10 Times Hulk Hogan Was The Worst Babyface Ever
Because attempted murder and fleeing the crime scene are Babyface #101, brother.
Few people in the professional wrestling business split opinion these days as much as Hulk Hogan.
There is absolutely zero doubting Hogan's place as one of the greatest of all-time, with him spearheading the '80s boom period of pro wrestling that took the industry to a whole new level of presence and (mainstream) popularity. In terms of drawing houses, selling PPVs, shilling merchandise, and crossing over to mainstream media, The Hulkster was head and shoulders above anybody else for his time.
When people bring up the classic Mount Rushmore of Wrestling conversation, love him or hate him, Hulk Hogan simply has to be in that mix.
However, for somebody who spent so much of their career as a wildly popular babyface, this WWE Hall of Famer's heroic days are ones blotted by times where he acted like anything but the all-smiling, flag-waving, baby-kissing, granny-hugging good guy he was meant to be portrayed as.
In fact, there are so many examples of babyface Hulk Hogan being nothing but an entitled ass who was all about the 'Hogan's gotta pose' mantra we've heard from various WWE personalities over the years.
With that in mind, then...
10. The Sorest Of Sore Losers - Survivor Series 1987
"Baloney! Hogan was eliminated, he was counted out on the floor. I think what he did was despicable. Despicable as a champion, despicable to all those Hulkamaniacs out there. He should have taken the defeat like a man. Instead, he comes out with the belt, uses it like a weapon and crowns Andre with it."
That right there, from the mouth of Jesse 'The Body' Ventura, perfectly sums up the antics of Hulk Hogan at the first ever Survivor Series PPV.
In the five-on-five main event of that show, Hogan - who at that point was the WWF Champion - was the sixth person eliminated, and that was all down to The Hulkster getting himself counted out as he battled King Kong Bundy on the outside of the ring.
After Bam Bam Bigelow put away Bundy and One Man Gang, Andre the Giant would layout Bam Bam and be left standing as the sole survivor and victor. In the sense of the Survivor Series concept, Hogan's elimination was a clean and fair one, with no shenanigans or illegal actions at play.
By the time Andre had won the match, Hogan was already in the back. Still, that didn't stop him from running down to ringside and forcing the Giant to retreat up the ramp. And it was during that post-match behaviour that Ventura spouted the above quote - with The Body sounding genuinely bewildered by what he was seeing from the company's top babyface.