- Earlier today Hulk Hogan did an interview for the SportFM 91.3 radio in Perth, Australia and I figured I'd transcribe the more interesting non-Hulkamania tour questions from the interview so here it goes:
Question: Can I ask you about your relationship with Vince McMahon? Is it still good?
Hulk Hogan: Brother, it's a love-hate relationship, you know. I talk to him once in a while when he needs a main event for WrestleMania but right now, once I get done with this Australian tour, I'm going back to the United States where I signed a deal to run a company called TNA - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It's another promotion that you guys are very familiar with here in Australia and I'm getting ready to take over the helm and it's going to be the number one wrestling company in the world just like when I did back in the 90s when I formed the nWo and we took over the wrestling business. I'm gonna do that again.
Question: Now, when you're at home watching wrestling as a fan who's the wrestler that you like watching in the ring? Who's someone that really captures your attention when you're watching as a fan?
Hulk Hogan: Well brother, I really like watching Kurt Angle. He really understands this business. And also one of my favourite wrestlers of all-time Sting. I really love watching Sting in the ring. And now there's a new kid that's coming up through the ranks and is doing pretty good - a kid named AJ Styles. That's one of the things I like about these new guys - they understand wrestling the old way, the way to really go out and fight for what they want. They don't sit in the back and talk and choreograph the matches like some of the other promotions do and I've really enjoyed watching these guys.
Question: Can you give us any information about what your role in TNA will be? Will we see you as a wrestler in the ring? Will you be behind the scenes? What would your on-air role be? Can you let us in on a little bit?
Hulk Hogan: Well, I signed a deal with Dixie Carter to come in as her partner. I know there are several people on the show - storyline-wise - who say they are part of TNA (management) such as Mick Foley and Jeff Jarrett, but this situation is for real. I'm going in to turn this thing upside-down. I'm gonna pick the whole wrestling business up and bodyslam it and whoever's not on my team - on Team Hogan at TNA - they're gonna be at the bottom of the pile. Just like I did in the early 90s, once I went to work for Eric Bischoff and Ted Turner they became the number one wrestling promotion in the world.
Question: Hulk, if there was one thing you could change about the wrestling industry at this point in time what would it be? How will Hulk Hogan revolutionize the wrestling industry yet again?
Hulk Hogan: Well, the one thing I would change and I'm going to change is..I hate the writers. I cannot stand that they have a writing team sitting in the back telling the wrestlers what to say and telling the wrestlers what to do in the ring. That's one of the reasons why I went to TNA because the other promotion that's what they're all about - scripting the verbiage and scripting the matches and telling the wrestlers what to do. They have a team of writers in the back that don't understand this business, that have never been to the big show, that have never been in the big main events. All the writers are either wrestlers that are midcard wrestlers or they were family members that were handed a pen and paper and told, "You've learned what you've learned from our family now keep writing". They've never learned the wrestling business from being in the middle of the ring in the main event in front of 20, 30, 40, 90 thousand people.
Question: You've been in the ring with the biggest names the wrestling industry's ever seen but there's one wrestler the fans would really love to see you in the ring with. There's one wrestler that you never really got to take on in a one-on-one situation and that of course is "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Steve Austin versus Hulk Hogan - what would the outcome be?
Hulk Hogan: I ran into Stone Cold one week before I came to Australia. I went to a Gold's Gym in Venice Beach, California and there he was. He was working out during the day. He was doing a movie with my buddy Sylvester Stallone. And I told him, I said, "Brother, I'm going back to work. I'm getting back in the ring. If you want some come get some. Money's not a problem. Your schedule's not a problem. If you really want to get in the ring and you really want to make history then come get into the ring with Hulk Hogan". I did not get an answer.
Question: So you threw the challenge out there but you did not get an answer?
Hulk Hogan: Face-to-face threw the challenge out, in his face.
