Fall From Grace
Pakistan was not exactly a hot bed of pro wrestling in the early 90s. It really caught the attention of the Pakistani public during the Monday Night Wars with the introduction of cable and the plethora of extra international TV channels which were unheard of before. But this story is not of the Monday Night Wars. This is of a time before that when the only wrestler one had heard of was a big muscular guy donned in red and yellow. He would sport a big blond handle-bar moustache and would rip up his shirt when entered the ring. His name was Hulk Hogan. There was no doubt that Hogan was perhaps, the most charismatic and popular wrestler of the time. Sure, there were other wrestlers who were way better (Savage, Bret Hart come to mind) and there were others who were better as characters as well (Ric Flair, but he did not have the hype machine of the WWF). However, there was no doubt, Hogan was the man who put WWF on the map. I was really young at the time and would actually belie...