The WCW Career of Hulk Hogan: 1994 - 1996
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Wrestling Bios Presents - The WCW Career of Hulk Hogan: 1994 - 1996
Hulk Hogan jumping to WCW was one of the most exciting yet unexpected moves in the history of professional wrestling. Hulk Hogan had become a huge name in the world of sports and entertainment during the 80s and early 90s, when people thought of wrestling, they thought of Hulk Hogan. Eric Bischoff and Ted Turner decided to give Hogan one of the most lucrative contracts in wrestling history to get him on the WCW roster. When Hogan made his WCW debut, the company would never be the same again.
Hulk began feuding straight away with Ric Flair, capturing the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in his very first match in the company. From here, Hogan would continue working with Flair before main eventing Starrcade 1994, having a match series with Big Van Vader, and competing against various members of the "Dungeon of Doom" Stable. This mini documentary from Wrestling Bios looks over this entire time period in Hogan's Career.
Topics covered in this video include:
00:48 - How unexpected Hogan's jump to WCW was
03:25 - Thunder in Paradise and Bischoff's meetings with Hulk
05:41 - Hulk Hogan's first WCW appearance
10:25 - Hulk Hogan vs Vader in WCW
13:29 - Hulk Hogan vs The Giant at Halloween Havoc 1995
15:33 - The Doomsday Cage match at Uncensored 1996
- Much More!
Remember to check out "Hulk Hogan - nWo Year 1" to continue looking at Hulk's WCW Career: • Hulk Hogan in the nWo ...
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Hogan wasn't pushed to the moon during this time, he was pushed to damn Jupiter
He was pushed.... Into The Next DImension!
He wasn’t pushed to Jupiter or the next dimension he was pushed to mars lmao 😂
@@b_side8669 I think those are like the same thing
Matthew w he deserved it
Matthew w yes but it was good for the business. Now WWE had to wake up or get ass kicked from AEW like back in the the days from WCW.
But WCW is still a big loss..
Hogan without a mustache is somewhat disturbing.
I think that was the reason he turned heel. The tash used to whisper positive patriotic things in his ear. Once it was removed, his bald spot(which was evil) had Hogan's undivided attention and whispered evil stuff into his ear.
True story.
@@Robert.Deeeee - 😆😆😆😆
YES!!!!
I believe it!!
He looked like the ugliest parrot I'd ever seen lol
He looked like Billy Graham
@@Robert.Deeeee LOL. His Bald spot was a combo of Uralian (As hair doesn't grow on a high Uralian forehead) - with Middle Eastern Human Archetype Breed - (which has the balding on the back of the head) - but the removal of his Rus style 'tash combined with the darkening of his sideburns etc was a good premise for him turning heel.....if you know what I mean. The same premise was used for Atilla - as Atilla used the Roman 'Princess' needing rescue for a premise to invade the Western Roman Provinces...and so-on. History repeating itself in a different form Mate.
•Hulk Hogan gets blown up
*Hulks up and wins match*
•Hulk Hogan gets hit by a shoe
*Is out for a 10 count*
International objects are of unquestionable power.
What bout Hollywood. He got smashed beat in 2 min. Or just win by help from nwo
Thats the undeniable power of smelly feet
That was Ric Flair's first real victory over Hogan.
Hogan was like that kid that would always say "nah uh I blocked it with my shield" when you played cops and robbers and shot them with your make believe gun. He always had to win and would cry and take his ball home when he didnt.
J. C. I don’t speak smark but I can understand it....you sir, sure as hell exemplify it.
Perfect analogy.
Not really true. Hogan put over quite a few wrestlers. Ultimate Warrior, Rowdy Piper, Goldberg, Sting, The Giant, The Rock, and Undertaker just to name a few.
Sounds like my kid lol
@@phillipivey4833 that was in wwe when Vince was in charge ,in wcw he had full control of his character and he had to win every thing 🤦🏽♂️
If you think about it the "darkside Hogan" dressed in black in the Doungeon of Doom feud is basically Hollywood Hogan played as a face. He's even dressed the same.
