Ridiculous Bullsh*t from Hulk Hogan on Jericho's Podcast

[Big Red Machine]

The following are stories that Hogan told on Jericho's podcast which Dave Meltzer has said almost certainly aren't true... and I've got to side with Dave, because they almost all sound completely ridiculous:

1. Hogan always wanted to do jobs, but Vince & Verne wouldn't let him.

This is about the only one that seems to possibly have a shred of truth to me, as both Vince and Verne were building Hulk up as the top babyface and thus wouldn't want him losing, and maybe Hulk's ego wasn't quite so big in the first half of the eighties. Meltzer noted that if Hogan's claim was true, there was no reason for him not to do jobs in Japan for guys like Inoki, who would have loved to get a win over Hulk Hogan.

2. Not only did Hulk and Andre go out to the ring at WrestleMania III with no spots planned... they didn't even know what the finish was going to be!

This has to be total bullsh*t. There is no way in hell Vince would have let them go out to the ring without a finish in the main event of the biggest show of all time.

3. At one point when Hogan was defending the WWF Title in Japan, he heard that his opponent, Tatsumi Fujinami was going to try to shoot on him and steal the title, so Hulk craftily ensured that Danny Hodge was the referee for this match so that Fujinami wouldn't try anything. This made Andre proud of Hogan for being so crafty.

Some major strikes against this are Meltzer noting that he can find no recor dof Danny Hodge ever refereeing a match between Hogan and Fujimani, that all of the Hogan-Fujinami matches always looked very professional, which you think wouldn't quite be the case if Hogan ever suspected Fujinami might shoot on him, and most importantly: THIS IS NOT THE FIRST VERSION OF THE STORY THAT HULK HAS TOLD!
In the original version, Fujinami tried to shoot on Hogan and steal the title, but Hulk Hogan was able to defend himself against TATSUMI FUJINAMI, and Andre was proud of Hogan for being able to legitimately defend the title. Really.

[Big Red Machine]

According to this week's Observer, Dave said that there was a Hogan vs. Fujinami match with Hodge as the referee, but that it was advertised well ahead of time and that New Japan were the ones who brought Hodge in.

Hogan also claimed that when he came back in 2002, Kurt Angle stiffed him on orders from Vince McMahon.

[cero2k]

Hogan also claimed that when he came back in 2002, Kurt Angle stiffed him on orders from Vince McMahon.

this i can believe

[Bob-O]

Haha! I love Hulk Hogan bullshit! It's been going on for some time...

Here is the best list I was able to find in one spot:

According to “Hollywood Hulk Hogan,” his first autobiography, Elvis Presley would often come down to the local Memphis arena to watch the Hulkster wrestle. Unless the conspiracy theorists were correct, and Elvis is still alive, that connection would have been a tough one to pull off.

Hogan (then known as Terry “The Hulk” Boulder) didn’t start wrestling in Memphis until 1979 —two years after “Big E” passed away from a drug overdose.

Hogan also told the story about selling out Wembley Stadium at Summer Slam ‘92 — despite not actually being there.

And then there’s the tale, which gets literally bigger over time, that Andre The Giant was 800 pounds and 7-4 when Hogan, tearing every muscle in his back, body-slammed him at Wrestlemania 3, becoming the first human to ever do so.

That would be true if not for the fact that scores of much smaller wrestlers, ranging from Harley Race to Jimmy Snuka to Ronnie Garvin, performed the same feat over the years.

And wouldn’t the fact that Andre was a little shy of seven feet tall and around 500 pounds be impressive enough? But why let facts get in the way of some impressive fuzzy math?

Hogan, never one to leave good enough alone, would further add that Andre died shortly after the 1987 Wrestlemania epic, forgetting the fact that Andre died six years later in 1993.

And, by the way, Andre grew to eight feet tall in Hogan accounts following his death.

Had Hogan not achieved superstar status in the wrestling business, he has claimed on more than one occasion, he could have been bass player for the mega-rock group Metallica. Only problem was, he says, is that the band never answered his calls.

The larger-than-life hero also told “Good Morning America” that he wasted “hundreds of millions” of dollars due to his lavish lifestyle. Millions perhaps, but hundreds of millions, quite unlikely. Mick Jagger he’s not.

Speaking of whom, Hogan once told a London newspaper, he could have possibly been a bandmate of the rock and roll superstar.

Perhaps confusing his dreams with reality, Hogan related, “Jerry Hall (Jagger’s longtime girlfriend) asked Mick Jagger if I could play bass with The Rolling Stones. Mick never got back to me.”

Tough break for The Stones.

One of his more public untruths was when he told talk show host Arsenio Hall in 1991 that he had taken a synthetic hormone three times in his career, but just to get over a shoulder injury. Incredulous that anyone might question his integrity, he took out a picture of himself as a 12-year-old Little Leaguer. “I trained 20 years, two hours a day to look like I do, Arsenio,” he said. “I am not a steroids abuser and I do not use steroids.”

The truth about his steroid use was made public during the Vince McMahon steroid trial in 2004. Hogan was subpoenaed to testify against his employer and admitted, under the penalty of perjury, to using anabolic steroids.

He would later admit in his first autobiography to taking steroids for decades beginning in 1975.

The pro wrestling icon acknowledged in “Hulk Hogan: My Life Outside the Ring” that his trademark advice to fans was hypocritical.

Wrote Hogan: “It’s also weird to think about the fact that I was doing all of this — and the steroids — while telling all of my young fans week after week, ‘Train, say your prayers and take your vitamins.’ That line was like my own Bob Barker catchphrase. I threw that sentiment out into the world day after day.

“Not that there’s anything wrong with that message. It’s a great message. It was just a little bit hypocritical that my activities behind the scenes didn’t match the role-model persona I was putting out there.”

Blame it on a warped memory, self-aggrandizement or shameless self-promotion, Hogan does more than just blur the lines between fantasy and reality.

Also missing from this is the time he was supposed to be the face of some new kitchen grill, but he missed the call and they went with their second choice (George Foreman) instead.

He once claimed that Suburban Commando beat Ghostbusters in the box office.

The Montreal Screwjob happened at "Wrestlemania 16 or 17", where Brett was being "a horses ass" so Shawn just held him down for the pin.


I can't make this shit up... but Hogan can, apparently.

[kirbs2002]

Maybe it's a stretch, but I feel like this is watching an old man suffer the beginning stages of dementia. Don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for him.

[kirbs2002]

Maybe it's a stretch, but I feel like this is watching an old man suffer the beginning stages of dementia. Don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for him.

[Big Red Machine]

Maybe it's a stretch, but I feel like this is watching an old man suffer the beginning stages of dementia. Don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for him.

No it's not. It's Hulk telling lies, and they keep getting bigger. Like Tommy Flanagan. This isn't new for him.