10 Most Emotional Wrestling Matches

6. The Rock vs Hulk Hogan (WrestleMania X8 2002)

Nostalgia took its hold as Hulkamania ran wild in Toronto.

This match sent the main event of Triple H v Chris Jericho tumbling into the abyss as the near 70,000 fans in the SkyDome invested all their emotions into it.

In reality, the WWE Undisputed Championship match should have been the semi-main event due to the magnitude of this clash.

Going into the matchup, not many knew what to expect. Even less would have predicted almost the entire crowd booing Rocky while pledging their full support to the leader of the NWO.

This is what makes WWE special. Once you hit a certain age, and you see the main guys from your childhood returning, all the magic returns and makes you feel like a kid again. It truly is a remarkable feeling. This match is the finest example of this coming to fruition, and it being on the biggest stage of them all made it that much more emotional.

The nature of the product, that fact that it's entertainment, means that having matches between two greats from differing eras like this can be promoted as an even contest and capture the imagination of many demographics. Nothing else in the sporting world has this ability.

Even though he played the crowd to a tee, and got one 'Hulk Up' in there, Hogan lost the match after three Rock Bottoms and a People's Elbow.