Right, just slap nwo branding on it and more spray paint
I don’t think so. When he turned nWo he deliberately taunted and insulted the fans. He also used a lot of cowardly heel tactics. The dark side didn’t go that extra bit.
@@dogfan4lyfe Hence why he said "Hollywood Hogan played as a face"
@@dogfan4lyfe he always used heel tactics. He’s bite. Used closed fists. Chairs. Etc etc.
Right.
The Time Of Saying Your Prays & Eating Your Vitamins Was Definitely Passé in 1994
Mr McMahon so Bret Hart complaining ass was better ?
butterfly nation at least he was new he was a fresh face for the company
@@countdooku2781 yup
@@countdooku2781 He was putting on better matches than Hogan ,who was getting booed,especially at Superbrawl again Vader. He had to turn heel in 96.
Young Medi so u saying Shawn Michaels is better then Bret Hart in the ring right?
That WCW ppv logic in 1995.......mindblowing.
I was at Halloween Havoc 1994. It was my very first live wrestling event. The dark match before the show was Booker T in his first singles match (in WCW at least) against Road Dogg (then known as Brian Armstrong). Triple H as Terra Ryzin also fought in a dark match. Stunning Steve Austin was also there against Jim Duggan I believe.
All that misused under card talent, wow.
Top talent of the WWF Attitude Era (except for Booker T who was underrated too)
That was Jim Duggan's debut and he squashed Austin. Mind baffling
@@JayJackson1981 No, that was at Fall Brawl the month before.
@@JayJackson1981 And he went on to punk out FUCKIN' VADER at STARRCADE. BIG VAN VADER.
It also kinda irks me that the group was called the "Alliance to end Hulkamania". Not the Mega-Powers. Just Hulkamania, even though Randy Savage was Hogan's partner. Man, even in that sense, Hogan could never leave Savage alone. No wonder he hated Hogan as much as he did.
Savage was a wife beating roid head.
@@MiningForPies I don’t think he was. He was jealous and overprotective when it came to Elizabeth, yes. But I doubt he beat her. But even if he did…doesn’t take away from the original comment, which is Hogan being an egomaniac and calling it “The Alliance To End Hulkamania” instead of calling it “The Alliance To End The Mega Powers”.
@@RAA10382 was mega powers a thing in WCW or was that trademarked by WWF?
WWF didn’t own the hulkamania brand, that’s why hulk could still be hulk
@@MiningForPies they didn't created him
@@MiningForPies and when they divorced she messed with a wrestler, got beat up and OD’ed. was he wrong for being over protective maybe but she would still be alive right now if she stayed with him
I remember this era. We used to joke calling it "Hulk Hogan's Championship Wrestling" because it was always about Hogan.
Funny thing was Hogan had basically a part-time schedule at the time yet holding the World title for 15 months straight he was basically all the program was about. If you track his pay-per-view and Clash matches in that '94-'96 era though he wasn't in much, if anything he'd do more regular matches on Nitro.
Ray 81, they should have made Arachnaman the champion instead...
@@r.josedefraga1205 LMFAO
It's in my contract brother, I never lose
Love this comment!!
Cuz you love to lie to youreself
John cena and triple h: WRITE THAT DOWN
Somebody didn't tell Stallone that in Rocky. Actually, that was the BEST match of that buffoon's career. Lol
Would you book Michael Jordan to lose? How 'bout having Elvis Presley open the show instead of close it? Lets have Babe Ruth sit the bench. I got it! Muhammad Ali should drop the title to.....uhh…..Tom Zenk?
You have to admit Hogan going to WCW helped them get more attention. I definitely watched them because of Hogan.
Hogan undeniably boosted WCW. The guys beyond legendary
"I've got Creative Control, brother!!!"
That doesn’t work for me brother
Rightfully so
Hulk Hogan in WWF from 1984 to 1993 please
He has it! Broken down in multiple videos!
Kool Kumasi only up to 1991
@ In 1993 he became the first ever 5 time WWF Champion by defeating Yokozuna in a match that lasted less than a minute on WrestleMania IX at the Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas Nevada after Yokozuna dethroned Bret Hart for that belt!
