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00:00:05here
00:00:08is it ready?
00:00:09yeah, it's filming
00:00:10how do you know?
00:00:11I just made it film
00:00:13there go, nickel
00:00:15come here Nick
00:00:16come here
00:00:18let him go
00:00:25alright, cooking it up
00:00:27let's check it out who's cooking
00:00:31people say Hulk Hogan
00:00:32we know you've got a lot of things going
00:00:36you've got family
00:00:37you've got other type of ventures out there
00:00:39are you going to retire?
00:00:42when I sit here and actually think about
00:00:43my last match at Wrestlemania
00:00:46it chills me to the bone
00:00:51Hulk was going to retire
00:00:54yes, sure
00:00:55absolutely
00:00:57Hulk Hogan's going to retire
00:00:58I just won't know until I come out of the ring
00:01:01bullshit
00:01:01fuck no
00:01:02he had a 10 year retirement tour
00:01:05Hulk Hogan's going to stop wrestling at Wrestlemania
00:01:14no he isn't
00:01:17thank you
00:01:19Hulkamania
00:01:19thank you
00:01:20he would always say
00:01:21this is probably the last one
00:01:23and then
00:01:24it was like
00:01:25no, no, no, no
00:01:25fuck that
00:01:26he would go crazy
00:01:27if he had to do that
00:01:28a year ago
00:01:28you and I speculated
00:01:30on the future
00:01:31of Hulkamania
00:01:31well I want to change that around now
00:01:33you know something
00:01:34I've been thinking about coming back
00:01:35for all the right reasons
00:01:37you know
00:01:38my daughter was there
00:01:39when I won the WWF Championship
00:01:40in Wrestlemania
00:01:41she saw Ric Flair
00:01:42say he was the real world's champion
00:01:43why were you crying now?
00:01:45she burst in tears
00:01:46Gino
00:01:46she says
00:01:46daddy he's got your belt
00:01:52he is fighting for his life
00:02:01being Hulk Hogan
00:02:02that's like being
00:02:03master of the universe
00:02:06when you're a top guy like that
00:02:08you want to keep that spot
00:02:09it's like a drug
00:02:14even the other day
00:02:15he was saying
00:02:16always thinking about one more match
00:02:18you know what I'm like
00:02:19alright
00:02:19here we go
00:02:44it was the 90s
00:02:46and so his career
00:02:47at that point in time
00:02:48was just like
00:02:49hurricane strength
00:02:51famous
00:02:51and there was just
00:02:53no room for error
00:03:01sounds like Madison Square Garden in here
00:03:03that's what I'm telling you
00:03:04for the last five years
00:03:06the kids have been training
00:03:08and they've been saying their prayers
00:03:10and now
00:03:11that we've got Hulkamania vitamins
00:03:13I think the sky's the limit
00:03:15with this thing
00:03:20anybody that knew Terry knew
00:03:21that he was like a health buff
00:03:22like he woke up
00:03:23and he must have taken like
00:03:24I don't know
00:03:25100 vitamins every day
00:03:26and held a whole cupboard
00:03:27we had to carve out
00:03:28a whole cupboard in my kitchen
00:03:29for his vitamins
00:03:30and I want to give you guys
00:03:31a little dose of the medicine here
00:03:32and once you get hooked on this stuff
00:03:34there's no return
00:03:36I would not advise this
00:03:37obviously for anyone to
00:03:40that's incredible
00:03:41he trained
00:03:42said his prayers
00:03:43we said a prayer every night
00:03:45and he took his vitamins
00:03:46and it was so simple
00:03:47and so he made that
00:03:48kind of his mantra
00:03:49if you train
00:03:50say your prayers
00:03:50eat your vitamins
00:03:51the first thing you know
00:03:52you'll be ripping out
00:03:52in the back jack
00:03:53if you train
00:03:54if you say your prayers
00:03:55if you eat your vitamins
00:03:55man
00:03:56sooner or later
00:03:57you're going to get
00:03:57what you want
00:03:58those are the three demandments
00:03:59to be a Hulkamaniac
00:04:01demandments
00:04:02the demandments
00:04:02the chef sir
00:04:03to be a little Hulkster
00:04:04wonderful
00:04:06he was already doing that
00:04:08and he thought
00:04:09why not
00:04:09if you know what
00:04:10Hulkamaniac is all about
00:04:11the train of the prayer
00:04:13of the vitamins
00:04:13you should have known
00:04:15that the Hulkster
00:04:16would never sell out brother
00:04:18you know how he used to
00:04:19tell the kids
00:04:20to take their vitamins
00:04:21and all that
00:04:23what are we talking about
00:04:24orals or injectables
00:04:25what kind of vitamins
00:04:26we talking here
00:04:28most of us think
00:04:29of professional wrestling
00:04:30as harmless entertainment
00:04:31and Hulk Hogan
00:04:32as the king of the ring
00:04:34but was there
00:04:35a sinister side
00:04:36to his success
00:04:37he's taken steroids
00:04:38through the whole
00:04:39decade of the 80s
00:04:40the 80s
00:04:41were when steroids
00:04:43really injected
00:04:44itself into wrestling
00:04:46back then
00:04:46the mindset was
00:04:48steroids were safer
00:04:49than sugar
00:04:51they were legal
00:04:52and I first started
00:04:53using two or three years
00:04:55after high school
00:04:57just kept getting bigger
00:04:58and bigger
00:04:59and bigger
00:04:59and bigger
00:05:01I'd be getting ready
00:05:02for school
