I don't think so, I don't even think he's on my Rushmore. Great for exploding wrestling in the 80's but his work rate was horrible and he was always burying some new talent or complaining or, heaven forbid he has creative control.
Hogan was important for his time but Cena kept the company on his back for a decade. His run may be polarized but it’s filled with tons of great moments, and rivalries.
The more fitting question is if he is the best Sports Entertainer of All Time. Guy couldnt wrestle for shit because he didnt like to bump, had a basic moveset and spent too much time posing.
No, he and Austin had similar peaks that led to boom periods for the company, but Austin turned the business on its head by establishing that a tweener could be the top star in the company. The fact that Austin never overstayed his welcome also puts him over Hogan in my book.
The worst part is there's no point to engagement farming here in the first place. You literally cannot monetize Bsky in any way. There's no ads, there's no paying $8 a month to have your shitty takes float to the top of the toilet.. no way to profit off saying the dumbest things you can think of
Maybe the most important to the early development of wrestling as we know it. But aside from that no, I don’t think so. But to ignore his importance for shaping the landscape as its top draw for almost 30 years I think would be a mistake
I don’t like the guy. I think he’s vile and racist. I personally don’t agree with him politically but that doesn’t really matter to me. But he is probably the most important wrestler in American history. Followed only by stone cold
As a human being he's loathsome but yeah, he's incredibly important to the sport. I'd put Austin as the guy who had the biggest impact on the business, though. Hogan would be number two. As a wrestler he was rarely capable of good matches. More of a showman who did the same thing every time.
For sure. But hogan got the business to that point to be fair. Tho I think you can def interchange them based on which era you feel is more important and relevant
Hogan got to them to that stage (Lauper, Mr T and Piper can lay some claim, albeit not on the same level) and sustained it post-MTV no question and his WCW run showed how enduring he was. Taken just as a wrestler I was pretty tired of him as a kid circa end of 1991. He became interesting again w NWO
I don’t even think that’s the case. The success of hogan was a multiple person event. Vince for throwing money at Hogan and bankrupting the territories, Andre the Giant’s heel turn, WWF getting on national TV instead of regional, etc. If there wasn’t hogan it could’ve been savage that did it.
It’s not ridiculous to say this. I don’t disagree. But I do think his star power is often misremembered. He was an ICON in the 80s I mean he was EVERYWHERE. Commercials, talk shows, tv shows. Like hogan was the first major “viral” hit in wrestling. You can’t say most of that wasn’t due to him
As a kid I was more of a Warrior fan (also turned out to be a piece of shit) so I never understood the hype until Mania 18. A crowd changing a character mid match because of his legacy is something that cannot be ignored.
I don’t disagree that he was everywhere. But he was part of a machine and very much the product of circumstance. It’s not like he just made it happen himself. Do I think he was a big part? Sure. Do I think he’s a top ten star? No. There were before him and after him bigger people.
I would have said yes but his last run w/TNA was god awful. Now it's forever haunting him. Why Hulk Hogan hasn't had a proper "retirement" match/ceremony in WWE is baffling 🫤🤔❓
Greatest physical performer no but greatest overall performer most definitely no single person has done more for the sport of professional wrestling then Hulk Hogan despite how you personally feel about this man being racist or homophobic or whatever he is that doesn't negate his accomplishments.
Nobody in the history of the business worked the crowds like Hulk Hogan he knew what to do and when to do it and it didn't matter where he went if he was in Japan or Mexico, they was all about Hulk, he put wrestling on the map. 95% of our favorites would have never wrestled if it wasn't for him.
No. He was pure marketing. His wrestling was crap, his character totally infested him to this very day, and they just managed to convince the crowd that he was great. I realize that's how a lot of wrestlers make it, but he was exceptionally bad.
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Certainly the most marketable.
But being 38, hell naw
WCW hogan, closer but still no.
Hogan in Japan… maybe.
He’s still a piece of shit but he wasn’t a bad wrestler in Japan.
It’s like…
Air or oxygen? What do you like more?
Best wrestler? Not a fucking chance.
is hulk hogan the goat? absolutely not!
Cena knows move moves FFS...
I'd argue for Savage, Cena, Austin, HBK or Flair.