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[crowd chants "Hogan"]

[Triple H]: We lost one of the biggest

icons in the world.

He captivated millions of people and inspired them around the

globe, "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan.

[crowd cheers]

[Hulk Hogan]: Watcha gonna do when the largest

arms in the world and the power of Hulkamania destroy you?

[crowd cheers]

[Michael Cole]: The pop culture phenomenon.

[Father]: Who do you think you are?

[Kids]: That's Hulk Hogan.

[Michael Cole]: The 24-inch pythons.

"The Immortal" Hulk Hogan.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: The greatest professional athlete

in the world today.

[Michael Cole]: Watcha gonna do when we take a look back at the

iconic career of WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan?

[Hulk Hogan]: Pray, say your prayers, eat your vitamins,

and believe in yourself, brother.

[Michael Cole]: This is WWE's Greatest Moments.

[crowd chants "Hogan"]

[WWE's Greatest Moments' music]

[The Rock]: If you smell-

[Michael Cole]: Oh, my God.

What the hell are you doing?

[Jim Ross]: Absolutely unbelievable.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Hulkamania is here.

[Michael Cole]: Welcome, everyone,

to WWE's Greatest Moments.

I'm Michael Cole.

And on this edition, we are paying homage to the man that

took professional wrestling to a new stratosphere,

"The Immortal" Hulk Hogan.

[Hulk Hogan]: Watcha gonna do?

[Michael Cole]: With a career that would span an incredible

5 decades and earn him 12 world championships,

Hogan became the blueprint for what it meant

to be a global superstar.

[Hulk Hogan]: Look at all the Hulkamaniacs.

Can you hear them, "Mean" Gene?

[Michael Cole]: With legions of loyal Hulkamaniacs standing

behind him, Hulk Hogan was undoubtedly the most

recognizable star in all of Sports Entertainment,

leading him to headline The Showcase of The Immortals,

WrestleMania, an astounding eight times.

And it all started with the very first WrestleMania.

The Immortal One would come together with another television

legend, Mr. T-

[Mr. T]: You're dead meat.

You're dead meat, and I pity you, fool.

[Michael Cole]: -to battle "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and

Paul Orndorff in a star-studded main event for the ages.

[Jesse Ventura]: I'm pumped up.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: 25,000 plus on their feet.

The electricity is unbelievable.

[Hulk Hogan]: That crowd that night, that was the highest,

highest point of electricity.

I came up in the ring.

I-I pointed right at them.

I said, "We're gonna have a war tonight, boys."

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Here comes the Hulk.

[Jesse Ventura]: And all four of them are going at it in the

corner, and it's getting out of control already.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Pat Patterson.

A slam by Mr. T.

[Mr. T]: Then I tag it off to Hulk Hogan.

He-he's the closer, because it's still his show.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: And tags the champ.

In comes the Hulk with a right hand, driving Piper back.

[Hulk Hogan]: People knew the wrestling business was-

was changing that night.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Oh.

[Jesse Ventura]: Oh, he hit Orndorff.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Cover, and Pat Patterson.

He got him.

[Jesse Ventura]: They got him.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Unbelievable.

Pandemonium here in The Garden.

[Hulk Hogan]: All in all, it was a perfect springboard for what

we needed to launch the WWE into the stratosphere.

The night could not have been better.

[Michael Cole]: While Hogan was a juggernaut in the ring,

he also had the gift of gab with a microphone in his hands.

Often preaching the three demandments of Hulkamania.

[Hulk Hogan]: When you train, say your prays, eat your

vitamins, believe in yourself, and believe in Hulk Hogan,

you believe in Hulkamania.

[Michael Cole]: His passion speeches made it

clear where the power lies.

[Hulk Hogan]: This is where the power lies.

[Michael Cole]: When it came to defending the good ol' USA

against the American turncoat Sgt. Slaughter-

[Sgt. Slaughter]: I used to be proud of my country,

but not anymore.

[Michael Cole]: -no one rallied the troops better

than the Hulkster.

[Hulk Hogan]: You know the only thing that's more dangerous

than nerve gas going up through your sinuses, brother?

Is when Hulkamania starts creeping up on you, brother.

And it's getting ready to eat you alive, Sgt. Slaughter.

WrestleMania 7, I did have America really behind me

when I had the feud with Slaughter.

