Hulk Hogan

"There are wrestlers who become stars, wrestlers who become legends, and then there's Hulk Hogan. In my opinion, nobody has ever embodied what it means to be a professional wrestling superstar quite like him. Hogan wasn't the most technical wrestler to ever step into a ring, but that almost misses the point. When the music hit, the crowd erupted, and Hogan walked through that curtain, the entire building felt different. He had an almost unmatched ability to make thousands of people believe in what they were watching. The poses, the charisma, the comeback, the big boot and leg drop, every piece of it was simple, recognizable, and larger than life. His influence on professional wrestling is impossible for me to ignore. Hulkamania helped take wrestling from arenas and regional television into the mainstream consciousness of the 1980s. Then, when people thought they knew exactly who Hulk Hogan was, he completely reinvented himself as "Hollywood" Hogan and became one of the central figures of the nWo and wrestling's incredible late-1990s boom. That longevity is probably what impresses me most. Very few wrestlers get one character over at that level. Hogan essentially did it twice, in two completely different eras, as both the ultimate hero and one of wrestling's biggest villains. And when Hogan returned to WWE and stood across from The Rock at WrestleMania X8, you could hear exactly how much he still meant to wrestling fans. The crowd reaction that night remains one of the most incredible things I've ever witnessed in professional wrestling. Whatever debates people have about wrestling styles, match quality, or the complicated man behind the character, when I'm judging Hulk Hogan strictly as a professional wrestling performer and cultural icon, he belongs on the shortest possible list of all-time greats. He didn't just become famous through professional wrestling. For an entire generation, Hulk Hogan was professional wrestling."

[5.0] "I don't know how to rate Hulk Hogan because he has his achievements in WCW and WWE but he was the biggest creative controller asshole I've ever seen in both of them. The major criticism about him was his backstage influence, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s because he booked himself on the main event every single time. Fellow wrestlers in the 80's and 90's and industry observers had argued that Hogan often used his star power and contractual creative control to protect his position at the top of the card. Which is stupid because this prevented younger talent from claiming the main-event and winning major championships like what he did in WCW. But he did make major steps to make professional wrestling the hottest thing on the planet and he became the face of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) and helped transform professional wrestling from a regional attraction into a global entertainment industry. His charismatic personality, signature red-and-yellow attire, catchphrases such as "Whatcha gonna do, brother? ", made him super popular around the world with wrestling fans. However, he left due to creative differences because Vince McMahon (CEO of WWF now WWE) wanted to push younger talent like Bret Hart and many others but Hulk Hogan was reluctant to push younger talent because of his stardom. Another reason he wanted to leave the WWF was to transition himself out of the grueling wrestling schedule to focus on acting and filming a television series in Hollywood. The final reason was that he wanted to distance himself from the Steroid Scandal in 1994 and he did testify against Vince McMahon during the trial shockingly but Vince was never charged. But in 1994 everything went bonkers because Hulk Hogan joined WCW in 1994 and literally made himself a main event star once again like he did in the WWF and he helped push WCW to fight WWF in the Monday Night Wars. In 1996 the whole wrestling world changed forever because the NWO was born along with Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Hulk Hogan. They would literally lead the red hot NWO against the babyface's in WCW and WWF through the years and but a incident at Starrcade 1997 where Sting took on Hulk Hogan for the WCW World Heavyweight title caused WCW to suffer decline because of Hulk's creative control and didn't want to give Sting the world title. Sting did win the World Title though but the company was damaged and in 1998 it would suffer even more decline as well due to many issues backstage, creative, not pushing younger talent, and massive pay days for many wrestling main-eventers with Hulk Hogan being one of them. In 1999 WCW was literally falling off so badly that they didn't know what to do at all and even Hulk Hogan was still a main eventer but people were getting tired of him always main-eventing because they wanted to see younger talent in the main event but that wasn't gonna happen. Until they brought in Vince Russo (The person who caused WCW's demise) that literally WCW was beyond saving in 2000. Also, Vince did a shoot on Hulk Hogan due to his creative control and not dropping the World Title to younger talent and many other reasons. He literally buried him in WCW and Hulk Hogan would never appear in WCW again. But he went back to the WWE in 2002 and he was facing back problems and many other injuries and it was happening before due to his leg-drop finisher that was damaging his spine literally because in the WWF days he had to do it a lot. But in WCW in the mid-1990s he still had to do it but it still gave him injuries to him and serious back pain. But then he left the WWE again in 2003 due to major creative differences and was not satisfied with his pay or his role in the WWE. But he did wrestle a few matches in 2007 and 2009 and while his life was in turmoil because of a divorce and money issues. But then he literally came back to wrestling again to TNA which is literally fucking shocking because I thought he would be injured literally because of him in his late 50's and back issues still. He did have a little bit of matches but his wrestling career finally ended 2 years later and he destroyed the company of TNA due to many issues with his fuckery behind the scenes. His later life in 2015 caused major controversies, including a audio leak containing racist remarks that caused a temporary fallout with WWE and they removed his Hall of Fame status, alongside a massive privacy lawsuit against Gawker Media (Which eventually bankrupted Gawker.) But he was suddenly reinstated in the Hall of Fame years later causing questions with wrestling observers and other people because why would he be un-banned suddenly and put back in there? There was some appearances in WWE here and there but when Hulk Hogan showed up on RAW on Netflix in 2025 the crowd booed the shit out of him because of his behind the scenes drama and they didn't want him there at all. But sadly he passed away from Cardiac Arrest on July 24th 2025 and he was 71 years old. I know that his background is pretty controversial and all but with his impact on pro wrestling will never be forgotten. But RIP Hulk Hogan "Terry Gene Bollea." you will be remembered dearly."

