Wrestlers With The Most World Titles (Across All Major Federations)

6 WWE Championships

6 WCW Championships

1 IWGP Heavyweight Championship (Original Version)

I don't know about you, but Hulk Hogan is always the wrestler I struggle most to place in my top wrestlers list. On the one hand, you're as likely to find a Dave Meltzer five-star rated Hulk Hogan match as you are to find a kangaroo in your garden. On the other hand, he is Hulk Hogan. Everyone and their brother (pun intended) were an Hulkamaniac in Hogan's days and the central role he had in bridging the gap between pro-wrestling and pop culture can't be overstated (It's no wonder the current obsession of the entertainment world, Biopicmania, was willing to tell his story).

The Hulkster dominated the two major American wrestling promotions of the '80s and '90s, winning their top title six times each, and it's likely no other wrestler had more TV Time in the 20th century. It's a little known fact given how the Hogan-style of wrestling seems antithetical to puroresu's, but in 1983 Hogan also beat Antonio Inoki to become the inaugural IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

In a way, Hulk's clash with Andre The Giant at WrestleMania III is a metaphor for his whole career. It was a 15-minute slog that barely featured a move and was originally rated -4 stars by the Wrestling Observer, but fans were nonetheless on the edge of their seats, and they left the Superdome (yeah I know, but he doesn't), feeling they had witnessed an amazing spectacle of iconic proportions. The question thus remains: was it a good match ? Likewise, was Hulk Hogan an all-time great wrestler, or simply an all-time great wrestling character ? Which one matters more ? Can you really be one without the other ? More than 30 years later, it's not any easier to answer these questions.