His popularity, the hype around the “Real American” increased the worldwide awareness of the wrestling – which continues to this day. The match against the legendary “André the Giant” at “Wrestlemania 3” in 1987 is still considered one of the most formative not only in WWE history, but the entire wrestling history. His “Bodyslam”, with which he throws the giants weighing over 220 kg on the mat in the finish of the duel, is also used three and a half decades later as a reference for iconic moments of sport.
“He is probably the most famous wrestler who has ever lived, and more people have paid admission to see him than for any other wrestler,” wrote the renowned wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer as the first reaction to Hogan’s death. Jim Corette, once active in the ring and behind the scenes himself and with encyclopedic knowledge of the history of show sports, noticed years ago: “He was one of the biggest box office strikers-but you will also remember him as the main attraction of an era that has given up many fans.”
In fact, fans broke out into jubilee at weddings whenever Hogan’s enema music sounded, the ranks were dipped in yellow by the Hogan fan articles. No hall during this time, in which not countless oversized yellow foam fingers, yellow bandanas and yellow muscle shirts protruded from the audience. However, wrestling lovers could do little or nothing with the family-friendly, technically less demanding, roughly exaggerated matches of the WWE and especially from Hogan.
In the mid -90s, however, the fans of the same, one -dimensional figure of Hogan were gradually tired. At World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he reinvented himself as a dazzling villain. As head of the “New World Order” (NWO) team, he suddenly dressed in black-T-shirts of the group are still a seller today. Due to the change of roles, Hogan experienced a career revival-and advised the spectacular competition for the WWE for wrestling viewers. For years, both organizers tried to outdo their weekly shows. After returning to the WWE in 2002, Hogan wanted to be the big star again-when the WWE no longer wanted to portray the 50-year-old in the ring with a athletes, some of which was 30 years younger. Hogan became more and more a one who did not want to see that his great time was more active in the ring behind him. He missed the right jump to the end of the career.