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

8. Steel Cage Match For The WWE Championship: Hulk Hogan Vs. King Kong Bundy - WrestleMania 2

There was nothing overly spectacular about Hulk Hogan's 1986 WWE Championship defense against King Kong Bundy inside a steel cage in Los Angeles. Over the years that have proceeded it, though, it has unfairly been criticized, labeled as a bad match when in reality, it is a titanic clash between two heavyweights with an incredibly effective backstory.

Hogan entered the match with injured ribs, damaged by the vaunted Avalanche Splash employed by his massive challenger. Bundy understandably targeted those ribs, exploiting the injury and nearly putting our hero down and out on several occasions. But Hogan fought back and the fans inside the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena erupted, cheering their real life superhero on.

Showing the resiliency and superhuman effort that would come to define his persona, Hogan toppled Bundy in a match that--right or wrong--ranks low in the pantheon of WrestleMania main events.

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