BrianS81177 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I wish the Hogan-Dusty single match was online somewhere. Will this do? http://youtu.be/cpD2X6pHi9I http://youtu.be/vNBMXVkwUMg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3cyqw_road-warriors-vs-hogan-tenryu_sport 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamBroken Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Love this thread, full of greatness. Hulkamania forever. Real American always the best. Loved the Bonnie Tyler Ravishing instrumental theme as well, also featured on Hogan's Rock N Wrestling. Awesome Hulkster motorcycle entrance vs Flair, especially to Real American now. Hulkamania '02 was so great, loved that run. Unfortunately the full match is no longer on youtube but this was always a favorite moment of mine, super fun match in an exciting era of SD. Fitting it was the 4th too. http://youtu.be/eGIvEusRMHY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimLivingston Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Real American will be played at some point on the 4th. But it won't be for the Hulkster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8zO_DV09QE&feature=kp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I can't believe I totally forgot about the Goldberg match as a high profile Hogan job. Here's more: The Ultimate Challenge! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbmlyW7RWp0 Here's Hogan and "Dwayne" Here's a count-out variety against The Genius. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwc2Xa9FRHQ Here's against Jacques Rougeau: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO-7VmwK7cU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 And speaking of jobs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I can't wait to hear Johnny review that Hogan/Atlas match on Titans of Wrestling at some point. Does Hogan go to the AWA shortly after that match with Atlas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Web Conn Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Hulk Hogan vs Rock II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68k-LnD_-1Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 I can't wait to hear Johnny review that Hogan/Atlas match on Titans of Wrestling at some point. Does Hogan go to the AWA shortly after that match with Atlas? Yes, which is why Hulk lost, since he was on the way out. Even in 1981 the guy didn't do jobs (except for Andre, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I looked, but couldn't find one I want everyone to see: a weird alternate-camera version of the Mania III match. It's on the "History of the WWE" 3-dvd set. It includes a copy of Hogan/Andre, filmed by a hard cam from the opposite side of the ring. It never cuts away from this one shot, and there's no commentary. So it's kinda the closest approximation to seeing what the match must've been like for the fans there live. In some ways, it's actually better than the traditional version. Anyway. More runnin' wild: The legendary match where Hogan "shoot" knocks out Inoki for the IWGP world heavyweight championship. This reminds me: Inoki really does his best stuff as an underdog babyface, doesn't he? Yeah, he's a huge man by Japanese standards, but 1.his offense is frequently, well, not-so-good and 2.he can take SUCH a GREAT beating, that at times he damn near puts Kobashi to shame in the "bump bump bump oh god i'm dead NO I'M NOT, I'M FIRING UP, MUTHAFUCKA~!" department. Also: Hogan throws the single greatest clothesline of his life, inspiring a hilarious "...did I really just see that shit?!" double-take from the referee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aJjE-rBprI Hogan vs Terry Funk. Because it's HULK HOGAN VERSUS TERRY FUNK, that's why! I'm a huge mark for how Hulk counters Terry's drop-down here, you don't see that spot nearly enough. It's got an uncharacteristic reeking-of-Memphis finish, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIg8374_g8k The closest we'll (probably) ever get to Hogan vs. Stone Cold, as Austin & Rock take on the original NWO. Sadly, they share MAYBE thirty seconds of time in the ring together( it feels like Razor Ramon worked like 80% of the match for his team). But it's still funny to hear the mini-roar from the hardcores in the audience when Hogan tags in on Austin . As a Hogan showcase it ain't much in terms of workrate, but as a tease for the Mania match (he just KEEPS avoiding the Rock over and over again) it's pretty sweet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTLdKMs8_xM Random thought #1: I never noticed before how physically similar Rock and Scott Hall are, in terms of body proportions and movements and offense and bumping style. R.T.#2: holy SHIT look at how energetic that opening is. Why can't we have nice things anymore?! Fancam of a house show match. Why? Who cares? Because it was literally the very last recorded match ever held under the WWF name. This was days before the Raw where they adopted "WWE". It's bizarre and ironic but perfectly appropriate that the Hulkster should be the one to turn out the lights and lock the doors, as he and Rock take on Jericho and Angle to give a properly epic send-off for the Fed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zic3gtPmtB8 and finally, our main event of the evening: Hulk Hogan versus Stan Hansen. Hogan's best match ever, period. