I have to add one more thing to what i said earlier. Who is the only pro wrestler to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated?.....None other than the person who should be #1 on the list no matter what you think of him. Hulk Hogan. I thought long and hard since my earlier post and there is clearly only one name you can make #1 and that is Hogan. He was the first person from wrestling to cross into mainstream movies (so he paved the way for the Rock, who claims he is doing that for Cena), everyone in the world knows who he is. Hell didn't he win some titles in Japan while in the WWF at the same time putting on epic matches with the Great Muta? I could be wrong on this though.
He had his own cartoon, he is who made it possible for everyone we liked and like to continue to have a job. When he was wrestling full time in the 80's you felt in your heart that he was going to lose the match, which pulled you in to it, and then he would hulk up and win. And every win with him felt like the first one when he did. I do believe he was the first wrestler shown in a hospital with an injury, and they acted like he had one too, and had all the kids send in letters to the hospital to wish him well and he was off of the program for a couple of months to get better. He is the number one person on the Make a Wish program. What more do you need from a superstar that did it all for the business?
Enough said. It's Hogan all the way.