Pro wrestling is arguably as big as its ever been, with Monday Night Raw topping Netflix's TV charts on a weekly basis, AEW's two-network push, and the continued reemergence of the NWA. It's impossible to put all of that success on just one person's back, it's also impossible to think wrestling would be where it is without Hulk Hogan taking over pop culture in the 1980s. Now, WWE superstars and more are paying tribute after the unexpected news of Hogan's death.
In his many decades of entertaining in the ring, Hulk Hogan will long be remembered for as many of the biggest heel moves that he pulled with the nWo as any of his accomplishments as a babyface. (Bodyslamming Andre the Giant probably takes the cake there.) So it only makes sense to start with a tribute from another beloved athlete with a Top 5 most shocking heel turn.