You know something, Sgt. Slaughter?

You talk about all-out war, brother, at WrestleMania 7.

You talk about playing by your rules, which are none at all.

Well, let me tell you about rules, brother.

[Sgt. Slaughter]: Here's this former GI Joe who turned

against his country.

They wanted Hulk Hogan to knock my head off.

[Jimmy Hart]: At that particular time,

a lot of people were great in the ring,

but they weren't great on the mic.

He had it all.

[Hulk Hogan]: Hulkamania's running wilder

than it's ever been.

[Tommaso Ciampa]: As a kid who lived that era,

who was six years old when Hogan was preaching to me,

it was like he jumped right through his TV screen

and talking directly to you.

[Hulk Hogan]: The pythons are pumped.

The Mania's ready for the WWE title.

[John Cena]: He was fighting for the USA hero to so many people.

Uh, me being one at a young age.

[Hulk Hogan]: So watcha gonna do, Sgt. Slaughter,

when the largest guns and the red,

white and blue run wild on you?

[Michael Cole]: After years of success in WWE,

Hulk Hogan would join competing wrestling promotion, WCW.

[Gene Okerlund]: Welcome, Hulk Hogan.

[Michael Cole]: For decades, loyal wrestling fans yearned

for the day they'd see the legendary Ric Flair face off

against "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan inside

the squared circle.

[Ric Flair]: They're gonna rule out any doubt

as to who was the best.

You can't beat Ric Flair.

[Michael Cole]: Hogan would make his highly anticipated WCW

in-ring debut at the 1994 Bash at the Beach for the WCW World

Heavyweight Championship.

[Tony Schiavone]: It's the match we all talked

about as wrestling fans.

The match we always waited for.

[Eric Bischoff]: Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, 1994,

Bash at the Beach, that was a match.

It really represented WWE versus WCW.

[Hulk Hogan]: I had a bunch of celebrities kinda come in

when I wrestled Ric that first night.

[Tony Schiavone]: High-five Shaquille O'Neal.

[Hulk Hogan]: Ric was a monster, and I was a monster,

and him and I together made each other bigger monsters.

[Bobby Heenan]: Every eyeball in the world is glued to this.

[Tony Schiavone]: Down goes Flair.

[Ric Flair]: All we needed to do was just let me bring him down

to one knee, and we'll own this joint.

[Tony Schiavone]: Never have I seen a match where fans

were responding to every move.

The big foot.

[Bobby Heenan]: Oh, no.

[Tony Schiavone]: The Leg Drop.

[Bobby Heenan]: Oh, no.

Please, I'll do anything.

[Tony Schiavone]: One-

[Bobby Heenan]: No.

[Tony Schiavone]: -two-

[Bobby Heenan]: No.

[Tony Schiavone]: -three.

[crowd cheers]

[bell rings]

[Tony Schiavone]: And the Hulkster becomes

the WCW Heavyweight Champion of the World.

[Ric Flair]: I loved working with Hulk.

Didn't matter who won or lost, I was wrestling Hulk Hogan.

[Hulk Hogan]: Ric put me over, which gave us that huge shot

in the arm we needed.

[Michael Cole]: When Scott Hall and Kevin Nash left WWE

for rival promotion WCW in 1996, it sent shockwaves

throughout the wrestling world.

The two would wreak havoc every week, interrupting matches and

accosting management all the while hinting that a secret

third man was the ringleader behind

all of their unrighteous acts.

[Scott Hall]: The big man and the medium-sized man and our

surprise buddy are gonna carve them up.

[Michael Cole]: The identity of Hall and Nash's accomplice would

be revealed at Bash at the Beach 1996 and changed

the landscape of professional wrestling forever.

[Gene Okerlund]: I don't see three men here tonight.

Where is your partner?

[Scott Hall]: All you need to know, little man,

is he's here and he's ready.

Now, we're doing this, "Who's the third man thing?"

This big angle at the Bash of the Beach.

We're gonna l aunch the nWo.

[Tony Schiavone]: They have said the third man is here,

but he is not in the ring.

[Scott Hall]: Hulk is in the air, flying to Daytona Beach

where the pay-per-view is originating, and we still don't

know if Hulk agrees or not.

[Mike Tenay]: Hulk Hogan is here.