Question: Back in the 80s with the WWF you helped bring them to the pinnacle of the entertainment industry, then later on you went to WCW and of course then to WWE. Which one of those runs was most memorable to you?
Hulk Hogan: The run that stood out the most was going to WCW with Eric Bischoff to prove who the most powerful man in the wrestling business was. I proved in a short amount of time that where I go the talent goes and that where I go the fans go. And I'm gonna prove it again this time. When I leave Australia - when I'm done with the Hulkamania tour - this may be the last time I ever wrestle. I'm going back to the Unated States and I'm gonna run TNA. I'm gonna be on camera, I'm gonna be behind the scenes taking care of business in the back and if the fans scream and shout loud enough I might even lace the boots up, brother, but I'm not planning on doing that. I'm planning on taking that company and turning it into the number one company in the business. When I leave here that's the mission I'm on and if I do come back to Australia it would probably be with TNA.
Question: And I have to mention this, Hulk. One of my favourite memories of you in the ring was when you took on The Rock at WrestleMania 18 several years ago. You actually went into this match as the so-called bad guy and The Rock was the good guy but you ended up receiving all the cheers from the crowd. That was a unique situation. Can you describe that whole moment for us?
Hulk Hogan: Brother, that goes back to what I'm talking about right now. You have to give the fans what they want and that's what I'm getting ready to do. I'm gonna do the Hulkamania tour and then when I leave here I'm going back to the Unated States and when I work for TNA I'm gonna turn the wrestling business upside-down. That's the same thing that happened with WrestleMania 18. Vince McMahon wanted me to be the bad guy. Vince McMahon wanted to put a bullet in Hulkamania. Vince McMahon put me up against his number one good guy The Rock who had a big push. And when I went out in front of 70,000 people in Toronto the fans told Vince McMahon what they wanted and they booed The Rock out of the building. They proved that the fans predict this business. These fans predict what the atmosphere and the environment in this business is all about. And that's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna go back to TNA and I'm gonna listen to those fans and give them what they want. I'm not gonna keep shoving a bunch of terrible, horrible, stale programming down their throats. I'm gonna listen to the fans. I'm gonna take the writers and tell them, "Go get another job. Sit in the back. If I need you to write a jingle for a commercial, maybe we'll use you for that". This is the wrestling business. If these wrestlers can't talk and these wrestlers can't wrestle then they need to head for the door.
Wow. Hogan almost made sense there. The world must be ending b/c I agreed with Hogan on at least 50% (the stuff about the writers).
Of course, he says something that's full of shit, like complaiing about overly scripted matches--like his matches against the Warrior weren't laid out move for move days in advance.
But still, if he can dump the writers without letting his ego and his buddies take over, there might be hope for TNA yet.
Posted By: Michael L (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:24 PM
Kayfabe Lives!~
Posted By: Guest#3666 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:29 PM
Remind me what exactly happened to WCW again??
Posted By: kingave66 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:29 PM
So waiting to see if Austin confirms this or denys it.
VIVA TNA.
Posted By: Guest#4523 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:30 PM
I would have loved to see the Hogan/Austin meeting in the gym. Of course, it probaly didn't even happen. But wouldn't it be great if it just consisted of Austin saying "What" every time Hogan opened his mouth?
Posted By: Guest#3310 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:30 PM
Oh fuck. I'm screwed.
Posted By: Vince Russo (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:31 PM
Stone Cold ignored the dellusional old man then! Hulk is complete joke! The reason he got no reply was due to the fact that Stone Cold is unable to wrestle due to his neck injuries!
Posted By: Jimmy (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:33 PM
I can't believe he just called A.J. Styles a new kid.
Posted By: Todd (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:36 PM
I truly do not believe that Austin wants anything to do with Hogan, TNA, or even wrestling right now, as he seems focused on his acting career and moving onto the next chapter of his life.
Besides give Austin some credit… He never really schilled himself like, well, Hogan does. Say whatever you will about Austin, but he seems pretty intent to rest on his laurels as far as wrestling is concerned.
