10 Fascinating WWE Backstage Facts About Hulk Hogan

8. Hulk Hogan Was Too Scary For Mike Tyson

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Hulk Hogan was meant to wrestle Mike Tyson once upon a time, as Hogan himself has confirmed every now and then over the years. Why didn't it happen? 

The baddest man on the planet took one look at the big leg and his shorts filled with dookie. 

Mike Tyson, powered by 1600 joules of energy, inflicted brain damage on his opponents with his signature combination. That left jab, right jab, right uppercut sequence was such a deadly weapon in Tyson's prime that he should have been legally prevented from using it. The FBI should have seized his fists in a raid in 1988. Now, usually, when Mike Tyson would punch somebody full-force on the jaw, they'd be knocked unconscious, saliva would pool under the lips, and they'd take an undignified, bloody dump the next day. But Hogan was immortal. 

He would simply "Hulk up" after taking the right uppercut. Also, Hogan would have defeated Tyson in a wrestling match. Tyson wasn't in the game, Jack. 

Hogan was a 6-time WWE World champion, 6-time WCW World champion, and was the inaugural IWGP Heavyweight champion.

Also, if it was fought under boxing rules, Hogan would have won that match too: Hogan holds a 1-0 record in the sport, having defeated Philadelphia legend Rocky Balboa. 

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