Hulkamania has run wild on this Earth for 62 years.
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Hulk Hogan is celebrating his 62nd birthday Tuesday and while there is plenty of drama surrounding The Hulkster over his recent racism scandal, there's no denying the impact the Hall of Famer had on the wrestling business.
Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, changed the landscape of professional wrestling with the "Hulkamania" movement in the 1980s and 1990s before once again impacting sports entertainment with his heel turn and the formation of the nWo in 1996.
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While Hogan helped pave the way for what wrestling has become today, it wasn't always a smooth ride.
The six-time WWE Champion was hoping to make a comeback to the ring before audio tapes were released with him using racial slurs, and he took to Twitter on his birthday to share his future plans:
Aiming for WM32
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) August 11, 2015
I will explain again I "WAS" aiming for 32 but I am training like there is still something big ahead in my future,only love 4 my maniacs HH — Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) August 11, 2015
Hogan is known for his over-the-top promos and some of them were more ridiculous than others. In honor of his birthday, here are five of the most outlandish promos in his WWE career:
5) Stuttering on SmackDown
Hogan's words didn't always come out smoothly on the microphone and perhaps that was never more evident than when he fumbled over his lines during an episode of SmackDown when he cut a promo on Vince McMahon.
"If you actually think I was just the right guy, at the right place, at the wrong -- at the right time," Hogan says. "Let me say it one more time so you completely understand McMahon. If you actually believe in your mind, if you actually believe that I was the right gay--guy, at the right place, at the right time, well then you're a bigger delusional bas---d than I thought you were McMahon."
Hogan then continues to stumble over his lines as the train wreck of a promo continues.
4) Talking Down The Earthquake
This particular promo is great because Hogan starts out in a subdued manner and then cranks into true Hulkamania.
Hogan begins the promo in a solemn tone, talking about the attack that Earthquake laid on him and thanking his fans for their letters of support.
He then snaps into his usual maniacal persona saying, "Hell no, I'm not retiring. I've been reborn man. I'm a reborn Hulkamaniac."
3) The Mega Powers Explode
During his feud with "Macho Man" Randy Savage leading up to WrestleMania V, Hogan was seen at his most intense. After Savage turned on him, The Hulkster cut a hyped-up promo, saying, "I was just hoping that the cancer that was tearing you apart might go into remission."
Hogan finished up the over five-minute diatribe by more or less saying he was going to murder Savage, by "pulling the plug" on his life support system to become the new champion.
2) Partners In Madness
Hogan by himself was deranged enough, but when he joined forces with the always unhinged Ultimate Warrior, things were taken to a next level.
The two future Hall of Famers were talking down their SummerSlam 1991 opponents, Sgt. Slaughter, Col. Mustafa and General Adnan and spoke about the 3-on-2 handicap match as if it were an actual war.
The true highlight is The Warrior saying he's personally witnessed Hulkamania in great strength before and that the trio of heels will be a part of an "improper burial."
1) The WrestleMania Ramble
The Hulkster cut a promo about his long awaited rematch with Andre the Giant at WrestleMania IV in 1988 and let's just say, it didn't make a whole lot of sense.
Hogan babbles about the fear in his "little Hulkster's" eyes and then goes on to say that when he slams Andre through the Trump Plaza, the fault line between New York and Florida is going to break.
As the verbal madness ensues, Hogan then continued to say that, and we kid you not, Andre would fall into the ocean and so would Donald Trump, his family and all of the Hulkamaniacs around the world.
Hogan, with a dead serious glare, states proudly, "Thank God Donald Trump is a Hulkamaniac. He'll know enough to let go of his materialistic possessions, hang onto the wife and kids, dog paddle with his life all the way to safety."
Hogan then says if Trump runs out of gas, he can just "hang onto the largest back in the world" and Hogan will dog paddle them all to safety.
What a relief.
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