Sunday, January 25, 2009

Hulkamania at 25


This weekend marks the 25th Anniversary of both Macintosh computers and Hulkamania.

Hulk Hogan, known best these days as the creepy egotistical star of reality TV, won the WWF Title on January 23, 1984 - defeating future train wreck Iron Shiek in a carefully orchestrated squash match. For the next few years, Hulk rode a wave of popularity as the head cartoon character in a federation full of giants, snakes, and warriors.

Today's clip
is from the early days of Hulk's original WWF title run. Everyone's pretending Hulk got his physique from "vitamins", Vince McMahon is in his "I'm just an announcer" mode - making believe he's not really a tyrannical millionaire, and they all treat "Lord" Alfred Hayes like a red-headed stepchild.