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#8 Andre The Giant vs. Hulk Hogan (WrestleMania IV)
This was part of the tournament to crown a new WWF Champion, as it had been vacated when Andre The Giant beat Hogan for the title in a shady manner and immediately handed it over to the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase, who claimed to be the new champ. The reason the match is on this list is that it’s one of the biggest cop-out matches in the history of the company.
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One year prior, at WrestleMania III, Hulk Hogan successfully defended the title against Andre and also became the “first” man to pick him up and slam him. It was the biggest match in WWF history, and some claim that it still is the company’s biggest match to this day.
The rematch in which Andre won the title took place about a month and a half before, but it was disappointing because of the “evil referee” finish, in which Dave Hebner’s brother, Earl, was paid to count Hogan down for the pin even though his shoulders were off the mat.
So when it was announced that Hogan and Andre were both given byes into the Quarterfinal round of the WWF Title tournament at WrestleMania IV, it was a big deal. Finally, a rematch that would be called fair and down the middle, just like their clash at WrestleMania III.
One of the men was going to prove to be the better man by winning and advancing in the tournament and getting one step closer to the title. Sadly, they fought to a double disqualification in an extremely disappointing match that only existed to further the storyline of Ted DiBiase trying to buy his way back to the title. Why bother doing the match?
Hogan and Andre had a cage match in the summer of 1988 at the WrestleFest event to properly close out their feud, but it didn’t negate the fact that everyone was let down after the excitement of getting a WrestleMania rematch of the biggest match of all time. That cage match can’t even be found on the WWE Network, although you can find it on YouTube. It wasn’t even shown on TV or PPV -- it was part of a home video release.
