* 1953 – Hulk Hogan, American wrestler and actor

While invented long before, the practice of including music with the entrance gained rapid popularity during the 1980s, largely as a result of the huge success of Hulk Hogan and the WWF, and their Rock ' n ' Wrestling Connection.

Notable examples include André the Giant, Hulk Hogan, Paul " Big Show " Wight, The Undertaker, Yokozuna, Giant Gonzales, The Great Khali and Kane.

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** The Ultimate Warrior defeats Hulk Hogan to win the WWF Championship in a Title for Title, winner takes all match at WrestleMania VI in front of nearly 68, 000 at the SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario

Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, whose family starred in the reality series Hogan Knows Best and Brooke Knows Best, explains in his 2009 autobiography My Life Outside the Ring, that paying unionized camera crews to film subjects continuously until something telegenic or dramatic occurs would be prohibitively expensive, and that as a result, such shows are " soft-scripted ", and follow a tightly regimented shooting schedule that allows for typical work-related considerations such as lunch breaks.

Hulk Hogan, due to his appearance in Rocky III, had a national recognition that few other wrestlers could offer, which is what led McMahon to sign him.

The WWF did incredible business on the shoulders of McMahon and his all-American babyface hero, Hulk Hogan, for the next several years, creating what some observers dubbed a second golden age for professional wrestling.

A rematch of the Wrestlemania III feature bout, once again pitting Champion Hulk Hogan against Andre the Giant on Main Event, was seen by 33 million people, which is still the record for the most watched wrestling match in North America.

In an effort to promote them and other young talent as the new superstars of the ring, the WWF began to play on the age restrictions which former WWF wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage ( who by now were working for WCW ) now faced.

The two programs would trade wins in the ensuing ratings competition until mid-1996, when WCW began a nearly two-year domination that was largely fueled by the introduction of the New World Order, a stable led by former WWF performers Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, and Kevin Nash.

* Hollywood Hulk Hogan, American wrestler and actor

At the event, she appeared with WWF Superstar Hulk Hogan, who played her " bodyguard.

A. Baracus and Hulk Hogan ( who guest starred in the episode as well ) react angrily when they don't get a cap, but the large sized Perry is able to calm them down with his huge smile.

* Hulk Hogan, professional wrestler and reality television star

* Joey Marella ( 1964 – 1994 ) WWE Professional Wrestling Referee, who refereed main event for the indoor attendance record setting match at WrestleMania III between André the Giant versus Hulk Hogan in the Pontiac Silverdome.

The film also features professional wrestler Terry " Hulk Hogan " Bollea as the supporting character " Thunderlips ".

* Hulk Hogan as Thunderlips

It is speculated that the 1982 film Rocky III was influenced by this fight, as the movie features a match versus wrestler Hulk Hogan as " Thunderlips ", who throws Rocky out of the ring.

Other roasters included his former Baywatch co-star Pamela Anderson and professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.

* Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler

Professional wrestlers, more often than not, perform under ring names depicting alter egos, such as Terry Bollea ( Hulk Hogan ), Mark Calaway ( The Undertaker ), Paul Levesque ( Triple H ), Mike Mizanin ( The Miz ) and Phillip Brooks ( CM Punk ).

In 1985 Steinman wrote and produced a theme song for WWF performer Hulk Hogan.

While at Marvel, Ennis also wrote stories for Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Hulk, and Thor.

In Marvel Edge's Savage Hulk # 1 ( Jan 1996 ), Gibbons wrote, penciled, inked, colored and lettered " Old Friends ," a version of the events of Captain America # 110 from the point of view of the Hulk.

After a major editorial shuffle at Marvel in 2000 left him without assignments, Stern began writing for European publishers Egmont, for whom he produced scripts for Fantomen ( The Phantom ), and Panini UK, for whose Marvel Rampage magazine he wrote Spider-Man and Hulk stories.

In 2008, Stern returned to Marvel, where he wrote new stories for Giant-Size Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Spider-Man, Young Allies, Amazing Spider-Man Family, Captain America, and Web of Spider-Man.

Penn wrote early drafts of both Hulk and The Incredible Hulk.

Also for Marvel, Lovece wrote for the series Nightstalkers and for The Incredible Hulk and Ghost Rider annuals, as well as an inventory story for Alpha Flight.

In his autobiography, Hulk Hogan claimed that his match with Andre the Giant was the real reason for the huge draw at Shea Stadium, however the feud between Sammartino and Zbyszko sold out everywhere in the build-up to the show.