@ Hogan had 95 victories over Flair but their 1994 Bash At The Beach match for the WCW Championship was the match that saved WCW
Look at the whole Playlist. It’s amazing!!
Hogan is the GOAT. This man jumpstarted 2 different wrestling companies.
He’s a GOAT lol? This man has the biggest ego, can’t take a loss, doesn’t wanna make anyone look good (he might) if he get to just hulk up body slam and leg drop, and he was horrible in the ring his matches are snoozefest
Did the Hulkster ever have hair? He's like Mr. Strickland from Back To The Future.
He started taking steroids in the 70's and it probably accelerated his hairloss.
He dyed it. And it was never the same again. Back in the late 1970s.
I used to love wrestling when I was a kid and it was about this time with guys like hogan, warrior macho man etc. I lost interest over the years and to be completely honest, I never really regained that interest but I've found myself watching your videos recently, it's mainly nostalgic reasons as I've got very fond memories of the wrestling but that's not the only reason I'm enjoying your work as I find it fascinating learning about my heroes from the past, you have a great channel/vids and I can tell you must work your ass off because of the quality and depth of information in the vids, keep up the good work.
Exactly me to! Today's wrestling,last 12 years has sucked
Same here
I probably watched it properly between 91-93(WWF only) but enjoy these vid loads. How good was Sting?? Seems like he was one of the best.
@@dreadlockdude85park73 I'd been watching this sort of video for the last few years after checking out of mainstream wrestling when WWF bought WCW. Then, AEW sucked me back in.
I basically said this in other words in another video. The guy who makes these videos is a clever clever man.
It never ceases to amaze me how much a clean shaven Hogan resembles John Cleese.
Your disdain for Ed Leslie is one of my favorite recurring themes.
@Joe davino LMAOO
@L Franco - More people liked Brutus Beefcake in the late 1980s and early 1990s than like anybody in pro wrestling these days.
L Franco Brutus Beefcake was very over in the late 80s and early 90s. All his other gimmicks were flops
@L Franco As Brutus the Barber Beefcake when not involved in Hogan shenanigans he was good. His mistake was chasing Hogan's tail instead of standing on his own
Knock the man but he made his money lol
Thunder in Paradise TV show opening theme is one of the greatest piece of 90s TV music ever. thunder heyyy oh, there's a hurricane flowing in...
I listened to it again around 5 times making this video. A true work of art.
I actually remember watching Thunder in Paradise faithfully, with my lil bro & dad, & enjoying it, as a nice appetizer, prior to the main course, that I was pumped & ready for, WCW Monday Nitro!!
Into the water...
TIP was like if Knight Rider boned Baywatch and then it gave birth to a hot dog skinned showboat primadonna
Derrick jay Yeah, I agree! I especially like the line "Thunder in Paradise, messing with him is like rolling the dice"...WTF!?
How can anyone dislike a Wrestling Bios vid?
We will find out once such person starts existing.
There's some real sickos out there...
Possibly more of a dislike of Hogan, one would hope
That's what I was thinking. I love this channel! One of my favorites
Easy...because some men just want to watch the world burn.
Vader kicked out after the Hogan leg drop? Impossible. That’s the most devastating finishing move in all of wresting. Surely he didn’t give him the big boot too?
LMAO, a shitty legdrop as a finisher. He couldn't do a Canadian Destroyer or a 450 splash to save his life, but then again, he drew 100000000000000 times more money than the entire AEW and WWE rosters combined, so he must have done something right.
Early 90s it was old and tired. 80s Hulkamania was awesome though.
I have to admit I'm getting a little addicted to these videos. Nice work!
Man, you really, really go into depth in your videos. You cut no corners
You actually said "Yet-Tey" love it
Like Hulk Hogan or not he still had a great run with WCW and helped them gain huge success
Man I miss the 90s wrestling. The first half of the decade wasn't great. But it got lot better 96 when NWO came out.
Rock and Roll wrestling era from 84 to 89 was the peak of wrestling.
That's true too RIP Macho Man Sherri and Elizabeth.
I liked early 90s WCW when Sting was on top
@@Joseph-lz5er no it wasn’t. Peak of wrestling was attitude era.
