10 Wrestlers Who Completely No Sold Finishers
10. Hulk Hogan
The Hulk Hogan formula was not to be questioned.
Not all of it holds up to visual scrutiny on rewatch, but rewatch simply wasn't the concern of Vince McMahon, Hogan himself or anybody else that happened to be buying houses, cars and boats out the *ss when Hulkamania was running wild.
You've seen the match a million times, but pick any one and focus on the people in the audience during the 1984-1990 peak of the bit. People are losing their f*cking minds as 'The Hulkster' gets decked with the heel's big move. Rapt with a cocktail of terror that this one might really be the end and euphoria as he bounces up ready to vanquish his rival, the push and pull was potent enough to pull punters in for half a decade and turn WWE into a mainstream powerhouse in the process.
Vince McMahon lifting the lid on kayfabe in 1989 was irrelevant by the time it actually occurred - Hogan's shtick did it all the time and not a single paying customer cared.