| Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action |
| Voices of | Brad Garrett James Avery George DiCenzo Ron Feinberg Jodi Carlisle Lewis Arquette Pat Fraley Joey Pento Charles Adler Aron Kincaid Ron Gans Chuck Licini Ernest Harada Neil Ross |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26[1] |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | 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.
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History
The show was animated and produced by DiC Entertainment.[2] It featured animated adventures of popular WWF stars from the time, including its title character Hulk Hogan. Hogan was the leader of the faces, or good guys, and Roddy Piper was the leader of the heels, or bad guys. The show followed predictable 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, they did not provide the voices for their animated counterparts. 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.
The theme to Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling is based on the Bonnie Tyler song, "Ravishing."
Due to the show being animated, and the longer production times that resulted, the show 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 real life but remaining good guys on the cartoon, and vice versa. It also depicted Hogan as having a full head of hair, as opposed to the noticeably receding hairline he sported in the ring.
Voices
Good Guys
- Brad Garrett as Hulk Hogan
- James Avery as Junkyard Dog
- George DiCenzo as Captain Lou Albano
- Ron Feinberg as André the Giant
- Jodi Carlisle as Wendi Richter
- Lewis Arquette as Superfly Jimmy Snuka
- Pat Fraley as Hillbilly Jim
- Joey Pento as Tito Santana
Bad Guys
- Charles Adler as Rowdy Roddy Piper
- Aron Kincaid as The Iron Sheik
- Ron Gans as Nikolai Volkoff
- Jodi Carlisle as The Fabulous Moolah
- Chuck Licini as Big John Studd
- Ernest Harada as Mr. Fuji
Other
Episode List
Season 1 (1985)
- Cheaters Never Prosper / Hog Society
- The Four Legged Pickpocket
- André's Giant Problem / Clean Gene
- Gorillla My Dreams
- Driving Me Crazy / Junkenstein
- Small But Mighty
- The Wrestler's New Clothes
- A Lesson in Scouting / The Duke of Piperton
- Rock-N-Dombies
- The Last Resort
- Robin Hulk and His Merry Wrestlers / Wrestling Roommates
- Bucket
- Moolah's Ugly Salon / Ballot Box Boneheads
Season 2 (1986)
- Alibano and the 40 Geeks
- Captain Lou's Crash Diet / Muscle Madness
- Ten Little Wrestlers
- Big John's Car Lot / Big Top Boobs
- The Forest Wrestler
- Ballet Buffoons / Battle of the Bands
- Amazons Just Wanna Have Fun
- The Art of Wrestling / The Blue Lagoons
- The Superfly Express
- Junkyard Dog's Junkyard Dog / My Fair Wrestler
- Ghost Wrestlers
- The Wrong Stuff
- Rowdy Roddy Reforms / Three Little Hulks
References
Further reading
- Oliver, Greg (December 17, 1999). "Rock 'n' Wrestling best left in the past". SLAM! Wrestling. http://slam.canoe.ca/SlamWrestlingReviews/rocknwrestling.html. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
External links
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