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00:18Hulk Hogan who some consider to be the biggest wrestling star of all time has died
00:24Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan died today after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater, Florida
00:31Hogan's manager tells us that he passed away surrounded by family
00:39His wild personality, pumped up physique and handlebar mustache made him the face of professional wrestling
00:46His legacy also comes with controversy
00:49This won't surprise you, but I used to watch him every day after school
00:52Like a lot of kids, right?
00:54Yeah
00:54But unlike a lot of superheroes, Superman, Batman, you couldn't touch and feel him
00:57He was tangible to a lot of people
00:59They're very sad to see their legend, their childhood hero
01:03Gone in what seems like such a sudden way
01:33Oh, that's the hardest part standing up
01:37old people take a long time to get going
01:48when I was the world's champion I had this crazy gym
01:51over the years we've kind of scaled down to the
01:56to the geritol equipment here
02:04I feel okay but it's a pain in the butt you know because
02:07I have my son take the tops off water bottles all the time for me because I
02:11can't turn them kind of embarrassing in a little way
02:16it's all good huh it could be worse I don't know it's part of the deal man
02:22you know keep keeps me humble and keeps me very grateful my mind I still think
02:28like I'm 35 or 40 years old but as soon as I look in the mirror I go who the
02:32hell's that get down here it's like the only real piece of my life once I'd get
02:42in that ring I wouldn't worry about kids wives bills problems legal criminal any
02:50type of problems but I don't have that anymore you know in wrestling you should
02:57be remembered from all the wars you've been and everything you've done
03:05and a lot of that's been taken away in the last 20 years was there a sinister
03:10side to his success today the WWE announced they were dropping Hogan Hulk Hogan fired
03:16by the WWE the company I think he's a liar I think he's a coward there's certainly
03:22some things that you would want to be remembered for more than others right
03:31yeah of course
03:39I think people don't know the truth who was this guy really
03:49I actually believe in what I'm doing and the people get behind that man they
03:52get behind me they know that I try and say my prayers eat my vitamins if you say
03:56your prayers and eat your vitamins man sooner or later you're gonna get what you
03:59want this is serious beach boy blonde his body of bronze standing six foot nine and
04:12weighing 345 his name is Hulk Hogan and when you were born they didn't say this this
04:19looks like a baby Hulk we'll name him Hulk Hogan no but I grew into the name
04:23that's for sure what you're gonna do when Hulkamania runs wild on you
04:32today he is the biggest name in wrestling
04:38one of the most famous athletes in the history of the world
04:44man it feels great to be on top of the mountain it feels like I got about a
04:48million volts of electricity running to these 24 and 5 months culture rules brother
04:54a man who calls himself the ultimate male the ultimate all-american here in
04:59America you gotta work hard love hard and die hard man
05:12I can't predict and tell you right now what the final act of the story is going to be
05:29I'm not looking for a legacy pat on the back for sure not everyone is going to love you
05:39some people hate me but
05:44I'm definitely the greatest wrestler of all time
05:46I'm Hulk Hogan
05:47Mr. Hulk Hogan
05:49here he is Hulk Hogan
05:53he is the man who needs no introduction
05:55would you welcome Hulk Hogan
05:59I'm Hulk Hogan
06:10let's see if I can get through another day and
06:12listen to myself talk good grief
06:16moments away makeup and hair please
06:18I'm here I can do this
06:22a couple frizzies here Hulk
06:24thank you dear
06:27fans recognize Hulk Hogan as a hero
06:29he's bigger than life a real hero who gives his all for all the right reasons
06:35do you consider yourself a hero I don't consider myself a hero at all but I'm very aware now after
06:45all these years what that Hulk Hogan presence means you know to the fans
06:52I was not a mere moral man I was a superhero Hulk Hogan when I had my stature
06:58the Hulk Hogan character is over the top it's a fake character you know but hopefully people can understand that
07:05someday
07:05man I say my prayers take my vitamins and everything I do is positive but yeah it's two different people
07:11you know it's like me playing Dracula
07:14you know I'll come home and bite my wife in the neck and suck the blood out of my kids
07:17necks you know but duh if you want to believe that go ahead
07:20but when I come in the house the headband comes off the bald heads there
07:25and my wife calls me Terry
07:28Terry