You just know that before every match Hogan lost by some messy dq finish, it was preceded by “losing clean in the middle doesn’t work for me, brother”
As a kid I remember “Thunder in Paradise” always playing late at night on the local stations....and I remember it was the one to skip over, because it was the show where NOTHING happens....😂
I've finally figured out why HH looked so indifferent to me in wcw; he thinned the stache out a little.
He was also 50 lbs lighter, it makes him look, at least to me, unhealthy thin and fragile compared to the 2 decades of him being on a year round high dose of testosterone that kept him VERY BIG compared to even some of the biggest sports players, bodybuilders and celebrities known for their size/muscles, take a look at the year or two when he COMPLETELY came off of all steroids (during/after the whole steroid trial) he is barely bigger than guys that were on the smaller side of wrestlers of that Era, it's crazy HOW MUCH HE lost in such a short time!
@@UndisputedMRecabo compare to his 1992 to 1993 transformation was huge and it's shocking how he got off the juice.
@@lexkanyima2195Some people say hogan has been on juice since birth😂
I absolutely love that you couldn't keep a serious tone going when mentioning the "Yeti" and just chuckled LMAO. You are a classic, sir. Love your stuff.
I think it's right to say that WCW tried to do the Hulkamania magic that WWF had before:
*Hulk's Red/Yellow superhero persona
*Hogan beating every big baddy (much to the pain of WCW)
*Old WWF stars and Hogan buddies coming by (much to the pain of WCW)
*Mr T having a match at STARRCADE
Needless to say, it somewhat worked in the short run, but in the long run... I dunno...
If you're an 80-90s kid like me then you can't deny that Suburban Commando was the greatest movie ever! I still watch that and Thunder In Paradise every once in awhile to get my nostalgia fix in!
Several things are left out of this Mini Documentary: A) Most of ppl @ "The Hulk Hogan Parade" were Resort Tours that were paid w/ Money & Meal Vouchers to Pop for Hogan. B) When Hogan debuted in North Carolina several of the Audience Members were paid to pop for Hogan w/ Money & W.C.W. Merch. C.) When Hogan debuted for the second time in Florida once again ppl were paid to Pop for him w/ Money & W.C.W. Merch & were giving Hogan Fans Signs to hold up. B.) Part of Hogan's Signing Deal was to bring in Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Zeus. D.) Hogan had it in his Contract that he only had to Wrestle a certain amount of matches per year
Your bios are awesome! !!
Your a genius for using that 90s wwf song as the intro music!
Thanks for these videos. You definitely scored a hit with this one.
Original name for the ultimate solution, final solution. Wow !
His name had to be changed
@L Franco his finisher was the gas chamber when he farted on his opponent in the corner
imagine if hulk wasnt hulk....imagine the possibilities of a promotion with Sting, Flair, Savage, Hogan, etc
I always wonder why at halloween havoc 1995, hogan was clean shaved and in black way before nwo
sign of times spicing it up
And to this day we still don’t know where did the giant landed after falling off the building
Same place Rey Mysterio landed at Money in the Bamk 2020.
KN North bank
KN North don’t forget about aleister black
@@Eric-wu7bp WWE seems to have, lol.
Dix Winger he landed on concrete after the undertaker last rided him through the stage
Who are the 100 people that gave this a thumbs down? Come on.
Absolutely fascinating!! Thanks for this video!! So informative and so well done!!!
Love your channel
Great video
Love thunder in paradise
Hulk going to WCW was a great thing for his career
Love this videos ... can't stop watching !
Retirement matches are like comic book superhero deaths. They'll be back.
At 16 minutes & change “ an 8-2 handicap match, and Hulk + Savage get another win, Unreal “ I’ve been laughing at that for 5 minutes straight 😂😂😂
What a dream team that War Games '95 team was. The two biggest names in the early 90's WWF teaming with the two biggest names of early 90's WCW. It sounds insane on paper.
Thanks Wrestling Bios for the memory lane connection with Hogan and the Dungeon Of Doom & what happened up to him, Nash & Hall surprising the entire world at the time, with introducing the NWO & Hogan turning heel!! For some reason, I totally forgot what happened or lead up to the NWO Formation after the feud with the Dungeon Of Doom was over!!
