“The Immortal” Hulk Hogan is considered one of the biggest names in the history of professional wrestling. He revolutionized wrestling during his time and he will always be remembered as one of the pioneers of the wrestling world.
There were a lot of epic matches that Hulk Hogan were involved in. There are matches of him that are considered some of the best matches in the history. One of those matches is his iconic clash against Andre The Giant from WWE WrestleMania III which is believed to be one of the most influential matches in wrestling history.
Hulk Hogan Reflects on His Legendary Showdown: The Epic Match That Defined His Career
Hulk Hogan himself admitted many times that it was one of the best matches of his career. Recently, he looked back at this epic match once again when he spoke on the spoke on the Full Send Podcast where he shared inside details of this legendary match. Here is what the Hulkster said;
On the lead-up to the match: “I’d never beaten the giant before, and there was no shame in getting beat by him because no one had ever beaten him. I asked Vince. I said, ‘You know here we are the night before, what are we doing tomorrow?’
Hulk Hogan Discusses His Iconic WrestleMania III Match
“Vince goes, ‘I don’t know […] I’m sure Andre will do the right thing.’ Vince wanted me to sit in the dressing room with Andre just to try to, like, make things cool, you know. I got to the building at noon and I sat next to Andre and I watched him drink three-fifths of Crown Royal. [I asked him the plan and he said], ‘Don’t Worry.’”
On the actual match: “All of a sudden, when the match was almost over he goes, ‘Slam!’ I thought I heard what I heard, and as he came towards me I took a step back and scooped him, and then got his momentum and I barely got him over. Then I dropped a leg thinking that he was going to kick out, and he didn’t kick out.”
On the win settling in backstage: “I realized what he had done for me. He had just made my career there brother. I was on a roll anyway, that was like hitting double nitrous buttons for me. [Vince] was excited. He knew we pulled a rabbit out of the hat. It could have went the other way because Andre was hurt real bad. […] There was a damn good chance we could have s**t the bed that night and ruined everything.”
Before this Andre The Giant was undefeated for a decade. He was a 7’5” tall wrestler who weighed 550 lbs, and Hogan Body Slammed him during this match. This moment is considered one of the shocking and unexpected moment ever.
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