07:28why do you always have to do that
07:30Terry's not going to leave this part out
07:32we're going to take some movies of Terry
07:34and you're going to make a video
07:36there were only a handful of people that knew him as Terry
07:39I knew him deeply as himself
07:41oh my god look at this
07:42we were always tan
07:43I turned Terry on to a tanning bed
07:45he didn't even know what they were
07:47and he had to stay tan for work
07:48oh Terry's naked
07:50you've done it all
07:53you've broken every code
07:57the fans just liked believing that Hulk was like Superman
08:06I know him like I mean when you're with somebody that long
08:09to be thick and thin good and bad tired but happy
08:13you know you learn that person very well
08:19and I was always the one with the camera
08:22this is the greatest wall
08:25because the greatest person is on this wall
08:27when I met Terry and I asked him
08:29hey do you have family
08:30and he laid out his situation
08:32when I was going to show these people
08:34the refrigerator that took me from a mere 196 pounds when I was 12 years old
08:40to a wallop in 305 pounds Hulk Hogan
08:43I grew up in Florida
08:45in South Tampa
08:47we were broke
08:48and I hated it
08:50you know especially you know
08:52watching how my dad slaved in the sun
08:54as a construction worker
08:58as a kid
09:00I made a decision that financially
09:03I would never live like that
09:05so we got Pete Bollea
09:07my dad was that old hard school Italian
09:10you know
09:11and he was a little rough on me
09:13that's for sure
09:13they weren't the type of parents
09:15that would tell you they love you
09:16you know that would never happen
09:18Terry was a mistake type child
09:20they had Alan
09:21and then eight years later
09:23had Terry
09:25my older brother Alan
09:26he was the tough guy
09:28Alan was my dad's favorite
09:30he was always talking about how strong he was
09:32and he would just tell me
09:34you know you're not like your brother
09:36you know
09:36I didn't understand that
09:38I always had a big chip on my shoulder
09:40but you know
09:41I hated confrontations
09:45he wasn't the loudmouth you see on TV
09:47he was very soft-spoken
09:49shy
09:50no I wasn't always this confident
09:52when did that
09:53when did that change
09:56on the weekends
09:57Florida Championship Wrestling
09:59would come on
09:59the TV back then
10:01I'd never seen
10:03anything like that
10:11I had no idea that this existed
10:13I was probably eight or nine years old
10:15when I first went in person
10:18and they had these great
10:19characters
10:20the conflict between good and bad
10:22how into it the fans were
10:24that were loyal dedicated fans
10:26I love it
10:27I love it
10:28it was this love and energy
10:30that they were all getting there
10:32I could feel it man
10:33and the one guy that really hooked me
10:35was the American dream Dusty Rose
10:37truly
10:38this whole rap
10:41real dissent
10:42the Razzmatazz
10:44my new Flandango
10:45I'm so quick
10:47I'm so fast
10:48Terry Falk
10:49is nothing but a power
10:50the energy
10:51would just drag you up
10:52out of any hole
10:53I went there
10:54and all through childhood
10:56I was hooked
11:02that's what I wanted to do
11:05I wanted to be a wrestler
11:11the problem was
11:12I was scared to death
11:13of those guys
11:15most of them
11:15were 300 pounds
11:16and over
11:17and they had teeth
11:17knocked out
11:18broken noses
11:19and cauliflower ears
11:20and it scared the bejesus
11:21out of me
11:22I believe professional wrestling
11:24was completely real
11:27I knew I couldn't do it
11:30I was real fat
11:32didn't take my shirt off ever
11:33when I went to the beach
11:35because I needed a bra
11:37pretty much
11:37I was living off
11:38you know
11:40Burger King
11:40and Snickers bars
11:43played Little League baseball
11:45but they could throw me out
11:46a second
11:47I was so fat and slow
11:50so I got into a bowling
11:53but then
11:54my life changed
11:56when I realized
11:57I could make money
11:57playing music
12:01Terry was a talented
12:03bass player
12:04he would have been
12:05Guns N' Roses
12:06like he's that level
12:09I learned that
12:10I liked being in front
12:11of the crowd
12:12and being on stage
12:14but my dad was
12:16upset that I had
12:17quit school
12:18and was running around
12:19in a rock and roll band
12:20and lifting weights
12:22like an idiot
12:24it led to me
12:25you know
12:26having a big blowout
12:27with my parents
12:28and getting kicked
12:28out of the house
12:32so a few years
12:33after high school
12:33we had a little following
12:35in North Tampa
12:36then all of a sudden
12:37these wrestlers
12:38are coming in the bar
12:40oh my gosh
12:41I'm on stage
12:41and here's these guys
12:42I'm scared to death
12:43of guys like
12:44superstar Billy Graham
12:46you know what a fist
12:47sandwich is
12:48I'm Brian Blair
12:49my first memory
12:51of meeting Terry