[Tony Schiavone]: Hulk Hogan's here.

[Hulk Hogan]: When I went out, it looked like I was coming out

to save Macho Man.

[Tony Schiavone]: Yes, sir.

[Dusty Rhodes]: Who's bad now, boys?

[Tony Schiavone]: Hulk Hogan arrived.

Hulk, Hulk, Hulk.

[Dusty Rhodes]: What is he doing?

[Tony Schiavone]: Oh, my God.

[Dusty Rhodes]: Is he the third man?

[Bobby Heenan]: He's the third man.

[Hulk Hogan]: I wanted that natural reaction from the fans.

How could our hero stab us in the heart?

You can call this the New World Order of Wrestling, brother.

[Eric Bischoff]: I know there was not a more shocking moment

than Hulk Hang being the third man.

That move changed everything.

[Tony Schiavone]: We have seen the end of Hulkamania.

[Michael Cole]: After years of reigning in the red and yellow,

Hulk Hogan turned his back on his fans and dawned a grim black

and white color scheme joining the infamous New World Order.

[Hulk Hogan]: Here's the nWo.

[Michael Cole]: His new look came with a new name,

"Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, and he'd go on to turn

the wrestling world upside down.

[Hulk Hogan]: This is nWo country.

[Michael Cole]: But if Hollywood really wanted to take over,

he needed the WCW title.

The only thing standing in his way was a giant.

[Tony Schiavone]: Welcome to the 56th Annual Harley Rally.

250,000 bikers are here for WCW Hog Wild.

[Booker T]: Hulk Hogan, you know, and The Giant.

That was a major, major match.

[Tony Schiavone]: Two of the most dominant

figures in our sport.

[Eric Bischoff]: The Giant in WCW was such a physically

impressive athlete.

[Tony Schiavone]: Big backbreaker.

Oh, my goodness.

[Big Show]: Hogan can puff up and do everything he wants to.

There's guys that work out that are strong,

and then there's natural giant strong.

That spectacle was part of the-the drama and the emotion.

It was amazing.

[Tony Schiavone]: He chokeslammed that gigantic Nash.

[Dusty Rhodes]: But there, he laid him out.

[Tony Schiavone]: He laid him out with the world title belt.

[Dusty Rhodes]: I can't believe this.

[Tony Schiavone]: One, two- No.

[bell rings]

[Bobby Heenan]: We got a new champion.

We got a new champion.

[Eric Bischoff]: Hulk loved to cheat to win.

Dirty cheating heel, he took to it.

He liked it.

He had fun doing it.

[Tony Schiavone]: Oh, that spray paint.

Oh, my God.

They're gonna spray paint- they're gonna-

[Dusty Rhodes]: I cannot believe that.

This is unbelievable.

I got a knot in my gut about this situation.

[Hulk Hogan]: To get them to really buy into the storyline,

and really hate me, I felt like I accomplished something.

The nWo is the only way to go, and whatcha gonna do?

[Michael Cole]: There's no doubt that in the 1980s few could

match the captivating charisma of Hulk Hogan.

One superstar who came close was "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

[Randy Savage]: Macho Man is-is on a roll

and it can't be stopped.

[Michael Cole]: These two powerhouses would come together

to form the Mega Powers, a widely popular tag team force,

accompanied by Savage's manager, Miss Elizabeth.

[Hulk Hogan]: I love Elizabeth, just as much as the Macho Man

does, but in a different way.

[Michael Cole]: However, Savage's jealousy would lead to

the Mega Powers exploding.

[Randy Savage]: Those eyes lust Elizabeth.

You understand that?

[Elizabeth]: Randy, no.

[Randy Savage]: You got-

[Hulk Hogan]: Get out of my face.

[Randy Savage]: Hulk Hogan, you've got lust in your heart

for Elizabeth, yeah.

And you got jealousy for the World Wrestling -

Champion, yeah.

[Hulk Hogan]: You make me sick, Macho Man.

[Michael Cole]: At WrestleMania 5, the two former friends would

face off in a volatile main event for the WWE Championship.

[Jesse Ventura]: This is truly what the word

main event was meant for.

[Hulk Hogan]: Once the bell rang with Randy,

the chemistry was just like a constant flow.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Concerned look on the face

of Miss Elizabeth.

