One WWE Match You MUST Watch From Every Year 1984-2024

40. 1984 - Hulk Hogan Vs The Iron Sheik, January 23

Living history and looking every bit like he knew it, the Hulk Hogan character wasn't exactly fully-formed from the off, but he very clearly understood the assignment inside a red hot Madison Square Garden.

A squash disguised as something more profound, Hogan's dethroning of The Iron Sheik was the completion of a transitional reign and the start of another that transformed North American wrestling forever.