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   Paul Orndorff

   Orndorff made his WWF debut against Salvatore Bellomo on the night that Hulk Hogan defeated The Iron Sheik for the WWF World Heavyweight Title and "Hulkamania was born", January 23, 1984 in Madison Square Garden.
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   History of professional wrestling in the United States

   In the late 1940s to 1950s, the NWA chose Lou Thesz to unify the various world championships into a single "World Heavyweight" title. ... 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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   Bob Backlund

   Because Backlund was declared "injured", he was denied an automatic rematch with the Iron Sheik, and instead Hulk Hogan was given a match, which he won, making him the new Champion. ... "Bob Backlund (w/ Arnold Skaaland) pinned Greg Valentine to win the vacant WWF World Heavyweight title at 15:36 with a German suplex into a bridge after avoiding a punch; in a move that was only recognized in the NYC area, the championship was vacated the previous month when the referee accidentally handed Valentine the title following his loss to Backlund"
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   Hulk Hogan

   The storyline shortcut was necessary because less than three weeks later on January 23, Hogan won his first WWF Championship, pinning The Iron Sheik (who had Blassie in his corner) in Madison Square Garden. ... He spray painted a black "nWo" across the title belt, scribbled across the nameplate, and referred to the title as the "nWo title" during this and any other time he held the title while in the nWo. Hogan then started a feud with Lex Luger after Luger and The Giant defeated Hogan and Dennis Rodman in a tag team match at Bash at the Beach 1997.
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   Scott Hall

   Hall would go on to lose the match setting the stage for Hogan to be defeated later that night by Goldberg for the World Heavyweight Championship. ... On October 10, 2008, during a roast for The Iron Sheik, comedian Jimmy Graham made a joke regarding Owen Hart.
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   List of WWE Champions

   | Buddy Rogers | 1 | April 29, 1963 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Rogers was awarded the title with the explanation that he defeated Antonino Rocca in the finals of a tournament in March 1963 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to become the first WWF World Heavyweight Champion. | ... | Hulk Hogan | 1 | January 23, 1984 | New York, NY | |
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   Iron Sheik

   Khosrow would return to the WWF in 1983 as The Iron Sheik and challenged Backlund once again; he defeated him on December 26, 1983 at Madison Square Garden in New York City for the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship. ... During his title reign, The Iron Sheik held memorable bouts against Backlund, Chief Jay Strongbow, Pat Patterson, and Tito Santana before dropping the belt just four weeks later to Hulk Hogan.
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   Clash of the Champions

   Ranger Ross defeated The Iron Sheik by DQ (1:56) ... | 5 | Ric Flair defeated Hulk Hogan (c) by countout. | Singles match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship | n/a |
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   Bret Hart

   Mr. Fuji then challenged Hulk Hogan, who had come out to help Bret Hart, to compete for the title; Hogan then won his fifth WWF Championship from Yokozuna. ... Iron Sheik
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    Jim Duggan

    In 1987, Duggan and the Iron Sheik (Hossein Vasiri) were pulled over by New Jersey police after a WWF event, suspecting Duggan of driving under the influence. ... ↑ "Hulk Hogan (spot No. 24) wins the Royal Rumble Match".

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• Paul Orndorff,
• History of professional wrestling in the United States,
• Bob Backlund,
• Hulk Hogan,
• Scott Hall,
• List of WWE Champions,
• Iron Sheik,
• Clash of the Champions,
• Bret Hart,
• Jim Duggan