12:52was when he was
12:53playing bass guitar
12:55and he would stand
12:55out so much
12:56he was in these
12:56platform heels
12:57and had jewelry on
12:59and long blonde hair
13:00suntan
13:01big muscles
13:02I mean he was
13:03the show
13:04the music was good
13:05but he was like
13:06the show
13:07one of the things
13:08that shocked me
13:08more than anything
13:09was they weren't
13:10mean to me
13:12I didn't realize
13:13they were grooming me
13:17and they took me
13:18to all the matches
13:19it's like I'm getting
13:21free
13:25and then one of the
13:26biggest nights
13:27of my life
13:27changed
13:29everything
13:32we saw Steve
13:33at Fort Homer
13:34Hesterly Armory
13:36the bad guy
13:37was just
13:38waylaying his ass
13:40and the referee
13:41told him to knock
13:42it off
13:44let go of me
13:45ref
13:45and I remember
13:46he looked right
13:46down
13:47at Steve Kern
13:48I read his lips
13:50he said
13:51hit me
13:52hit me
13:53I went what
13:55and Steve hit him
13:56he goes again
13:57again
13:58and he made
13:59this comeback
13:59from underneath
14:00I was like
14:00what
14:02I just didn't
14:03believe it
14:04I was disillusioned
14:06for about
14:06two seconds
14:07and I got over it
14:08all of a sudden
14:09the door opens
14:11and I knew
14:11I didn't have to be
14:12a tough guy
14:13to get in the business
14:18they don't want to tell you
14:19that it's not real
14:21they want you to believe
14:23that it is
14:25but people don't realize
14:27what your body
14:29goes through
14:29you get your butt kicked
14:32in professional wrestling
14:43wow
14:45I remember all too well
14:48this is where Terry and I
14:50learned to wrestle
14:50it was called
14:52the dungeon
14:55I had made the decision
14:56to go for it
14:59and I just believed
15:01that I knew
15:01exactly what I had to do
15:03to run with the pack
15:05it was brutal
15:07brutal
15:07what you had to go through
15:09to get into the business
15:11the newer guys
15:12they have no clue
15:13they have no clue
15:15I spent a year
15:16in the gym
15:16training twice a day
15:17laying in the sun
15:18all day long
15:20and like a fool
15:22I told everybody
15:22I'm going to be a wrestler
15:24I'm going to be a wrestler
15:25that's the wrong thing to do
15:27one of the teachers
15:28put his forearm in my shin
15:30and grabbed my toe
15:31snapped
15:33and they broke his leg
15:35literally broke it
15:39I was living at a hotel room
15:41at the time
15:43and I still tried to come home
15:45whenever I could
15:45but I wasn't
15:46welcome there
15:47you know
15:49when my dad would go to work
15:50I'd run back to the house
15:53my mom would cook for me
15:54and take care of me
15:55and then I could like
15:55sleep in his bed
15:56and oh you got to get out of here
15:58and your dad's coming home
15:59so I'd take off
16:01you know
16:03my leg getting broke
16:04was minuscule
16:05compared to what he put me through
16:06so
16:08I had to go back
16:09there was no quitting from me
16:14since I got better
16:15I started showing up down there
16:19that made Terry want to try even harder
16:21like you're not going to keep me down
16:25he just was like a timex
16:27he took the licking and kept on ticking
16:31that's Terry
16:32that's the Hulkster
16:33that's him
16:39Terry's first match was against me
16:41he came out with a mask on
16:43as the Super Destroyer
16:45and he looked dorky
16:48Super Destroyer
16:53Terry Bolea did not complete his training
16:55and immediately become Hulk Hogan
16:57I mean you have to pay your dues
16:59and you have to develop your persona
17:03I'm a professional wrestling historian author
17:06and despite my youthful appearance
17:09I've been covering the sport of kings
17:11for more than 40 years
17:15Terry Bolea's youth and his size
17:18made you take notice
17:20he had genetic gifts
17:23and the Super Destroyer was masked
17:25and I believe that was deliberate
17:26I was getting beat everywhere
17:28but they didn't want people to see me getting beat
17:29I had to learn how to work in the ring
17:32this is someone who had the potential
17:35to be a notable
17:37but he wasn't there yet
17:39he was very green
17:40put the guy under a mask
17:42let him make his mistakes
17:44later on
17:45we can make him into a real character
17:56oh my god
17:57wrestling was very territorial back then
18:00like the American mob
18:04professional wrestling promoters
18:06formed an organization
18:07that would divide North America
18:10into territories
18:11you know you're supposed to stay
18:13six or seven months in each place
18:15and get your bags and move
18:17I was driving like
18:1925, 2600 miles a week
18:25I was finally
18:27you know trading
18:28a real life
18:30for a wrestling life
18:31rock and roll
18:33yes sir buddy
18:35so I went up to Memphis
18:40and I took off the mask
18:43and changed my name to be
18:45Terry Boulder
18:54I'm gonna have to buy a ticket
