Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling 01 The Junkyard 500 & Junkenstein Part 1

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.

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.
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[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Other * Neil Ross as Mean Gene Okerlund

Category:

Comedy

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[SueBty]

I just loved this cartoon and it brings me excellent memoriessssssss..........I REALLY LOVED MY CHILDHOOD.............

[Aquaslasher]

Seeing this makes me remember how much I enjoyed watching this show.

Certainly one of the best ones of its day.

Thanks for posting this.

I hope it gets on DVD someday.

[Nando6413]

Yo I remember this when I was a kid at 4 and 5. Brings back a lot of memories.

[capchassuck]

@Aquaslasher big lots used to sell the vcr tapes just a few years back and i recently seen a picture of one on a friends facebook update saying he paid 50 cents for it at a flea market :(

[capchassuck]

@drescorpio1114 same here!

[DeathUponMisanthropy]

Compare the cartoons nowadays and the cartoons back in the 80's-90's. What kind of sorcery is this??

[drescorpio1114]

I used to watch this on saturday morning cartoons as a kid.

[91joelt]

@DOGPOUNDBREW ... and I wonder why how you got here. Why do you even watch this video?

[jessemullis1]

damn i wish i would have been born in the 80's

[Shamariwwe101]

this is the first time i have ever watch this

[UpcomingJedi]

@DOGPOUNDBREW Too bad. Back then, wrestlers actually knew how to ham it up. Especially the Dog. Now, they just stand there.