When Terry Bollea started wrestling in 1977, he first competed under a mask as one of the many Super Destroyers, before trying out the names Terry Boulder and Sterling Golden. While he was a can't miss prospect in wrestling, it took him until late 1979 and input from Vince McMahon, Sr. to find the perfect name: The Incredible Hulk Hogan.
Since Marvel's Hulk had been created and trademarked in 1962, Hulk Hogan was forced to pay license fees to Marvel for use of his name until 2005, when he outright bought the rights to the name Hulk Hogan.
In 1988 The Incredible Hulk writer Peter David had the interesting idea of switching the Hulk from green to grey (as he had actually been at the beginning) and turning him into a mob boss who called himself Joe Fixit.
So he actually wasn't even known as The Hulk when he ran into a professional wrestler who called himself "The One, The Only Hulk". Mr Fixit was not happy. And this is what followed...
First a bit of no-selling.
Then it turns into a squash match.
And then some trash talking.
Pretty cool, hmm?
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