Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling

Genre	Animated Series
Developed by	Jeffrey Scott
Voices of	Brad Garrett Charles Adler Lewis Arquette James Avery Jodi Carlisle George DiCenzo Ron Feinberg Pat Fraley Ron Gans Aron Kincaid Ernest Harada Chuck Licini Joey Pento Neil Ross
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer(s)	Jean Chalopin Andy Heyward
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	DIC Entertainment Titan Sports
Distributor	WWE/DHX Media
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 14, 1985 – December 6, 1986

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling is an American animated television series that originally aired on CBS Saturday mornings from September 14, 1985 to December 6, 1986, with reruns airing until June 27, 1987.^[1]

History

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling was animated and produced by DIC Entertainment. It featured animated adventures of popular WWF stars from the time, including its title character Hulk Hogan and his group of wrestlers fighting against a group of rogue wrestlers led by Roddy Piper.^[2] The show followed cartoon archetypes concerning good characters triumphing over evil-doers in wacky situations, typical of children's cartoons in the 1980s.

Rarely referenced, wrestling was simply a device to determine the good guys from the bad guys. The wrestlers themselves appeared in the live-action segments of the show; however, due to their busy travel schedule, they did not provide the voices for their animated counterparts.^[3] These were instead performed by professional voice actors. One recurring live-action segment was the music video for the cover of "Land of a Thousand Dances" recorded by several WWF wrestlers for The Wrestling Album.

Due to the show being animated and the longer production times that resulted, it often failed to keep pace with the events of the WWF at the time. This resulted in certain wrestlers turning heel (or, in non-wrestling terms, a villain) in regular WWF programming but remaining good guys on the cartoon and vice versa. Jimmy Snuka and Wendi Richter's likenesses were used throughout the series' run, despite both having left the WWF in mid-1985. It also depicted Hogan as having a full head of hair, as opposed to the noticeably receding hairline he sported in the ring.

WWE (as the WWF was renamed in 2002 after the company lost a lawsuit against the World Wide Fund for Nature) and the Cookie Jar Entertainment division of DHX Media (who own the rights to the DIC catalog) currently co-own the rights to the program.

In April 2015, WWE announced that the program would be added to the WWE Network, making its premiere following the April 20 episode of WWE Raw. On July 24, 2015, Hulk Hogan was fired by the WWE and references to Hulk Hogan including Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling were removed from the WWE network.^[4]

Characters

Hulk Hogan was the leader of the faces, or good guys; consisting of Junkyard Dog, Captain Lou Albano, André the Giant, Wendi Richter, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Hillbilly Jim, and Tito Santana. Roddy Piper was the leader of the heels, or bad guys; consisting of The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, The Fabulous Moolah, Big John Studd, and Mr. Fuji. Bobby "The Brain" Heenan and "Mean" Gene Okerlund appeared animated in a few episodes as well.

Music

The theme to Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling is "Hulk Hogan's Theme" composed by Jim Steinman which was Hogan's entrance theme before "Real American" was adopted as Hogan's entrance theme. The vocal version of the song is called "Ravishing" which is sung by Bonnie Tyler and featured on her album Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire.

Episode list

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling aired for 2 seasons beginning in 1985. Each episode was 30 minutes in length (including commercial breaks.) Some episodes contained one 30 minute title while other episodes contained two 15 minute titles. Over the two seasons, there were a total of 26 episodes with 39 titles.

Season 1 (1985)

Episode Number	Title One	Title Two	Original Air Date
1	The Junkyard 500	Junkenstein	Sep 14, 1985
2	The Four-Legged Pickpocket	N/A	Sep 14, 1985
3	Clean Gene	Andre's Giant Problem	Sep 21, 1985
4	Gorilla My Dreams	N/A	Sep 28, 1985
5	Cheaters Never Prosper	Driving Me Crazy	Sep 21, 1985
6	The Wrestler's New Clothes	A Lesson in Scouting	Sep 28, 1985
7	Hog Society	Wrestling Roommates	Oct 05, 1985
8	Moolah's Ugly Salon	Ballot Box Boneheads	Oct 05, 1985
9	The Duke of Piperton	Robin Hulk & His Merry Wrestlers	Oct 12, 1985
10	Small But Mighty	N/A	Oct 12, 1985
11	Rock 'n' Zombies	N/A	Oct 19, 1985
12	The Last Resort	N/A	Oct 26, 1985
13	Bucket	N/A	Nov 09, 1985

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Season 2 (1986)