Hogan claims ( in his autobiography, Hollywood Hulk Hogan ) that Russo made it a shoot, and Hogan was double-crossed by Turner executive Brad Siegel, who did not want to use Hogan any more due to how much Hogan cost per appearance ; and Bischoff, in his autobiography, Controversy Creates Ca $ h, contends that Hogan winning and leaving with the title was a work which would result in his return several months later-the plan was to crown a new champion at Halloween Havoc, only for Hogan to come out afterwards and ultimately win a champion vs. champion match-but that Russo's coming out to fire him was a shoot which led to the lawsuit filed by Hogan.

In his autobiography, Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Hulk Hogan rejected the idea that the Fingerpoke of Doom was pivotal in WCW's fall.

On television, Gracen has appeared in Shelley Duvall's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Sidney Sheldon's The Sands of Time and Death of the Incredible Hulk.

Among the men he managed were Nikolai Volkoff, Blackjack Mulligan, High Chief Peter Maivia, " The Crippler " Ray Stevens, Adrian Adonis, Jesse Ventura, Dick Murdoch, The Iron Sheik, Swede Hanson, Killer Khan, George ' The Animal ' Steele, Professor Tanaka, Mr. Fuji, Victor Rivera and Hulk Hogan.

Roop arranged for Luger to be trained by Hiro Matsuda, who had previously trained Hulk Hogan and " Mr. Wonderful " Paul Orndorff.

Gowen's partnership with Mr. America put him on bad terms with Mr. McMahon, as McMahon was convinced Mr. America was Hulk Hogan in disguise.

* Hulk Hogan in the movie Mr. Nanny

His favorite wrestlers included Mr. Perfect, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Ricky Steamboat, Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart.

" Led by his " financial advisor " Bobby Heenan and his " executive consultant " Mr. Perfect, Flair repeatedly issued challenges to WWF wrestlers like Roddy Piper and Hulk Hogan, wrestling a team led by Piper at Survivor Series in 1991 and helping The Undertaker defeat Hogan for the WWF Championship that same night.

Mr. T and Hulk Hogan at the first WrestleMania event.

The main event was a tag-team match between the WWF Champion Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, accompanied by Jimmy Snuka against the team of Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff, who were accompanied by Cowboy Bob Orton.

The next edition, WrestleMania VIII, was held in the Hoosier Dome with Macho Man Randy Savage defeating Ric Flair for the WWF Championship and Hulk Hogan defeating Sid Justice via disqualification. The Undertaker has been undefeated at WrestleMania with a 20 – 0 winning streakShawn Michaels returned from retirement in the 2000s to consistently produce Match-of-the-Year candidates at the event – earning himself the moniker ‘ Mr. WrestleMania ’

Mr. T competed in the main event alongside tag team partner, Hulk Hogan.

Piper was a guest on a 1985 Saturday Night Live episode, tormenting hosts Hulk Hogan and Mr. T, and has appeared as a special guest on MADtv along with Bret Hart.

He has portrayed such superstars as John Cena, John " Bradshaw " Layfield, Jim Ross, The Great Khali, Montel Vontavious Porter, legends such as Stone Cold Steve Austin, Bret Hart, " Mr. Perfect " Curt Hennig, Jimmy " Superfly " Snuka, Hulk Hogan, and even current WWE Diva Beth Phoenix for which he won a Slammy Award.

Captain America, Conan, Falcon, Green Goblin, Hulk, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Iron Man, Lizard, Mr. Fantastic, Spider-Man, The Thing and Thor.

He also did voices on various animated TV shows and films such as Rocket Robin Hood, The Smokey Bear Show, The Little Brown Burro, King of the Beasts, The Marvel Superheroes, the classic 1966 Incredible Hulk cartoon series, The Trolls and the Christmas Express, Take Me Up to the Ball Game, Willy McBean and his Magic Machine, Festival of Family Classics, The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show, Noah's Animals, Iron Man, The King Kong Show and Captain America.

Big Show, Shelton Benjamin, and Charlie Haas defeated Mr. America ( a disguised Hulk Hogan ), Brock Lesnar, and Kurt Angle in a six-man tag team match when Show pinned Mr. America.

This was Hulk Hogan's last appearance as Mr. America.

He also appeared in The Incredible Hulk in October 1979, as Mr. Arnold in the episode " Brain Child ".

Mr. Nanny is a 1993 comedy film starring professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.

As he and Mr. Fuji celebrated, Hulk Hogan came to the ring to help Hart and was challenged by Mr Fuji to take on the champion for his newly won crown.