Hulk Hogan is arguably the biggest wrestling star ever. Go up to any person on the street and chances are they've heard of him. He's like Mickey Mouse if WWE is Disney. The man is just synonymous with pro wrestling and is very much the reason that WWE exists in the form that it's in. He made wrestling a cultural phenomenon on a global scale. Given his franchise value, it goes without saying that he was always going to be booked in the title picture. Hogan won the belt from Iron Sheik in January 1984, ushering in a new wave of wrestling popularity, with fans loving his superman like performances and heroic look. Hulkamania had well and truly arrived. That first reign lasted all the way until 1988, when Andre The Giant briefly became champion in controversial circumstances. Hogan won the belt back in April 1989, in his high profile Mania 5 victory over Randy Savage. He then held the belt for a year, losing at Mania 6 to Ultimate Warrior. He had more time as champion in 1991, before briefly attaining the glory again in 1993. Remarkably, Hogan then won the WWE Championship again in 2002, when he returned to the WWF amid a wave Hulkamania nostalgia. The main part of his legacy definitely came in the '84 to '91 period though. So, 2,185 days as champion over six reigns, is that more than enough evidence to consider Hulk as the most successful wrestler of the modern era? It's also worth considering that Hulk spent part of his career in WCW, dominating their title scene from 1994 to 2000.
