Ranking Hulk Hogan's WrestleMania Matches - From Worst To Best

3. Title-For-Title Match: Hulk Hogan Vs. The Ultimate Warrior

The WWE and Intercontinental Championships were up for grabs as Hulk Hogan battled Ultimate Warrior in a battle of babyfaces in the main event of WrestleMania 6. Never before had the two most popular stars in the company battled for supremacy on wrestling's biggest night. The crowd was split, some cheering on the hero that had represented them for six years, the others embracing the new and unpredictable good guy. With the eyes of the sport on them, and 67,000 fans in Toronto's SkyDome cheering along, they unleashed a match infinitely better than anyone had reason to expect.

A titanic battle between Superstars steeped in good, an honorable war with championship gold at stake, the match captivated fans and took them on an emotional roller coaster ride. Dramatic near-falls kept fans guessing as to which gladiator would leave with the title. A late surge by Hogan left many believing the self-proclaimed Immortal competitor would be victorious, just as he was so many times before.

Then reality set in, as did Hogan's mortality, as he missed his famed leg drop and Warrior pinned him following the big splash. It was an unfathomable loss, one that Hogan had to come to grips with immediately after the pin as he grabbed his WWE title from ringside and stared into the gold plate. But he did just as his character would suggest, handing the belt to the new champion and riding off into the sunset while Warrior stood atop the wrestling mountain.

At least for that one night.

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Erik Beaston is a freelance pro wrestling writer who likes long walks in the park, dandelions and has not quite figured out that this introduction is not for Match.com. He resides in Parts Unknown, where he hosts weekly cookouts with Kane, The Ultimate Warrior, Papa Shango and The Boogeyman. Be jealous.