00:05:02and my dad would be
00:05:03down in the gym
00:05:04at like 7.15
00:05:047.30 in the morning
00:05:06we're already in the gym
00:05:07we're trying to get
00:05:08Brutus' body
00:05:09as hard as his head
00:05:11I'm gonna do the thing
00:05:12right now
00:05:14I had ultimate warrior
00:05:15going out one door
00:05:16puking
00:05:17I remember Brutus
00:05:18started puking blood
00:05:19you know you need to do
00:05:20a few more
00:05:21I respect this guy
00:05:22right here
00:05:23bro the thing is
00:05:24when I was
00:05:25taking steroids
00:05:26I was
00:05:27between 300
00:05:28and 348 pounds
00:05:29yeah
00:05:30but in the early 90s
00:05:32there was a bunch of
00:05:33controversy about steroids
00:05:34and the laws
00:05:34that changed
00:05:35tougher federal penalties
00:05:36against steroids
00:05:37took effect in February
00:05:38a drug bust in Phoenix
00:05:40Arizona
00:05:40not for heroin or cocaine
00:05:42but for something
00:05:43just as dangerous
00:05:44when it did become illegal
00:05:47well now how do you teach
00:05:48an old dog new tricks
00:05:49you know you just can't
00:05:50and he just kept doing it
00:05:52all the wrestlers
00:05:53use steroids
00:05:54everybody across the board
00:05:55but for some reason
00:05:56with me
00:05:58it's a different game
00:05:59they're on a witch hunt
00:06:01they're on a witch hunt
00:06:02they're after us all
00:06:04they're after all of us
00:06:06they're after all of us
00:06:08and I told him
00:06:09in life
00:06:09everybody's gonna have
00:06:10speed bumps
00:06:11everybody's gonna have
00:06:12speed bumps
00:06:13but you know what
00:06:14you gotta do
00:06:14you gotta wear that
00:06:15seatbelt baby
00:06:16a doctor will go on trial
00:06:18charged with prescribing
00:06:20anabolic steroids
00:06:21to several professional wrestlers
00:06:23including the biggest name
00:06:24in the ring
00:06:25Hulk Hogan
00:06:25and I went
00:06:26what the fuck
00:06:27you know
00:06:28excuse me
00:06:28I didn't mean to say that
00:06:29I said what the heck
00:06:30we just got the rug
00:06:31pulled out from under us
00:06:32and the timing was
00:06:33bam bam
00:06:34so I knew I had to do something
00:06:37and I decided to go on
00:06:38Arsenio Hall
00:06:39because he was a friend of mine
00:06:40and I actually got
00:06:41Arsenio Hall his job
00:06:42so I said
00:06:43friendly fire
00:06:44let's give it a shot
00:06:45I mentioned that
00:06:46you had been in the news
00:06:47well that's the problem
00:06:48see people read the paper
00:06:49to be informed
00:06:50and sometimes you read the paper
00:06:52and you get misinformed
00:06:54steroids
00:06:55I never took a shot
00:06:56so basically
00:06:57what I'd like to do
00:06:58is with all due respect
00:06:59inform you
00:07:00and everybody else
00:07:01that's misinformed
00:07:02by the new papers
00:07:04of course I lied to him
00:07:06I'm not a steroid abuser
00:07:07and I do not use steroids
00:07:10all of us
00:07:11in the wrestling business
00:07:12we sat and
00:07:13we went
00:07:14Jesus
00:07:15now I read the paper
00:07:17Hulk
00:07:17in a situation
00:07:19where it was really unnecessary
00:07:20he just completely lied
00:07:22everybody watching
00:07:23with even like
00:07:25the most passing concept
00:07:26of what steroids were
00:07:27knew he was lying
00:07:28it was just sad to see
00:07:29like a hero doing that
00:07:31my name is David Shoemaker
00:07:33I write columns
00:07:35about wrestling
00:07:35you know
00:07:36I've been a huge fan
00:07:37of Hulk Hogan
00:07:37since I was six
00:07:40almost my whole life
00:07:41you had a whole generation
00:07:42of little hosters
00:07:43training with you man
00:07:44saying prayers with you dude
00:07:46eating their vitamins
00:07:47with you man
00:07:47and you sold them out
00:07:48I understand why he did it
00:07:50but he got to keep up
00:07:51the image
00:07:52you know like
00:07:53Superman doesn't do steroids
00:07:54Superman is gifted
00:07:55with these abilities
00:07:56right
00:07:57Hulk Hogan is like that
00:07:58he's a hero
00:07:59he's a god
00:08:00there are millions of kids
00:08:01that have believed in me
00:08:02and what I stand for
00:08:03and basically
00:08:03it put a dark cloud
00:08:05over everything
00:08:06that I believe in
00:08:06but part of Hulkamania
00:08:08also was being honest
00:08:10and forthright
00:08:11now we know you're lying
00:08:13so what else
00:08:14are you lying about
00:08:14so it's the lie
00:08:16that gets you in the end
00:08:17it's like Nixon
00:08:17it's like
00:08:18you know when you lie
00:08:21you're a liar
00:08:22we're gonna have to
00:08:23take him to the
00:08:23supreme court
00:08:24of the Hulkamaniacs man
00:08:26the highest court
00:08:27in the land
00:08:27I'm upset at him
00:08:29I don't like him
00:08:29as much now
00:08:30there is a crescendo
00:08:31of opinion
00:08:32what Hulk Hogan preaches
00:08:33is apparently not
00:08:34what he practices
00:08:35Congress ought to investigate
00:08:38what do you think
00:08:39of what's going to happen
00:08:39to Hulkamania
00:08:41you've got that
00:08:43well it's something
00:08:44that would be classified
