It all just took off like a rocket. We blazed such a trail that it's hard for the young guys to follow that trail. I mean, he retired and came back, and put his boots in the ring and all of that. But this was the final 'final' goodbye.
But opening up and showing people what he was about, that he was totally dedicated to this business, had wrestling in his blood on day one and was a good dude and a family man. I think the whole thing was done really well. It was a good move. Do you wish you had a chance to do a "Last Ride" documentary, with the whole sendoff and stuff? There's still more business to be done with me even though I'm not actually wrestling anymore.
I don't know how to approach that as far as timing goes. And it could only be done by the WWE, because they're the only ones that could do it correctly and give it justice. Hopefully, down the road there'll be a spot to do it that way. Obviously, you return to WWE as shows are being held in fan-less environments. I started in the s. The first day I came in to be a wrestler, they broke my leg and said, 'Don't come back. I spent a couple of years learning to get in good shape, how to wrestle and then how to do the professional wrestling scenarios.
I didn't plan stuff out. I just knew who was going to win or lose, and then listen with my heart and my ears with what they wanted to see. You're a three-tier chess player, thinking a few moves ahead every time. Andre [The Giant] taught me that, because Andre basically raised me in this business. How to pace myself in creating emotion and passion and hatred and then blowing the roof off the place when I 'hulked up.
Today, I see guys come right up and take off and hit the ropes. Back in the day, when I was in a rear chin-lock, I would start shaking my ankle and leg a little bit, like I was freaking out. I wouldn't come up out of that chin-lock until the building was about to explode. It's a different feel with a live crowd. A lot of the superstars that are coming in from the performance center right now are learning to wrestle without a crowd.
So I'm not sure there's much of a transition to go out into the ThunderDome without a live crowd. But for me, it would really affect me until I got my sea legs under me, because when I wrestled, I was so used to the crowd. Even when I'd watch other wrestling shows with fans now, I think about how freaked out I'd be to watch a bunch of people sitting down looking at their iPhones during my matches. Something else that's changed a bit since you started in the business is the concept of heroes and villains.
There's a lack of clear "good guys" and "bad guys" with many shades-of-gray characters. How do you feel about that change in the industry? When I was the bad guy, it was 'forget the prayers and the vitamins Making sure there was no gray area there.
I put him in an ambulance and ran him over with a semi-truck. I tried to do everything I could to be the most evil person in the world. And then, when I came out for the match, they started cheering me in Toronto. So even though they weren't supposed to be cheering me, we switched up that thing really fast. I was on a plane the next morning back to Florida to get the red and yellow gear again, brother. I didn't want to be in a gray area. Look at The Miz. They got him as a bad guy. I never even knew I was late.
I just knew when they sent me I was supposed to go. Hogan has had his reputation torn to shreds since an audio clip of him using racist language from emerged. He was even booed at Wrestlemania 37 despite the event taking place in his adopted home state of Florida. Archie Blade. WWE Latest News. Bryan Danielson was worried he would not be able to keep up with the wrestling….
For the next 10 years, Hogan fought in areas all across the country and around the world, ripping off his shirt, cupping his ear to the fans, and "hulking up" much to our delight. He became WWE Champion in and held the title for four years—the third longest reign ever. He would go on to win the WWE title six times in his career.
Now known as "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, he was able to change up a gimmick that was becoming increasingly stale. Hulk Hogan crossed over in the mainstream. He appeared on The Tonight Show. He was on the covers of Sports Illustrated and People magazine.
He's done it all. Ask anyone who is not a wrestling fan between the age of years old to name a professional wrestler, and I'm willing to bet that 90 percent of the time you'll hear Hulk Hogan. He is a household name.
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