invasion of New Japan and [[ExecutiveVeto]] canceled invasion of Smoky Mountain into WCW. WCW wouldn't have had the real WWF invade even if they could, but they could fool the fans for a bit before creating a group out of whole cloth.

** For the infamous Starrcade '97 finish. A lot of people have accused him of refusing to do the job cleanly, and conspiring with Nick Patrick over the "quick count" timing to make Sting look bad. Wrestling/EricBischoff said that he booked the finish and it was a bad idea all around. He panicked when Sting showed up to the event pale and out of shape, having not wrestled in over a year. Apparently Sting was going through some personal problems at that time in his life, including substance abuse and marital trouble, which affected his work ethic. When Bischoff saw the state of Sting, he panicked and changed the finish of the match, and has stated that Hogan wanted to do the job clean because it was the payoff for a year's build. As for the fast count, Nick Patrick simply forgot and counted at a regular speed.

** Inverted "Canadians Love Hogan". As the Awesome page shows, Canadian fans have gone crazy for Hogan on multiple occasions.

* AcceptableTargets: Hogan himself is one to most of the wrestling community, critics and fans alike. Check out his list of awards from Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter on his Wikipedia page and you'll see that nearly every one is calling him the worst at everything. Even fans who love his character have no issue mocking him and his ego, especially when he starts acting like a ''prima donna''.

** JAM THAT JAM.[[note]]Hogan has [[https://bodyartguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Hulk_Hogan_quote_tattoo.jpg an extremely pretentious tattoo on his arm]] that says "I AM THAT I AM", which is how God introduced himself to Moses from the burning bush in [[Literature/TheBible the Book of Exodus]]. Unfortunately the ornately stylised font and the Is being a bit too close to the As has led some people to insist it says "JAM THAT JAM" instead. Wrestling [=YouTube=] channel [=WrestleTalk=] and their sister channel [=partsFUNknown=] have taken this joke and absolutely run with it, using "Jam that jam" as their CatchPhrase, competing for a "Jampionship" belt in prediction contests, and even writing and performing their own theme song largely based around Hogan quotes with "Jam that jam" as the chorus.[[/note]]

** Also, a surreal ''[=WrestleMania IV=]'' promo (Which probably crosses over into NarmCharm for sheer entertainment value) where Hogan promised to sink the east coast into the ocean when he [[CriticalResearchFailure body slams Andre all the way down into the fault lines]]. But it's okay, because [[ArtisticLicensePhysics everyone who can't swim can hold onto him while he heads for the new shore]] - Specifically, they can hold onto 'The largest back in the world', while he backstrokes and doggy-paddles them to safety. In which case they would probably drown. And we haven't touched the part where Donald Trump gives up all material possessions. He then did his usual pose, and pantomimed a swimming a backstroke for some reason.

* WereStillRelevantDammit:
** '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5j5l851zi8 HIT ME LIKE A WRECKING BALL, BROTHER]]''''' (P.S.: [[FanDisservice you're welcome]].)
** At the height of Hulkamania he wore T-shirts and headbands that said "Hulk Rules", in the post-WCW phase of his career, they read "Hulk Still Rules", [[TakeThatCritics make of that what you will]].
** The nWo attire. Actually [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]], depending on how you look at it. Hulk is terribly attached to his trademark red & gold, since it symbolizes the peak of his popularity and success. Hogan has made no secret of his misgivings over [[EvilCostumeSwitch the whole nWo makeover]] (turning heel, he insists, [[GladIThoughtOfIt was entirely his idea however]]), and hurriedly went back to the spandex once he rejoined WWE. Marks and Smarks agreed that [[DiscoDan it looks pretty ridiculous]].

** Smarks will often claim that Hogan can't wrestle and only became successful through his charisma and backstage manipulation. While never on the level of a Wrestling/KurtAngle, Hogan was capable of working a technical style, as evidenced by his matches in Japan, where he famously busted out an ''enzugiri'' on Wrestling/TheGreatMuta. Hogan just never wrestled that way in the states because A) Promoters wanted him to be a [[WrestlingMonster monster heel]] in his early days and B) By the time he became a megastar in the WWF, he didn't need to. Not to mention that age and injuries had already taken their toll on him by that point.
** Many fans envision Hogan as a squeaky clean babyface. In actuality, Hogan retained many heel traits even during his face runs. He was fond of using back rakes, eye rakes and face stomps, all of which are heel tactics. He also wasn't above using foreign objects as payback against his cheating opponents. He also had some less than positive traits, such as being a SoreLoser when Sid Justice eliminated him from the 1992 Royal Rumble.

** Smarks will often claim that Hogan can't wrestle and only became successful through his charisma and backstage manipulation. While never on the level of a Wrestling/KurtAngle, Hogan was capable of working a technical style, as evidenced by his matches in Japan, where he famously busted out an ''enzugiri'' on Wrestling/TheGreatMuta. Hogan just never wrestled that way in the states because A) Promoters wanted him to be a MonsterHeel in his early days and B) By the time he became a megastar in the WWF, he didn't need to. Not to mention that age and injuries had already taken their toll on him by that point.

** Bischoff has also said that Hogan rarely played his "creative control" card during his tenure in WCW. Hogan's detractors would have you believe he was practically booking the promotion, however Bischoff said he could "count on his hands" the times Hogan refused to do something. This was countered by Kevin Nash who said (albeit Tongue-in-Cheek) that Hogan waved his "That don't work for me brother" clause whenever he had a chance, which he found amusing as a fellow wrestler but aggravating as a booker. That being said, Hogan's creative control clause only applied to his own angles and matches, meaning that he had no hand in burying talent that he never actually worked with, nor was he responsible for how said talent were treated after they moved away from Hogan. He was unquestionably a contributing factor in the death of WCW, but his detractors would have you believe that he killed it single-handedly.

** Originally as far from it as one could get but every return of Hogan's had increasingly diminishing returns from the fans, especially as Hogan's age and injuries began to catch up with him. While it took a while to reach this status in WWE, Hogan was this right from the start in TNA.

** [[WagTheDirector "That won't work for me, brother."]]