Hulk Hogan is seemingly still living in his own world, completely oblivious to what’s going on around him.
WWE Hall of Famers Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff were recent guests on The Ariel Helwani Show. When asked about being booed by the WWE Universe at RAW earlier this year, Hogan attempted to compare it to The Rock and John Cena being booed by the audience as well.
“Well, you know, they’re still nipping at my heels,” Hulk Hogan said. “I can go out there and get booed. The last time I was in LA, I was Hollywood Hogan with a black beard and doing the bad guy thing. I can go out there and get booed in LA, or The Rock can get booed in LA, or John Cena gets booed in LA, but when I get booed, there’s a whole different reaction media-wise.
“For some reason, I laid some type of groundwork that people are still interested in what I’m doing. And so for those that are on the team and are riding with a train to the station, that’s great. For those that are the haters and still have a problem with me, there’s nothing I can do to fix that. Except just keep proving by my actions that I’m still in the game. I’m still pushing hard. I took a lot of time off because I had like 25 surgeries, and I was down for a long time.
Hogan attempts to compare him getting booed now to having the top spot in the 80s
“And I’ve always loved the hunt. I’ve always loved to get back in the game, but it’s always been that way with me. Because my whole career, I had that top spot no matter what it was. Even through the 80s, it was the fastest draw. During the 80s, it was just a situation where everybody was knocking me, everybody was trying to knock me off that top spot.
“I’ll trade that for not being on the bottom of the card. If you know what I’m saying, or being on the bottom of the pile of life. So for me, it’s just part of the territory. I mean, it’s kind of like when you get booed and then you get 3.2 billion engagements all of a sudden. And then you rock that whole world in LA with how much interaction there was on the internet. I’ll take it.”
The difference that Hogan can’t seem to comprehend is that Cena and Rock are being booed due to portraying heel characters. While a majority of the WWE Universe is booing Hogan, the person, not the character.
What do you make of Hulk Hogan’s comments? Are you surprised he still doesn’t understand why so many people are booing him nowadays? Let us know your thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
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