10 Wrestling Promo Masters Who Never Needed A Script

10. Hulk Hogan

Although promos from the WWE's golden age were quite often rambling, deranged and unpolished, there's no doubt that - when it all clicked - the stars of the 1980s were capable of generating excitement and emotion unlike anything seen in the wrestling world since. Figures like Randy Savage and the Ultimate Warrior could provide a car-crash or a masterpiece any time they had the microphone, and chief among these men is the biggest star of the generation. Hulk Hogan, like his contemporaries, saw his largely improvised promos descend into nonsense as often as they reached a satisfying conclusion. Nobody, however, can doubt the fact that he was the undisputed master of selling a wrestling match. An often overlooked facet of his ability was the way in which he always got his opponents over as a legitimate threat - a principle he could probably have stuck a little closer to once inside the squared circle. From fighting back a very real sense of fear to face the monstrous Andre, to selling the pain of the Macho Man's betrayal, Hogan always found a way to get his fans emotionally invested in each encounter, no matter how much of a foregone conclusion loomed on the horizon. There's a reason his standard opening line - "lemme tell ya somethin' Mean Gene" - has etched itself into wrestling folklore, and it's all down to the Hulkster's unstoppable charisma. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HHRNXobZ28