Episode Number	Title One	Title Two	Original Air Date
1	Ali Bano and the 40 Geeks	N/A	Sep 13, 1986
2	Captain Lou's Crash Diet	Muscle Madness	Sep 13, 1986
3	10 Little Wrestlers	N/A	Sep 20, 1986
4	Big John's Car Lot	Big Top Boobs	Sep 27, 1986
5	The Foster Wrestler	N/A	Oct 11, 1986
6	Ballet Buffoons	Battle of the Bands	Oct 11, 1986
7	Amazons Just Wanna Have Fun	N/A	Sep 20, 1986
8	The Art of Wrestling	The Blue Lagoons	Oct 11, 1986
9	The Superfly Express	N/A	Sep 27, 1986
10	Junkyard Dog's Junkyard Dog	My Fair Wrestler	Oct 04, 1986
11	Ghost Wrestlers	N/A	Oct 04, 1986
12	The Wrong Stuff	N/A	Oct 18, 1986
13	Rowdy Roddy Reforms	Three Little Hulks	Oct 18, 1986

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Voices

Brad Garrett - Hulk Hogan
Charlie Adler - Rowdy Roddy Piper
Lewis Arquette - Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka
James Avery - Junkyard Dog
Jodi Carlisle - Wendi Richter, The Fabulous Moolah
George DiCenzo - Captain Lou Albano
Ron Feinberg - André the Giant
Pat Fraley - Hillbilly Jim
Ron Gans - Nikolai Volkoff
Ernest Harada - Mr. Fuji
Aron Kincaid - The Iron Sheik
Chuck Licini - Big John Studd
Joey Pento - Tito Santana
Neil Ross - Mean Gene Okerlund

References

↑ "Hulk Hogan's Rock N' Wrestling". www.bcdb.com, April 12, 2012
↑ "Wrestling Cartoon Puts Hold On Taste". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
↑ http://www.wwe.com/classics/hulk-hogans-rock-n-wrestling-26133777/page-2
↑ http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/07/24/hulk-hogan-erased-from-wwe-website-amid-reports-wrestler-booted-from/
↑ http://www.ovguide.com/tv_season/hulk-hogans-rock-n-wrestling-season-1-76274
↑ http://www.ovguide.com/tv_season/hulk-hogans-rock-n-wrestling-season-2-76274

External links

Hulk Hogan

Television	Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling Thunder in Paradise Hogan Knows Best Brooke Knows Best American Gladiators Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling

Factions	The Mega Powers New World Order The Millionaire's Club Immortal

Family	Linda Brooke Nick Horace

Other	Hulk Hogan's Main Event The Wrestling Boot Band Hulkamania: Let The Battle Begin Bollea v. Gawker

Children's programming on CBS in the 1980s

First-run animated series	The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle (1979–81) The All New Popeye Hour (1978–83) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–84) Tarzan and the Super 7 (1978–80) The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–82) Drak Pack (1980) The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour (1980–82) The Kwicky Koala Show (1981) Trollkins (1981–82) Blackstar (1981–82) Gilligan's Planet (1982–83) Pandamonium (1982–83) Meatballs & Spaghetti (1982–83) The Dukes (1983) The Biskitts (1983–84) Saturday Supercade (1983–86) Dungeons & Dragons (1983–85) The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1983–86) The Get Along Gang (1984–85) Muppet Babies (1984–91) Pole Position (1984) Inspector Gadget (1985–86) The Berenstain Bears (1985–87) The Wuzzles (1985) Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–87) Wildfire (1986) Galaxy High (1986–87) Teen Wolf (1986–87) Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987–88) Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–88) Popeye and Son (1987–88) Dennis the Menace (1986–88) The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy (1988–90) Superman (1988) Garfield and Friends (1988–95) Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989–91) The California Raisin Show (1989–90) Rude Dog & the Dweebs (1989–90)

First-run live-action series	Captain Kangaroo (1955–84) In the News (1971–86) 30 Minutes (1978–82) CBS Saturday Film Festival (1971–78; 1982–84) Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (1983) Pryor's Place (1984–85) Little Muppet Monsters (1985) CBS Storybreak (1985–87) Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–91) Hey Vern, It's Ernest! (1988–89)

Rebroadcasts	The Bugs Bunny Show/Road Runner Show (1968–71; 1975–78; 1978–85) Shazam! Speed Buggy He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Shirt Tales Land of the Lost The Transformers Kidd Video

Schedules	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Related topics	Garbage Pail Kids The Young Astronauts Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States

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