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

9. WWE Championship Tournament Match: Hulk Hogan Vs. Andre The Giant - WrestleMania 4

Remember how awe-inspiring the showdown between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant was at WrestleMania 3?

The rematch was anything but. It was, at its heart, a cash-grab by Vince McMahon. The promoter understood that fans still had an appetite to whet when it came to Hogan vs. Andre and he looked to milk every dollar out of the matchup that he could. The result? A tournament for the vacant WWE Championship, in which Hogan and Andre would battle during the second round.

That bout would lack the spectacle that the original had, not to mention the raw emotion of the audience watching it. Instead of 93,000 rabid wrestling fans, all of whom cared about the characters involved, the match was witnessed by high rollers of the casino world and tourists looking for a spectacle. Atlantic City did not appreciate the match the way it should have been and the result was a dull match with a crappy finish that left fans unsatisfied.

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