00:08:47in the mistake category
00:08:48I thought could I relive it
00:08:50I wouldn't do it again
00:08:51we have not been able
00:08:52to reach Hogan
00:08:53for a response
00:08:54I was getting major heat
00:08:56from the investigation
00:08:57so it all just made sense
00:08:58to move away
00:08:59from wrestling
00:09:00I mean I really didn't
00:09:02have much of a choice
00:09:03I hope you have a good life
00:09:04after you quit wrestling
00:09:06and I'm like
00:09:07oh my god
00:09:08you know
00:09:09I said well hold on
00:09:10a minute here
00:09:11you mean I can't
00:09:11beat Hulk Hogan anymore
00:09:14Jerry
00:09:15oh no
00:09:16he's got the rules
00:09:17hi honey
00:09:18what are you doing
00:09:19we were putting
00:09:20the Batcave command
00:09:23that centers together
00:09:25uh huh
00:09:26we have a swing
00:09:27trick door
00:09:28behind the ground
00:09:28oh
00:09:31that looks cool
00:09:33Hulk for all I knew
00:09:34is never coming back
00:09:41you gotta build somebody
00:09:43to fill Hulk Hogan's shoes
00:09:44which are pretty big shoes
00:09:45who's gonna be
00:09:46our next champion
00:09:48and it's like
00:09:49that guy
00:09:50wrap the hitman
00:09:56I was as stunned
00:09:57and sort of
00:09:58blown away by that
00:09:59as anybody
00:10:01I was different
00:10:02than Hulk Hogan
00:10:03Hulk Hogan
00:10:04was Elvis Presley
00:10:05I was the Robert De Niro
00:10:07of wrestling
00:10:08he's one of the
00:10:09absolute best
00:10:10professional wrestlers
00:10:11of all time
00:10:12every Bret Hart match
00:10:14was a great match
00:10:22the fans were ready
00:10:24to embrace him
00:10:25and saying
00:10:26this is the age
00:10:27of Bret Hart
00:10:27I've always thought
00:10:28that Hulk
00:10:29would be happy
00:10:30for me
00:10:32I said no brother
00:10:34that ain't happening
00:10:37Bret Hart
00:10:38isn't that
00:10:40feature film
00:10:41that you thought
00:10:41you were going to see
00:10:42I don't have someone
00:10:43as good as I thought
00:10:44I was
00:10:44so I said no brother
00:10:45you don't want that
00:10:46you don't want that
00:10:47Hulk was now
00:10:49fishing about
00:10:50coming back
00:10:51Hulk Hogan
00:10:52is not afraid
00:10:53to admit he's
00:10:53made mistakes
00:10:54on a personal level
00:10:56I've made mistakes
00:10:57on a business level
00:10:58I don't always
00:10:59make the right decisions
00:11:00Hulk fucked up
00:11:01but I think Vince
00:11:02heard the pitch
00:11:03and Hulk Hogan
00:11:05was his Babe Ruth
00:11:06Hulkster please
00:11:07tell us what we want
00:11:09I hear
00:11:10come on
00:11:11I'm back
00:11:12in the WWF
00:11:17Hogan had been gone
00:11:18for a while
00:11:18Bret Hart is your champion
00:11:20and then Hogan
00:11:21comes back
00:11:22right without the
00:11:23acknowledgement
00:11:23of the steroid
00:11:24allegations
00:11:25it just is a weird
00:11:26situation
00:11:27in some ways
00:11:27it just felt like
00:11:28he was either
00:11:28unwilling to change
00:11:30or unable to change
00:11:32I don't know
00:11:33what the plan was
00:11:34but it wasn't
00:11:35the right time
00:11:36for him to come back
00:11:39it was announced
00:11:40that Hulk Hogan
00:11:41would team with
00:11:42his buddy
00:11:42Brutus Beefcake
00:11:43and challenge
00:11:45for the tag team
00:11:46championship
00:11:46at Wrestlemania 9
00:11:49get it brother
00:11:50all the way
00:11:50get it all the way
00:11:51there's no tag team
00:11:52ever put together
00:11:53like this
00:11:53Hulk Hogan
00:11:54Brutus the Barber
00:11:55Beefcake
00:11:56together
00:11:56they are unstoppable
00:11:58and that was supposed
00:11:59to be
00:12:00Hulk Hogan's
00:12:01sole role
00:12:02Hulk was always
00:12:05at the top
00:12:05of the food chain
00:12:06and everybody
00:12:07wants to keep
00:12:08that spot
00:12:09so my uncle
00:12:10Bret Hart
00:12:11the more successful
00:12:12Bret got
00:12:13the more he got
00:12:13in Hogan's lane
00:12:14so all of a sudden
00:12:15it's like
00:12:16the claws come out
00:12:18I remember walking
00:12:19up to him
00:12:20and I was like
00:12:20hey Terry
00:12:21I stood out
00:12:22with my hand out
00:12:23to shake his hand
00:12:24for about 30 seconds
00:12:26but he wouldn't
00:12:26even look at me
00:12:27he just kept
00:12:27talking to Beefcake
00:12:29I can't imagine
00:12:30doing that intentionally
00:12:31maybe I had an off day
00:12:32maybe I was drunk
00:12:33maybe I was high
00:12:34I don't know
00:12:35I don't know
00:12:35what to tell you
00:12:36but it wouldn't
00:12:37have been intentional
00:12:38I knew right then
00:12:39and there
00:12:40I got the belt
00:12:41and I got what he wants
00:12:42and I'm the enemy now
00:12:44I had that Hogan strobe
00:12:55back then
00:12:55me and Vince
00:12:56were just bonded
00:12:57at the hip
00:12:58and I could pull
00:13:00the plug on certain
00:13:00things or certain people
00:13:02Vince ultimately
00:13:03made the decision
00:13:04for Hulk to win
00:13:05the title in Mania
00:13:06that day
00:13:07I remember thinking
00:13:08what a step backward
00:13:10it was a whole
00:13:10different audience
00:13:11and they were liking me
00:13:12not Hulk Hogan
00:13:13right
