Hulk Hogan Reflects On His First WWF Title Win 35 Years Ago Today

On January 23rd 1984, exactly 35 years to this very day, the not-yet-immortal Hulk Hogan headlined Madison Square Garden in New York City, defeating the eternally villainous Iron Sheik to capture the WWF Championship for the very first time.

Of course Hogan would go on from there to instrumentally change the entire world of professional wrestling, headlining the first ever WrestleMania just one year later. By the end of his in-ring career he had amassed six reigns as WWF Champion totaling more than 2,000 days, set and reset the company’s live attendance record, co-founded the nWo to drive WCW Nitro in the Monday Night Wars, returned home to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, and somewhere along the way became one of the biggest pop culture icons in the history of western civilization.

In the video below, the Hulkster sits down with WWE cameras to reflect on that very first championship win that took place 35 years ago today. Check it out!