Kayin @kayin.moe · 29/04/2026These guys are so wack but for the non-wrestling people who follow me, to understand how stupid that X post is... This was happening in Texas in 1984 around the start of Hulkamania. Kerry von Erich vs Ric Flair in Texas Stadium. 1713737
Sol-less @solbgless.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Jesus Christ. Now the Hulkster is possessing people so that he can keep lying from beyond the mortal coil. 040
Gorgoe @gorgoe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The only argument you could maybe make is that Hulk Hogan achieved a stardom far greater than most of the territory guys and propelled WWF into a hegemon. But people put way to much value in that and assume wrestling had nothing before him. 130
Patti Black @pattiblacxk.bsky.social · 29/04/2026What I remember as someone who was like 2 when this stuff started is like hulk was huge but wrestling was huge before and without him, he was basically just the start of really pushing the toys and merch (which also probably woulda happened without him -- it was the 80s after all) 000
craf 🌐 @crafciak31.bsky.social · 29/04/2026If we start to try imagining history of the wrestling without national Hulkamania, we would still have WWF trying and maybe even succeeding to go national, buying or destroying smaller promotions as they go, because that was the ambition of Vince. Hulk Hogan was the perfect catalyst for that. 110
Kayin @kayin.moe · 29/04/2026Jaguar Yokota vs Devil Masami drew thousands of people in Ota Ward Gymnasium the year Hulkamania was coined (1982). That probably isn't even the biggest AJW event of that year and AJW's ceiling would keep going up, regardless of WWF/E 2397
KINDAFREE | IRI @denofsin.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Every day truly is a coinflip between who aggravates me more when it comes to wrestling fans: the people who have been hooked on the WWF koolaid for decades, or the "This is better because its not 60 minutes of restholds or that dumb taking things too seriously" type 110
thebeardedone42.bsky.social @thebeardedone42.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I mean, I know very little about wrestling, but wasn't Dusty Rhodes like a household name? 110
lurker.quest @lurker.quest · 29/04/2026What only knowing about wrestling history through WWE "the monday night wars" DVDs does to a mfer 110
An Aviansie | Zaros is returning?!! @anaviansie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Thanks for the explanation. Sincerely, Someone whose only wrestling knowledge was that infamous Hell in a Cell match in 1998 with the Undertaker. 120
consultthebones.bsky.social @consultthebones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Its time ONCE AGAIN LETTEM KNOW TONY youtu.be/oyaR4IWbTLU?...youtu.beF*** WWE ~ DEADLOCK Highlight REDONE!YouTube video by DonutCass 020
scaremyn! @carmyn.zone · 29/04/2026lmao wrestling was literally the hugest thing on tv for years before hulkamania 020
KurasuSoratobu @kurasusoratobu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026My father was a *HUGE* wrestling fan back in the '60s. Cowboy Bill, back when it was the WWWF. He's the one who *introduced* me to it. Wrestlemania/Hulkamania may have made big changes to the vibe, but it definitely wasn't the only thing that 'made' wrestling what it is on TV. 130
Mister Culexus @mculexus.bsky.social · 29/04/202630'000 people packed into Korakuen Stadium to see Rikidozan vs Lou Thesz in 1957. When Terry was 4. 0213
Charlie @cwheezy22.bsky.social · 29/04/2026you're getting tricked, it's not a regular Felgur opinion it's bizarro Felgur, of course its wrong 100
𝖍𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖘 @hollenhors.bsky.social · 29/04/2026VKM seized and killed a system of interconnected territories (including many ancillary businesses and workers/creators etc.) and these people have fully denied reality. It’s infuriating. 100
Lusca (Landshark if you shred) @lusca-maki.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Televised roller derby in the 70s was flashy and dramatic with larger than life personalities- inspired by nothing else on tv at the time, I guess. 010
