Randy Savage, John Cena, Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan - Who is biggest star in professional wrestling? (Semi-Finals)

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Continuation to this thread.

Thread 'Was Hulk Hogan the biggest star in professional wrestling?'

Jul 24, 2025

If not who is?

For me it's him, well I'm biased because he was massive memory in my childhood.

I put a poll so we can see what the numbers will be like.

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[ShadowRun]

Austin is my favorite and probably was the most over for a short amount of time but have to give it to Hogan

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Austin is my favorite and probably was the most over for a short amount of time but have to give it to Hogan

Austin was amazing.

 

[helax]

Hulk is the biggest by far. I feel like stone cold got the biggest pops by the crowd though. When that glass broke people went wild

 

[GoodBadHBK]

Biggest in terms of wrestling only

1. Hogan
2. Flair
3. Austin
4. Cena

Hogan was the #1 guy in WWF, WCW and then when he returned to WWE.

The rock is the biggest outside of wrestling and then Cena and then Bautista.

 

[Bobby00]

You can make a case for SCSA and Cena but Savage was never a huge household name. He probably inspired a lot to become wrestlers but never had household name power like the others especially internationally he is pretty much unknown outside the US. When Hogan was in his prime a lot of households didnt even have PPV. There is also way more merch than used to be. Hulkster all the way.

 

[Streeter]

Austin was more fun but Hogan literally created Modern Wraslin and much bigger star. Austin is probably the closest . Yes Rock ia a biggesr star than Austin but thata from his movies Austin was always the bigger wrestling star.

 

[Streeter]

Andre deserves mention. I remember as a kid in late 70s/ early 80s I didn't hear of Hogsn at all and didn't know if what wrestling was but I knew who Andre the Giant was.

 

[Bacco]

Of course now would seem it's because he just died, but would have voted Hogan by a landslide even 2 weeks ago

The Rock became as much famous as person, but due people knowing him from movies

Hogan was a world famous icon in pop culture by pro wrestling career alone

 

[Streeter]

Biggest in terms of wrestling only

1. Hogan
2. Flair
3. Austin
4. Cena

Hogan was the #1 guy in WWF, WCW and then when he returned to WWE.

The rock is the biggest outside of wrestling and then Cena and then Bautista.

Would go Austin over Flair and Andre over Cena - but your picks make sense. Flair was great but his peak was in the NWA an affiliates- he knew he was better performer than Hogan everywhere but would never be as big or outshine him.

I went to both shows in 80s in Houston NWA /UWF was huge . Hey NWA had Flair , Rhodes, Von Erics , Sting, the Andersons (4 horsemen), Kamala , etc - a better roster than WWE/F.

You went to a NWA. Show uppers were mostly empty but was fun time , great matches , great time, they let tbe fans get away with throwing food at wrestlers etc lol. You went to a WWF show during Hulk era 80s - WAS PACKED! Atmosphere was electric matches wernt as fun but a MUCH better production an show overall. Shame the NWA /UWF were such an unorganized mess they had a GREAT ROSTER at their mid 80s peak.

 

[wwkirk]

As a full-blooded WWE casual never having watched more than 60 consecutive seconds of pro wrasslin, Hulk Hogan is the most recognizable name on the list.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

 

[Azure]

Hogan is the only answer...Everyone in the world know Hogan before there was social media and before WWE was a marketing machine.. He was a cross over to Hollywood advertising ect.

The Rock is likely bigger now but alot is thanks to Social Media

 

[dildos]

Hulk is the biggest by far. I feel like stone cold got the biggest pops by the crowd though. When that glass broke people went wild

imo the hardy boyz got the biggest pop that wrestlemania they returned to a few years ago. that was so cool, and when they were together they were always the crowd favs.

 

[dildos]

i cant see the people that voted for cena.

 

[My name is]

you your grandpa and your son could all sit around and talk about Hogan

 

[Brom Bones]

Wow. Can't believe Dwayne Johnson got eliminated already.

 

[Milgrim]

Andre deserves mention. I remember as a kid in late 70s/ early 80s I didn't hear of Hogsn at all and didn't know if what wrestling was but I knew who Andre the Giant was.

The Rock said he learned what fame really was from Andre. He said that even when he (Rock) became the highest paid movie star in the world, the first thing most people wanted to ask him about was Andre.

There may have been bigger names within wrestling, but Andre transcended wrestling.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Wow. Can't believe Dwayne Johnson got eliminated already.

Dwayne Johnson is in the other Semi-Final bracket.

 

[Aurelian]

Looking at the votes I don't think you're even going to need a final