 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ni ọdun to nbo, Hogan di oju ti igbadun ọjọgbọn bi McMahon ti tẹ WWF sinu ile-iṣẹ aṣa pop pẹlu The Rock n Wrestling Connection lori MTV, fifọ awọn ile igbasilẹ, sanwo-nipasẹ-wo awọn buyrates, ati awọn iṣiro tẹlifisiọnu ninu ilana naa. Ohun tó gbàfiyèsí jù lọ fún àpéjọ náà : Ni WrestleMania akọkọ ni Oṣu Kẹta Ọjọ 31, Ọdun 1985, Hogan darapọ mọ ọrẹ ti o tọ, TV ati irawọ fiimu Mr. T lati ṣẹgun alatako rẹ Rowdy Roddy Piper ati Mr Wonderful Paul Orndorff nigbati Cowboy Bob Orton, ti o ti wa ni igun ti Piper ati Orndorff, bajẹ fa ikuna ẹgbẹ rẹ nipa fifọ Orndorff lẹyin ti o fo lati oke turnbuckle o si lu u ni ẹhin ori pẹlu ọwọ ọwọ rẹ ti a fi sinu ibọn ti a pinnu fun Hogan. Lori Saturday Nights Main Event I, Hogan ṣe aṣeyọri idaabobo WWF World Heavyweight Championship lodi si Orton ninu idije ti Hogan ṣẹgun nipasẹ ifilọlẹ. 