00:13:14got all up in my face
00:13:15and got all rattle
00:13:15I said
00:13:16what's up with this guy
00:13:17I thought he was
00:13:17a team player man
00:13:18I said
00:13:19it's gonna backfire
00:13:20and it's gonna be
00:13:22really bad
00:13:23Vince made the decision
00:13:24you know
00:13:24it's just one of those things
00:13:26fuck you
00:13:35Hulk came up
00:13:36with such a phony
00:13:37bullshit match
00:13:39the kind of match
00:13:40that Hulk would dream up
00:13:43Bret Hart was wrestling
00:13:46dastardly Yokozuna
00:13:47Yokozuna's manager
00:13:49the inscrutable
00:13:50Mr. Fuji
00:13:51throws
00:13:53some ceremonial salt
00:13:55in Bret Hart's eyes
00:13:59Bret is blinded
00:14:02and he's beating
00:14:03for the title
00:14:07but Wrestlemania
00:14:08is not over yet
00:14:11Hulk Hogan
00:14:12came out
00:14:12like the hero
00:14:14now Hulk is concerned
00:14:16when helping his
00:14:16friend
00:14:17yeah he's my friend
00:14:19coming out
00:14:20to run to my rescue
00:14:21go get him Hulk
00:14:23you know
00:14:23go in there
00:14:24and win
00:14:24my belt
00:14:26win it for me
00:14:32it sucked
00:14:35people would be
00:14:36going like
00:14:36why'd they do
00:14:38that to Bret Hart
00:14:40it was basically
00:14:40just this revolving
00:14:41door gimmick
00:14:43to take the title
00:14:44off of Bret Hart
00:14:44and put it back
00:14:45on Hulk Hogan
00:14:46and even as a kid
00:14:48you know
00:14:49it just felt like
00:14:50Hogan was a bad friend
00:14:51he was a good guy
00:14:53once upon a time
00:14:54but in the end
00:14:55he was a backstabbing
00:14:57knife wielding
00:14:58piece of shit
00:15:02people might have
00:15:03been getting
00:15:04a little weary
00:15:05of Hulk Hogan
00:15:06to begin with
00:15:07this is not
00:15:101985 anymore
00:15:11the Hulk's
00:15:13shtick
00:15:13was starting
00:15:13to wear pretty thin
00:15:14it was the same
00:15:16match every night
00:15:17for six
00:15:17seven years
00:15:18and people
00:15:19were getting tired
00:15:20of the leg drop
00:15:22and the
00:15:22you know
00:15:23the milk in the crowd
00:15:25and the Hulk
00:15:25the truth is
00:15:27it had passed
00:15:28I don't want to say
00:15:29he was a one trick pony
00:15:30but you'd seen it
00:15:32it wasn't dry anymore
00:15:33people had moved on
00:15:38and Vince would always
00:15:40do what was best
00:15:41for business
00:15:41ladies and gentlemen
00:15:42my good friend
00:15:43my boss
00:15:44the toughest dude
00:15:45I've ever been in the ring
00:15:46with Vince McMahon
00:15:47Hogan for his part
00:15:48I'm sure believed
00:15:49that he was
00:15:50not only the reason
00:15:51for WWE's success
00:15:52but he still had a lot
00:15:53left in the tank
00:15:53and I thought
00:15:54I might be able
00:15:55to even keep
00:15:56climbing that ladder
00:15:57with the support
00:15:57of the machine
00:16:00and when I asked Vince
00:16:01what's next
00:16:02and he goes
00:16:03well I think
00:16:03your run's about over
00:16:06he said
00:16:07the red and yellow
00:16:07is dead
00:16:09and I wasn't
00:16:09going to get a push
00:16:10there anymore
00:16:12Hulk said
00:16:12Jimmy
00:16:13we might have
00:16:13a major problem
00:16:14starting to happen
00:16:15I just talked to Vince
00:16:16and I said
00:16:16what happened
00:16:17and he told me
00:16:18and I went
00:16:18oh my god
00:16:20for me
00:16:21it was the classic
00:16:22Vince McMahon
00:16:23in my opinion
00:16:24mistake
00:16:32he may know
00:16:33what he knows
00:16:34on how to run
00:16:35a huge company
00:16:36ten times
00:16:37a million times
00:16:37better than me
00:16:38as far as my character
00:16:40and what I know
00:16:41about my brand
00:16:42and name
00:16:42I thought he was
00:16:43way off
00:16:50certainly we had our differences
00:16:52and Hogan's ego
00:16:54on occasion
00:16:55would get out of line
00:16:56took two to build
00:16:57to build an empire
00:16:58I felt we were close
00:17:00personally
00:17:00but for him
00:17:04the personal stuff
00:17:05was actually
00:17:06a business front
00:17:07and in so many words
00:17:08he said that to me
00:17:12so I made a decision
00:17:14that nobody's
00:17:14going to hurt me again
00:17:23Vince called me
00:17:24and I went on a rant
00:17:26because I was so mad at him
00:17:27Hogan said
00:17:28we're going to find out
00:17:29who's stronger
00:17:30the machine
00:17:31behind me
00:17:31or me
00:17:32I just went nuts
00:17:34you name it
00:17:35every bad name
00:17:38that you could say
00:17:39that would get you cancelled
00:17:41you know
00:17:41it was a very bad situation
00:17:45Hulk was unhappy
00:17:46Vince was unhappy
00:17:47it was really tough to watch
00:17:51and Vince threw a line in the sand
00:17:53and said
00:17:54you know
00:17:54you'll never work here again
00:17:58I'm good at getting fired
00:18:01Hulkamania is dead
00:18:02these are children's time
00:18:04this is an emotional moment
00:18:06and the heart of America
00:18:07Hulk Hogan
00:18:08has just stopped being
00:18:10when we hear
00:18:11the voices sing
00:18:14you've got to learn to fly
00:18:16landing this
00:18:18and I'm so free
00:18:19it was sad