Posted By: ff (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:41 PM
"I talk to him once in a while when he needs a main event for WrestleMania"
Ha Ha Ha I can't breath, oh man, I think I'm going to hyperventilate. That is comedy gold Hogan.
Posted By: Guest#9818 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:46 PM
this man drinks too much of his own coolaide....He remembers WCW over WWF. Where the WWF Made Hulk Hogan. Get that through your skull you balding Out of Shape Reality TV Loser. There is not one match in WCW History that involved hogan that out Drew, or Out sold the 93,000 Fans in the pontiac silverdome...something called Wrestlemania created by the WWF and put Hogan against Andre. Your gonna be the #1 organization with TNA. fIRST OF ALL. Even though WCW Defeated WWE in the ratings. WWF/WWE Was still the top promotion. get that through your no brained crome
Posted By: HogansALoser (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:50 PM
"Besides give Austin some credit… He never really schilled himself like, well, Hogan does. Say whatever you will about Austin, but he seems pretty intent to rest on his laurels as far as wrestling is concerned."
Yeah. That's because Austin spends his time beating up women half his size.
Posted By: Volourn (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:54 PM
a while ago I would be drooling for Russo to be gone but Impact has been alot better lately.
Posted By: random (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:55 PM
Hogan is completely baked. His version of "the truth" is straight out of his vivid imagination. Good luck, TNA. You'll probably be out of business in 2 years with Hogan pushing the Senior Tour.
Posted By: Guest#8417 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:56 PM
Um...Ted Turner was a multi-billionaire and owned several television networks. Dixie Carter is not, and does not. Kindly shut the hell up, Hogan.
Posted By: BJC (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:01 PM
After reading this I really want Hogan to bury TNA.
Posted By: Guest#9921 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:02 PM
Hogan might be 90% full of shit, but damned if it ain't entertaining shit!
Posted By: The Ogre (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:06 PM
For all you "TNA is the best and WWE sucks" people... I present you Hulk Hogan. Sorry about your luck.
Posted By: Balman (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:07 PM
How many times does he need to say he's going to turn TNA upside down? Got it, just like you turned the wrestling world upside down with Celebrity Championship Wrestling. That didn't have any writers or scripting.
Posted By: Byzdalmyt (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:09 PM
Hogan isn't gonna bury TNA, like the IWC predicts. He'll basically do nothing with it and it'll be in the same position as it has been for the last 3-4 years.
Dixie f'n Carter needs to get a reality check on how wrestling works because she has no clue. With her Linda McMahon like charisma and wannabe Celine Dion look.
Posted By: Guest#6781 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:10 PM
"Besides give Austin some credit… He never really schilled himself like, well, Hogan does. Say whatever you will about Austin, but he seems pretty intent to rest on his laurels as far as wrestling is concerned."
Yeah. That's because Austin spends his time beating up women half his size.
Posted By: Volourn (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:54 PM
Uh huh, that was really lame.
Posted By: A-Ron (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:10 PM
Listening to the fans? Giving wrestlers a little creative freedom? What is this blasphemy he speaks of? You can't do that in the wrestling business. We're supposed to get boring monsters shoved down our throats until we like them. Hogan's gonna ruin wrestling ... and its about damn time.
Posted By: Burnout (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:11 PM
"and whoever's not on my team - on Team Hogan at TNA - they're gonna be at the bottom of the pile. "
Hooboy. Hope Joe, Daniels, Styles, etc. like brown nosing.
Posted By: Vordeo (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:14 PM
Remind me what exactly happened to WCW again??
Posted By: kingave66 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:29 PM
Vince Russo happened.
Posted By: Spaz Monkey (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:16 PM
austin actually knows his limitations. he almost killed himself during the last rock/austin match.
as for hogan, i am speechless.
Posted By: rey (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:18 PM
He at least seems motivated. I like what he is saying... old school stuff. I hope he does go nWo on everyone. I don't know why WCW went under, but Hogan better leg drop Russo out of there.