[0.0] "Man what can i say about Hulk Hogan, let's start with the wrestling side of things why don't we. Hogan could not wrestle, he was slow and sloppy and a backstage dictator. Even in NJPW he was only doing basic side headlock takeovers and dropkicks. As a person, Terry Bollea sucked too and shouldve been in prison. I never understand how this guy was the top draw in the 80s when he was absolutely basic and just not a good wrestler. Most Hogan matches were just punching and maybe a suplex and oh maybe an eye poke here and there, it was the same things and he was the face of the WWF for a decade. Truly awful. 0"

[0.0] "Hulk Hogan, i never understood his aura or draw. The most boring vanilla wrestler of all time, scoop slam leg drop and thats it, and everyone arround him was carrying the matcheds and getting non of the credit. Outside of the ring , its even worse, the definition of a wrestling diva, rascism, fraud, greed and a weird addiction for lying. A complete sellout, the very things i hate about modern wreslting, to me he symbolises the lack of creativity, the forced superstar push, the mix of greed and wrestling. His recent association to MAGA is the rotten cherry on top of the poop cake, after all, judging by the mythomania he displayed throughout his life i am not surprised he aligned with the pathological liyer in chief. Regardless of that RIP."

[3.0] "Hulk Hogan was immensely important to the professional wrestling business. However his in ring skill and charisma was worse than anyone anywhere. In the WWF guys like Macho Man, Bret Hart, and Ted Dibiase were better. In WCW, pretty much the entire Cruiserweight division blew anything he was doing out of the water."

[5.0] "ughhhhh. surprisingly competent as a ring general, someone who defined the sport for an entire decade and redefined it the next decade over. responsible for some of the great moments in the sport, his staredown with rocky, the third man, the andre bodyslam, yada yada. he was the money, the main event, but to think where things could be if terry bollea the man weren't so involved? much of the death of WCW can be attributed to the cancer that was hogan's contract, and the decisions he'd make as a result hurt the company, bad. Starcade is the obvious example there. He wasn't fantastic in the ring either, and his runs in TNA and later appearances in the WWE had shown that his gimmick was viewed more as nostalgia baiting carnie work than anything else. He had made a laughingstock and real ass of himself by the end and was treated more as a punchline than a living legend. He leaves behind a very complicated resume, responsible for the sport being as large and accessible as it is, but being the reason many wrestlers were denied health insurance help, or constantly putting himself over at the expense of, well, anyone opposite him. It left a bad taste in many people's mouths. I was a Hulkamaniac growing up, and he provided me countless hours of joy and entertainment through those years, watching WWE Home Video releases, so his legacy being what it is does truly pain me, but Hulk is no more than a 5. His crazy success, as close to a ten as we could see, but his flaws are about a 0 all in all, so the average is a 5 out of ten for me."

[6.0] "Not very good in the ring. Amazing everywhere else his promos were great his theme song is great his character is good. At the time all you really needed was a character and a catchphrase."

[2.0] "He was a bad wrestler. His matches were mostly bad. His charisma was good but not at the level of what people act like it was. His promos are just drivel. He was certainly at his best after he turned and started the NWO. Everything before or after was just the usual same old shit for him. Edit: I realized since I wrote this originally around ~5 years ago that I have an immense dislike of even his best matches. He's terrible."

"10/10. Hulk Hogan made wrestling what it is today. Sure his in ring work was pretty middle of the pack, but his charisma and character was one of the greatest of all time. He was incredibly entertaining and is the reason that this app exists. Why WWE and AEW and TNA and all these companies exist. Thank you Hogan."

[4.0] "Hogan was undeniable in terms of star power and importance to the business. His in-ring work, however, was pretty bad even for the time. And that became even more evident the more eras he performed in as standards for wrestling got higher and other, much younger athletes began to overtake him. He was a legend, absolutely, but with a lot of problems and tons of skeletons in his closet."

