Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling

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Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
Genre Action
Comedy
Voices of Brad Garrett
James Avery
George DiCenzo
Ron Feinberg
Jodi Carlisle
Lewis Arquette
Pat Fraley
Joey Pento
Charles Adler
Aron Kincaid
Ron Gans
Chuck Licini
Ernest Harada
Neil Ross
Country of origin USA
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 26
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 14, 1985 – December 6, 1986

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling is an American animated television series that originally aired on CBS Saturday mornings from September 14, 1985 to December 6, 1986, with reruns airing until June 27, 1987.

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[edit] History

The show was animated and produced by DiC Entertainment. It featured animated adventures of popular WWF stars from the time, including its title character Hulk Hogan and his group of wrestlers fighting against a group of rogue wrestlers led by Roddy Piper.[1]

Hulk Hogan was the leader of the faces, or good guys; consisting of Junkyard Dog, Captain Lou Albano, André the Giant, Wendi Richter, Superfly Jimmy Snuka, Hillbilly Jim, and Tito Santana.

Roddy Piper was the leader of the heels, or bad guys; consisting of Iron Shiek, Nikolai Volkoff, The Fabulous Moolah, Big John Studd, and Mr. Fuji. The show followed predictable cartoon archetypes concerning good characters triumphing over evil-doers in wacky situations, typical of children's cartoons in the 1980s.

Rarely referenced, wrestling was simply a device to determine the good guys from the bad guys. The wrestlers themselves appeared in the live-action segments of the show; however, they did not provide the voices for their animated counterparts. These were instead performed by professional voice actors. One recurring live-action segment was the music video for the cover of "Land of a Thousand Dances" recorded by several WWF wrestlers for The Wrestling Album.

The theme to Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling is "Hulk Hogan's Theme" composed by Jim Steinman which was Hogan's entrance theme before "Real American" was adopted as Hogan's entrance theme. The vocal version of the song is called "Ravishing" which is sung by Bonnie Tyler and featured on her album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire.

Due to the show being animated, and the longer production times that resulted, the show often failed to keep pace with the events of the WWF at the time. This resulted in certain wrestlers turning heel (or, in non-wrestling terms, a villain) in regular WWF programming but remaining good guys on the cartoon and vice versa. It also depicted Hogan as having a full head of hair, as opposed to the noticeably receding hairline he sported in the ring.

WWE retains the rights to the program.

[edit] Episode list

[edit] Season 1 (1985)

  1. The Junkyard 500 / Junkenstein
  2. The Four Legged Pickpocket
  3. André's Giant Problem / Clean Gene
  4. Gorillla My Dreams
  5. Cheaters Never Prosper / Driving Me Crazy
  6. The Wrestler's New Clothes / A Lesson in Scouting
  7. Hog Society / Wrestling Roommates
  8. Moolah's Ugly Salon / The Duke of Piperton
  9. Robin Hulk & His Merry Wrestlers
  10. Small But Mighty
  11. Rock 'N Zombieske
  12. The Last Resort
  13. Bucket

[edit] Season 2 (1986)

  1. Ballot Box Boneheads / Alibano and His 40 Geeks
  2. Captain Lou's Crash Diet / Muscle Madness
  3. 10 Little Wrestlers
  4. Big John's Car Lot / Big Top Boobs
  5. The Foster Wrestler
  6. Ballet Buffoons / Battle of the Bands
  7. Amazons Just Wanna Have Fun
  8. The Art of Wrestling / The Blue Lagoon
  9. The Superfly Express
  10. Junkyard Dog's Junkyard Dog / My Fair Wrestler
  11. Ghost Wrestlers
  12. The Wrong Stuff
  13. Rowdy Roddy Reforms / Three Little Hulks

[edit] Voices

[edit] Crew

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Wrestling Cartoon Puts Hold On Taste". Orlando Sentinel. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-04-24/lifestyle/0290240203_1_animated-series-hulk-hogan-gummi-bears. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 

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