Chris Dreibelbis | Author, ProWrestlingStories.com

At Madison Square Garden on January 23rd, 1984, Hulk Hogan defeated The Iron Sheik to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship for the first time, thus igniting the craze soon known as Hulkamania!

Hulk Hogan and Iron Sheik Feud that Kick-Started Hulkamania

by Chris Dreibelbis

In 1984, a hero defeated a foreign foe to create Hulkamania. Hulk Hogan and Iron Sheik had the perfect setup. But it almost didn’t happen!

Although Roddy Piper rightly gets credit for propelling Hulk Hogan into sports-entertainment supremacy and pop culture prominence (though arguably not enough), the story of how he helped lay the foundation for the rise of Ric Flair is far less familiar.

Roddy Piper and Ric Flair – A Less Familiar Story

by Chris Dreibelbis

The less familiar story of how Roddy Piper helped lay the foundation for the rise of another wrestling icon of the Golden Era: Ric Flair.