Posted By: hmmm (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:20 PM
I can only imagine Hogan coming up to Austin and offering a match...and Austin just says nothing to Hogan :D
Posted By: Guest#0088 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:23 PM
Question: So you threw the challenge out there but you did not get an answer?
Hulk Hogan: Face-to-face threw the challenge out, in his face.
Why is he trying to make that sound like he was challenge Austin to a real fight and Austin didn't want any?
Posted By: Jerry (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:35 PM
Austin can't wrestle. His film career will flop. But he still makes more money off of residual checks from WWE in one year than most people currently in the company. He never has to work again. It still eats away at Hogan that he never got that match. He can say BS all he wants, he's jealous of Austin, and both men know it.
Posted By: Guest#0919 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:46 PM
"this man drinks too much of his own coolaide....He remembers WCW over WWF. Where the WWF Made Hulk Hogan."
Afraid not. If anything, his appearance in Rocky III made Hogan, but Hogan was HUGE, just absolutely hugely over, in AWA before WWF signed him away.
And, yes, I'm aware Hogan was in WWF first as a bad guy but he wasn't anywhere near as over then.
Posted By: Rich (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:52 PM
got to agree about the writers and the formulaic nature of what is the state of current pro wrestling
Posted By: Guest#9593 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:06 PM
Hogan is clearly delusional, yeah wcw beat wwf in the ratings for quite some time,but where is wcw now? oh yeah thats right Vince owns it!
Aj Styles, New Kid?? WTF?
I doubt Hogan will do anything good for TNA
Posted By: KnowYourRole (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:10 PM
"I'm gonna pick the whole wrestling business up and bodyslam it and whoever's not on my team - on Team Hogan at TNA - they're gonna be at the bottom of the pile. Just like I did in the early 90s, once I went to work for Eric Bischoff and Ted Turner they became the number one wrestling promotion in the world."
At least he's honest about how he's going to bury like 90% of the roster.
Posted By: Guest#9352 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:11 PM
I like how the TNA World Champion is "coming through the ranks".
Posted By: Joey Riot (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:27 PM
"Remind me what exactly happened to WCW again??"
- It got a writing team that scripted it into the ground with stupidity and it died. Luckily Hogan said he's against that.
Posted By: kliq316 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:32 PM
He knows better. He's just in carny-mode as usual, promoting whatever is in his best interest at the time.
In a few years after this has been a complete failure he'll be back on WWE's nuts.
Posted By: emaN (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:38 PM
"And now there's a new kid that's coming up through the ranks and is doing pretty good - a kid named AJ Styles."
Ugh I hate him.
Posted By: Tim (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:41 PM
What will happen if Hogan takes TNA in a ROH direction? Does the universe implode on itself?
Posted By: Guest#2793 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:46 PM
Hogan: "brother, Austin and Hogan! Fight of the century, I'm challanging you to your face right now"
Austin looks at Hogan, kicks him in the knee.. "What?!?" Fight over
Posted By: Guest#5427 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:46 PM
Remind me what exactly happened to WCW again??
Posted By: kingave66 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:29 PM
Vince Russo came in, kicked Hogan out, and ruined the company. That answer you're question?
Posted By: JD (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:47 PM
Yeah I think Hogan might be on crack guys...
As I recall the fans were pretty split down the middle at WMX8...
Posted By: AdamFrigginPyre (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:48 PM
"Where the WWF Made Hulk Hogan."
This myth never dies.
Hogan was huge because of Hogan. It's the reason why Vince wanted him so bad.
Posted By: Volourn (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:52 PM
I'm really interested to see how quickly the fall of TNA takes after Hogan gets hands-on with the company. Maybe this "new kid", A.J. Styles, can keep the boat afloat for a few months...