[Arda Ocal]: It was not only just about the championship,

it was about Elizabeth.

[Jesse Ventura]: How much lower can you go than go

after your best friend's woman?

[Bruce Prichard]: Macho Man plays that jealous card.

It's simple storytelling.

Everyone gets relationships.

[Jesse Ventura]: Elizabeth is gone.

Now we'll get down to wrestling.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: The elbow.

[Jesse Ventura]: He got it.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: He nailed him.

No.

[Jesse Ventura]: Oh.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: This place is going crazy.

And the Leg Drop.

[Hulk Hogan]: The art form of storytelling,

and Liz's participation,

I didn't realize how special it really was.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: The Hulkster, once again, holds up the gold.

[Michael Cole]: The monstrous Yokozuna wreaked havoc from

the moment he entered WWE.

Always on his side was the devious manager, Mr. Fuji,

who had a few dastardly tricks of his own.

At WrestleMania 9, Mr. Fuji did the unthinkable to help the

mighty Yokozuna in defeating Bret Hart

for the WWE Championship.

[Jim Ross]: Fuji, what's he doing?

[Randy Savage]: Look at this.

[Jim Ross]: Yokozuna hooks the leg.

[Bobby Heenan]: We got a new champion.

[bell rings]

[Michael Cole]: This isn't what the title

is supposed to represent.

Would anyone come to the aid of the Hitman and stand up

against this atrocity?

[Jim Ross]: What?

Hulk Hogan here.

[Hulk Hogan]: I felt an immediate roar when

they saw me come out.

It was like, "All right.

Something crazy's going to happen.

Yoko's gonna learn his lesson."

[Hulk Hogan]: I looked around at the arena,

the fans getting behind Bret.

I rolled in there.

[Jim Ross]: Hulk Hogan's in the ring.

[Randy Savage]: Ding, ding.

[Bruce Prichard]: How can anyone defeat this man?

He is that big.

[Jim Ross]: Oh, in the eyes of Yokozuna.

Hogan with the clothesline and down goes Yokozuna.

Hogan drops the leg.

Hogan in the cover.

[Bobby Heenan]: No.

[Jim Ross]: Hooks the leg.

[Bobby Heenan]: No.

[Jim Ross]: Hulk Hogan has it.

Hulk Hogan has won the title.

[Bobby Heenan]: I can't believe this.

[Hulk Hogan]: And to hold the belt up, all right,

we've got them again.

It felt right.

The fans were so locked into Hulkamania.

[Michael Cole]: In the history of professional wrestling, there

have been a handful of superstars that transcended the

business and became mega stars.

The 1980s had Hulk Hogan.

The Attitude Era had "The Great One" The Rock.

[The Rock]: If you smell what The Rock is cooking.

[Michael Cole]: In 2002, over 68,000 fans packed the Toronto

SkyDome for WrestleMania 18 to witness

an icon versus icon dream match.

[Jim Ross]: History in the making now.

[Chris Van Vliet]: Hulk Hogan was the guy in the 80s and 90s.

The Rock was the guy now.

[Jim Ross]: This is a WrestleMania moment.

[Hulk Hogan]: It felt like the roof was gonna blow off

the SkyDome, you know?

And it was, like, really intense.

You know, the stare down at the beginning.

None of that stuff was planned.

Most of it was listening to the crowd.

[The Rock]: That was one of the most incredible nights I have

ever had in my career, because the audience was 100% invested

in our match.

[Jerry Lawler]: Listen to this, this is amazing.

I don't know if The Rock knows what to think.

Look at this.

[Hulk Hogan]: He switched roles with me and did something

a bad guy would do to somebody.

[Brian Gewirtz]: We were not anticipating what the crowd

reaction was, and Rock and Hogan ran with it.

[Jerry Lawler]: The most electrifying move

in Sports Entertainment today.

People's Elbow on Hulk Hogan.

[Jim Ross]: Rock with the People's Elbow on Hogan.

[Jerry Lawler]: Oh.

[Jim Ross]: And The Rock wins it.

[bell rings]

[The Rock]: To be able to have this incredible

match with him was very special.

[Hulk Hogan]: He had done so much for our business.

It was an honor to pass the torch to him.

[Jim Ross]: What an emotional ride.

