Did Hollywood Hogan ever "Hulk up"?

[mcstoklasa]

Apart from his match with The Rock in 2002 obviously.

I mean Hollywood Hogan, the cowardly heel in WCW. Did he ever Hulk up during a match? I don't remember seeing this.

It would have been great if Hollywood started to Hulk up, but being a heel he was easily knocked down again and thus losing his "Hulked up" power and begged off.

[Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite]

I'm not sure, but I've spent the last 3 minutes staring at the GIF in your sig.

Oh my god that's amazing, who is that taking the stunner, the Rock?

[héad.casé]

I recall him "hulking up" in the Cage Match against Flair at Uncensored 1999. I think that was one of the first things that led to him wearing the red and yellow in WCW again that summer.

[Angus Mcloud]

Sept 26, 2010 9:55:04 GMT -5 Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite said:

I'm not sure, but I've spent the last 3 minutes staring at the GIF in your sig.

Oh my god that's amazing, who is that taking the stunner, the Rock?

Yeah at WM 17.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

He hulked up in 1999 in the four-way where DDP won the belt. But at that point Hogan was starting to turn face anyway, then he got injured inthe match, and when he came back he was in red and yellow.

[mcstoklasa]

Sept 26, 2010 9:55:04 GMT -5 Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite said:

I'm not sure, but I've spent the last 3 minutes staring at the GIF in your sig.

Oh my god that's amazing, who is that taking the stunner, the Rock?

Haha!

I maintain it's the greatest, most pop worthy finisher of all time...especially when Rock sells it as such

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I remember he did a semi-Hulk Up against Flair at Superbrawl 1999 (no-selling Flair's chops) and got a huge face reaction for it. Then he did a full Hulk Up at Uncensored and turned face shortly after.

[BlackJackRobby]

The face turn against Flair was easily the most confusing thing ever. He spent a couple months making Ric's life hell, and even whipped his boy and broke his best friends hand.

So Flair cheats a little in a cage, and for some reason his son turns against him so I'm supposed to cheer for Hogan?

I'd blame that one all on Hogan, but it was acctully Flair who wanted to turn heel.

Man WCW sucked more in 99 then 00 no one noticed as much though.

[Deleted]

Sept 26, 2010 12:31:14 GMT -5 BlackJackRobby said:

The face turn against Flair was easily the most confusing thing ever. He spent a couple months making Ric's life hell, and even whipped his boy and broke his best friends hand.

So Flair cheats a little in a cage, and for some reason his son turns against him so I'm supposed to cheer for Hogan?

I'd blame that one all on Hogan, but it was acctully Flair who wanted to turn heel.

Man WCW sucked more in 99 then 00 no one noticed as much though.

"Blame" the fans. The crowds were cheering Hogan over Flair before the turn even happened.

[ICBM]

On thunder before the flair match he billed against disciple.

[lildude8218]

Sept 26, 2010 9:57:18 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

He hulked up in 1999 in the four-way where DDP won the belt.

then after they left the orgy at Bischoff's house he did it again at the PPV.

[lotus]

I remember seeing him Hulking up when he was defending the title against Ric Flair on a Clash of the Champions show. It must've been right after War Games in 1996.

[Citizen Snips Has Left]

Sept 26, 2010 16:37:11 GMT -5 lildude8218 said:

Sept 26, 2010 9:57:18 GMT -5 "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay said:

He hulked up in 1999 in the four-way where DDP won the belt.

then after they left the orgy at Bischoff's house he did it again at the PPV.

Arr. That's going to replace the whale in my nightmares.

[The Genesis of KoOS]

Yeah I seen him do it a couple of times during the nWo heyday, I just forget when and who it was against.

[vashondude]

Sept 26, 2010 17:27:29 GMT -5 lotus said:

I remember seeing him Hulking up when he was defending the title against Ric Flair on a Clash of the Champions show. It must've been right after War Games in 1996.

I looked up the match on YouTube and it occured on August 15, 1996 (a few days after Hog Wild and a month before War Games).

The ring announcer almost screwed after the match. He was beginning to announce that Flair had retained the title, but corrected himself.

[Todd Pettengill]

I remember him doing the "Hulk Up Poses" in a mocking manner throughout his nWo stint.

[johnnyk9]

I remember The Big Show hulking up on him at Hog Wild 1996, that was funny

[Dave at the Movies]

If he did I never really noticed it.

Did you notice how different his wrestling style as a heel was? He was usually always on offense which made sense since he is a huge guy and he is facing small guys like Piper and Flair. He wrestled really well as a nasty big cowardly heel.


Only time before that when he wrestled in that style that I can remember was against Sgt. Slaughter at Wrestlemania 7. For some reason he wrestled a very vicious style in that match and the announcers said it was the Hogan of the 90s since it was 1991.

[derrtaysouth95]

Hogan just seemed a much better all around wrestler when he was a heel to me in WCW....no idea why though. His style was different.

As for the OT....like has been said during the feud with Flair before leaving and coming back he was hulking up. Uncensored for sure.

[Ryushinku]

Sept 26, 2010 18:37:05 GMT -5 vashondude said:

Sept 26, 2010 17:27:29 GMT -5 lotus said:

I remember seeing him Hulking up when he was defending the title against Ric Flair on a Clash of the Champions show. It must've been right after War Games in 1996.

I looked up the match on YouTube and it occured on August 15, 1996 (a few days after Hog Wild and a month before War Games).

The ring announcer almost screwed after the match. He was beginning to announce that Flair had retained the title, but corrected himself.

Yep, that's exactly the one I came on here to mention.

I think Hogan realised he'd have to drop that from the act for the time being and I don't think he did it after this, during his heel run. But this early in the heel turn it was a little bump he hadn't thought about ironing out yet.