Before Hulk Hogan, he was Sterling Golden

Long before there was Hulk Hogan and Hulkamaniacs, there was Sterling Golden.

Check out the Hulkster in interviews, with the legendary Gordon Solie, and in matches against outmatched foes in 1979.

First the interviews:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULSTUWPYWIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X21HZPdH-ME

And then his matches:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33dLy4-otMM&list=PLWGSecoT5NlcakBV0OaPfMk6R9Q3RhiEh&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIdMSGp8rFQ

Not hard to understand why the gimmick didn't stick.