[10.0] "The single biggest star in the history of wrestling. That's not hyperbole, it's not exaggeration, it's a fact. Without Hogan's popularity in the 80's and 90's, there's a chance other stars wouldn't have opportunities to extend themselves beyond WWE. Hogan gets compared to Cena a lot and that's understandable. Cena was better in the ring in WWE but Cena never worked Japan on his own. That means Hogan was a major star independent of WWE in another part of the world. Hogan also led TWO boom periods in wrestling with two different companies. Hogan in WCW after turning heel was Tom Brady in Tampa Bay or Peyton Manning in Denver. The fact that he's getting worse treatment than Benoit tells me that a lot of fans are too young to understand what he meant to the business. He was driven by jealousy and a fragile ego and his personal life was a train wreck and his backstage politicking are enough to drop the rating but he's dead so none of it matters anymore."

[10.0] "Greatest wrestler of all time. Brought the WWF into the mainstream under Vince's direction and made the most memorable wrestling matches ever, most notably Andre the Giant, The Ultimate Warrior, Macho Man Randy Savage, and especially the Rock. May he rest in peace o7."

[10.0] "Hogan is one of the most polarizing figures in wrestling history, weather because of his style or his personal side (I'm not taking that into account here), he's highly controversial but to me he's a genius performer, capable of having different kind of matches, and with an unmatched charisma and ability to connect with the audience. In terms of importance Hogan is obviously huge, he's a mega draw, one of the bigger draws in the entire history of the business, if not the biggest, and he's also one of the most famous and recognizable figures in wrestling history, one of those that completely transcends the sport. Having watched many many matches of Hogan, to me the 'Hogan can't wrestle' discourse is absolutely ridiculous, and that's because he's a phenomenal wrestler, who can deliver matches with a pretty cool psychology and he mastered the role of a hot babyface, with a very well defined formula, but he's really good at twisting the stories and providing different matches. Hogan is very complete and the connection he has with the audience is what makes him better than the others, that's a very rare ability to have, and even when doing considered simple things, the pop is huge and people loudly cheer for him, making every match a total thrill. He received criticism from the oldheads and of course the 'smart fans' the entire time, but the fact is Hulk's matches are the coolest, specially in USA, where his work is kinda different from Japan. Speaking about Japan, many people use his matches there as a 'proof' that he can wrestle, and I couldn't disagree more with this narrative... he has excellent matches in Japan of course, but just because he's doing more moves and being more technical, this doesn't make the matches better, and I actually prefer Hogan in America, where he can conduct a match that makes the audience go crazy and feel more connected with the action. To me the only valuable thing about the Hogan in Japan discussion is how great he is at adapting and wrestling on different styles. I've seen incredible technical/pure matches from him, and also brawls, bloody matches, tag matches, main events, matches with tons of character work and few moves... so yeah, he's the total package and Hulk ruled the 80s, which is definitely his best in-ring phase specially in terms of consistency, weather in AWA, NJPW and of course WWF. During the WCW period his work was more inconsistent, and some bad stuff happened for sure, but he also did several interesting things and the contribution of forming nWo is huge to pro wrestling, it's one of the most influential stables ever and it's an awesome faction, that helped making WCW the #1 promotion for several weeks. In the 21st century he was obviously slower and had several injuries, but his work there is pretty valuable too, and even out of his prime, he was able to have his best match against Rock, and other pretty cool matches too. Say what you want about Hulk Hogan as a person, and I'll probably agree with you, but in the wrestling ring he's one of the best wrestlers of all time."

[8.0] "Hulk Hogan is a legend in this industry. I personally think he's very overrated, but regardless of how I feel this guy really defined wrestling. He's easily the most well known WWE superstar of all time. The reason why I think he's overrated is because I highly value in ring ability and he just wasn't very good in this category but his mic skills and charisma were absolutely great. He was always massively over as a wrestler even as a heel. I'm putting all the controversies about him as a person aside and strictly looking at him as a wrestler and this dude is a legend in the industry whether we want to admit it or not."

[0.0] "Franchement, quand on regarde la carrière de Hulk Hogan, difficile de ne pas voir un mec qui a toujours mis ses propres intérêts en priorité. Que ce soit à la World Championship Wrestling, où il avait un contrôle créatif énorme lui permettant de décider quasiment tout ce qui concernait son personnage, ou à la World Wrestling Federation, il a souvent refusé de perdre pour protéger son image. L'exemple le plus parlant reste son match contre Shawn Michaels à SummerSlam 2005. À la base, l'idée était de faire une rivalité équilibrée avec une victoire chacun, mais Hogan a refusé de "jobber" (perdre) lors du match retour. Résultat : Michaels a dû sur-vendre à l'extrême pendant le match pour tourner la situation en dérision. Encore une fois, Hogan a imposé sa volonté pour sortir gagnant. Au final, même si son aura et son impact sur le catch sont indéniables, son parcours montre clairement un gars qui a toujours fait passer sa propre légende avant le reste."