Posted By: Guest#6642 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:53 PM
"Besides give Austin some credit… He never really schilled himself like, well, Hogan does. Say whatever you will about Austin, but he seems pretty intent to rest on his laurels as far as wrestling is concerned."
Yeah. That's because Austin spends his time beating up women half his size.
Posted By: Volourn (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:54 PM
Uh huh, that was really lame.
Posted By: A-Ron (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:10 PM
Seriously? Seriously?
We could go on for days and days about Hogan’s antics outside of the ring. Trust me there would be no shortage of material.
Posted By: FF (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:54 PM
I believe half of what I see Hogan do and none of what he says.
Posted By: neverAcquiesce (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:01 PM
While Hogan needs to recognize that AJ Styles has pretty much carried TNA on his back (not that Angle, Joe, Sting, Daniels, Jarrett, and Christian haven't helped), if Hogan can do away with them scripting promos word for word, that's one of the best developments yet.
And as long as Hogan shows respect to the workers that have built the house, then I hope he does take control and everything works out. A TNA main event of Angle, Styles, Sting, Joe, Daniels, Nash, Abyss, Foley.. and then occassionally Steiner, Lashley, Raven, and Hogan would be gold... especially with the supporting cast they have.
... on the other hand, this could all be setup for some big angle involving Hogan and Russo.. which would suck until proven innocent...
Posted By: Blackbird 13 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:04 PM
Man does he ever shut up? Let's just remember that he is white trash and only out for himself. I don't care what he says, he is a salesman, but his product is very old and broken down
Posted By: T-Mac (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:06 PM
What a load of bullshit. Big up three of TNAs top stars, punked out Austin, & mention WWF/E as little as possible. The guys too old, too dumb to what fans want, and will ruin TNA. TNA RIP.
Posted By: Guest#3193 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:06 PM
I am sorry to tell you new wrestling fans, but Hogan didn't ruin WCW. He build it up. WCW was ruined when Hogan took a back seat.
People in their 30's want to see Hulk Hogan. You don't see any modern wrestlers getting reality t.v. shows, or being offered any. Where is Austin? Where are his t.v. shows? Nowhere.
Stop biting the hands that feed you. You losers writers are here because of Hogan.
Posted By: Jamie (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:16 PM
"Besides give Austin some credit… He never really schilled himself like, well, Hogan does. Say whatever you will about Austin, but he seems pretty intent to rest on his laurels as far as wrestling is concerned."
Yeah. That's because Austin spends his time beating up women half his size.
Posted By: Volourn (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:54 PM
While Hogan screws girls half his age who look just like his daughter, while also rubbing down his daughters ass in public....lol
Posted By: lol (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:25 PM
Is Hogan full of shit or Full of himself? Well I think they're one and the same.
Posted By: #1Punker (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:28 PM
And your current TNA world heavyweight champion 'Some new kid named AJ Styles'
Posted By: Guest#0394 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:30 PM
"Remind me what exactly happened to WCW again??"
- It got a writing team that scripted it into the ground with stupidity and it died. Luckily Hogan said he's against that.
Posted By: kliq316 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:32 PM
Have you ever heard of NWO creative control? NWO:"Give us control so we can be sure to screw it up on our own!" Results: Cruiserweight division alienation to the egomaniac hasbeens; then WCW implosion. Pathetic road to failure, isn't it?
Posted By: ratedRsociologist (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:45 PM
Maybe not this week, maybe not in a month, but if Hogan is given control he will eventually make himself the center of TNA. He is better at politics than even Hunter. They’ll have Dixie wrapped around their finger; the named of Impact will probably be changed to Hogan’s Wrestling Garbage Band, We’ll be forced to watch Beefcake, Jimmy Hart, Kamala, The Nasty Boys, maybe Randy Savage, and a circus of other ex WWF/WCW wrestlers way past their prime. Soon enough the fans who have supported AJ, Joe, and the rest of the gang will be dying to see them go to The WWE, much like The Radicals.
