Hulk Hogan's 26 Losses - From Cleanest To Screwiest

25. WrestleMania X-8 - The Rock

Hulk Hogan lying down Halloween Havoc 1999
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Ah, yes, the obvious one. If you asked casual fans to name a Hogan loss, they'd tell you about this one right after the Warrior match. It's iconic, although the torch-passing likely would've meant more if Rock hadn't been like three months away from retiring from wrestling to make The Tooth Fairy or whatever.

Because Hogan specifically told Hall and Nash to stay backstage, the match has no interference to speak of, but there's plenty rule breaking to go around. Hogan casually chokes Rock with his wrist tape and whips him with his belt, and spams back-rakes and low blows. Rock hit Hogan with the same belt and the referee just let it happen. At one point, Hogan submitted to a bad Sharpshooter but the referee was unconscious.

Despite all this, though, the finish itself was clean and none of the dumb things that got added to the match had the design of making Hogan look tougher than his foe in a loss.

Rating: On the Level

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