10 Fastest Pushes In WWE History
2. Hulk Hogan (22 Days)
Given the career he had with the company, it was always going to be hard to keep Hulk Hogan off this list. But his push to the top wasn’t quite the fastest in history. Still, it was pretty damn close.
Hogan first appeared for the WWE in December 1979, and other than a few count-out victories over then-champion Bob Backlund, he didn’t really achieve a great deal. But after some time in Japan, he returned to the company in late 1983, having been handpicked by Vince McMahon to lead the company in their bid for national domination.
This of course prompted the start of perhaps the biggest push in company history, as Hulkamania starting running wild and propelled the WWE into its first—and perhaps most prosperous—golden era.
The official return of Hogan came on 27 December 1983, when he defeated Bill Dixon at a TV taping that would air on New Year’s Day, 1984. A couple of days later, Hogan teamed with Backlund to face Mr. Fuji and Tiger Chung Lee, then before he knew it he’d beaten the Iron Sheik for the WWE title at Madison Square Garden on 23 January 1984—22 days after his televised return.