[10.0] "The golden goose. The standard bearer of professional wrestling. The name most recognizable and synonymous with the sport of professional wrestling / sports entertainment over the last 40 plus years. The man whose fanaticism swept across the entire world and made so many people young and old alike believe in it and the reach and power that it had by way of his character work, character principles, promo ability, greek god look, etc. The man primarily responsible for helping the sport of professional wrestling become what it has become today. The man who spearheaded professional wrestling going out of high school gymnasiums and armory buildings and moving it in to sold out 5 thousand plus seat venues on a nightly basis. The man that for a decade or more changed the pay scale for all of the guys who worked against him or were on the same card that he was on just by the magnitude of a star that he was and how many more people flocked to the stadiums/domes/venues that he was announced for to come watch him perform all over the world. The man who transcended the genre of professional wrestling and brought his name and likeness in to other forms of entertainment --- .movies, other sports, television shows talk shows, you name it. First professional wrestler to ever be on the cover of sports illustrated."

[5.0] "Look, I'm not the biggest Hulk Hogan fan, but you can't deny that he's one of the most important figures in wrestling. He made WWE and WCW household names during the 80s and 90s. He was loved by millions of kids and was actually solid with promos. However, his in-ring work wasn't the best but it was passable during his time. Also with real-life controversies and his backstage politics really made people change their tune about him."

[0.0] "The most overrated wrestler of all time. I could care less if he was the first "big" star because he wasn't even that it was Flair. If Hogan didn't exist than their would've been someone else in the industry that came a long the same way he did and Wrestlemania and wrestling as a hold would still be a thing if not better. This guy's finisher was a leg drop and people like to claim that his top 10 when he had a microphone near him? Absolutely not. He's a catchphrase talker just like the rock post 2011. Hulk Hogan should've been erased from wrestling history just like Beniot but instead the WWE decides to keep promoting his racist ass year after year. If I could rate someone below a 0 I would."

[10.0] "The greatest star in the history of pro wrestling; as simple as that. Greatest babyface ever, and arguably the greatest heel as well. Defined two different eras of the business."

[0.0] "Arguably the worst thing to happen to pro wrestling ever. His rise in the 80s in an already very big wwf sealed the faith of many other promotions. It made wrestling promotions ignore talent and hardwork instead to focus on body builders and looks that are 95% steroids. Not to mention he was pretty much responsible for the death of two wrestling companies. Now lets talk about his in ring work or lack thier of. Not every wrestler needs to be a technical machine but for the top face of wrestling to be unable to do his finishing move good is truly remarkable.he also was a part of some of the worst bookings and matches ever anything above a 3 is being generous"

[6.0] "6 points on the basis that he helped push Pro-wrestling to be the thing it is today. Shame it had to be a racist gatekeeper, but it is what it is."

[3.0] "So yes, objectively Hulk Hogan is the biggest draw pro wrestling has ever seen. Well, two of the top three highest-grossing movies ever made are fucking Avatar. Despite being the biggest star ever, if you compare how much he positively contributed to the business to how much he affected it negatively, it's not even a comparison. This man left AWA to go work for WWE, became its biggest star, ruined the product when people got bored of him, and then fucked off to WCW. After that, he became WCW's biggest star, ruined the product when people got bored of him, and then fucked off to reality TV land. Nearly a decade later, this man went to go work for TNA, tried to become its biggest star, failed, ruined the product because people were bored of him, and then fucked off back to WWE, shortly thereafter receiving a hundred million dollar reward for being caught saying some racist shit. Hogan spent his life swearing up and down he was going to be the bassist for Metallica but turned them down. He turned a story about having to take a couple weeks off from training because of a badly sprained ankle into Hiro Matsuda literally trying to maim him. He was a backstabbing, insecure, conniving, manipulative, politicking egomaniac who ruined god knows how many people's careers and lives because he was so thin-skinned that everything and everyone was a threat to his spot. Luckily for him he mostly wrestled in companies at a time when all you needed was a good look and good character work, which admittedly Hogan was great at. He was very good at crowd manipulation (which usually comes with being a Dark Triad (google it)) and managed to keep fans engaged in his matches. Thing is, he simply wasn't good enough (or if he was he was too lazy) to actually do anything interesting in a wrestling ring, so of course people inevitably got bored of the same old song and dance. Yes he was big and tall and blonde and tan, but do you know how many other wrestlers fit that description in the 80s? His promos were fine, typical 80s bluster and shouting, but I honestly wouldn't say he was much better at promos than, say, either of the Road Warriors who did basically the same thing but at least tried to be clever with their promos sometimes. I genuinely believe that if anybody else had been cast in Rocky III Hogan wouldn't have achieved anywhere near the success he did. I don't know, man. Yes, he's one of the most influential wrestlers of all time, objectively you can't deny that, but that doesn't mean I have to particularly like him or think he was exceptional at any aspect of pro wrestling (except working a crowd during a match) when he really, truly wasn't."