00:18:21it was sad
00:18:22but I think Hulk
00:18:24saw it as an opportunity
00:18:26to get away
00:18:27and make himself
00:18:29worth more
00:18:30should I say
00:18:31Mr. Hogan
00:18:33maybe Hulkie
00:18:34or is that too familiar
00:18:35Muscles is an option
00:18:36I suppose
00:18:36although that was
00:18:37of course the name
00:18:37of Michael Jackson's snake
00:18:38I know he sometimes
00:18:39likes Hulkster
00:18:40but that sounds ridiculous
00:18:42Hulk HH
00:18:43Hulkster
00:18:44the Hulkster
00:18:45the Hulkster
00:18:45now you're making
00:18:47you're making movies now
00:18:48yes sir
00:18:48you've moved on
00:18:49from just the world of wrestling
00:18:50and everything else you're doing
00:18:51and you're making movies
00:18:52basically I want to work
00:18:53I'm too young
00:18:54to sit in a rocking chair
00:18:55my kids
00:18:55I don't want my kids to think
00:18:56daddy just eats peanut butter sandwiches
00:18:58and watches TV for a living
00:18:59and so the people
00:19:01in the film industry
00:19:02said wow
00:19:02this guy can
00:19:03watch you bubblegum
00:19:04and talk
00:19:04and maybe he's articulate too
00:19:14outside of wrestling
00:19:15I mean Hulk was really
00:19:16the first person
00:19:17to transcend
00:19:18WWE
00:19:21doing movies
00:19:22and TV shows
00:19:23and commercials
00:19:24a true artiste
00:19:25should be remembered
00:19:26for his inspiration
00:19:27not his perspiration
00:19:30you know
00:19:31mingling with Hollywood
00:19:34Suburban Commando
00:19:36the Hulkster
00:19:38is
00:19:39Shep
00:19:39whoop
00:19:40Ramsey
00:19:42a valiant
00:19:43galactic warrior
00:19:44stranded on earth
00:19:45I'm here to rent
00:19:46the apartment
00:19:47honey
00:19:47it's for you
00:19:49at first
00:19:50I was kind of intimidated
00:19:51you know
00:19:52I didn't want to piss him off
00:19:54that physique
00:19:55and the build
00:19:56his face
00:19:58he looked like
00:19:59he was from outer space
00:20:00how the hell was I supposed to know
00:20:02that you were some sort of
00:20:03alien Rambo
00:20:03but he wasn't scary
00:20:05as a person
00:20:06he was just so friendly
00:20:08he was a friend right away
00:20:10and you know
00:20:11the crossover
00:20:12to film
00:20:13that's helped me so much
00:20:14I just need people around me
00:20:15right now
00:20:15like Christopher Lloyd
00:20:16and Shelley Duvall
00:20:17to make sure I'm on the mark
00:20:18take off the bandana
00:20:19wash the old bald head
00:20:21the wife holds the iron fist
00:20:23and I play Mr. Nanny at home
00:20:24same
00:20:25twinkle twinkle
00:20:27little star
00:20:28I never pictured myself
00:20:29as a movie star
00:20:30you know
00:20:30because
00:20:31I can look in the mirror
00:20:32it's not Brad Pitt
00:20:34staring at you
00:20:35across the
00:20:35the mirror
00:20:36or Sean Connery
00:20:38you had a really
00:20:40larger than life presence
00:20:41you're bigger than most
00:20:41trees in fact
00:20:42I can't
00:20:46even if you didn't know
00:20:48or watch
00:20:49wrestling
00:20:50or you didn't know
00:20:50what WWE was
00:20:52you knew that he was a star
00:20:54gremlins
00:20:55this dude
00:20:56now
00:20:57and
00:20:57what a departure for you
00:20:58I see that the poster
00:20:59has you wearing
00:21:00a tutu
00:21:01a tutu
00:21:01yeah
00:21:01but this cross dressing
00:21:03this wearing this tutu
00:21:04is this something
00:21:04you've just done for the film
00:21:05or have you been doing this
00:21:06for some time privately
00:21:07you look positively effervescent
00:21:09may I offer you tea
00:21:11he wasn't going to be going out
00:21:13and doing King Lear
00:21:14that was not his ambition
00:21:17the media killed me
00:21:19my face is so much like a character
00:21:21a cartoon character
00:21:23as soon as I open up my eyebrows
00:21:24it's like bam
00:21:25the whole screen blows
00:21:26people who watch Hulk Hogan on television
00:21:28and little kids who have the Hulk Hogan character
00:21:30and they go to see this movie
00:21:32are just going to be offended
00:21:33and disappointed in it
00:21:35I already heard about one 12 year old girl
00:21:36who walked in and walked out of the midway
00:21:38so you have to be very bad
00:21:40to get a child
00:21:41to leave the theater
00:21:42whatever
00:21:43I was cool with it
00:21:44man
00:21:44I knew I was a wrestler
00:21:46just scamming by
00:21:48you mentioned that you were shooting a lot in Florida
00:21:51and you're originally from Florida
00:21:52is that right?
00:21:53yes sir
00:21:54I thought you were
00:21:54you know
00:21:55I spent a lot of time down there
00:21:56in the swamps myself
00:21:56in the swamps
00:21:57thunder in paradise
00:21:59he was filming locally
00:22:00with these really awesome boats
00:22:03it was almost like a
00:22:05Baywatch but cooler
00:22:08we could spend time with him on set
00:22:11well
00:22:11when I was wrestling
00:22:12I was
00:22:14on the road
00:22:15and gone more than I was home
00:22:16I started making more movies
00:22:19I was home with the kids
00:22:20he loved spending more time at home
00:22:22it felt good
00:22:23it felt nice
00:22:27are you happy?
