During the 80's an early 90's Hulk Hogan was the WWF's biggest star and the biggest Icon in wrestling. The typical hero; fighting for the right causes, sending positive messages and always caring for the children. When 1996 rolled around, Hogan turned his back to his millions of fans by joining Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in order to form The New World Order of wrestling.

With the nWo Hogan was no longer wearing his red and yellow colors, instead he was wearing black. He also dropped the "HULK" name and renamed himself "Hollywood Hogan". nWo's take over plan was

Hollywood Hogan was unquestionably the nWo's leader and with his influence attracted the best talent to join the .