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Ledbetterman10

Today marks an important anniversary in our nation's history. It was 40 years ago today that Hulk Hogan beat The Iron Sheik to win the title, and kickstart Hulkamania. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWWaMdFy7ko&t=2s&pp=ygUQaG9nYW4gaXJvbiBzaGVpaw%3D%3D

tempo_n_groove

Ledbetterman10 said:

Today marks an important anniversary in our nation's history. It was 40 years ago today that Hulk Hogan beat The Iron Sheik to win the title, and kickstart Hulkamania. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWWaMdFy7ko&t=2s&pp=ygUQaG9nYW4gaXJvbiBzaGVpaw%3D%3D

I loved Hogans finishing move.

Ledbetterman10

Who among us hasn't hurt their tailbone dropping the big leg on a friend when we were younger? 

igotid88

40 years. Damn. Which he had a different finishing move so he wouldn't have had to get hip replacement and back surgeries. Probably could have wrestled another 10 years.

igotid88

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1749771466885706104?s=19

tempo_n_groove

igotid88 said:

40 years. Damn. Which he had a different finishing move so he would have to get hip replacement and back surgeries. Probably could have wrestled another 10 years.

He discusses lifting Andre as a source of that too.

igotid88

I don't know how I feel about the Netflix deal? 10 years. Possibly longer if after 5 years Netflix extends it another 10.

eeriepadave

igotid88 said:

40 years. Damn. Which he had a different finishing move so he wouldn't have had to get hip replacement and back surgeries. Probably could have wrestled another 10 years.

Yeah he mentioned that he didn't like his finishing move and said he should have used something with his arms instead since he had the 24" pythons like a full nelson or backbreaker.

Ledbetterman10

eeriepadave said:

igotid88 said:

40 years. Damn. Which he had a different finishing move so he wouldn't have had to get hip replacement and back surgeries. Probably could have wrestled another 10 years.

Yeah he mentioned that he didn't like his finishing move and said he should have used something with his arms instead since he had the 24" pythons like a full nelson or backbreaker.

I’ve heard him sat he wished he did a sleeper, which is similar enough to a full-nelson as far as what the person executing the move has to do. 

I always felt a powerslam would’ve been a good finisher for him. But you can’t do that to everyone (Andre for example). That’s why the legdrop was such a good finisher. Same with the stunner…you can do it to anybody. 

HughFreakingDillon

yeah, sleeper is too anti climactic (except for Million Dollar Dream-the way DiBiase executed it was way better than any other sleeperhold-it was more violent). never liked it as a finisher much. It's almost better utilized as a non-finisher (the dramatics of the one in the hold lifting/keeping their arm up on the 3rd go). I like the immediacy/shock value of the DDT or rock bottom or stunner or "PPV/desperation" HBK superkick. with hogan and the leg drop, you knew he'd never miss. and he would always get the 3. as absurd a finishing move as it was (like the people's elbow). it was the perfect arc to the 80's style super-face wrestling match. 

eeriepadave

Ledbetterman10 said:

eeriepadave said:

igotid88 said:

40 years. Damn. Which he had a different finishing move so he wouldn't have had to get hip replacement and back surgeries. Probably could have wrestled another 10 years.

Yeah he mentioned that he didn't like his finishing move and said he should have used something with his arms instead since he had the 24" pythons like a full nelson or backbreaker.

I’ve heard him sat he wished he did a sleeper, which is similar enough to a full-nelson as far as what the person executing the move has to do. 

I always felt a powerslam would’ve been a good finisher for him. But you can’t do that to everyone (Andre for example). That’s why the legdrop was such a good finisher. Same with the stunner…you can do it to anybody. 

you are right it was the sleeper. I couldn't remember

HughFreakingDillon said:

yeah, sleeper is too anti climactic (except for Million Dollar Dream-the way DiBiase executed it was way better than any other sleeperhold-it was more violent). never liked it as a finisher much. It's almost better utilized as a non-finisher (the dramatics of the one in the hold lifting/keeping their arm up on the 3rd go). I like the immediacy/shock value of the DDT or rock bottom or stunner or "PPV/desperation" HBK superkick. with hogan and the leg drop, you knew he'd never miss. and he would always get the 3. as absurd a finishing move as it was (like the people's elbow). it was the perfect arc to the 80's style super-face wrestling match. 

Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake had an effective sleeper as well. Esdpec8ially afterwards when he he would give his opponents haircuts

Ledbetterman10

HughFreakingDillon said:

yeah, sleeper is too anti climactic (except for Million Dollar Dream-the way DiBiase executed it was way better than any other sleeperhold-it was more violent). never liked it as a finisher much. It's almost better utilized as a non-finisher (the dramatics of the one in the hold lifting/keeping their arm up on the 3rd go). I like the immediacy/shock value of the DDT or rock bottom or stunner or "PPV/desperation" HBK superkick. with hogan and the leg drop, you knew he'd never miss. and he would always get the 3. as absurd a finishing move as it was (like the people's elbow). it was the perfect arc to the 80's style super-face wrestling match. 

Him missing the legdrop against the Warrior at WM6 was the single most shocking thing I ever saw (up until that point in my life). 

And I didn't think it was that absurd. There was a WWE DVD of the greatest finishing moves of all-time and William Regal was one of the talking heads. He put over the legdrop nicely (within kayfabe). He's said (paraphrased since I haven't seen it in years) "First off, it's always preceded by a high impact move such as a lariat, slam, or boot to the face. And then you have this 300 pound man with tree trunks for legs getting massive elevation and landing on your face. How can one be expected to kick out after something like that?"

Maybe a powerslam could've been a good move for Hulk. But it's not a move you can do to everyone (Andre, Bundy, etc.). The legdrop was perfect for him, but yeah, the impact from him leaping and coming down on his tailbone has hurt him. Have any of you guys been in a wrestling ring before? I won a radio contest when I was like 9-years-old and got some behind the scenes access at a TV taping in 1993. There was a few of us. We got to meet Shawn Michaels and run the ropes like an hour before doors opened to the arena. That mat is HARD. I can't even imagine doing a legdrop every night, let alone doing one off the top rope like Jeff Hardy used to. That completely insane 

igotid88

I guess no one here cares about the Netflix deal 

Ledbetterman10

igotid88 said:

I guess no one here cares about the Netflix deal 

Are the PPVs and the archive going to move from Peacock to Netflix? 

igotid88

Ledbetterman10 said:

igotid88 said:

I guess no one here cares about the Netflix deal 

Are the PPVs and the archive going to move from Peacock to Netflix? 

So far only RAW will stream on Netflix. Their Peacock deal ends in 2026. I hope they continue with Peacock. $10 a month for PLEs is a good deal. Smackdown will go to USA network. And NXT the CW. 

tempo_n_groove

Ledbetterman10 said:

eeriepadave said:

igotid88 said:

40 years. Damn. Which he had a different finishing move so he wouldn't have had to get hip replacement and back surgeries. Probably could have wrestled another 10 years.

Yeah he mentioned that he didn't like his finishing move and said he should have used something with his arms instead since he had the 24" pythons like a full nelson or backbreaker.

I’ve heard him sat he wished he did a sleeper, which is similar enough to a full-nelson as far as what the person executing the move has to do. 

I always felt a powerslam would’ve been a good finisher for him. But you can’t do that to everyone (Andre for example). That’s why the legdrop was such a good finisher. Same with the stunner…you can do it to anybody. 

His later claim to fame was the slam to leg drop though. During WM3 against Andre there was the hype of "can he slam Andre" because it was the prerequisite to the leg drop.

HughFreakingDillon

that was mainly with just the superheavyweights. even after andre and bundy, he still used the boot to the face as the move prior to the leg drop. 

tempo_n_groove

HughFreakingDillon said:

that was mainly with just the superheavyweights. even after andre and bundy, he still used the boot to the face as the move prior to the leg drop. 

Oh thats right, that was the other setup!

igotid88

Now Brock is involved in the McMahon scandal 

Ledbetterman10

Not a single word of that lawsuit was surprising. Especially the allegation that he shit on her head. "Of course he did," I thought.