Hulk Hogan will always be one of the top babyfaces in the history of WWE as he ruled an era of the business. By doing so he has inspired several current stars to be at the level where they are today. Similarly, Chris Jericho recently exposed a side of The Hulkster that only a few people are aware of until now.

This is not the first time anybody has talked about Hogan in this manner. However, Jericho explained his side of the story about Hogan thoroughly.

Chris Jericho reveals a different side of Hulk Hogan

In the recent episode of Talk is Jericho, the former AEW world champion, hosted a Q&A session. One of the questions was who were the wrestlers who inspired Chris Jericho as a youngster. Y2J named two Hulk Hogan and Owen Hart and gave his reason for the same.

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The 52-year-old said, “So when I was a kid, I had a couple of heroes, the first one was Hulk Hogan. I was a huge Hulkamaniac when I was a kid. I think if you grew up in the 80s like everybody was a Hulkamaniac. He was so good with the crowd, you know,  he was such a great babyface.”

Le Champion added, “And even when I had a chance to work with them for probably three or four months, I think in 2001 or two best babyface ever so easy to work with, really knew how to work his crowd. So that was kind of the first guy that I was ever really into wrestling-wise.”

It is no doubt Hogan has inspired Jericho so much as the former WWE star has sold out several arenas in his career. Moreover, reportedly, Y2J may face CM Punk to sell out Wembley Stadium in the UK in a few months.

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Jericho praised Hogan’s run as a babyface and seemingly tried to replicate him a few times. However, the 52-year-old has surely adapted a few of his second favorite hero’s wrestling skills.

Chris Jericho talks about Owen Hart’s skills

There is a reason why Owen Hart was a popular star in WWE. Jericho detailed it in this episode and recalled watching Hart in Stampede Wrestling. He quickly amazed the eight-time world champion and Jericho became a fan of Hart.

The AEW star said, “If you guys haven’t seen Owen’s work, go look some of it up on YouTube, especially when he was younger. He was so great. He was this perfect mix of Japanese and Mexican style wrestling with the amateur style like he was such a great high flyer.”

Clearly, Jericho followed Hart very closely, as we’ve seen him using the youngest Hart’s moves several times. Moreover, he has also adapted Hogan’s way of being relevant in the business and is still an active star in professional wrestling. What do you make of Jericho’s claims? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

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