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   Hulk Hogan

   On several occasions, Hogan defeated Bockwinkel to win the title, only to have the decision later reversed. ... Hulk Hogan defeated Paul "The Great" Wight at PMG Clash of Legends on April 27, 2007 when he picked up and bodyslammed Wight and pinned him following the leg drop.
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   American Wrestling Association

   Hogan defeated Bockwinkel with the help of a foreign object that Bockwinkel's manager Bobby Heenan had interjected into the match. ... The company also managed to release a commercial tape (Hulk Hogan Highlights) during 1991.
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   André the Giant

   He also went sixty-minute time limit draws with the two other major world champions of the day, Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkel. ... Hogan defeated André in what some consider a passing of the torch from André, wrestling's biggest star of the 70s, to Hogan, wrestling's biggest star of the 80s.
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   History of professional wrestling in the United States

   Despite Hogan being the AWA's top draw, Gagne would not let him be champion, believing technical wrestlers, like him and Nick Bockwinkel, should be the focus of a wrestling company. ... Hogan sold out arenas all across the United States and earned the WWF millions of dollars, making it the number one entity in all of professional wrestling; moments after Hogan defeated the Iron Sheik for the WWF Title, Gorilla Monsoon famously proclaimed "Hulkamania is here."
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   Nick Bockwinkel

   As AWA Champion, Bockwinkel had notable feuds with Billy Robinson, Dick the Bruiser, The Crusher, Mad Dog Vachon, Jerry Lawler, Otto Wanz, Mr. Saito and most famously, Verne Gagne and Hulk Hogan.
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   Randy Savage

   He participated in the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament (created when former champion Vader was stripped of the belt for attacking WCW on-air Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel) and went on to defeat The Butcher in the first round and "Stunning" Steve Austin in the quarterfinals. ... ↑ "Hulk Hogan vs. Randy "Macho Man" Savage - WWE Championship".
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   Curt Hennig

   He then re-entered singles competition, and ultimately defeated AWA legend Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship at SuperClash on May 2, 1987. ... Hennig wrestled a well-known match with Hulk Hogan in XWF, where Hogan defeated him.
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   Sid Eudy

   In his debut match, Eudy teamed with Austin Idol and wrestled the team of Nick Bockwinkel and Jerry Lawler. ... He managed to be one of the Final Four wrestlers, along with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Ric Flair.
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   AWA World Heavyweight Championship

   | Hulk Hogan† | # | April 18, 1982 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Hogan's victory was overturned by AWA President Stanley Blackburn on April 24, 1982 as a result of the use of a foreign object by Hogan on Bockwinkel in the course of the bout, with Hogan's reign unrecognized. | ... | Jerry Lawler | 1 | May 9, 1988 | Memphis, Tennessee | Lawler defeated Kerry Von Erich on December 13, 1988 in Chicago, Illinois to win the World Class Heavyweight Championship, and become the first Unified World Heavyweight Champion.
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    Bobby Heenan

    He returned in late 1979 and resumed managing Nick Bockwinkel to renewed championship success, including against a young up-and-coming challenger named Hulk Hogan in 1983.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Hulk Hogan,
• American Wrestling Association,
• André the Giant,
• History of professional wrestling in the United States,
• Nick Bockwinkel,
• Randy Savage,
• Curt Hennig,
• Sid Eudy,
• AWA World Heavyweight Championship,
• Bobby Heenan