Golden Era: Hulk Hogan's Biggest WWE 1984 Moments

Prime Time with Sean Mooney

Sports News, Sports, News, Wrestling

4.7 • 796 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Sean Mooney breaks down Hulk Hogan’s biggest WWE moments of 1984, the year that defined Hulkamania and changed professional wrestling forever. From championship glory to iconic appearances, this deep dive covers Hogan’s rise to superstardom and how 1984 became one of the most important years in WWE history.

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0:00.0	you know, people talk about, you know,
0:02.0	Vince was this monster who was, you know, just barreling over all these other promoters.
0:09.0	It's the golden age of W.EW.
0:14.0	Roger than life of fantasy.
0:17.0	Snap in the ring, field history.
0:20.0	Welcome to the golden W.
0:22.6	From Marvel wanting money from Hulk Hogan to Black Saturday, we're talking about the rise of Hulkomanian right here on Prime Time with Shaw Mooney.
0:31.6	Mooney, how you doing today?
0:33.6	I am doing tremendously, and I really have been enjoying these conversations about the Hulkster.
0:41.1	I went back and read a few of his books.
0:44.7	You know, not literary classics, but it's a lot of great information in there.
0:50.3	And I'm glad we're telling the story.
0:52.8	We're diving deep in there, Steve. Boy, we've got the shovels out, and we're telling the story. We're really diving deep in there, Steve.
0:55.1	Boy, we've got the shovels out, and we're just digging deep to bring all the details out of Hulkomania, how it all started, and where it went, and how it changed the world of professional wrestling forever.
1:12.7	Forever.
1:13.8	Immortality, as Glomsoon would say it one day.
1:16.6	But Holcomania is a brand new brand in the WWF.
1:20.2	January 84, Hogan wins the championship from Iron Sheek.
1:24.4	We're off.
1:25.4	But we now have to establish who is Hulk Hogan?
1:28.0	Why are we cheering him?
1:29.3	And before this, he was wearing blue, randomly white.
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