18:56to see my face brother
18:57coming in the ring
18:59full head of blonde hair
19:00largest arms in the world
19:01largest back in the world
19:03he's rock solid like a boulder
19:05so it's a good name
19:06that's Terry Boulder
19:09295 pounds
19:10from Tampa
19:10oh
19:11slam by a boulder
19:14this is Monday night in Memphis
19:16daddy
19:16when I get a hold of you
19:17I'm gonna take you
19:18and bury your head
19:19right in the mat brother
19:20I'm gonna teach you
19:21a little bit of a wrestling lesson
19:22and a little respect
19:23to these good people around here
19:24I'm gonna put the super southern squeeze
19:26on you daddy
19:27I'm Terry Boulder
19:28and when I get this super southern squeeze
19:30on you
19:30there's gonna be lights out for you
19:32and whoever's around
19:33and I was talking like that
19:34I mean seriously
19:38although he didn't exist yet
19:43the first time I saw Hulk
19:44I really wasn't in the wrestling business
19:47that happened years later
19:49come on in
19:52can you believe a WWE Hall of Famer
19:54sitting out here waiting all day
19:56for you guys to get here
19:57that's too much
19:57too much
19:58here is the mouth of the south
20:00Jimmy Hart
20:01come on show him what a job about baby
20:03show him what a job about
20:05can you believe this
20:07Jimmy Hart
20:08manager of Hulk
20:10Hogan
20:11to the fans
20:12I was Hulk's manager
20:14wrestling manager
20:15not real real real real manager
20:17for God's sakes
20:18you've been wearing that outfit
20:18since 1983
20:19and you know what
20:20I'll always wear
20:21I'm done with you
20:22I'm done with you
20:23let's talk to Hulk
20:23oh my god
20:24oh my god
20:30if it wasn't for two people in my life
20:33Jerry Lawler and Hulk Hogan
20:35there'd be no Jimmy Hart
20:36trust me on that
20:37and I really mean that
20:39I went to high school
20:40with Jerry the King Lawler
20:41back in Memphis
20:42to the wrestling fans
20:44there was nobody bigger
20:45than Jerry the King Lawler
20:47Jerry the King Lawler
20:50I remember one night
20:51I went by the Coliseum
20:53to see the wrestling
20:53Jerry Lawler goes
20:55Jimmy come here
20:55come here
20:56I said what is it
20:57he goes
20:57you see that guy in the ring
20:58I went yeah
20:59what do you think
20:59I went wow
21:00man unbelievable
21:01what do they call him
21:02he said
21:02Jerry Boulder
21:04and I went
21:05god he looks great
21:06he goes
21:07you know
21:07he asked me to manage him
21:08I said
21:09you're gonna do it King
21:10he said
21:10are you kidding me
21:11this guy will never make a dime
21:12in this business
21:14he was not very good
21:15I'll be honest with you
21:19Hogan was very big
21:20of course
21:21everybody knew that
21:22but not on the same level
21:24as other wrestlers
21:26he was just kind of
21:27getting his feet wet
21:29started making $800 a week
21:31you needed to make
21:32at least $1,000
21:33to buy food and gas
21:35and pay for hotel rooms
21:36back then
21:39Hulk learned a lot
21:40from Lawler
21:40one thing I told him
21:42you need to take a punch
21:44you don't need to take a bump
21:45you just stand there
21:47and overcome that
21:48with your size
21:49and your strength
21:57he was super green
21:59I wrestled him in Atlanta
22:01quite a few times
22:02in that period
22:04about to enter the ring
22:05and the match was always
22:10about 30 seconds long
22:12maybe people out there
22:13don't realize
22:14what you're looking at
22:14daddy
22:16but you got
22:176 foot 7 right here
22:18a mountain of a man
22:19I knew more about
22:20wrestling then
22:21than he ever knew
22:21in his whole life
22:22anybody out there
22:23who wants to step in the ring
22:24had $1,000 up
22:26for anybody
22:26who can break
22:27the golden squeeze
22:28all it was
22:29was a beer hug
22:29that's all he could do
22:47that's all he needed to do
22:48it was believable enough
22:49it was always a sight
22:51to see a guy like that
22:52just squeeze the daylight
22:53so he can throw you down
22:54on the mat
22:54and walk around
22:57he was unbeatable
22:59he was just so big
23:00he really didn't look
23:02like a human being
23:03he looked like somebody
23:05who did step out
23:07of a comic book
23:10at that point
23:11all the promoters
23:12they said
23:13oh you're bigger
23:14than the Hulk
23:15a big muscular monster
23:17so that's a good name
23:19and that's where
23:21Terry the Hulk
23:22Boulder started
23:23oh there's that
23:24big leg
23:25huge man
23:26first thing I did
23:27was I did a video
23:29standing on
23:30Jerry Jarrett's
23:31kitchen room table
23:34when they see this guy
23:35they won't forget
23:36that Terry Boulder
23:37is the Hulk
23:37let's take a look
23:38at it right now
23:38this man
23:40is not
23:41a television illusion
23:44he is not
23:45an artist
23:46conception
23:49he is not
23:50a figment
23:51of the imagination
23:54he is real
23:57he is the Hulk
24:02that made him
24:04into a superhero