00:22:30he'd pack their lunches
00:22:31sometimes he'd beat me to the kitchen
00:22:32I'm like
00:22:33oh you didn't have to do that
00:22:34baby
00:22:34he's like
00:22:34no I wanted to
00:22:35he liked like figuring out
00:22:37what to put in their lunch pails
00:22:38it was new to him
00:22:39his dad made him
00:22:40a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
00:22:41I love you very much
00:22:43I love you too
00:22:44I love you very much too
00:22:50and we have the star of our show
00:22:53thunder in paradise
00:22:54Hulk Hogan
00:22:55with his son Nicky
00:22:57I'll take you to the door
00:22:58and then we'll take you
00:22:59and out he goes
00:23:00good luck babe
00:23:01I was making these movies
00:23:02but didn't have my heart
00:23:03all the way in it
00:23:06I have a hard time sitting around
00:23:08for 14 hours a day
00:23:10waiting for the first AD
00:23:11to come out and get me
00:23:12for three minutes
00:23:14I didn't like the process
00:23:17because I was so spoiled
00:23:18with wrestling
00:23:19wrestling for 10 or 15 minutes
00:23:21and making the million dollar
00:23:22minimum guarantee
00:23:23when he got up in the ring
00:23:25he was a showman
00:23:27he wanted to share
00:23:28his pleasure
00:23:29crowds yelling
00:23:30and screaming
00:23:32and the acting
00:23:33was kind of a lark
00:23:35but I don't think
00:23:35it mattered to him that much
00:23:37I'd love to climb back in there
00:23:38one more time
00:23:39maybe have Kermit
00:23:40as my business manager
00:23:42I'd love to
00:23:42you know I've never been
00:23:43in a wrestling ring before
00:23:44I started going squirrely
00:23:45take some beach towel
00:23:47I said brother
00:23:48I appreciate y'all
00:23:49for becoming the next John Wayne
00:23:50but I gotta get out of here
00:23:52this is driving me crazy
00:23:56I'm gonna go back to wrestling
00:24:03now come on
00:24:04you know and I know
00:24:05it could be a possible return
00:24:07to the ring Hulkster
00:24:08well you know something brother
00:24:09I was in the airport last night
00:24:10and when I was flying here
00:24:12to see Regis
00:24:12a little old lady
00:24:13came up to me
00:24:14she goes Hulk Hogan
00:24:15you make me feel
00:24:1618 years old again
00:24:17you know
00:24:18the lady said
00:24:19I quit watching wrestling
00:24:20when you were on there
00:24:20you were the greatest
00:24:21there ever was
00:24:22greatest there ever will be
00:24:23and it's not the same
00:24:24without you
00:24:29it smells like the rodeos in town
00:24:32so we were at Disney Studios
00:24:34and our soundstage for Thunder Paradise
00:24:37was right next to the wrestling soundstage
00:24:39for the WCW wrestling
00:24:50WCW wasn't sports entertainment
00:24:53it was wrestling
00:24:54eye for an eye
00:24:55tooth for tooth wrestling
00:24:56I'm bringing the rope in
00:24:58they can say
00:24:59I can't spit the back
00:25:00they can say
00:25:01everything they want
00:25:02it was a real distant
00:25:04real distant number two
00:25:06from what the WWE was
00:25:08it was rough
00:25:10from the Pacific Northwest
00:25:13Big Judge
00:25:17WCW had never turned
00:25:18a dollar profit
00:25:19and was losing
00:25:20millions of dollars
00:25:21every year
00:25:22here comes Robocop Bob
00:25:23our idea
00:25:24of a good turnout
00:25:26in an arena
00:25:27was like 1200 people
00:25:29especially if half of them
00:25:31were sober
00:25:33either we fix it
00:25:34or we pull the plug
00:25:39my primary goal
00:25:40was to convince advertisers
00:25:42and sponsors
00:25:42that we were legitimate
00:25:44and now he sticks his head
00:25:45into that watering trough
00:25:47because WCW
00:25:49was perceived
00:25:50to be just a notch or two
00:25:51above porn
00:25:53I needed Madison Avenue
00:25:54to look at WCW
00:25:56as a competitor
00:25:57to WWE
00:26:02and I needed Hulk Hogan
00:26:03to do that
00:26:04so I knew Hulk was on the lot
00:26:06we're on the lot
00:26:07and I took advantage
00:26:09of it to try to get
00:26:10a meeting with Hulk
00:26:10he comes approaching me
00:26:11asked me if I'd come
00:26:12to work for him
00:26:14and I said
00:26:14let me think about it
00:26:16well happy new year
00:26:17to you
00:26:18and then
00:26:19you know
00:26:19he looked at me one day
00:26:20and he's like
00:26:21well are you ready
00:26:22to do another run
00:26:24I thought maybe
00:26:25he'd be home
00:26:26a little bit longer
00:26:26but you know
00:26:28work was a calling
00:26:37by the time I'd cut my deal
00:26:40it was ridiculous
00:26:45you know I had to actually
00:26:47give back
00:26:47some of the deal
00:26:49that I did
00:26:50so that certain people
00:26:50would not get fired
00:26:56and money
00:26:56we had a lot of money
00:26:58you know
00:26:58it didn't matter
00:26:59if he slowed down
00:27:00or sped up
00:27:01it was like
00:27:01we were comfortable
00:27:02but he never wanted to retire
00:27:04he was just addicted
00:27:06to the ring
00:27:06did you ever think
00:27:07at age 40
00:27:08this would be
00:27:09kind of a comeback
00:27:10for you
00:27:11yeah well you know
00:27:12this is kind of like
00:27:1340 going on 18
00:27:17who do you want to see
00:27:18in WCW
00:27:20Hulk Hogan
00:27:21Hulk Hogan knew
00:27:22that he had value
00:27:23in his brand
