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 ...

The five best matches of The Iron Sheik's career serve as a showcase for his unrivaled character work in the ring, helping usher in a boom period for wrestling.

NYC. Garden. 1984. (seminal match with historic implications and a legit bounty thrown in the mix),” Johnson wrote, citing how the match kicked off Hogan’s first reign with the WWF Championship.

* 31 years ago in 1984, the WWF's Championship Wrestling tapings officially moved to the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, New York after many years at Agricultural Hall in Allentown ...

Hulk Hogan was known for holding around 12 World Championships across WWF/WWE and WCW, with his longest reign as WWF Champion lasting 1,474 days from 1984 to 1988. The WWE veteran unfortunately ...