24:05it really did
24:07he's the Hulk
24:09it was terrible
24:11not a lot
24:12was expected
24:13from Hulk Hogan
24:14in terms of character
24:17he was intriguing
24:18and they wanted
24:19to see more of him
24:21here come
24:22Terry the Hulk
24:23they just show up
24:24they put in the main event
24:25everywhere we go
24:26the character
24:27didn't really have
24:28a persona
24:29other than
24:30he was big
24:31and nasty
24:31and mean
24:50as I was becoming
24:53more popular
24:54all the promoters
24:55they said
24:56with your look
24:57and as big as you are
24:58you need to be
24:59in New York
25:02Madison Square Garden
25:03is the epitome
25:04of wrestling
25:07there was a guy
25:08named Vince McMahon
25:09Senior
25:09who called
25:12and he wants you
25:13to come to New York
25:17so I went up there
25:19Vince McMahon
25:20is clicking quarters
25:21looking at me
25:22I want you to come
25:23to work for me
25:24work nothing but
25:25main events
25:27and draw money
25:28all over the world
25:29and I said
25:29oh really
25:30first off
25:31I would change
25:32the name
25:34it is the
25:36incredible Hulk
25:37Hogan
25:40and I said
25:41what is a Hulk
25:42Hogan
25:42what does that mean
25:45back in the day
25:45my dad gave him
25:46his name
25:46he was this big kid
25:48and my dad
25:48of course being Irish
25:49decided Hogan
25:50and that's a great name
25:51so why not
25:52Hulk Hogan
25:53it was alliterative
25:54so let's go with that
25:55but I'm Italian
25:58Vincent doesn't matter
26:00to me
26:00yeah okay
26:02I'll think about it
26:04his opponent
26:06makes his
26:07Madison Square Garden
26:09debut
26:10the incredible
26:12Hulk Hogan
26:14the very first match
26:16that Hulk Hogan
26:17ever had
26:18in Madison Square Garden
26:19was with yours truly
26:21Ted DiBiase
26:22here is the million dollar man
26:24Ted DiBiase
26:29Ted DiBiase
26:31Ted DiBiase
26:34when Hulk and I
26:36had that match
26:37Vince McMahon
26:39Sr.
26:40came to me
26:41and he said
26:42we have
26:43really high hopes
26:44for this guy
26:45I really want you
26:46to get him over
26:47as best you can
26:48putting someone over
26:49means he's gonna win
26:50and I said
26:52you got it boss
26:53he was brand new
26:55he was obviously
26:56just still learning
26:57but my job
26:59was to
26:59make him look
27:00really good
27:02when we first
27:03locked up
27:04you know
27:04he powers out
27:09I back up
27:10into the corner
27:11like oh my gosh
27:13you know
27:14I'm trying to
27:15convey to the people
27:16that
27:16you know
27:17what do I have to do
27:19to get this guy down
27:23for this to be
27:24the forefront
27:25of the wrestling
27:26business
27:26the main event
27:28in Madison Square Garden
27:29the beginning of
27:30a whole new era
27:32I thought I had
27:33arrived
27:51he was a heel
27:52he beats me
27:53and I was the good guy
27:55and they booted
27:55they booted him out of the building
28:04and I started running my mouth
28:06everybody is looking for an idol
28:08from now on
28:09I wish to be referred to
28:12and I demand to be referred to
28:13as the superhero
28:15Hulk Hogan
28:16I knew how to be a bad guy
28:18and I was really good at it
28:20we're now going to talk to
28:22Hulk Hogan
28:23these people
28:24want to know
28:25what Hulk Hogan's all about
28:27I start out every day
28:28by looking in the mirror
28:30to say
28:30good morning
28:31Mr. Hulk Hogan
28:32I'm happy to see you again
28:33I would rather see myself
28:35in the morning
28:35than somebody ugly like you
28:38you don't like to brag
28:39very much do you
28:40not a bit
28:41not at all
28:42magazine offers
28:44television appearances
28:45they're all coming in now
28:47I am the new superhero
28:50and then
28:51one day
28:52they brought me this note
28:53please call Sylvester Stallone
28:56about
28:56a cameo role
28:58in a Rocky movie
29:02I'll be darned
29:03who's the fellow
29:04that you do this with
29:05his name is Hulk Hogan
29:07he is
29:08a fellow that I
29:09saw one night
29:10on television
29:10I was laying
29:11had insomnia
29:12and he came on
29:13and he beat up
29:13four wrestlers
29:14at the same time
29:15and he was a giant
29:16he's about 7 feet tall
29:17about 350 pounds
29:18but then
29:19I told Mr. McMahon
29:20I was leaving
29:21Fall River that night
29:22to fly to LA
29:23to film the movie
29:23he goes
29:23no you're not
29:25you need to drive
29:25all night long
29:26because I had to be
29:27on Charlotte TV
29:28at noon
29:29and I said
29:30no Mr. McMahon
29:30I told you
29:31I was going to go
29:31do the Rocky movie
29:32I said
29:32he goes
29:33if you do the movie
29:34you're fired
29:35and I had a great
29:36rapport with him
29:37and we'd talk
29:38all the time
29:39it was like a father-son thing
29:40he'd talk me down
29:41off the ledge
29:42but I just knew
29:43I had to do it
29:45so he said
29:46you'll never work here again
29:47I went
29:47okay
29:48cool
29:48click