[10.0] "When I rate him, I separate Hulk Hogan the character from Terry Bollea the person. People can say what they want about him now, but looking at his matches in the 80s, 90s, and even the 2000s, Hogan helped take wrestling worldwide. Him and Vince played huge roles in that. His in-ring work was simple and not technical, but it did not need to be. He was a master at storytelling, especially with his facial expressions, timing, and connection with the crowd."

[8.0] "Hulk Hogan is one of the most paradoxical figures in wrestling history: technically limited, politically infamous, infuriating and yet undeniably one of the most important and magnetic performers the industry has ever seen. In my opinion, an 8/10 feels right, not because he was flawless, but because his intangibles were so overwhelming that they permanently altered the trajectory of professional wrestling.To start with the obvious: Hogan's crowd work is the greatest of all time. No one understood the emotion of an arena like he did. The selling, the comeback, the point, the boot, the leg drop; every beat was timed with an awareness of the crowd. And then the ear cup. That simple gesture may be the most effective audience manipulation tactic in wrestling history. Only Stone Cold or The Rock come to mind to equal that level of control over a live audience, and even they were working in a business Hogan had already reshaped in his image.Later, "Voodoo Child" perfectly encapsulated the cool, subversive Hollywood Hogan (better known as Wood from the Hood). The poses, the tshirt rips and the exaggerated mannerisms, Hogan made the most out of every single presentational detail. He made the most out of everything he did in fact. That's the through-line of his career. Did he have a limited move set? Yes but he made each move mean everything (along with being able to pull out a good match when he felt like it). Basic promos? Sure, but he was occassionally brilliant and always seemed to fit the era (until after ~1999). He carried himself like a superstar at all times. And yes, a large part of that came from his infamous ego. But that ego also fueled the belief that made millions of fans buy in. He understood the business on a level few ever have. He knew how to draw and how to protect a character better than anybody else (other than Stone Cold). He headlined the boom of the '80s, something I personally cannot imagine anybody else doing to the extent Hulk pulled off and then reinvented himself to ignite the Monday Night Wars in the '90s. He was still moving numbers well into his fifties and, astonishingly, even into his sixties. He absolutely stunk the place out after coming into a vibrant TNA, but I blame Bischoff more for that than the man himself. To his credit, Hogan could be profoundly giving when the moment called for it. Losing to The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VI was monumental. Passing the torch to The Rock at WrestleMania X8 after orchestrating one of the most electric crowd turnarounds ever showed that he understood when the spectacle was bigger than himself. Those moments matter. They're what define the Hulkster to me. But you can't discuss Hogan without the politics. Starrcade '97 remains a glaring blemish. Sting's crowning moment was muddied in a way that is still frustrating to this day. Hogan's need for control and protection of his image often undercut business and creative clarity. The same instincts that made him brilliant at safeguarding his aura also made him resistant to vulnerability unless it served his narrative. And that's the duality of Hulk Hogan. He wasn't the best technical wrestler. He wasn't the most athletic. He wasn't the most selfless. But he might be the greatest at understanding what professional wrestling is. He grasped that it's about emotion, iconography, timing, and belief. He turned himself into a living, breathing wrestling archetype first as the ultimate American hero, then as the ultimate villain."

[0.0] "I've watched basically all of Hogans work and all of it seems awful to me. I get that he made professional wrestling popular but all of his stuff simply isn't for me. He refuses to put people over because he's got too big of an ego and it's hurt the business. He did some serious damage to TNA about a decade ago with his terrible ideas. He couldn't even put over someone who literally was called the legend killer on his way out of WWE. At the end of the day, with his selfishness and all the controversies regarding Hogan in real life will make it impossible for me to ever speak positively of him."

[5.0] "The encapsulation of "right place, right time". Very mediocre in-ring work and promos that anybody could've cut if given enough cocaine to do it. "I'm American and you're not" also just doesn't work for someone who isn't... y'know, American. That doesn't even get into how his arguable two biggest rivalries, against Andre for Mania 3 and Savage for Mania 5, had him as a babyface when the heels were kinda completely justified. What kind of all-conquering babyface gets challenged by someone like Andre for his title and blubbers about how challenging him for the title after being undefeated for so long is wrong and he can't do that and that it's a betrayal? His character during the Hulkamania days was just completely hokey. What saves him from being in the sub-5 zone is the beginning, and I mean VERY beginning of the Hollywood Hogan gimmick. Pretty much the only time he was enjoyable because he subverted the bullshit. Eventually, that went sour too. He came back to WWE and inexplicably won the title, as if any further proof that winning the title doesn't mean you're good needs to be shown. And then he was disgraced as racist comments emerged from him and thankfully there was nothing the "yeah but that doesn't mean he's racist" crowd could do once he was caught on audio just saying "I AM A RACIST"... and thus ends the legacy of, frankly, the Realest American to ever America."

