Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling Card Game is a game in which players try to improve their hand of cards by drawing the top card of either the face-down draw pile or the face-up discard pile, and discarding either that card or one of the four cards in their hand. Except for Flip cards, each card has a point value in the range of 3 to 10, or 0. If a player discards a Flip card when they do not have the advantage, then they take the advantage from the other player. Only the player with the advantage is able to call a Showdown, at which time both sides reveal their hands; the player with the highest point total wins the match.
The four-player game plays much like the two-player game, with the major difference being that the player who calls for a Showdown must beat the hands of both of his opponents.