30:00I remember seeing Rocky 3
30:02in the movie theater
30:03twice in the same week
30:05I felt it was
30:06a slap in the face
30:07to everybody
30:09who made fun of me
30:11for being a wrestling fan
30:14now they knew
30:15what they were missing
30:16they could see it
30:17right there
30:18on the big screen
30:19here we go baby
30:20lights up
30:22the general public
30:23all of a sudden
30:23went
30:24oh my god
30:25is that what a professional
30:26wrestler looks like
30:27is that what professional
30:29wrestling is
30:30that's a large
30:30that's a large
30:31question
30:31and he eats
30:335 foot 10
30:34Italian
30:37we ought to get that
30:38guy on the show
30:41I'd already shot
30:42the Stallone movie
30:44I think I was out there
30:45to do a Johnny Carson
30:46show or something
30:47would you welcome
30:48Hulk Hogan
30:49looking at the size
30:50of your arms
30:51I don't believe this
30:53I wish I had
30:53anything that big
30:58how about your bank account
31:00bank account
31:00no
31:01and me and my buddy
31:02went to the Red Onion
31:05the very first time
31:06I saw him
31:07it was in the valley
31:08at the Red Onion
31:09Rocky 3
31:10had just come out
31:12and Terry was
31:13playing the part
31:14of Thunderlips
31:15right
31:15and all of a sudden
31:16there was a Thunderlips
31:17baby in the flesh
31:19coming into my bar
31:20and I'm looking
31:21I'm thinking
31:22this can't even be
31:23happening
31:23I just saw the movie
31:24last night
31:24Thunderlips is here
31:27in the flesh
31:28baby
31:29the ultimate male
31:32there's this little
31:33posse of chicks
31:34all around him
31:35right
31:35all these girls
31:36all around him
31:36like they're touching
31:37muscles and shit
31:38he just kind of
31:39stood there
31:40and just sort of
31:40like you know
31:41flexed and stuff
31:42and I was like
31:43alright that's cool
31:44I like that
31:45it was very intriguing
31:47to be around
31:47somebody like that
31:49all of a sudden
31:50Linda came
31:50walking
31:51and it was like
31:53everything stopped
31:54because everybody
31:55in the bar
31:55watched her
31:56you know
31:57it was like
31:57every single person
31:58in the bar
31:58watched her
32:00walk across the room
32:02it was like
32:02oh my god
32:03that girl's gorgeous
32:05and I said
32:05holy smokes
32:07and the second
32:09that my foot
32:09hit the dance floor
32:10I felt this arm
32:12come on me
32:13and it was as big
32:13as my thigh
32:14do you want to dance
32:16hey aren't you
32:17that guy in the
32:17rock you said
32:18yeah I am
32:19she goes
32:19oh yeah
32:20you're Mr. T
32:20I went
32:22no I'm not Mr. T
32:24he's like
32:24it's Hulk Hogan
32:25I was like
32:25Hunk Hogan
32:26I thought his name
32:27was Hunk Hogan
32:28I was like
32:28who would call
32:29themselves Hunk Hogan
32:30I thought
32:31he's an actor
32:32and then
32:33he told me
32:34he was a wrestler
32:34and I said
32:35what is that
32:37and he's like
32:37well you have to
32:38experience to
32:39comprehend it
32:40that was what
32:40his answer was
32:41to me
32:41I was like
32:41alright
32:42well
32:42we'll see where
32:43that goes
32:44after that
32:45he goes
32:45let's go back
32:46to the apartment
32:46where I'm staying
32:48so we go up
32:49and it's this
32:50rickety ass
32:50old apartment
32:51he brings me a beer
32:53he's like
32:53I'll be right back
32:54he goes in the bathroom
32:55right
32:56I'm waiting
32:57the longest time
32:59all of a sudden
32:59he comes out
33:00he's completely naked
33:02I'm like
33:02alright
33:03well
33:03say what you want
33:04without saying
33:05what you want
33:05it was like
33:06it was like
33:07when you go to the zoo
33:08and you see like
33:08a mammy woolis
33:09or whatever they're called
33:10a wooly mouth
33:11he was huge
33:12we drank a couple
33:13bottles of wine
33:14and just hit it off
33:15great
33:15and
33:17how many people
33:18can say they got
33:19fucked by a giant
33:20and
33:20we're together
33:21ever since
33:22love brought me
33:23such a magical
33:26thing
33:26oh just exactly
33:28how do you lock up
33:29I'm training in the
33:30bedroom
33:31goosebumps from head
33:32to toe
33:32he was such
33:33a force of
33:34energy
33:35and excitement
33:36and a new wave
33:38of life
33:39I
33:40like sort of
33:41got addicted quickly
33:42all star wrestling action
33:44continues
33:45the one fall match
33:46the incredible
33:47Hulk Hogan
33:48when wrestling
33:49was just territorial
33:50two of the big places
33:51that everybody
33:52wanted to go
33:53was New York
33:54where I just
33:54been fired at
33:58the other place
33:59where everybody
34:00wanted to go
34:00was Minnesota
34:07so I sent
34:08some 8x10 pictures
34:09from Robbie 3
34:10to a promoter
34:10named Vern Gagne
34:11in Minnesota
34:13I got a message
34:14back
34:14how soon
34:14can you get here
34:16what a welcome
34:17the red carpet
34:19out for you
34:19the incredible
34:20Hulk Hogan
34:22when I went