00:27:24the single most popular
00:27:26wrestling star
00:27:27in the history
00:27:27of the sport
00:27:28and he told me
00:27:29I could run the company
00:27:30any way I wanted
00:27:31I could take over
00:27:32for everybody
00:27:32and run the company
00:27:33you know
00:27:34he just said
00:27:34promise me
00:27:35you put lightning
00:27:36in a bottle
00:27:36I said
00:27:36I don't have a problem
00:27:37with that at all
00:27:37by the early 90s
00:27:39there was like
00:27:40no denying the fact
00:27:42that the Hulkamania machine
00:27:43was winding down
00:27:46he comes to WCW
00:27:48and they have an even more
00:27:49like prehistoric version
00:27:50of Hulk Hogan
00:27:51that they're putting on
00:27:52this is the greatest day
00:27:54that professional wrestling
00:27:55has ever seen
00:27:56there is this incredibly
00:27:58staged parade
00:27:59where he's in this
00:28:00red corvette
00:28:02there are
00:28:02there are fake reporters
00:28:04there is a fake audience
00:28:06look at the faces
00:28:07of the kids
00:28:08and the excitement
00:28:08in the people
00:28:09that's what they wanted
00:28:10wanted to see Hulk Hogan
00:28:11get back in the ring
00:28:12and that's what they've got
00:28:13like the babe
00:28:14of the town
00:28:14like Henry Aaron
00:28:16WCW was
00:28:17leaning in
00:28:18to the nostalgia
00:28:19we're in a new era now
00:28:20so why are you
00:28:21the only people
00:28:22that don't see this
00:28:22you know
00:28:24people are comparing
00:28:26this move
00:28:27to Joe Montana's
00:28:28move from the 49ers
00:28:29to the Chiefs
00:28:29what do you think
00:28:30about that comparison Hulk
00:28:31well you know
00:28:32something brother
00:28:32the big man upstairs
00:28:34he moves mountains dude
00:28:35and in 7 days
00:28:36and 7 nights
00:28:37he created the heaven
00:28:38and the earth brother
00:28:38and on the 8th day dude
00:28:40he created Hulkamania
00:28:42so I can't wait
00:28:43to come into the WCW
00:28:45and show him
00:28:46what the strongest force
00:28:47is all about
00:28:50Hulk Hogan in WCW
00:28:52I don't think
00:28:54had the impact
00:28:55it would have had
00:28:56a few years earlier
00:28:57particularly
00:28:58in the wake
00:28:59of the steroid scandal
00:29:01which wasn't over
00:29:03the feds accused
00:29:04this man
00:29:05Vince McMahon
00:29:05of pumping his stable
00:29:07of stars
00:29:07with steroids
00:29:08the federal government
00:29:10contended
00:29:10that Vince
00:29:11was a steroid dealer
00:29:14Vince got indicted
00:29:15that was subpoenaed
00:29:17to be the star witness
00:29:18for the feds
00:29:19if the feds
00:29:20pinned Mr. McMahon
00:29:21with a conviction
00:29:22he could face
00:29:2311 years in jail
00:29:24there was the anticipation
00:29:25that Hulk Hogan
00:29:27would get up
00:29:27on the stand
00:29:28and reveal secrets
00:29:30about Vince McMahon
00:29:31no one had ever
00:29:32heard before
00:29:33they wanted me
00:29:34to say
00:29:35the Vince sold me
00:29:36steroids
00:29:37I just wanted
00:29:38to move on
00:29:39shut this crap down
00:29:40it's still going on
00:29:41so I went
00:29:42in the federal courtroom
00:29:43I told the truth
00:29:44defense
00:29:45do you recall
00:29:46Mr. McMahon
00:29:46handing you steroids
00:29:47Hulk replied
00:29:48never
00:29:49I said he never
00:29:50sold me steroids
00:29:51I told the judge
00:29:52I said it was just
00:29:52like a carton of cigarettes
00:29:54hey give me a carton of cigarettes
00:29:55you know
00:29:56next time I get one
00:29:57I'll pay you back
00:29:57it was just like that
00:29:58sometimes my steroids
00:29:59were sent to the office
00:30:01and I picked it up
00:30:02with my fan mail
00:30:03he said yes
00:30:04he took him
00:30:04finally
00:30:05and said yes
00:30:07it was of his own volition
00:30:08the former wrestler
00:30:09admitted publicly
00:30:10for the first time
00:30:11that he used steroids
00:30:12for 13 years
00:30:14he basically sunk their case
00:30:16after two days
00:30:17of deliberations
00:30:18the verdict
00:30:19not guilty
00:30:20Hulk's testimony
00:30:21definitely held
00:30:22WWE's case
00:30:23and then the next thing
00:30:24you know
00:30:25on the courtroom steps
00:30:26the media hit Vince
00:30:28did you feel badly
00:30:29Hulk Hogan
00:30:29testified against you
00:30:31yes
00:30:31when
00:30:31it's really tough
00:30:32to have
00:30:34someone with whom
00:30:35you've worked with
00:30:36to take the stand
00:30:37and tell
00:30:38certainly not
00:30:39the whole truth
00:30:41I mean it looks like
00:30:42some kind of wrestling
00:30:43promo that Vince cut
00:30:44outside the courthouse
00:30:46it just blew me away
00:30:48that he would say that
00:30:49when I saved his ass
00:30:50just as we say
00:30:51in the World Wrestling Federation
00:30:52and it could very well be
00:30:53that the hunters
00:30:54are soon
00:30:55will be the hunted
00:30:57oh really
00:30:58you know
00:30:59you really want me
00:31:00to tell the truth
00:31:00okay
00:31:01you know
00:31:02I know where all the bodies
00:31:03are buried
00:31:03and if it would have been
00:31:04one of those days
00:31:05for vengeance
00:31:05I guess
00:31:06he would be getting out
00:31:07about now
00:31:08and I'd be owning
00:31:09the wrestling business
00:31:10clearly there was a lot
