Wwe Hulk Hogan And The Iron Sheik Reflect On Their 1984 Wwf Championship Match At Madison Square Garden

Hulk Hogan defeated The Iron Sheik to become the new WWF Champion inside Madison Square Garden on Jan. 23, 1984, kicking off a new golden era for the World Wrestling Federation (now the WWE). The first of Hogan’s six world championship reigns in WWE would last a whopping 1,474 days, lasting all the way up until Andre The Giant pinned him at The Main Event I in February 1988. Hogan took to his Instagram story on Sunday to reflect on the match, saying “January 23rd, 1984, the wrestling business changed forever brother. There will never be another time like that dude.”

WHEN I PUT THAT DUMB SON OF A BITCH HULK HOGAN IN THE CAMEL CLUTCH AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN https://t.co/ucc0hJD1qM

JUST IMAGINE I BROKE HIS LEG AND TOOK THE BELT BACK TO THE MINNESOTA. WHAT WOULD THE BUSINESS LOOK LIKE TODAY? pic.twitter.com/jSkLK6LwuG