34:22to Minnesota
34:23I came in
34:24as a bad guy
34:25as a heel
34:27if you'd like
34:27to face them
34:28and give our
34:29television audience
34:30an opportunity
34:30of seeing
34:31you first hand
34:32I'll hook
34:32any way I want
34:33they had a real
34:34popular wrestler
34:35named Jesse Ventura
34:36and so the whole thing
34:38was they wanted me
34:38to come in
34:39and beat Jesse up
34:40I'm Jesse Ventura
34:42known in the world
34:43of wrestling
34:44as Jesse the Body Ventura
34:45he is Jesse
34:47the Body Ventura
34:50Jesse the Body Ventura
34:52flamboyant
34:53gregarious
34:54outspoken
34:55outspoken
34:56well let me tell you
34:56something
34:57chump Hogan
34:57you are not ready
34:58for me
34:59I'm pumped up
35:00I'm excited
35:01you're bleeding man
35:02I ain't got time
35:03to bleed
35:03and also ended up
35:05a mayor and a governor
35:07Governor Ventura
35:08has a new career
35:09you know I've learned
35:10in the world
35:10of pro wrestling
35:11you never say never
35:13the Rocky movie
35:14came out
35:15and he started
35:16getting bigger
35:17bigger bigger
35:18the Incredible Hulk
35:20taunting
35:21Jesse the Body Ventura
35:23they brought Hogan
35:25in as a villain
35:26the Incredible Hulk
35:28Jesse the Body
35:29lets the Hulk have one
35:30Jesse looking over
35:31the crowd
35:31the people really
35:33in a way
35:33turned Hulk
35:41the reception
35:42the reception
35:42was something
35:43that no one had seen
35:44nobody had ever seen it
35:45the crowd all for the one
35:47and only Hulk Hogan
35:48it was a great moment
35:50because the fans
35:52were writing the plot
35:53there's nothing else like it
35:55that's why I fell in love
35:57with the art form
35:57the people wanted to cheer him
35:59people wanted to hero
36:01the audiences
36:02throw that vibe out
36:03they'll tell you when
36:04to be evil and aggressive
36:06arm twist
36:09they'll tell you when
36:10to get even
36:12and now some of his own medicine
36:14tell you when to turn it up
36:22and they'll tell you when
36:24to turn a good guy
36:26and he just
36:27and out goes
36:46I became the good guy
36:54this is the happiest day
36:56in all my life
36:57once I was a sinner
36:58and now I'm a saint
36:59and the reason is
37:00because of Dusty Rhodes
37:01Dusty Rhodes
37:02the American dream
37:03dreams
37:04that you saved up
37:05for a lifetime
37:06and that's things
37:07that
37:08you couldn't reach out
37:09and get
37:10the dream taught me
37:11what it was all about
37:12he taught me about
37:13loving, living
37:13fighting and getting
37:14down to war
37:15about 10 years ago
37:16I left Tampa, Florida
37:18my hometown
37:19with a big chip
37:20on my shoulder
37:20I took on
37:21all the top contenders
37:23daddy
37:23and then the day
37:24of reckoning came
37:26the only way to really
37:28grow in the professional
37:29wrestling business
37:30is to make yourself
37:33bigger
37:33not just physically
37:35bigger
37:35but bigger as a personality
37:37and that's what he did
37:39man oh man
37:40what time is it
37:41little dude
37:41what time do you have
37:42right there man
37:43eight o'clock
37:43eight o'clock
37:44I feel like I've been awake
37:45for 40 days and 40 nights
37:47man
37:47and the reason why
37:48like he got it
37:49you know
37:50and it was crazy
37:51because I remember
37:51listening to him
37:52kind of cut through a promo
37:54where does this redneck
37:55get off at
37:56where does he get off at
37:57he'd start getting creepy
37:58and weird shit
37:59you know
37:59and I'm like
38:00and for one moment
38:01I felt a power
38:03like I've never felt before
38:04a lightning bolt hit me
38:05had a great promo
38:07on a scale of 1 to 10
38:08Hulk Hogan was a 10
38:09if your Richter scale
38:10spins around
38:11three and four times
38:12it's not an earthquake
38:14it's just me
38:15pressing that big Elijah
38:16over my head
38:17in the sundown
38:18Hulk Hogan would talk
38:19for 59 seconds exactly
38:21and I was like
38:22cut
38:23that's a take
38:23I don't like to
38:24overthink things
38:25there's nothing to think
38:26about either
38:26you can dance
38:27and play the guitar
38:28and play the fiddle
38:29or you can't
38:31and at the age of 30
38:32Hogan is one of the most
38:34colorful good guys
38:35in the game
38:35I figured my entrance out
38:37I had the music
38:38I had it
38:39really really rocking
38:40if you watch
38:41any of the old
38:41Minnesota tapes
38:42but I didn't have
38:43the most important thing
38:46I needed a gimmick
38:48he was a super smart guy
38:50he could figure out
38:51the big picture
38:52more than other people
38:53could
38:53his wheels are turning
38:55and the character
38:57was never not on his mind
38:58whether it's a big guy
39:00fat guy
39:00hairy guy
39:01bodybuilder
39:02shape
39:02whatever
39:03a great gimmick
39:04needs to transcend
39:05the wrestler
39:05and patriotism
39:07back then
39:08meant everything
39:09USA!
