Our favorite overly tanned, and past his prime wrestler [the one who can ACTUALLY save his money and not be in-debt to a wrestling website] was on the Canadian show ‘The Hour” in order to promote his new book, as well as his recent signing with Florida-based wrestling promotion, Total Non-Stop Action.
He had a lot to say, and among the many things said was that wrestling story lines ““have become incredibly bad over the last year or so.”
No kidding Hulk, we need some more of that wrestler-appears-as-a-vision-in-the-mirror-and-then-vanishes type story lines you’ve brought us. Or perhaps the classic WWE-Champion-has-a-friend-who-then-betrays-him-early-in-the-year-thus-setting-up-the-main-event-at-Wrestlemania. I don’t think Hogan ever got a chance to do that one.
He also dismissed rumors that he was going to fire the current TNA writers and bring in all his friends. *gasp* Fire the TNA writers? Then where on Earth could I get my reverse battle royals? Only in my dreams, I guess.
“This situation with TNA, that’s one of the things. Everyone is going, ‘What’s Hogan going to do? Is he going to fire (Vince) Russo right away or is he going to bring in all of his old friends and put the belts on everybody?’ That’s not even where I’m going with this thing,” he said.
I stand by the fact that Hogan would never do that. The Renegade earned his spot, people. TOS! TERMINATE ON SIIIIIIGHT!
Hogan name-dropped Bret Hart and Andrew The Giant as two former wrestlers who weren’t told by writers or agents what to do in the ring. He said wrestlers needing people to write for their characters makes for “very robotic and very boring and contrived programming.”
— Hogan, trying to drum up interest in a possible conflict with WWE, said he doesn’t think Vince McMahon was too happy with him joining TNA or holding the Madison Square Garden press conference. “There were some people in-house in WWE who said he didn’t respond favorably,” he said. “I kind of slid in there and made the press conference for TNA.”
— Hogan, shockingly, talked about him being the man that the ‘E always goes to when they need a big main event. Which, is true. Hogan vs. Randy Orton was MOTY for 2009, and it happened in 2006.
He mentions a story line they might have done a while ago, in order to put a book-end on Hogan’s career.
“About eight weeks ago, I was actually talking with Vince again because every year when they need like a main event, they’ll call me to wrestle (John) Cena like last year when I blew my back out and I couldn’t make it,” he said. “They were talking to me about hosting the show at the Garden and shooting an angle and coming back in. I don’t think he’s too happy.”
— The interview opened with a highlight package capturing Hogan’s career and Hogan was asked about separating the character from himself, Terry Bollea.
“I’m really happy that I can distinguish between the two. A lot of my buddies that are here and that are gone couldn’t,” he said. “Sometimes they think that if they’re great in the ring, they’re great in real-life.
OK, seriously, I like Hulk, but is that last quote not the funniest thing one person has ever heard?
To watch the full interview, head to <a href=http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_Hour/ID=1355276738 target=new>here</A>
CREDIT: <a href=http://www.pwtorch.com target=new>PW Torch</A>
