Did Vince Sr read Marvel Comics?

[CMWaters]

Just a random thought I had...based only on Hulk Hogan.

When Hogan first came to WWF (or was it WWWF at the time still?) he was billed as "The Incredible" Hulk Hogan.

First part of the name...Incredible Hulk, obviously.

Last name...well, Spider-Man's first issue had a wrestler character named Crusher Hogan in it (who was replaced with Bonesaw in the 2002 movie).

Just thinking Vince Sr. may have been a comic fan.

[Bob Schlapowitz]

It's possible. Although the Lou Ferigno Incredible Hulk was one of the most popular shows on TV at the time.

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Vince Sr. and, indeed a lot of the older promoters, liked "ethnic" faces and made the big Italian-American Terry Bollea into the Irish Hulk Hogan. Dunno how much, if any, the Irish aspect was stressed in the early days.

[mcmahonfan85]

the origin of Hogan's names been stated several times:

"Hulk" comes from the fact Vince Sr. thought he looked like Lou Ferigno
"Hogan" because its an Irish name and Vince Sr. was of Irish decent

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Wonder how Hogans career would be different i he dyed the old skullet red after all?

[CMWaters]

Jul 8, 2012 23:21:21 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Wonder how Hogans career would be different i he dyed the old skullet red after all?

Lobster Head a few decades earlier?

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Jul 8, 2012 23:26:42 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Jul 8, 2012 23:21:21 GMT -5 Cranjis McBasketball said:

Wonder how Hogans career would be different i he dyed the old skullet red after all?

Lobster Head a few decades earlier?

I imagine he'd beat Bob Backlund in 19 seconds at MSG.

[CMWaters]

Jul 8, 2012 23:28:38 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

Jul 8, 2012 23:26:42 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Lobster Head a few decades earlier?

I imagine he'd beat Bob Backlund in 19 seconds at MSG.

I can't picture Backlund with the beard going "YES! YES! YES!" down an isle though.

[An Old Villain]

Jul 8, 2012 23:52:58 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Jul 8, 2012 23:28:38 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

I imagine he'd beat Bob Backlund in 19 seconds at MSG.

I can't picture Backlund with the beard going "YES! YES! YES!" down an isle though.

Its a shameful thing.

[mizerable]

Not even close:

During his time in Memphis, Hogan appeared on a local talk show, where he sat beside Lou Ferrigno, star of the television series The Incredible Hulk. The host commented on how Terry, who stood 6 ft 7 in and weighed 295 pounds with 24 inch biceps, actually dwarfed "The Hulk." Watching the show backstage, Jerry Jarrett noticed that Hogan was actually bigger than Ferrigno, who was well known at the time for having large muscles. As a result, Bollea began performing as Terry "The Hulk" Boulder and sometimes wrestled as Sterling Golden.

[Andrew is Good]

It's tough, because you hear lots of stories about how people got started and got their names. Though Hogan could have came from Vince Sr, and the Hulk from Jarrett. Basically, I would believe anyone besides Hulk Hogan of course, who would probably say that Jesus came to him in a dream and gave him that name.

[BlackoutCreature]

Jul 8, 2012 23:52:58 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

Jul 8, 2012 23:28:38 GMT -5 @irontyger said:

I imagine he'd beat Bob Backlund in 19 seconds at MSG.

I can't picture Backlund with the beard going "YES! YES! YES!" down an isle though.

After reading this post I can't picture anything else.

[froggyfrog]

Jul 8, 2012 23:13:33 GMT -5 Bob Schlapowitz said:

It's possible. Although the Lou Ferigno Incredible Hulk was one of the most popular shows on TV at the time.

This. There's no way the man who created Vince Jr. Ever read comics

[héad.casé]

I remember that story from Hulk's book where he said Vince Sr. wanted him to dye his hair red. Apparently he refused because his hair was thinning really badly as it was anyway, and dye would have made it worse.

[Baixo Astral]

How far do you think Sterling Golden would have gone?

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{Spoiler}All the way to the pay windah, brutha!