Posted By: Whatever (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:54 PM
People tend to forget. WCW was in the crapper BEFORE Russo joined the company. Hogan, Bischoff and Nash started the WCW decline back in late 1998 to early 1999.
Posted By: Guest#5398 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:09 PM
I was excited to see TNA come to Calgary in March but TNA might not make it that far.
Posted By: The Calgary Kid (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:10 PM
WrestleMania 18 Hogan/Rock reaction split down the middle? Only according to Jim Ross I'd say.
Posted By: nwa88 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:22 PM
Yeah I think Hogan might be on crack guys...
As I recall the fans were pretty split down the middle at WMX8...
Posted By: AdamFrigginPyre (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 05:48 PM
Well then you recall incorrectly. They cheered Hogan's offense and booed The Rock's offense, that's why The Rock started to act like a heel.
Posted By: Guest#0981 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:32 PM
Interesting but unintentionally funny interview! Great replies posted here too, guys.
Hogan "giving fans what they want"? Yeah, like how he strongarmed McMahon into screwing both Bret Hart and Yokozuna get of their reigns? Fans didn't want it, McMahon saw the light real quick and rightfully got rid of him. Just one example of Hogan thinking he knows what everyone else wants.
Posted By: Earl (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:39 PM
I know the Main Event picture in the WWE is stagnant as Hell but Vince McMahon needing Hulk Hogan for the Wrestlemania 26 Main Event - ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Posted By: JAK (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:39 PM
Why do people keep saying that hogan will put his boys on top and that all of them will hold the tna titles. How many title runs did Beefcake get in wcw? The last thing I remember of the Nasty's is getting kicked out of the NWO and burried by Hall and Nash. When they say Hogan is not comming alone, I think that he may be bringing Kennedy, Umaga, Shannon, and some of the other younger guys from the tour with him.
Posted By: Guest#9093 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:45 PM
I did not answer Hulk's challenge, because the man scares me to death. There is no way the stack of dimes I have for a neck can take that legendary leg drop, and that's the bottom line, because Stone Cold....er.....I said so!!!
Posted By: Steve Austin (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:51 PM
I hate to tell all you idiot ppl on this site that hogan is the reason why wrestling is what it is hold him as high as vince there would be no big arenas no big stars no movie deals none of that so shut the hell up about hogan please thank you hulk and soon all of you will be on tna and I hate to say I told you so when it happens
Posted By: guest234 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:53 PM
While Hogan screws girls half his age who look just like his daughter, while also rubbing down his daughters ass in public....lol
Posted By: lol (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 06:25 PM
Anybody ever notice how much Brooke looks like her dad? That pretty much kills any chance of me finding her sexy. Give her another five years. She'll look as haggard as her mother, with her father's nose. What a beauty!!!
Posted By: Guest#7455 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:54 PM
People tend to forget. WCW was in the crapper BEFORE Russo joined the company. Hogan, Bischoff and Nash started the WCW decline back in late 1998 to early 1999.
Posted By: Guest#5398 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 07:09 PM
Exactly, Russo may have been the final nail in the coffin, but Hogan, Nash, and Bischoff destroyed the company. Do you all forget the "Fingerpoke of Doom" that was the beginning of the end.
Posted By: DC (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 08:00 PM
SO Hogan invented the NWO?? I guess Hall & Nash were just props?? and Eric had nothing to do with it??
I bet if vince would pay his price Hogan would be in the WWE in a second, writers or not
Posted By: BDC (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 08:02 PM
Remind me what exactly happened to WCW again??
Posted By: kingave66 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:29 PM
same thing that happened to the XWF and American Gladiators...and Hogan knows best...
give it up hogan, no one cares anymore
Posted By: the dude (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 08:02 PM
Hulk crack kills get some help
Posted By: stkwchr (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 08:14 PM
Actually Hulk, Vince knew and planned for the Toronto fans to cheer you and boo Rock. That's why they scripted the face turn at the end.
So full of himself. Long live WWE (and HBK).
