Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling is an animated television series that ran on CBS on Saturday mornings from September 14, 1985 to October 18, 1986. It was based on the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE).

Synopsis
WWF World Heavyweight Champion Hulk Hogan and his friends (Junkyard Dog, Captain Lou Albano, André the Giant, Wendi Richter, "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka, Hillbilly Jim and Tito Santana) get up to all sorts of wacky adventures while tussling with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and his goons (The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, The Fabulous Moolah, Big John Studd and Mr. Fuji). "Mean" Gene Okerlund and Bobby "The Brain" Heenan also pop up in a few episodes.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It features the stars of the World Wrestling Federation.
 * 2) Each of the wrestlers have their own unique quirks, such as:
 * 3) * Hulk Hogan being an All-American hero.
 * 4) * Tito Santana saying something in Spanish every fourth or fifth word.
 * 5) * André the Giant's size and strength being exaggerated to great lengths.
 * 6) * Wendi Richter is portrayed as a party girl who just wants to have fun.
 * 7) * Hillbilly Jim's unusual assortment of pets (such as a pig, a goat, a raccoon and a porcupine).
 * 8) * Captain Lou Albano's bottomless appetite.
 * 9) * Junkyard Dog dancing and making constant references to the Queen song "Another One Bites the Dust" (which used to be his entrance theme before "Grab Them Cakes").
 * 10) * Jimmy Snuka imitating Tarzan.
 * 11) * Roddy Piper being the dastardly foreign heel.
 * 12) * Big John Studd is a pretty arrogant foil to André the Giant.
 * 13) * Fabulous Moolah comes off as totally vain.
 * 14) * Mr. Fuji's cunning intellect that makes him a genuine threat to the faces.
 * 15) * The Iron Sheik's explosive temper.
 * 16) * Nikolai Volkoff being a dimwitted thug with an undying love for the Soviet Union.
 * 17) Great theme song, which went on to be reworked into the Bonnie Tyler song "Ravishing".
 * 18) There are live-action segments featuring the actual wrestlers, including ones who never appeared in the cartoon, such as "The Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart, Terry Funk, "Classy" Freddie Blassie, "The Magnificent" Don Muraco, "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth.
 * 19) Some of the episodes focus mainly on the heels.
 * 20) The voice cast is an assorted "who's who" of vocal talent at the time, such as Brad Garrett (the voice of Hulk Hogan, who went on to find his greatest success on Everybody Loves Raymond), James Avery (the voice of Junkyard Dog, who would go on to be the first ever voice of Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as play Uncle Phil in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Lewis Arquette (the voice of Jimmy Snuka, as well as the father of future WCW World Heavyweight Champion David Arquette), and Charlie Adler (the voice of Roddy Piper, as well as being the voices of Buster Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures, Ickis from Aaahh! Real Monsters, and Cow and Chicken from their cartoon show of the same name).

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The animation is pretty crude, mostly in the first season.
 * 2) Due to their busy travel schedule, none of the wrestlers provided the voices for their animated counterparts.
 * 3) Just like Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, it's been tainted by recent controversies (e.g., Hulk Hogan's numerous scandals, The Fabulous Moolah's horrific abuse of her trainees and Jimmy Snuka murdering his girlfriend).

Trivia

 * The female heel was originally going to be Mad Maxine, as evidenced by the show's initial promotional material, but she left the WWF before production began and was replaced by The Fabulous Moolah. It was rumored that Moolah politicked her way into the cartoon out of jealousy towards Maxine's quick success.
 * The cartoon was available on the WWE Network from April to July of 2015, but was removed when Hulk Hogan got fired from WWE after a sex tape that contained repeated usage of the N-word was leaked onto the internet.

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