Amazing work. Terry Funk would be a good one. Thanks for the great work
Vader kicking out at 1 on Hulk's leg drop 👍
16:01 "and....(sighs)...The Ultimate Solution 🤦"....I know how you feel 😂
Yo, I laughed too hard 🤣🤣🤣
Love ya vids man, really glad I subbed.
So do I, Bro!
So do I, Bro!
Hogan leaving the wwf was the best thing that could’ve happened for the wwf
The best thing ? It's not his fault that he left the way he did.
WWF product was terrible 93-96. It did them no favors.
It was so great - WWF business in 1994 -95 was horrible
You do such a great job mad love broooo
Unbelievable your content! I was in Frankfurt 94! ✌🏼 💪🏼
Great videos about the GOAT Hulk Hogan
Good stuff bro 🔥🔥
Absolutely love these videos. They take me all the way back!
Annoyingly it’s almost impossible to find any of these segments on RUclips. Whenever Hogan and WCW are in the same sentence, you get all kinds of NWO videos.
Yeah probably because that was the most popular stuff hogan did with them
@@scizorbullet8185 That is of course the reason. Rather annoying.
great analysis. keep up the good work.
One of my favorite times in wrestling!!
I hope you do a complete wrestling bio of the undertaker & hulk hogan just like you did of Bret Hart bro love your videos man 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽 keep up the awesome posts
Great video
how have i just found this channel! Nostalgic crack!
Cool video
You brought back the good intro. See how easy it is to do, NWA Powerrr? You can do it, too...
Hogan made wrestling a force in the 80's, but nearly killed it through self obsession in the 90's
I love how Hogan acted like he "missed wrestling" lol. P.s Flair is the goat because he rarely had a problem putting someone over
It's well known and documented Hogan and Flair both acknowledge each other as the "greatest."
@@euroamerican5189 ....Hogan was a scumbag tho
Hogan the 🐐
Bret is the GOAT
Flair did same stuff... EVERY match
@@ArmandoOriz_ Brett was one of the best. But he had the personality of a wet paper towel and couldn't cut a promo to save his life. Flair is the goat..cause he's the coolest.
Edit: I was kinda wrong on this Bret could cut a decent promo 👍
Hogan : no sells vader bomb
Vader: no sells hogans leg drop
Vader : almost fired
I liked the first two years of Hulk Hogan in the WCW when he was a face, those were the good old days.
True, though I do think that him turning heel and forming the NWO revitalized "Hulk Hogan".
Engagement post. Love the videos.
100k suscribers will soon come, fully deserved too.
I started watching wrestling around this time and remember never seeing Hogan on WCW unless it was a PPV. Once Nitro came on, he was around more but even as champion, Hogan almost never showed up on WCW Saturday Night.
Great Video like always !!!
I think HULK HOGAN did very well in the WCW. ;-)
OMG I forgot all about the Doomsday cage. I thought that was the most awesome visual in wrestling when I was an 11 year old in 1996. 😧
glad i was a kid watching this in the 90s. looking back on show that in the end the business side can ruin anything. the 3 triple cage match is still cool to me. i need to go rewatch it.
THE YETI 🤘🤪🤘 LOVE IT GOING TO CREATE HIM IN 2K
The Yeahtay!!
People forget what an amazing athlete the Yetî was
Bulk Blogan was cool!
He used the black wrestling gear here long before the NWO but without the Hollywood theme either way someone forgot about! Love these bios alway informative and worth the time to watch thanks keep them coming! Meds to do one on The Bigshow/The giant form WCW to WWE
As a WWF fan I knew of WCW and watched it sometimes but when they started grabbing some of the old WWF veterans I began watching WCW and reached a point where I was jumping back and forth.
RAW actually got boring there for awhile they lacked the "It" factor in the ring.
Sounds about right, given WCW Monday Nitro's 80-week streak of destroying RAW in ratings
Thunder in Paradise, one of my favorite shows EVER till this day!!!
