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The Rock (left) poses to the crowd before his match against Hollywood Hogan (far right). The main feud built up in the lead to the event pitted The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin against the New World Order (Hollywood Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall) with the main attraction being promoted as The Rock vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan, billed as an Icon vs. Icon, face of the company generational match.
The Rock's victory was again stated as shocking and welcome, leaving people curious about the aftermath of the event. [50] Yahoo's A. Orien Avery found The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan from WrestleMania X8 as the only comparable match from previous WrestleManias, though according to him The Rock being in his prime would make the match more symbolic. [51]
The nWo feuded with both Austin and The Rock, and Hogan accepted The Rock's challenge to a match at WrestleMania X8 on March 17, where Hogan asked Hall and Nash not to interfere, wanting to defeat The Rock by himself. Despite the fact that Hogan was supposed to be the heel in the match, the crowd cheered for him heavily.
WrestleMania X8 (March 17, 2002) – The Rock vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan Dubbed “Icon vs. Icon,” this WrestleMania match could be the greatest in Hogan’s career.
WrestleMania VI. Date: April 1, 1990 Venue: SkyDome, Toronto Attendance: 67,678 Main event: The Ultimate Warrior def. Hulk Hogan in 24:51 to unify the WWF and Intercontinental Championships ...
The main event was the WrestleMania X8 rematch between Hulk Hogan and The Rock. [25] [31] The Rock executed a Rock Bottom on Hogan and applied two consecutive People's Elbows. Hogan performed a Big Boot and a Leg drop but as the referee counted the pinfall, the lights in the arena went off.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson spoke about Hulk Hogan's racist rant during the "Ballers" panel at Thursday's Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour. "Yeah, I saw that. I was pretty ...
The main feud heading into WrestleMania on the SmackDown! brand was between Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar, with the two feuding over the WWE Championship.Angle won the title three months prior at Armageddon by defeating then-champion Big Show with Lesnar's help; Lesnar had lost the title at Survivor Series in November 2002 after his agent, Paul Heyman, betrayed him and assisted Big Show in ...