[Michael Cole]: Throughout the 1980s, no one was more popular,

more enthralling, or more successful than Hulk Hogan.

No man could topple the Hulkster's empire.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: The greatest professional athlete

in the world.

[Michael Cole]: But a giant might.

At over seven feet tall and weighing over 500 pounds,

the indomitable Andre the Giant, challenged Hogan's status.

[Andre the Giant]: I'm here for one reason,

to challenge you for a world championship match

in the WrestleMania.

[Michael Cole]: With over 93,000 screaming fans in attendance

at WrestleMania 3, the irresistible force was set to

face off against the immovable object when

"The Immortal" Hulk Hogan put his WWE title on the

line against the undefeated Andre the Giant.

[Jesse Ventura]: Look at the size of The Giant.

I mean, Hogan is 6'8".

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Andre is 7'5".

[Hulk Hogan]: I was worried because I didn't know if I could

get him up, to tell you the truth.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Going for a slam.

Oh, he almost got him up.

[Drew McIntyre]: You know, you hear these legends of Andre,

and seeing Andre, so larger than life.

Almost seems mythical.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Oh.

[Jesse Ventura]: That's the first time I think that

The Giant's ever been knocked off his feet like that.

[Hulk Hogan]: You can feel what is happening.

You can feel it was gonna be huge.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Look at this.

He slammed The Giant.

[Jesse Ventura]: He slammed him.

[Jimmy Hart]: When he got Andre up with all of his might,

and got him turned over, and gave him that slam,

I think that was kinda of the slam heard around the world.

[Jesse Ventura]: I don't believe it.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Hulk dropping the big leg.

Over for the cover.

It's over.

[Jesse Ventura]: He got him.

[Jimmy Hart]: And I think that was such a big moment for the

company, for the Hulkster, and for the movement of Hulkamania.

[Jesse Ventura]: What can I say?

I never thought it could be done.

[Hulk Hogan]: I'm very proud of that WestleMania.

It was the defining moment of Hulkamania.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: And that guy right there has made history

all over the world.

[Michael Cole]: It's now time for our number one moment,

and it's one that changed the trajectory

of professional wrestling forever.

In 1984, when Iranian nationalist, The Iron Sheik,

held the most coveted prize in all of Sports Entertainment,

WWE needed a hero.

[Iron Sheik]: USA?

Ha.

[spits]

[Michael Cole]: Enter Hulk Hogan.

[Hulk Hogan]: Be a real American.

[Michael Cole]: And when the two would face off at a sold-out

Madison Square Garden, the power of Hulkamania would be born.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: History could be made

in Madison Square Garden.

They have a lot of hate in their hearts for this man.

[Tito Santana]: The minute he stepped out into the isle,

the roof was coming off.

[bell rings]

[Announcer]: This is the main event.

It is for the World Heavyweight Championship.

[Hulk Hogan]: I pointed at the Sheik, and I just looked at him.

It was already there and the place erupted.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: He is incredible.

He is on top of the Sheik.

[Mick Foley]: You know, this is patriotism.

This is Hulk Hogan with the American flag against

the most hated villain.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Hogan's just clothesline sends him down.

Sheik going for a slam, gets him up.

No, backbreaker.

Camel Clutch coming up.

[Hulk Hogan]: When he put the Camel Clutch on me,

I knew if I broke the hold, the place would erupt.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Hogan now stands up

with the Sheik and rams him.

Sheik going up.

Hulk Hogan, he drops the big leg on him.

He's going for the cover.

Hooks the leg.

One, two- He got him.

[crowd cheers]

[bell rings]

[Announcer]: And new World Wrestling - Heavyweight

Champion, Hulk Hogan.

[Jimmy Hart]: That's when Hulkamania was born.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Hulkamania has taken over.

[Hulk Hogan]: I mean, it was the perfect storm.

It does not get better than that.

[Gorilla Monsoon]: Hulkamania is here.

[Michael Cole]: "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan's impact

in professional wrestling is unmatched.

Hulk Hogan launched Sports Entertainment into mainstream

pop culture where it still stands today,

and though the Hulkster may no longer be with us,

there's no doubt that Hulkamania will live forever.

That'll do it for this edition of WWE's Greatest Moments.

I hope you enjoyed this look back at the very best

of Hulk Hogan, brother.

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