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Hulk Hogan Revisits His AWA Championship Win ‘If This Didn’t Happen I Don’t Think There Would Have Been WrestleMania’

April 18, 2018

Hulk Hogan posted on Twitter that today would be the anniversary of him defeating Nick Bockwinkel for the AWA Championship in 1982. Hogan remarks that he doesn’t think “there would have been WrestleMania” if it wasn’t for AWA owner Verne Gagne taking the title back and wanting money from Hogan’s New Japan tenure around that time.

Today in 1982 I defeated Nick Bockwinkle to become AWA Champion, Verne taking the belt back and wanting a huge part of my NJPW Money sealed my fate,it was back to NY brother,Iron Sheik here I come,if this didn’t happen I don’t think there would have been Wrestlemania HH

— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) April 18, 2018

I would still be living in Minnesota brother HH

— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) April 18, 2018

The Hulkster always has an agenda, brother, so it’s interesting to see how he spins this anniversary tweet. He mentions his AWA stardom, but makes more of an effort to reference the historical importance of his presence in WWE.

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