[10.0] "The popularity of the sport booming enough to the point where sites like this can exist that people have a strong enough fandom to keep databases can mostly be attributed to Hogan. The biggest draw of all time, and took a territory to a global product. People that have never watched any wrestling at all would recognize Hogan in yellow and red. Carried WrestleMania and saved WWF from going under at the time, went to WCW and took them to the peak of the ratings, then came back to WWE and was still so much of a draw that he could face the Rock at WM 18 and still have an all timer. Past his WWE run, is where he really sours his reputation, but there's little that could keep me from leaving a 10 given what he did for the business in the 80's and 90's"

[1.0] "People can talk about the 'business' aspect of Hulk Hogan all they want. But I'm a fan, not a shareholder. I want to be entertained and in my lifetime, Hulk Hogan was not doing much of that. He had some great stuff like the feud with Rock in 2002 but as a whole, the guy was insufferable on TV and 10x more insufferable in real life. Seemed like a horrible person to those around him and a horrible person to most of his co-workers over the years as well. There wasn't a limelight or spotlight he didn't crave and it showed. Him and Bischoff took a very fun TNA promotion and absolutely pissed on it for multiple years before ditching them. I've honestly got almost nothing good to say about this guy. How much money he made wrestling companies means literally zilch to me as a fan."

[2.0] "Not really a hot take here, but what an absolutely horrible wrestler. He gets two points because he was a decently important figure in wrestling, however not only is he a horrible human being, he refused to put anyone over most of the time, and one of worst in-ring main eventers of all time. I understand that he made wrestling popular in the 80s, however being famous does not make up for his laziness in the ring."

"Hulk Hogan is the greatest combat athlete in the history of the planet. A dominant force not only as a face but as a heel as well."

[2.0] "I never understood the Hogan appeal, unless you're an 80s kid. He was trash in the ring, can't sell, and has a shit moveset. His promo work is mid at best. Some good things about him is that he had the build of a superhero and his in-ring attire was pretty decent at the time. His heel turn was more shocking than Cena's, which is another good thing I can give him. His heel run, however, isn't as good as most people are making out to be. He was carried by the talented people around him. Ever since, Hogan has been trying to gain relevance before he passed. I will admit that he contributed to wrestling a lot, but his work only gets two points from me. Even without the sex tape and racism drama, I still would not give him anything higher than a two."

[9.0] "Hulk Hogan has a deservedly controversial legacy and I believe this was largely by design on his part. Hulk Hogan understood that as long as you keep people talking about you, whether for good or ill, you're always gonna be relevant. The man was an egomaniac, pure and simple. He was also the biggest draw in the history of professional wrestling, making more money in more places for more people over a longer period of time than anyone else had done before or has done since. His matches were usually meat and potatoes affairs designed to carry the Hogan brand - borderline contractual obligations at times - but he also seemed to have a genuine love of the business underpinning it. You simply don't decide to keep on in the biz after your trainer tries to cripple you without having a passion for it. He promoted his own indie shows and even took a massive paycut and ducked into TNA Wrestling for a spell. He didn't have to do that. That I cannot tell if he did so out of a desire to give back to the business or purely to pad his own ego is the great parallax of the Hulkster."

[10.0] "Despite what any one may think about Hogan's abilities in the ring and politicking backstage, no one can deny the impact that Hulk Hogan had on the wrestling business, taking it mainstream, and making the WWF a worldwide juggernaut. Turning WWE from a territory into a billions of dollars a year business. I didn't care for his politics backstage, or his racism, BUT he wasn't the worst human being to walk God's green earth."

[0.0] "Genuinely one of the worst of all time, something that I find absolutely fascinating about hulk hogan is that as the top babyface of the wwf for so long, he created 0 stars. Genuinely think about it, who did hulk hogan make famous? With other all time faces you can think of quite a few rivals they've had that they've gotten over. I know that hulk hogan is from a different time so they were fine with just feeding him people like Kamala and Hercules Hernandez but at his peak all he did was make money. Which sounds amazing, what isn't amazing is how hollow it made the wwf. Once the hulkster left it exposed the wwf for how fuckin bad it was. This is just looking at hulk hogan at his "peak", everything else he did from 1994 to the day he DIED was a desperate attempt to recapture something, ANYTHING, from that era. The heel turn was the best thing he ever did and all he did there was surround himself with people who actually had talent. To quote the iron shiek, fuck the hulk hogan."

[8.0] "I love the rating of 8 for the Hulkster. One of the best entertainers of all time, equally effective as a face or heel. Not many in our sport can say that. As a boy, I was not a Hulkamaniac. I constantly rooted against him as he was stuffed down our throats. But I saw him at many live events, and there was no denying the incredible force and power of his personality. It was incredible to experience. For what he did to the industry, and how he really made pro wrestling a household thing, for his fame and pro wrestling acumen and promo ability -- the Hulkster is an absolute 100% incredible hall of famer. If only he could wrestle."

