WWE Vault to stream Hulk Hogan's Rock n Wrestling starting Sept 6
WWE will begin streaming the 1980s animated series Hulk Hogan's Rock n Wrestling on its WWE Vault YouTube channel beginning Saturday, Sept. 6, with batches of four episodes released every Saturday morning at 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and noon Eastern Time. The episodes will be posted in chronological order, with the first four slated to be Junkyard 500Junkenstein, The Four-Legged Pickpocket, Clean Gene-Andre's Giant Problem, and Gorilla My Dreams.
The cartoon originally aired in two seasons from 1985 to 1986 and produced 26 episodes, with reruns continuing into 1987, according to reports. It cast Hulk Hogan as the leader of a team of babyface wrestlers who faced off against a group of heels led by Rowdy Roddy Piper in kid-friendly, often zany situations. Other featured characters included Andre the Giant, Junkyard Dog, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, The Iron Sheik, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, and interviewer Mean Gene Okerlund. Because the real-life wrestlers were touring extensively at the time, none provided their own voices for the series; actor Brad Garrett provided the voice of Hogan.
The release comes as the WWE Vault channel, which launched in June 2024, has rapidly expanded its...