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2kb3m_special-dream-match-stan-hansen-vs_sport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 how the hell have I never seen this? watching now. Or not since the VQ is really rough and I can't handle that right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 7, 2014 Author Share Posted July 7, 2014 Yeah - that is why I didn't post the clip. It was a through back to the days when Bix would send Dean and Schneider tapes (oh yeah - the Bixlevision jokes will never not be funny to me). Anyway - this happened 18 years ago today. We are all fucking old And speaking of bad VQ - every version posted sucks 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Hulk Hogan vs Rock II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68k-LnD_-1Q For the record, Rock's entrance here is the zenith of "arrogant heel". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbymark Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Arn Anderson has a win over Hogan, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEN! Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 I remember watching this on the replay late at night and always thought I dreamed it. That post-Nash period is kind of surreal in hindsight what with an honest to goodness heel Sting. Too bad Russo came in shortly and rebooted everything for another NWO reunion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Sting was shockingly creepy as a heel, too. I remember one throwaway vignette they did, where Hogan got out of his limo and was immediately mobbed by a bunch of grade-school-aged Hulkamaniacs. (I'd make a joke about his ego, but considering that the Hulkster is second only to John Cena in terms of doing charity work for children, we'll let this one slide.) While he's doing the usual showboating stuff with his fans, Sting creepily sneaks into the crowd, all ducked down and hunched over and walking like Gollum. In a high-pitched voice, he's droning stuff like "Hulk, can I get your autograph?!" And then he lays Hogan out with the world's tiniest baseball bat and sends all the kids screaming and running. Awesome. Even later that night, it still continued. Hogan did one of those "maybe I'm not at a hundred percent, brother, but all my Hulkamaniacs came out tonight to see me fight someone and blah blah blah" type promos. Cut to Sting, in a dark room, sitting at a table. He's staring directly into the camera and slowly, almost gently tapping the bat on the table. Tap. Tap. Tap. "Looks like I didn't get the job done earlier tonight." Tap. Tap. Tap. "I'll have to DO SOMETHING about that." Tap. Tap. Tap. Creeeeepy~! Who was booking in that few-week period after Nash and before Russo, anyway? Was it just the usual-suspects WCW committee of Sullivan, Dusty, and whomever else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Shit, a few years back, me, Matt, and Vic were going to do a big Hulk Hogan project along the lines of their Demolition project. It feel apart pretty quickly because of real life and shit, but I think I still have the write ups to a dozen or 15 matches on my computer somewhere. Early WWF title reign Hogan was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Shit, a few years back, me, Matt, and Vic were going to do a big Hulk Hogan project along the lines of their Demolition project. It feel apart pretty quickly because of real life and shit, but I think I still have the write ups to a dozen or 15 matches on my computer somewhere. Early WWF title reign Hogan was awesome. Oh yeah. Hogan in 1984-85 was pretty damn great before he figured out the Hogan-by-numbers equation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 First time I saw a match end with a leg drop out of nowhere, my jaw hit the floor. And he was so damn quick and fast for his size back in the day. I didn't get in until around 1990, so I'd only seen a small handful of that stuff. I felt like I owed him an apology for my teens/early 20's of hating his work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 As long as I live I'll never forget watching Hogan vs Bret on Nitro and seeing Hogan bust out his rolling cross arm bar during the match and hearing my dad say "holy shit Hogan can wrestle". We were both blown away, jaws on the floor. Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 What do you guys think is A. the best "Hogan can wrestle" Hogan match, and B. the best overall Hogan match, regardless of workrate? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Personally, A.probably the Muta match, he uses pretty much every single trick he can remember in that one (although there's probably something in his earlier pre-Hulkamania years which beats it); and B.either of the 1990 matches with Warrior or Hansen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 For B, off the top of my head I would say either vs. Hansen or vs. Rock at WM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mco543 Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 For B I like my Hogan matches to be huge spectacles and larger than life so I'll say one of his Mania matches against Andre, Warrior, and Rock. The Rock match still gives me goosebumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victator Posted July 12, 2014 Share Posted July 12, 2014 Hogan in the WWF is a million times better than Hogan in Japan. His peak is 87/88 where he has figured out his formula, but will alter it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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