buddyboy101
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Post by buddyboy101 on Jan 23, 2011 13:39:28 GMT -5
I've noticed that Hulk Hogan around 93/94 (about the time he left for WCW) looks much different than how he looked in the years immediate prior. Compare:  vs.  I can't put my finger on what exactly accounts for the change in appearance. Perhaps: - He lost weight? - Hair was thinner? - Mustache was thinner? - Aged significantly? If anyone can shed some insight, I'm all ears. |
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Post by carly1988 on Jan 23, 2011 13:50:00 GMT -5
Looks like in later years, he's got longer hair, his mustache is thinner, his eyebrows are darker and I think the most important part, he's not on roids as consistent. Hogan was and still and probably always will be huge but look at the arms and chest. In his earlier days they looked absolutely swollen. Later on, while still freakishly big they didnt look as bulky.
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Post by redypiper on Jan 23, 2011 14:52:45 GMT -5
in other words he stopped taking
his vitamins.
or atleast wasn't taking as many
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Post by Raine on Jan 23, 2011 15:18:26 GMT -5
Think he went down to about 275lb from his bog standad 303lbs, 2 stone is alot of weight to drop. 1993 - 96 I think he took a semi steroid break as when the nWo started was still quite lean, but towards the end of the nWo he looked like Hulk of old, including his 2002 WWF returned, just looked older.
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Post by tnafan17: The Total Package on Jan 23, 2011 17:42:25 GMT -5
Well let me tell ya what ya didn't put your finger on brother. He went from using the old steroid needle and Big John Studd Vitamans brother to using Testosterone Boosters and Hulk Hogan Vitamins!!
But really, I assume he just laid off the juice.
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Post by ztj_wwf on Jan 23, 2011 18:45:18 GMT -5
Yeah, I've always noticed that too.
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Post by Dwight on Jan 23, 2011 20:15:45 GMT -5
Hogan admitted in a court of law (93-94, whenever McMahon was in legal heat) to taking steroids for years. Change was bound to happen but for it to seem so drastic...its just weird. I always look at that pic that you posted and compare it to his early WCW run and just shake my head.
As someone also mentioned, he remained smaller in build until he became that supper heel "Hollywood Hogan" in 98. If you look at a pic of him in 98, you'll see that he was right back to being built like a tank. I always wondered if he went back to taking roids around that time or not. I can't recall him ever admitting that. But, the fact is he has maintained a decent build since so who knows.
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Post by ToastMaster General on Jan 23, 2011 22:07:03 GMT -5
Thiner 'stach and longer hair doesn't account for the drastic change in his face. The dark eyebrows are the strangest one for me, did he like dye his eyebrows in the 80's or something? His face in the 93 pic looks less bloated though and that might be it.
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Post by slappy on Jan 24, 2011 10:45:57 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me but he looks younger in the second picture.
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Post by tnafan17: The Total Package on Jan 24, 2011 11:14:21 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me but he looks younger in the second picture. I can see what your saying. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2011 11:59:36 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me but he looks younger in the second picture. I can see what your saying. I can see that too-losing some weight can make you look younger though because your face tightens up a bit(at least with some folks) I will admit I never noticed this before-but yeah good point man |
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Post by Johnny Wrestling on Jan 24, 2011 12:05:18 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me but he looks younger in the second picture. I agree with this. Also, is Hogan blonde, or he died his hair and all? Watching his eyebrows in the second pic, made me remember that he had a darker beard, didn't he? |
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Post by tonylentelli on Jan 24, 2011 13:20:12 GMT -5
Hogan got off the roids and dropped from his 302 to 275.
Hulkamania was 27 years old 1/23/2011
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Post by K5 on Jan 24, 2011 13:36:29 GMT -5
yep, he just got off the roids and probably had an actually semi-legit tan for once.
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Post by RedwineRaider on Jan 24, 2011 14:05:37 GMT -5
Just off the roids. Look how swollen his face is in the first pic vs. the second.
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Post by dimshady on Jan 26, 2011 15:21:28 GMT -5
always noticed this too, always seemed taller to me when he got to wcw.
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Post by hbkrules on Jan 26, 2011 23:32:27 GMT -5
roids have a huge effect on your overall appearance so thats the biggest reason.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Feb 2, 2011 5:46:27 GMT -5
I've noticed that Hulk Hogan around 93/94 (about the time he left for WCW) looks much different than how he looked in the years immediate prior. Compare: vs. I can't put my finger on what exactly accounts for the change in appearance. Perhaps: - He lost weight? - Hair was thinner? - Mustache was thinner? - Aged significantly? If anyone can shed some insight, I'm all ears. Hogan was still doing movies and TV shows back then. He also sustained some kind of injury (Hulk claims it was boating accident, Macho Man claims he beat Hulk up) just before WM9, as is evidenced by Hulk's swollen eye and head bandages. I think Hulk was actually trying to trim down for more acting roles and his accident (or fight) hastened the process. I think in '93, he was much lighter than 275, perhaps by 25 lbs or so. Eventually, he bulked back up in WCW when wrestling became his sole focus again. I remember seeing him up close in '02 and he looked much like he did in the late '80's and early 90s, plus a few wrinkles. |
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Post by joker123 on Feb 2, 2011 20:03:26 GMT -5
Yeah, he got off steroids so he looks thinner in the 2nd pic.
The same thing has happened with others most noticeably imo - Randy Orton. Look at him in 2006/2007 and then compare it to 2009/2010. His face is much thinner due to him not being on steroids anymore.
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Post by Emerald Enthusiast on Feb 3, 2011 4:05:40 GMT -5
Yeah, he got off steroids so he looks thinner in the 2nd pic.. According to Hogan, he never used 'roids after 1987. That top pic was taken in '91 or '92. If you take Hogan at his word, his appearance change prior to coming to WCW was more about lifestyle changes and trauma than steroid cessation. Either way, he looked much better in '94 than '93. At WM 9, he looked like crap. He looked to be around 250 lbs and his face had been brutalized. ![]() cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/171/902/wrestlemania9b_display_image.jpg?1268108084[/img] |
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