Hulk Hogan's WWF debut

[andrew8798]

[Professor Chaos]

That was pretty cool, never saw it before. Very wise move turning him face and creating the whole Hulkamania phenomenon. If he had stuck with this character there might not be a WWE today, or wrestlecrap forums for that matter. I got sucked into watching wrestling as a kid because of Hogan, so without him I wouldn't be here at least. Now that I think about it does make me wonder where my life would be now had I not spent such a large portion of my life watching wrestling.

[Rocky Van Heineken]

Sept 19, 2008 5:38:57 GMT -5 Professor Chaos said:

That was pretty cool, never saw it before. Very wise move turning him face and creating the whole Hulkamania phenomenon. If he had stuck with this character there might not be a WWE today, or wrestlecrap forums for that matter. I got sucked into watching wrestling as a kid because of Hogan, so without him I wouldn't be here at least. Now that I think about it does make me wonder where my life would be now had I not spent such a large portion of my life watching wrestling.

Definitely.

[Slim Loves Lily]

Great find.

[Mac]

I thought his first match in WWWF was against Ted Dibaise. Thats what it said on his 2002 DVD

[Joe Neglia]

Sept 19, 2008 8:33:55 GMT -5 Mac said:

I thought his first match in WWWF was against Ted Dibaise. Thats what it said on his 2002 DVD

That's what it says here too in the promo. The match that follows is not his debut match, just one shortly after.

[gsguy]

Awesome clip. Very odd to see Hogan screw up a promo as he eventually became one of the best at it.

[Joe Neglia]

Sept 19, 2008 10:01:28 GMT -5 @gsguy said:

Awesome clip. Very odd to see Hogan screw up a promo as he eventually became one of the best at it.

Yeah. I'm sure Ted B. Aussie was quaking in his boots after hearing that.

[DASH 243✅]

It's weird to see him with hair.

[VengeanceGOD]

Huh. As someone who started watching in the Attitude Era, it's interesting to see an old clip like this, with the business still being treated like a "real" sport - it looks more like a boxing match here. That's cool.

[willywonka666]

I've got a clip of his return in late 83 which was thrilling, Bob Backlund brought him in, he did a run in after Bob was being attacked by the Samoans I believe

[MolotovMocktail]

Heel Hogan debuting against face DiBiase is also quite the interesting bit of trivia.

[CM Crünk is teh 'CRAP!]

Don't forget to mention the young and hung Vince McMahon.

[Handsome Halfbreed]

So what was the result of that Hogan/DiBiase match? Did Hogan manage to eliminate Ted Dibiase from the squared circle and his professional wrestling career from now on?

[Cyno]

How old was Hogan there? His voice sounded a lot different from the Hulk we all know and possibly love.

[Viking Snad]

I credit Hulk with everything he's due, but I've never liked him. Even as a kid, my cousins would be all "WOOO HULK HOGAN" and I'd be like "yeah, ok, Sting is better."

[Spankymac is sick of the swiss]

That dude looked like a midget next to Hogan. Jeez. And Snad, you're not alone. I was raised on WCW/NWA, so when Hogan came into WCW, I still heavily favored the guys like Sting, Flair, and Vader over him.

[andrew8798]

Sept 21, 2008 15:34:17 GMT -5 Cyno said:

How old was Hogan there? His voice sounded a lot different from the Hulk we all know and possibly love.

He was 27