Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling 3-Disc Box Set DVD

Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling is the mid-1980s American animated series produced as a tie-in to the WWF's then-explosive rock-and-wrestling crossover with MTV-era pop culture, animating Hulk Hogan, Captain Lou Albano, Andre the Giant, Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, the Junkyard Dog, and the rest of the World Wrestling Federation roster as cartoon adventure heroes. The series aired on CBS and NBC across the 1985 and 1986 seasons.

The format is the appeal: each broadcast bundle pairs two short stories with the wrestling roster's running adventures, holding the show's signature blend of mid-1980s WWF cartoon-friendly personalities and pop-culture parody as the engine. Episode titles like "The Junkyard 500 & Junkenstein," "Cheaters Never Prosper & Driving Me Crazy," "Rock 'n' Zombies," "Robin Hulk and His Merry Wrestlers," and "All-Time Champ" telegraph the show's commitment to wrestling-meets-genre-pun storytelling. The animation has the unmistakable mid-1980s Saturday morning look.

For mid-1980s CBS and NBC Saturday morning programming, this was a notable swing at translating the WWF's biggest mid-1980s cultural moment into a kid-friendly cartoon, sitting in the lineage of celebrity-and-property-derived animation. Suited for longtime WWF and Hulkamania fans, viewers with affection for the era's particular brand of wrestling-tied programming, and anyone with a soft spot for the broader 1980s pro-wrestling pop-cultural moment.

Memorable installments include "The Junkyard 500 & Junkenstein" (the opener), "Gorilla My Dreams" (an early classic), "Rock 'n' Zombies" (a fan-favorite genre swing), "Battle Of The Bands" (a music-themed riff), and "All-Time Champ" (the closing special). This 3-DVD collection brings 27 episodes of Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling into one place.