Posted By: Daniel (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 08:22 PM
All you Hogan haters are lame. You would all give your right arm to be as successful as Hogan has been. Half, if not all, would love to be him for five minutes. The man has earned every right to do what he wants in the business. He's given both knees and a hip, let alone his back. Must be easy to "fix" the wrestling world from your easy chair.
Posted By: Guest#0267 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 08:34 PM
as far as i can tell every body on here is FULL OF SHIT!!! it stills bothers some of you a-holes that hulk is still referred to as an cultural icon thirty years after he burst onto a wwe ring, instead of that wife beating piece of shit austin or dwayne sell out johnson, by the way his movie bombed....... who's bright idea was it to release a cartoon against a billion dollar francise like twilight anyway? any how back to the topic, all of the criticism that has been thrown at him and his family from the media and morons such as yourselves didn't phase him and HE'S STILL STANDING!! SO KEEP IT UP, AT THE END OF THE DAY HE'LL STILL HAVE MORE THAN ANY OF YOU JACKASSES WILL EVER HAVE.
Posted By: nikki (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 09:06 PM
I just got hearing Hulk Hogan's interview and "Oh brother", "he sure makes sense". I can't beleive so many fans would cuss and make the Hulkster look bad just because he let the truth out about the WWE (WWF).
Fans should be happy that an icon like Hulk Hogan is willing to give to the fans. He is willing to give fans what they want to see, but some fans take it wrong.
I know a serious person when I see that person or hear them and I am going on record as saying that what Hulk Hogan just said will become a reality. There is other organizations not just one to take the whole pie and too be greedy.
I think all he tried to do with Steve Austing was to get him to work together as a team and at the same time convince him to let the fans see him again. So many fans like "Stone Cold Steve Austin" and I am sure he had a lot a fans who want too see him again. If he did not say anything to Hulk Hogan it was because he is leaving his options open for the future. It's a ? I already know since I have been a wrestling fans since Lucha Libre in California (NWA). I already know. Dixie Carter could not have a better "aquisition" better than the Hulkster so you boys who think otherwise can change the channel if you do not like TNA. So many WWE fans decided to turn over to TNA because the Hulkster is in TNA. They know his way of business!
End of discussion boys.
Posted By: Billy Jack (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 09:29 PM
Hogans such a dumbass, who was that bitch that called him before he was going to shoot his head off. She should be punched in the mouth.
Posted By: tweeter (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 10:26 PM
"As I recall the fans were pretty split down the middle at WMX8..."
I was there, they were not. 100% Hogan.
Posted By: Joe Kerr (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Hulk Hogan still is the most powerful Wrestling Superstar in the universe and Hulkamania will run wild forever!
Posted By: WWF Fan (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 11:03 PM
"You don't see any modern wrestlers getting reality t.v. shows, or being offered any. Where is Austin? Where are his t.v. shows? Nowhere."
Yeah. Because he actually saved money and doesn't have to whore out his family on a C-grade VH1 show.
Acting like it's a positive that Hogan had a shitty TV show is ricockulous.
Posted By: Guest#9241 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 11:36 PM
l dont know if it will be sooner than later, but you can cut this out & paste it in the future: hulk hogan will be the biggest reason TNA will fold within 3 years...the most over-rated wrester/performer in the history of the business.
Posted By: stone cold steve austin (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 11:59 PM
"Afraid not. If anything, his appearance in Rocky III made Hogan, but Hogan was HUGE, just absolutely hugely over, in AWA before WWF signed him away."
I think anyone who subscribes fully to the "Vince Made Hogan," or "Hogan Made Vince" camps needs to take the blinders off...One hand washed the other, and the water just happened to turn to gold. Vince gave Hogan the platform to become a global star, and Hogan's star power kept Vince from going bankrupt in the process.
NEITHER would've been nearly as successful without the other.