The gimmick got stale after 10 years and then he became the best heel of all time, not named Ric Flair anyway.
He was on the decline of popularity
Euro American yep
Tully Blanchard is the best heel ever
@@knowyourroleboulevard7119 Hogan is the original Triple H. Hollywood Hulk Hogan
@@nick56677 I wanted to point that out though I guess I was too indirect. Screw that jabroni Hemsley!!! Hogan > Hemsley. All day.
Funny how Nick Bockwinkel was the Commissioner of WCW when Hogan was there cause they had their battles for the AWA belt years earlier.
On day one of Bockwinkel as Comish, he and Heenan were sat together in commentary and Heenan was trying to bring up the good old days but Bocky was being a good boy - "Yes, we had our time together."
all of this was on free tv back in the days here in germany. yes even the PPV's!
Were I live it was like that for the Attitude Era. But with a 6 month delay 😅
The way I felt it, the Doomsday Cage match DID end Hulkamania, because of the disappearance of Hogan shortly after, until Bash at the Beach '96 where the infamous heel-turn took place.
I do love these covers.
Notification gang! Hope you’re feeling better! 😊😊
I made it through! Thanks Alicia :)
James Tamburo hello
Close to that big 100k 👍
This is the only time I don't blame Hogan for putting himself over. WCW itself gave Hulkster the power. Vince would never allow anyone on purpose to have creative control over him, Bret Hart being the exception due to his contract.
Wish WCW 1994 wasn't missing a lot on the network, Saturday Night ends early 1994 before Hogan, I enjoy watching the shows leading into ppvs
Not gonna lie, 8 year old me loved thunder in paradise.
Whooooooo HELL YEAH HULKAMANIA 4 EVER
8:24 lmao I haven't laughed this hard in a while!
If I’m on a desert island, and I only have access to 5 RUclips channels, this would be one of them ❤!*
*The other four would be about how to survive on a desert island, that’s how much I love Wrestling Bios
Just my opinion.. But I believe there is a huge difference in Hulk Hogan's Hulking Up and no selling another wrestlers moves. Hulking Up was part of his huge heroic comeback after taking a beating no normal human being could survive. No selling a move is commonly done when a wrestler has a real problem with the other wrestler. It's done out of spite and usually isn't part of the plan. Example: Sid Vicious vs. Hercules..
Did u know simon Cowell made WrestleMania the album? The one from 93
Source
Another of his amazing contributions to music indeed
@@youngmedi8447 I'll find one...it was in his autobiography though.: I don't want to be rude but' was the name I think
@@youngmedi8447 www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk025nNWnivg8Uk5IRgSX3BK20RmyTA%3A1582318123648&source=hp&ei=K0JQXszKJM-0ggeXpL6IDA&q=simon+cowell+wrestlemania&gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TdIio83STZg9JIszszNz1NIzi9PzclRKC9KLS7JSc1NzMtMBADung1S&oq=simon+cowell+wres&gs_l=mobile-gws-wiz-hp.1.0.46i275j0j33i160.2514.20514..23052...10.0..0.217.4112.0j24j2....2..0....1.......8..35i362i39j35i39j46i131j46j0i131j0i10j46i10j46i10i275j46i39j0i22i10i30j0i333i395j33i160i395.aAmknR1V50E
Did you know famed TV producer Chuck Lorre made the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme? Lol
At 2:09, almost sounds exactly like the same route The Rock took. Except with movies
Brings back great memories
I truly dislike this era of Hogan’s career (and it doesn’t stop here) - his utter *refusal* to lose clean cements for me his desire not to advance the business by occasionally putting other talent over, but to advance his own ego and selfish desire for win after win. The point of a baby face is to be beaten down, lose some matches and get their revenge at the ppv- but Hogan never allowed this to happen. The so-called Alliance to End Hulkamania was clearly created to be the dastardly heals for Hogan to slay and it was pathetic. Hogan is nothing but an overrated egomaniac who used his ‘creative control’ along with the word ‘brother’ to turn wcw into his own personal playground. This series of videos is great - take nothing away from Wrestling Bios - I just despise that manipulative petulant politician Hulk Hogan