5 Greatest transformations in WCW history

#1 WCW: Hulk Hogan to 'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan

The Immortal Hulk Hogan to Hollywood Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan was a huge star in WCW and the franchise player during WWE's Golden Era. He competed in the main event of the first WrestleMania and appeared on nine straight WrestleMania PPVs.

Hogan was a huge babyface, so when he told Vince McMahon that he wanted to turn heel at WrestleMania VI and call himself Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Vince was against it.

Hogan stated:

“When we did the WrestleMania thing, we did the build-up pretty good. Then it gets time to go over the finish, and whether I’m going over or not, I have the same two questions: Why are we doing this, and what happens next? When I was told to put the Warrior over, I asked those questions and Vince said, ‘I think the red and yellow is over, we have gotten everything we can out of it.’ And I was like, ‘Damn, Vince what if after the finish I point to God, give him the belts and leave, but I do that slow Three Stooges turn, I go back and gaff his ass and call myself Triple H, Hollywood Hulk Hogan? He said, ‘that would never work and you can’t be a heel.’ So, he squashed that.”

When Hogan left WWE for WCW, Eric Bischoff saw money in a heel Hulk Hogan. Hogan eventually turned heel in WCW, allied himself with The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) and the New World Order was formed in WCW.

Hogan reinvented himself in WCW and his heel turn was a huge success for the company. His Hollywood gimmick will always go down as one of the most iconic in wrestling history.