>>11088897That's completely false. it's the other way around.
In a Global Pew survey in 1993, Hulk Hogan ranked 4th as the most recognisable American in the world behind the US President, Michael Jackson, and Michael Jordan. Everybody in the world knew who Hulk Hogan was.
What zoomers don't understand is how much culture has fragmented over the years, and that has led to it being pretty much impossible to have that same cultural impact that was regularly felt in the 80s and 90s. There was no internet, no YouTube, no social media, no Netflix, video games were a niche, and there wasn't even cable for a lot of people. You had 3-5 channels depending on your country, and the entire nation watched what was on those channels. There wasn't this fragmentation of viewership and interest that there is now. WWF was a cultural event in the same way that Avengers Endgame was.
It's like I Love Lucy in the 1960s. Lucille Ball was single-handedly more recognisable than probably every single actress working now, put together. She had 60 million Americans watching her TV show every week. You just can not achieve those viewing figures now.
Essentially, this isn't a fair question because Hogan is always going to be bigger than any wrestler that comes after him. Some of it to do with his huge charisma but a lot to do with how culture changed. John Cena being in a couple of video games and Nickelodeon spots is nowhere near the same thing.
