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Hulk Hogan Snubs The Rock, Ultimate Warrior and Shawn Michaels While Naming His Five Greatest WWE Opponents

Published 03/03/2022, 7:30 AM EST

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The legendary Hulk Hogan has been in the wrestling industry for a long time. He started his professional wrestling career in 1977 but gained a lot of success after signing with the WWF (now WWE). 

However, Hogan had wrestled in Verne Gagne’s AWA promotion before that. Over the years, ‘The Hulkster’ has faced some of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.

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The WWE Hall of Famer has ruled the wrestling world throughout his life. However, who do you think Hogan believes are the greatest opponents he ever faced in WWE?

The WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan names his best opponents!

During Hulk Hogan’s run in both WWE and WCW, he faced various wrestling legends like The Rock, Ric Flair, Vader, Brock Lesnar, and many more. The Hulkster’s matches were always legendary.

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Hulk Hogan recently appeared on The Hannibal TV podcast, and the host asked him to name his top opponents in the wrestling industry. The Hulkster said, “Andre [The Giant] number one, not number one but one of five.”

Every wrestling fan knows how legendary the match was between The Hulkster and Andre The Giant at WrestleMania III. The two battled for the WWE Championship.

This match marked an unbelievable display of power when Hogan picked up The Giant and body-slammed him. The whole WWE Universe went crazy when they saw what Hulk Hogan pulled that night.

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While facing Andre the Giant was one of his best experiences. Hogan also took the names of legends like, “Macho Man [Randy Savage], Piper [Roddy Piper].”

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‘The Hulkster’ and Macho Man competed in “The Mega Powers Explode” match at WrestleMania V. Hogan won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship that night.

Notably, ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan in the Golden Era battled for the WWF Heavyweight Championship in 1985. It took place in New York at Madison Square Garden, where the feud between the two was cheered by the crowd. The feud lasted until 2003, as Hogan again beat Piper in their last match.

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The WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan also mentioned King Kong Bundy and John Stud in his list of top opponents. The names taken by Hogan are all epic wrestlers from the WWE Golden Era. The Hulkster indeed misses them and tributes their endowment.

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Akash Dhakite is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. Since he was three years old, Akash has been a fan of WWE, which gives him an ascendancy of knowledge about this sport. He grew up watching John Cena and to ‘Never Give Up’ is something that he has learned from him.
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