[0.0] "People often ask my who my favorite all time wrestler is. That changes. But I do know who I think is the worst professional wrestlers of all time, and that's Hulk Hogan. His fake painful faces, his no selling, his limited move set, his repetitive yelling promos. I hated him when I was 9 and I hate him now. I do admit I liked him more I'm Japan, but I almost hate him more for wrestling so much worse in America. Watching him beat Randy Savage, raise his shoulder against Andre, keep on Hulkamaniaing in WCW in 95 even though everyone was booing, the awful match against Sting at Starrcade 97, his cartoon promos and mannerisms in the middle of the nWo story. The absolute worst."

[10.0] "The babyface of the 80s and the heel of the 90s. That's what a friend of mine described him as. 10/10 promo. Perhaps limited as he got older, but he drew money and that's what the business is about. He didn't need to wrestle like Ziggler to do it. He'll always be remembered as the biggest name in wrestling, because everybody knows who Hulk Hogan is - including my 90 year old grandmother!"

[4.0] "Rubbish in the ring, Good promo skills. Behind the scenes his ego was insane. He was a genuine terrible person - whilst the character of Hogan is beloved in WWE. I never cared for him. He wasn't exciting, did the bare minimum and got pushed to the moon"

[0.0] "As a kid growing up, Hogan was a weird old man wrestler who I never wanted to see on my screen. I will never truly understand his peak, as I wasn't there to watch it and looking back - it's all fairly unimpressive work from Hogan, who shared the ring with a lot of better workers in his time. Add in him being one of the main reasons wrestling doesn't have a functional union, him holding down various talents, him tanking TNA when he was hired and bringing that promotion essentially to a halt, and being proof that some people will simply never owe up to their mistakes in a meaningful way? Hulk Hogan is a 0/10 for me. His impact on wrestling is clear, but that doesn't give him any level of respect from me."

"{0.0} made this for school. Why hulk hogan is a racist lying political loser. In 2015 a s*x tape was leaked which showed him saying anti-black rant, in which he was not happy with his daughter dating a black man. Repeated use of the N word. Also used racist language in a call to his son in prison saying he hoped his son would not be reincarnated as black males. Because of this he was removed from games and action figures. He returned in 2018 even tho he should be gone forever. He also supports donald trump Hulk has told multiple lies about different stuff, one lie he told was that he met a make a wish kid for summerslam 1992 in wembley even though he was not at that summerslam or in wwe at the time. Also said he wrestled 400 days a year claiming he traveled between time zones so frequently it made it possible. Said Andre the giant was over 600 pounds during wrestlemania 3 even though that is not true. He said Elvis was a fan of his even though Elvis died 2 years before his debut. The way he tells the Montreal screwjob which is not even close to the real story.These boots right here are the most famous boots of all time...I wrestled Andre the Giant with these boots on, and then a couple days later he passed on" said by hogan on cribs even tho he died a few years later. You haven't heard every lie Hogan has said, unless you heard every word that has ever come out of his mouth" - Jim cornnete Story from undertaker Flair comes down, slides the chair down, I pick [Hogan] up, and when I tell you I had the brother secure, he was secure. Boom, I give him the Tombstone. Soon as my knees hit, I hear, "Ow, you got me brother." [..] I was 24, 25 years old, and I just crushed Hulk Hogan -- that's what's going through my head. They gave me this opportunity, they gave me the chance to run with the ball and I just hurt the golden goose. The following Tuesday at the combined TV taping and live This Tuesday in Texas pay-per-view in San Antonio, 'Taker and other wrestlers watched the tombstone back on the monitors that were set up for them, after which he confronted Hogan as softly as he felt he could.I was like, "Terry, I watched it back -- your head never hit." He was like, "Well brother, what it was was you had me so tight that I had nowhere to move and that's what jammed my neck cause I couldn't move at all." At that point, then I was like, "Okay." Then I knew, you know, I was like, "Okay. I kinda realized I know what you're all about and that's all I needed." + claimed he faced PRIDE fighters in the late 70's (twenty years before the promotion existed). Lied about being the face of the foreman grill. Being a bass player for metallica. He was going to fight mike tyson but mike was scared. He and Shawn Michaels had a feud in 2005 where they were supposed to have more matches after Summerslam, but he refused which led to Shawn overselling and flopping around for revenge making the main event comical. The next year at Summerslam 2006 he took on randy orton. Orton should as he was younger and going to be a major star to come, but Hogan would not lose, and he ended up winning at the ppv. He was going to fight bret hart but refused thinking he was beneath him, even though Bret is way better than him. Bret held a grudge that still exists today with no plans to end it in sight and rightfully so. starrcade 1997 hogan vs sting, sting was red hot with the crow character, after months of build up it was sting vs hulk hogan for the wcw World Heavyweight Championship. What should have been stings big moment ended it controversy as referee Nick patrick was supposed to do a fast count but he did a normal count. Making things look dumb when Bret Hart came in to take Nick out even though it was a normal count. The match is restarted and Sting wins with Bret Hart being the ref. The clean finish was changed because hulk hogan and eric bischoff said stings head was not in it and he needed a tan. After reading all this you can see why so many people hate hulk hogan. He also stopped a union for wrestlers by telling the boss vince. was a human pile of trash."