Posted By: Boreanaz (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 02:38 AM
So hogans gonna do to TNA what he did to WCW. Does that mean more bullshit finishes and incoherent story lines than ever and no ones gonna get a push unless hogan likes them. I bet within a month of being on tv Hogan has the belt.
Posted By: Andy T (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 06:23 AM
this man drinks too much of his own coolaide....He remembers WCW over WWF. Where the WWF Made Hulk Hogan. Get that through your skull you balding Out of Shape Reality TV Loser.
Posted By: HogansALoser (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:50 PM
Seriously, he's not going to say WWF/E when he's working for the competition now is he? Of course he'd say WCW, he's trying to build an excitement around it all happening again. He's hardly going to say "We're gonna take over like WCW did! But yeah I never liked it there, WWF was better..."
Some of the people commenting really need to learn he's self promoting and it's what he does, people who don't end up like Lance Storm.. nobody who doesn't live on wrestling sites gives a shit or remembers him.
Posted By: D (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 07:43 AM
His answer about "Writing's" role in wrestling was spot on, and the smartest thing I've ever heard him say.
Posted By: McLovin (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 09:31 AM
Hey folks!
I'm back and ready to rumble, yeah I've had a few rough years, but don't worry, Hollywood is back brothers!! Don't be hatin cos Hollywoods dating, I will run TNA and turn that sun of a bitch sideways ans stick i straight up Vince's candy ass!!!
Posted By: Hollywood Hulk Hogan (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 09:36 AM
Gotta love Hogan's glossed over truth... the core points are true but he forgets Ted Millions of Dollars and the fact that he was a key factor in destroying WCW too.
Austin will never ever go to TNA, he has no reason to. He hates Hogan anyway and is loyal to the WWE.
Still one of the most fun interviews I've read and despite if he succeeds or fails I know I will be watching the whole way.
Posted By: Andrew Barbarash (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 10:23 AM
"Remind me what exactly happened to WCW again??
Posted By: kingave66 (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 03:29 PM
Vince Russo happened.
Posted By: Spaz Monkey (Guest) on November 23, 2009 at 04:16 PM"
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Actually, WCW fell due to a hostile corporate takeover and a merger in the real world. Eric Bischoff and a few investors were planning on purchasing the league but the people in control of WCW instead ended up selling the league to Vinnnie Mac. Look up the name Jamie Kellner to see who was really responsible for killing WCW.
Posted By: RDR (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 10:40 AM
There is no doubt that the crowd was at least 90% in Hogan's favour at WM 18, but that was because Hogan had been out of wrestling for nearly two years while The Rock had been pushed as THE top guy during that time.
Imagine if they main evented Wrestlemania this year? I'm pretty sure Hogan would get booed out of the building.
Still, as far as the biggest stars go in the history of wrestling...he's number 1.
1 Hogan, 2 Austin, 3 Rock (List not to be mistaken for in-ring work which would favour your Shawn's, Ric's and Bret's)
Posted By: Guest#4789 (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 11:28 AM
did you know???
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre The Giant at Wrestlemania 3 Drew over 2 million people...and when Hogan slamed Andre, Andre weighed 7,862 lbs. .......according to the Hulkster... BROTHA!
Posted By: truth (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Hogan needs to bring in Goldberg. Imagine Goldberg vs. Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe, Bobby Lashley, Desmond Wolfe or guys he's fought b4 like Kevin Nash, Sting, Hogan, Steiner....I think that would be cool...well at least it would be better then Brian Knobbs and Brutus Beefcake....anyone for Sid coming to TNA?
Posted By: bAMBamBigelow (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 12:01 PM
"Ok Stone cold I challenge you to a fake wrestling match. I know your contracted with WWe so um we can wrestle that fake match in TNA...."
Yea, sounds like a challenge. Hogan can barely move. Stone Cold has a bad neck. Really Hogan? Hogan + interviews = weenie.
Posted By: Foo Pac (Guest) on November 24, 2009 at 01:44 PM
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