Originally posted by JakeTheBank
He used his absorbing abilities on Thor. That much was made clear due to their conversation during Rulk's hazing period at the hands of Thor.Rulk was >>> OF Thor....until Thor got his measure and nearly killed him by Rulk's own admission.
Rulk falls from the moon, face first after fighting Thor. The ground turns to glass. He gets up, Savage Hulk is there waiting for him with a punch. They fight, he is still heating up. They are still fighting. Thor dive bombs him from the moon (sneak attack): start wailing on him, hit him with lightning (still heating up). Thor hits him some more...Hulk then dives in and push Thor off of him, Hulk starts punching Rulk...still punching. He over heats and pass out.
If you call that an advantage on Thors end then something is wrong. Rulk doesn't have a healing factor like Hulk so him fighting Heralds back to back like that ALONG with falling head first from the moon to Earth took its toll on the character. Their first fight was the legit fight...a fresh Rulk vs a fresh Thor and Thor got that a** tapped. Deal with it and move on.