"You hate him, I hate him, your racist uncle loves him. He also mega sucks in the ring. Do with that what you will."

[10.0] "Hulk Hogan is the favorite Wrestler of your favorite wrestlers, and his aura and contribution to global wrestling are absolutely unmatched. I haven't witnessed his entire career live, but I've seen many incredible moments he crafted. The match with The Rock is probably the best thing that ever happened in world wrestling. In those moments, when the charisma and personality of the wrestlers are crucial, the cinematic quality of the match, and the ability to emotionally blow up the entire arena, come to the forefront. Hogan's matches with Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior are classics of old-school wrestling. Moreover, Hogan, besides popularizing wrestling in the '80s and the WWE itself, also tried his hand in other promotions like NJPW, TNA, and WCW. He is a cult face, and his heel turn is one of the greatest events in wrestling history. Hollywood Hogan as a badass--it shows his versatility. As a heel, he was just as great as a face, something that, for example, John Cena hasn't managed to do. You have to respect Hogan because he created what we still watch today. It's very sad that he left so early. He gave the impression that he would live forever. RIP Hogan."

[10.0] "Plainly put: wrestling today is not today without Hulk Hogan. In the American market, he didn't wrestle as good as he was. He was a classic brawler who knew how to put away the bad guys. But internationally, especially in Japan, Hulk Hogan could go. He utilized amateur wrestling that the American audience didn't get to see. He had unmatched charisma and could cut a promo at the drop of a hat. He was the first wrestler to truly break through to mainstream and to date remains the only professional wrestler to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Without him, we would not what we have today."

[1.0] "Honestly, this wrestler is ridiculously overhyped and doesn't live up to the buzz at all. His in-ring skills are extremely limited, his moves are repetitive and boring, and he brings nothing fresh or creative to the table. On top of that, his attitude and behavior often come across as openly racist, which makes him even harder to support or respect. It's shocking how someone with so little talent and such a negative mindset can still get this much attention."

[6.0] "As a performer and as a draw, he's undeniable one of the GOAT's. However, his off camera actions, both in and outside of the industry, paint a very different picture. I give him a 10/10 for Hulk Hogan the performer, but a 2/10 for the man Terry Bollea."

"4/10 Hulk Hogan is your dads favorite wrestler, which for many living during that time of the 80s and 90s, Hulk was wrestling in America. All of his contributions to the business mean something. The NWO wouldnt have been as cool without Hulk. His over use of 'brother', 'dude' and 'jack'. HOWEVER, he didnt do anything that fantastic in the ring, even for many of his time, the many other stars that had more auroa & in ring prowess, Macho Man Randy Savage comes to mind first. Even more so for those to come after and yes many of todays stars and legends looked up to and admired Hulk. But for alot of people my age (late 20s) the Hulkster i grew up on was blasting Young Jeezy, staring in Hogan Knows Best, doing Micro Wrestling promotions on CMT and having hilarious matches with Shawn Micheals at Summerslam. Which when it come to some matches they are watchable, but ive never gotten the Immortalness of the Hulkster. Hes more known for me for his out of the ring stuff then anyhthing he ever did in the ring."

"[10.0] Hulk's matches were the most captivating of any wrestler ever, he had a way of telling stories in the ring like no other. He is the greatest of all time."

[3.0] "Hulk Hogan may be an icon, but as a wrestler, he was incredibly limited. His matches were formulaic, relying on the same tired routine--punches, big boot, leg drop--barely evolving over decades. His promos were his best quality, which is the only reason why he was relevant. Worse, his backstage politics stifled other talent. Hogan wasn't just overrated--he held the business back."

[0.0] "Terrible wrestler and a horrible human being, the only thing he brings to the table is his recongnizability. By far and away one of the worst in ring talents of all time, his "hulking up" always looked jank af and ruined the majority of his decent matches and his overall in ring ability has lacked big time throughout his entire career. A super limited and uninspiring moveset hasn't helped him at all and especially as time has progressed has made his flaws all the more apparent. His backstage politicking is what he has been known for in recent times and it is impossible to deny the negative impacts it has had on the industry."

[10.0] "Huge draw , great look, was over with the crowd . His also one of the rare wrestlers who are still a major part of pop culture years after there prime. His in work was good to he knowed how to work the crowd take bumps make a comeback and win."