Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling Dead-or-Alive Checklist

Rockn-WrestlingWith the demise of Saturday Morning Cartoons, we started thinking about one of our favorite sports related cartoons ever. In 1985, CBS aired Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling on Saturday mornings. Sure, the show only lasted 26 episodes and hasn’t been on television since 1987, but episodes are now on YouTube! Kids today don’t even know what they’re missing.

Watching that makes us wonder: How many of those folks are still alive? DeadWrestlers.net has the answers. But that list is exhaustive, so let’s look only at the cast of the cartoon. Also check out the list of oldest living wrestlers. I did learn something which researching this article: The wrestlers didn’t do their own voices for this show. It was like learning there is no Santa Claus.

Captain Lou Albano Dead. (7/29/1933 – 10/14/2009)

Rowdy Roddy Piper Dead. (4/17/1954 -7/31/2015)

Superfly Jimmy Snuka Dead. (5/18/1943 – 1/15/2017)

Wendi Richter Alive. (9/6/1961)

The Fabulous Moolah Dead. (7/22/23–11/2/2007)

Hillbilly Jim Alive. (7/5/1952)

Nikolai Volkoff Dead. (10/14/47-7/29/18)

Hulk Hogan Alive. (8/11/1953)

André the Giant Dead. (5/19/46–1/27/93)

Mr. Fuji Dead. (5/4/1935 -8/28/2016)

Junkyard Dog Dead. (12/13/1952–6/2/1998)

The Iron Sheik Alive. (3/15/1943)

Big John Studd Dead. (2/19/1948–3/20/1995)

Tito Santana Alive. (5/10/1953)

“Mean” Gene Okerlund Alive. (11/29/1942)

char_11987 Bobby “The Brain” Heenan Dead. (11/1/1944-9/17/2017)

Last updated: 7/29/2018