Who Is The Father of Hulkamania?
To the average fan, Hulk Hogan changed the face of wrestling in the 1980s with Hulkamania. Real fans know, however, that a debate continues to this day surrounding that statement. Was it really Hulk Hogan who made the WWE so popular in the 1980s and set off a chain events that led to McMahon’s wrestling monopoly in 2001? Or was it McMahon’s promotional and business expertise that made Hulkamania the driving force behind wrestling’s popularity? A random group of wrestling fans could argue for a thousand years and still not come to unanimous decision but it was this argument that was the basis for Vince McMahon versus Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania XIX. After the fans’ reaction to Hogan at WrestleMania X8 and the standing ovation the next night in Montreal, it was clear that they were ready to except the red and yellow Hulkster back into their hearts. So Hogan turned babyface and went back to the posing hero of the 1980s. But on March 6th, McMahon confronted Hogan saying that he hated him. M
