Subjective question:
Obviously, being spoon-fed Hogan meant he was the best and the greatest and "my favorite" because he was the best and the greatest. "Love this man because we tell you to!" He has a cartoon, shirts, toys, etc., etc., and was an 80's pop culture icon up there with Mr. T. and Chuck Norris. Won't tell you how many plastic grocery bags my brother and I cut the bottom out of so we could wear them as shirts and rip them open while singing "Real American".
But starting to get into wrestling and formulating my own opinions on the matter, two guys really stuck out: Piper and Perfect.
Piper wasn't my "favorite" in the least, but I
hated him. All the other heels were "Boo, bad guy, booo!" but Piper made me upset whenever he would promo. It's a testament to how good and inflamatory a heel he actually was. In that way, he's a favorite, because I honestly wanted to see him not just lose, but get his ass kicked.
True answer though is Henning*
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This was truly the greatest moment in the history of our sport, and he didn't even fucking say it!:mad:
Mr. Perfect became "my" favorite organically. From the day The Genius introduced him I thought he was THE MAN! I liked Hogan because I was "supposed to" like the ultimate hero. I legit liked Mr. Perfect on my own. Catching the towel, swatting the gum, hitting the Perfect plex, and throwing the football to himself... I thought it was all awesome. Didn't care he was a bad guy. I thought he was soooo cool!
