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Who is the one real Icon and Face of Pro Wrestling through history?

Hulk Hogan 216 57.75%
 
Ric Flair 6 1.60%
 
The Undertaker 32 8.56%
 
Sting 4 1.07%
 
Stone Cold Steve Austin 31 8.29%
 
The Rock 46 12.30%
 
Shawn Michaels 7 1.87%
 
Bret Hart 14 3.74%
 
John Cena 7 1.87%
 
Andre the Giant 9 2.41%
 
Total:372

I'd say Hogan, with The Rock and Stone Cold behind.



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Ho Kogan





Someone should make a thread for best wrestler. The results would be very very different. Hogan sucked aside from promos and Hulking out but this thread isn't about being the best. It's about popularity as a wrestler.



d21lewis said:
Someone should make a thread for best wrestler. The results would be very very different. Hogan sucked aside from promos and Hulking out but this thread isn't about being the best. It's about popularity as a wrestler.


I think that's unfair, his Japanese matches were actually full of technical moves.  

http://www.cagesideseats.com/2012/6/2/3057480/on-this-date-in-new-japan-pro-wrestling-history-hulk-hogan-defeats

Hulk Hogan COULD wrestle.  They just never had him do so in the US because he was so over with power moves.  Hell in some japanese matches he even uses an enzugiri which is saying something considering his size.

Also, even though one of Hogan's main stays was no selling moves....

up until he "hulked" out.  I can't think of a wrestler who better sold moves outside maybe Dolph Ziggler.

 

Hogan could tell a story and make lame monster heels seem like actual threats.

Put Great Khali up against Hogan, and Hogan would of made him look like a real threat... even though you knew he was going to win.

 

Hogan was a lot like the Undertaker or Big Show.  Locked into his moveset more by gimmic then ability.  



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"pro wrestling" and saw the choices...


reminds me of an episode in south park....



 

If you are strictly talking about impact in the world of wrestling, and not hollywood and all that BS.............

It's 1. Hogan, 2. Austin, 3. Rock>>>> The rest.



Hulk Hogan > The Rock > Stone Cold > The Undertaker > Brett Hart > Shawn Michaels > Ultimate Warrior > Everyone else.



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Kasz216 said:
d21lewis said:
Someone should make a thread for best wrestler. The results would be very very different. Hogan sucked aside from promos and Hulking out but this thread isn't about being the best. It's about popularity as a wrestler.


I think that's unfair, his Japanese matches were actually full of technical moves.  

http://www.cagesideseats.com/2012/6/2/3057480/on-this-date-in-new-japan-pro-wrestling-history-hulk-hogan-defeats

Hulk Hogan COULD wrestle.  They just never had him do so in the US because he was so over with power moves.  Hell in some japanese matches he even uses an enzugiri which is saying something considering his size.

Also, even though one of Hogan's main stays was no selling moves....

up until he "hulked" out.  I can't think of a wrestler who better sold moves outside maybe Dolph Ziggler.

 

Hogan could tell a story and make lame monster heels seem like actual threats.

Put Great Khali up against Hogan, and Hogan would of made him look like a real threat... even though you knew he was going to win.

 

Hogan was a lot like the Undertaker or Big Show.  Locked into his moveset more by gimmic then ability.  

I remember being a kid and my friend Daniel loved NWA and I loved WWE.  I kept telling him how awesome Hulk Hogan was.  One Saturday, the Hulkster made a rare appearance on WWF Superstars where he was supposed to fight Cowboy Bob Orton.  I didn't even know who Bob Orton was.  This was the time when the stars were facing nobodys (ie: The One Man Gang vs. John Smith) in nothing but squas matches.  My friend was over and I wanted him to see how awesome Hogan was because NOBODY beats the Hulkster.  About two seconds into the match, Bob was beating Hogan's ass all over the ring.  I was horrified!!

Anyway, Hogan "Hulked out" and won the match.  Your post just reminded me of that incident.



d21lewis said:
Kasz216 said:
d21lewis said:

 


I remember being a kid and my friend Daniel loved NWA and I loved WWE.  I kept telling him how awesome Hulk Hogan was.  One Saturday, the Hulkster made a rare appearance on WWF Superstars where he was supposed to fight Cowboy Bob Orton.  I didn't even know who Bob Orton was.  This was the time when the stars were facing nobodys (ie: The One Man Gang vs. John Smith) in nothing but squas matches.  My friend was over and I wanted him to see how awesome Hogan was because NOBODY beats the Hulkster.  About two seconds into the match, Bob was beating Hogan's ass all over the ring.  I was horrified!!

Anyway, Hogan "Hulked out" and won the match.  Your post just reminded me of that incident.

Hah, and that counts for something... in my mind anyway.

I'm telling you, for his size, Hogan was actually a great technical wrestler, he just never got to show it off in the US.

He pulls off some neat holds and moves for his size in his Japanese Matches

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxEDfufiwto

The matches realy mess with you.