Hulk Hogan: Winning the WWE World Title in 1984 Changed My Life – and the Company | WWE News

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Hulk Hogan's first victory in the WWE World – which took place 35 years ago this week – was an extremely important moment in the history of the fight

Thirty-five years after his first WWE World title win, Hulk Hogan is happy to call it the best day of his life.

Hogan changed the course of the wrestling history when he won the Iron Sheik championship in front of a delirious crowd of Madison Square Garden 35 years ago this week.

His popularity reached new heights and provided the starting point for Hogan and WWE to conquer the world of wrestling with their combination of rock and wrestling – the perfect combination to secure this cross call and change the world. industry forever.

The company was not the only thing that would never be the same again.

"It was the night that changed my life," Hogan said. "The crowd was magical, it was the first time I fought and everyone was standing, everyone was shouting at the same time.

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"I was a bad guy when I was part of the WWE before, so I did not know how I would be received when I returned, but it was the happiest day of my life.

"That set a precedent, because from that day, every time I got into the ring – and it did not matter if I was against John Studd, King Kong Bundy or Andre (the giant), Macho or Piper – the crowd was so intense. "

Before 1984, the fight was presented as such: a legitimate sport opposing strong competitors. And if it 's right to say that other territories have started to change style at the same time as the WWE, that' s Hogan who added that pinch of star dust infused by showbiz to lead Vince McMahon's national expansion.

"Vince McMahon and I worked hard and wanted to change this activity for the better," he said. "We wanted to make it an international phenomenon – a juggernaut, as Vince would say, and we did it."

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Hogan is also comfortable in the legacy that he has left to competitors today. how, despite a recent ups and downs, he is still universally accepted as the man who has changed everything.

"When I think of all the current superstars, like John Cena, Seth Rollins, who were Hulkamaniacs – Rock caught my headband at the age of 10 – we made them want to get into this business." , did he declare.

"We operated a switch at these guys, and when I think back to the race, it was wild, great."

And everything started in 1984.