The Rock's WrestleMania Matches - From Worst To Best
3. Vs. 'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan - WrestleMania X-8
Speaking of Icon vs. Icon, could it get any bigger than this? Arguments could be made for Hogan vs. Steve Austin, but I'm not so sure. The similarities between The Rock and Hogan were clear to see, two larger-than-life superstars dripping in charisma, dabbling in Hollywood and with finishing moves that probably shouldn't have been finishers, but were so incredibly over. This match could have consisted of just the stand-off that we saw at the beginning and it still would warrant such a high position. Sure, it helps that it was a Canadian crowd, but just listen to them. Hogan gets an absolute monster reaction on coming out, and why this didn't go on last I will never know (thanks, Triple H). The crowd are absolutely rabid for everything that happens, and of course it wasn't a technical classic, but who cares? This was the guy we all watched as kids taking on the guy we watched as teenagers in a match that we never thought we'd get to see. It was entertaining and it created a spectacle that only professional wrestling, and WrestleMania, is capable of. Simply amazing.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
