The champions of wrestling -Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling - The animated series

The champions of wrestling (Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling in the American original) is an American animated series that originally aired on CBS on Saturday mornings from September 14, 1985 to October 18, 1986, with reruns running until June 27, 1987.

History

The champions of wrestling (Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling) was a cartoon series produced by DIC Animation City. It featured animated adventures of famous WWF stars of the time, including main character Hulk Hogan and his group of wrestlers fighting a group of rogue wrestlers led by "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. The show followed cartoon archetypes of good characters triumphing over evil in wacky situations, typical of children's cartoons in the 80s.

Rarely mentioned, wrestling was simply a device for determining the good guys from the bad guys. The wrestlers themselves have appeared in the live action segments of the show; however, due to their busy travel schedules, they did not provide the voices to their animated counterparts. These were instead performed by professional voice actors. A recurring live action segment was the “Land of a Thousand Dances” cover music video recorded by several WWF wrestlers for The Wrestling Album.

Due to the animation of the show and the longer production times that resulted, it often couldn't keep up with WWF events at the time. This has led some wrestlers to become a heel (or, in terms other than wrestling, a villain) in regular WWF programming, but to remain good guys in the cartoon and vice versa; examples include "Rowdy" Roddy Piper (who was a heel when the show debuted, but became a face in the fall of 1986, despite remaining a villain in the cartoon) and André the Giant (who was a face in the fall of 1985). 1987, but changed his mind in early 1985, despite remaining on the good side for the duration of the series). Additionally, Jimmy “Superfly” characters Snuka and Wendi Richter remained throughout the series, despite both leaving WWF in late XNUMX.

WWE currently owns the rights to the program.

In April 2015, WWE announced that the program would be added to the WWE Network, making its first appearance since the April 20 episode of WWE Raw. On July 24, 2015, Hulk Hogan was fired from WWE and all references to Hulk Hogan, including Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, were removed from the WWE network.

Characters

Hulk Hogan was the leader of the faces, or good guys, heroes or protagonists; composed of Junkyard Dog, Captain Lou Albano, André the Giant, Wendi Richter, Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Hillbilly Jim and Tito Santana. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper was the leader of the heels, or villains, villains or antagonists; consisting of The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff, The Fabulous Moolah, Big John Studd and Mr. Fuji. Bobby “The Brain” Heenan and “Mean” Gene Okerlund also appeared animated in a few episodes.

Episodes

Season 1 (1985)

1. Deception does not give success - Junkyard Dog and Roddy Piper race to decide who will get their car in a new movie; Junkyard Dog builds a robot out of spare parts in the junkyard.
2. The 4-legged mystery - A horse shows up and causes trouble for the wrestlers.
3. Destruction enterprise - The Hulk and his friends decide to clean “Mean” Gene's new house for him; André tries to impress his visiting mother by pretending to be a chef instead of a wrestler.
4. A gorilla in a mask - The wrestlers are invited to a masquerade ball in a luxury hotel, where André, dressed as a gorilla, goes out to get some fresh air. Meanwhile, a real gorilla, trained by thieves to steal, enters to rob the hotel safe and the thieves kidnap André, thinking he is their trained robber.
5. The Tin Monster - The Iron Sheikh teaches his nephew's baseball team how to cheat to win the Junior World Series; the iron sheikh finds it difficult to pass the driving test.
6. The great race - André has nothing to wear to Wendi's high school meeting, so they use a curtain to make him a suit; Junkyard Dog, Wendi and Tito lead a troop of scouts, but one of the members is Moolah's troubled niece.
7. Small but smart - When Jim's grandmother's miraculous herbs get into the chili, the wrestlers all turn into babies.
8. The superscout - Moolah and Nikolai help out at a beauty salon run by Moolah's sister; The Hulk and his crew help an honest politician race against a corrupt mayor.
9. In the forest of Robin Hulk - Roddy Piper inherits a Scottish castle, but a distant cousin disputes his claim and they must juggle to decide who gets the castle; The Hulk is captured in a time machine, where he ends up as the "Robin Hulk" of Sherwood Forest and his friends are the Merry Men who must defend the forest from the Iron Sheik, aka the "Sheikh of Nottingham".
10. The rock of the zombies - Bobby Heenan opens a new amusement park and the wrestlers plan to get their name.
11. The mystery of the diamond - The Hulk and his friends are invited to a new hotel, but end up having to replace the staff he recently left. A young prince is staying in the hotel and the young prince needs the help of the wrestlers to find a jewel he is missing because he cannot rule the country without it. Junkyard Dog mentors the young prince.
12. Extraterrestrial SOS - An alien robot lands in the junkyard and wrestlers rush to help him get back to his homeworld before the government can take him.

Season 2 (1986)

1. Captain Lou's birthday - Wendi gives Captain Lou a magic lamp for his birthday, but the genius can't do any good.
2. The ghost hunters - Captain Lou must lose 40 pounds in 10 days or is out of wrestling; The Hulk brings Wendi into the Miss Muscle Contest against Moolah, with Roddy Piper as the coach.
3. Everyone on a cruise - Ten wrestlers, five on each side, go on a cruise, but are kidnapped one by one.
4. Calming cassettes - Villains take control of Big John Studd's family car dealership operations; wrestlers perform in a circus.
5. Survival course - While in India, wrestlers come to India for wrestling matches and find out that someone is stealing the supplies Tito Santana sent to his adopted child.
6. The rigged election - Nikolai's dancing sister is injured, so she has to replace her on stage; The Hulk and Roddy Piper compete with their musical versions at a benefit concert where the Hulk is raising money for a new gym in Hulk's high school.
7. Swollen muscles - “Mean” Gene hires a private plane for the wrestlers and crashes into the jungle.
8. Circus sabotage - Hulk becomes a model for Wendi's art class; The Hulk and Iron Sheik are abandoned on an island and must work together to survive.
9. Musical duel
10. Space mission - Hulk Hogan and Nikolai Volkoff are sent into space to rescue the astronauts.
11. The train of fear- On a train to California, "Superfly" Snuka meets a new girl and she is kidnapped.
12. In the realm of the Amazons
13. The guardian
14. Andrè's new dress
15. The Duke of Piperton
16. The art of fighting
17. Danger behind the wheel
18. Watchdog - After a raid on the junkyard, Junkyard Dog gets a dog to protect him.
19. Pestiferous grandchildren - Roddy Piper is hypnotized and starts behaving well; The Hulk's three nephews come to visit him and cause problems for him and his fellow fighters.
20. Apprentice beauticians
21. The uncomfortable tenants - An old wrestler comes to town looking for help getting rid of the ghosts in his guesthouse.

Technical data

Original title Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
Original language English
Country United States
Author Jeffrey Scott
Studio DiC Entertainment
Network CBS
1st TV September 1985 - October 1986
Episodes 26 (complete)
Episode duration 24 min
Italian network Italia 7
1st Italian TV 1990
Italian episodes 19 (complete)
Double Dir. it. Diego Saber

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