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

After the recent death of Randy “Macho Man” Savage, we can’t help but think of the good ole’ days of WWF (now WWE), also known as The Golden Age of Wrestling. But it wasn’t just wrestling we watched back then; we watched cartoons. In 1985, CBS mixed the two with 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! Here’s the unforgettable opening:

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 new recently: The wrestlers didn’t do their own voices for this show. It was like learning there is no Santa Claus.

	Captain Lou Albano	Dead. (July 29, 1933 – Oct. 14, 2009)
	Rowdy Roddy Piper	Alive. (born April 17, 1954)
	Superfly Jimmy Snuka	Alive. (born May 18, 1943)
	Wendi Richter	Alive. (born Sept. 6, 1961)
	The Fabulous Moolah	Dead. (July 22, 1923 – Nov. 2, 2007)
	Hillbilly Jim	Alive. (born July 5, 1952)
	Nikolai Volkoff	Alive. (born Oct. 14, 1947)
	Hulk Hogan	Alive. (born Aug. 11, 1953)
	André the Giant	Dead. (May 19, 1946 – 27 Jan. 1993)
	Mr. Fuji	Alive. (born May 4, 1935)
	Junkyard Dog	Dead. (Dec. 13, 1952 – June 2, 1998)
	The Iron Sheik	Alive. (born March 15, 1943)
	Big John Studd	Dead. (Feb. 19, 1948 – March 20, 1995)
	Tito Santana	Alive. (born May 10, 1953)
	“Mean” Gene Okerlund	Alive. (born Nov. 29, 1942)