39:10USA!
39:11USA!
39:12USA!
39:13USA!
39:13USA!
39:14USA!
39:15USA!
39:16USA!
39:16USA!
39:16It wasn't in the politics
39:18at the time
39:18but we're in a situation
39:21where our country
39:22was starting
39:23to make a comeback
39:24it is time for us
39:25to realize
39:26that we're too great
39:27a nation
39:27to limit ourselves
39:29to small dreams
39:31those who say
39:32that we're in a time
39:33when there are no heroes
39:36they just don't know
39:38where to look
39:38and the fans
39:39were so
39:40like USA
39:41all that USA
39:42and stuff
39:42of course
39:43he comes out
39:43with a flag
39:46you know
39:47it was just so
39:48pro-America
39:49that he couldn't
39:50even make a mistake
39:51honestly
39:59so it was all timing
40:00and being there
40:02with the sun
40:02moon
40:03the stars
40:03everything in the line
40:04and doing everything
40:05at the right moment
40:06the American reality
40:07I'll tell you
40:08what it's all about
40:08it's believing in yourself
40:09I say my prayers
40:11I eat my vitamins
40:11every day
40:12and the life I live
40:13isn't a lie
40:14it's what I believe in man
40:15and people can get off
40:16on that because
40:17I'm for real
40:17when they look at me
40:18they say the man's
40:19not a phony
40:20when I bench press
40:21550 pounds
40:22before your eyes
40:22will do
40:23you say that's real
40:23everything I do
40:25is for real
40:25and I never tell a lie
40:26the incredible Hulk Hogan
40:27he hears them
40:29oh does he hear them
40:30oh the crowd
40:31loves this man
40:33Hulk Hogan is here
40:34and everything is right
40:35with the wrestling world
40:36and there it goes over
40:39it's a Hulk
40:40the incredible Hulk
40:49I was becoming a huge force
40:52in the wrestling business
40:55it just so happened
40:56during that time
40:58this kid came through the curtain
41:00he gave me a card
41:00he says call Vince
41:01I'm not calling him
41:02Vince he fired me
41:03he goes no Vince
41:04Vince Jr.
41:05call Vince Jr.
41:06he's getting ready
41:06to take over
41:07for his dad in New York
41:08this week we're honored
41:09to have with us
41:10the voice of professional wrestling
41:11Vince McMahon
41:12and Vince Jr. said
41:14look you know
41:15I see what you're doing
41:16with this Hulk Hogan character
41:18Hulk Hogan
41:18I would say that
41:19there has never before
41:20ever been
41:22any individual
41:23in the history
41:24of professional wrestling
41:26that brings a crowd
41:28to their feet
41:29with that
41:31enormous electricity
41:32the masses
41:33the masses
41:33and the general public
41:34still didn't know
41:35anything about wrestling
41:36it wasn't mainstream
41:37yet
41:38and you know
41:39he said look
41:40I've got this idea
41:41to make you the biggest star
41:43you know
41:43that this wrestling business
41:44has ever had
41:54and all of a sudden
41:56I started going
41:58okay
41:58you know
41:58this whole thing
41:59is starting to work
42:07how was your ego
42:09at the time
42:09um
42:12anybody out there
42:14who doesn't know
42:15about Hulk Hogan
42:16slap yourself
42:17in the side of the head
42:18look into the camera
42:19there's a man
42:20talking to you
42:23to be completely honest
42:24with you
42:25it was way
42:27way way way
42:28bigger than it should
42:28have been
42:29Hulkamania
42:30Superman
42:31I just didn't
42:33realize the responsibility
42:34that came along with it
42:36yeah
42:36let's party
42:37it is a nightmare
42:51the Hulkster's in the house
42:55check him out
42:56check him out
42:59get up off your seat
43:03he's got a brand new beat
43:05when the going gets tough
43:07the tough get rough
43:09hey hey ho ho
43:12come on
43:13let's go
43:14hey hey ho ho
43:16come on
43:17let's go
43:19the Hulkster's in the room
43:23you know he's on the move
43:27I can feel it
43:29I can feel it in my feet
43:32we're moving to the beat
43:34when the going gets tough
43:36the tough get rough
43:38hey hey ho ho
43:40come on
43:41let's go
43:42hey hey ho ho
43:44come on
43:45let's go
44:02when the going gets tough
44:04when the going gets tough
44:05the tough get rough
44:06hey hey ho ho
44:09come on
44:28come on
44:37let's go
44:38hey ho ho
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