00:31:12of personal animosity
00:31:13between these guys
00:31:14and Hulk Hogan
00:31:15had already left the company
00:31:17to work for the competition
00:31:18Mr. McMahon
00:31:19is the winner
00:31:20oh man
00:31:21I couldn't wait
00:31:22to get down to WCW
00:31:23and win that world title
00:31:24teach everybody
00:31:25a lesson
00:31:26about who the man was
00:31:27outside court
00:31:28Hulk was tamer than usual
00:31:29did Vince give you sterile
00:31:31the only thing Hulk said
00:31:33watch my pay-per-view special
00:31:35he's American
00:31:44he's back
00:31:45he's back
00:31:48he's got a red
00:31:50running through his veins
00:31:56he was born and raised
00:31:58in the US of A
00:32:01after the steroid trial
00:32:03I believe I got that respect
00:32:05that I had lost back
00:32:07the Hulk stars in the ring
00:32:10it seemed like a real good night
00:32:12my run wasn't over
00:32:14Vince apparently was wrong
00:32:16I was still hot
00:32:37I don't mean to be mean
00:32:39but I do remember watching that match
00:32:41thinking that
00:32:42this was an older Hulk Hogan
00:32:44come on
00:32:45squeeze that mustache
00:32:46right off his face
00:32:47it was not
00:32:49the same Hulk Hogan
00:32:50that body slammed
00:32:50Andre the Giant
00:32:51by no means
00:32:52it felt like
00:32:53it was more of the winter
00:32:54of his career
00:32:57come on baby
00:32:59it was just very
00:33:00tired to me
00:33:02I remember as a kid
00:33:03just being like
00:33:03what's wrong with it
00:33:04he's not the muscle-bound
00:33:06hero he used to be
00:33:10the good old days
00:33:11are back
00:33:12and believe me
00:33:13Hulk Hogan
00:33:14congratulations
00:33:15you have done it again
00:33:16my friend
00:33:17what a day
00:33:18the Hulkster
00:33:18still rules
00:33:21whoo
00:33:21alright
00:33:22the first
00:33:23three or four months
00:33:25when Hogan arrived
00:33:26everybody was still
00:33:27so excited
00:33:28it was still
00:33:28it's Hulk Hogan
00:33:30but
00:33:31all of a sudden
00:33:32you started hearing
00:33:35more boos
00:33:39oh really
00:33:41so you want to boo me
00:33:43your hero
00:33:44well you know what
00:33:45what goes wrong
00:33:46comes wrong
00:33:47there were signs out there
00:33:49you know I didn't
00:33:50I didn't bang on too much
00:33:52but I did see them
00:33:53you know a couple
00:33:53negative signs out there
00:33:54so
00:33:54I said did you take
00:33:56your shot today
00:33:57or whatever
00:33:58some smartass
00:33:59thing you know
00:34:00from some fans
00:34:01that were trying
00:34:02to rile me up
00:34:02for such a long time
00:34:04people went crazy over him
00:34:05and all of a sudden
00:34:05they started getting
00:34:06more boos
00:34:07more boos
00:34:07you know
00:34:08one night they love you
00:34:09one night they don't
00:34:11and I know it hurt
00:34:12Hulk
00:34:13if you do that character
00:34:14for so long
00:34:15that's who Hulk Hogan is
00:34:16you know
00:34:16you know he was just
00:34:17that person
00:34:18he would get up
00:34:20take a shower
00:34:21have his coffee
00:34:23like what
00:34:24I can find all the stuff
00:34:26that I need
00:34:26for four days
00:34:27and for interviews
00:34:27and get my headbands
00:34:29washed
00:34:29and everything else
00:34:30alright
00:34:30well throw down
00:34:30what you need
00:34:31I'll be in in about 20 minutes
00:34:32okay
00:34:32and then all of a sudden
00:34:33it would just be like
00:34:36and then all of a sudden
00:34:37he was hugged
00:34:38look what I am there to do
00:34:41yeah yeah
00:34:43come on
00:34:44go ahead and smile
00:34:45you'd love it
00:34:46I wasn't happy
00:34:48I was just out of it
00:34:49man I just didn't know
00:34:50what I was doing
00:34:50didn't even know
00:34:51who I was anymore
00:34:53it was the end of an era
00:34:56where you could have
00:34:59pure good guys
00:35:00and that character
00:35:02had just run its course
00:35:04with the audience
00:35:04because they were seeing
00:35:05other cooler stuff
00:35:07we're going absolutely nowhere
00:35:09we do however
00:35:11what
00:35:19I'm not one of these
00:35:20fucking guys
00:35:22that since I was 7 years old
00:35:24I wanted to wrestle
00:35:25I watched this
00:35:26when I was a kid
00:35:27I thought it was fake as shit
00:35:34the reason I got in this business
00:35:36because I saw Hulk
00:35:39and I thought
00:35:39I'm a better athlete than him
00:35:41I look better than him
00:35:42if he can fucking do this
00:35:43and make the kind of money
00:35:44I can
00:35:57there has never been
00:35:59a wrestling storyline
00:36:02that has come
00:36:03close to the NWO
00:36:05because it was
00:36:06blurring the lines
00:36:07between what's real
00:36:07or not real
00:36:08it was two guys
00:36:10Kevin Nash
00:36:11Scott Hall
00:36:12both of whom
00:36:13had previously worked
00:36:14for WCW
00:36:16they felt like
00:36:18they were disrespected
00:36:20they go to WWE
00:36:21they become huge stars
00:36:23say hello
00:36:24to Razor Lamont
00:36:26so big
00:36:27that they decided
00:36:28to come back
00:36:29to WCW
00:36:30and make everybody pay
00:36:32yeah where's Hogan
00:36:34where's Hogan
00:36:35I'll do another episode
00:36:36of Blunder in Paradise
00:36:38oh wow
00:36:39this is really
00:36:42really interesting
00:36:42this looks like
00:36:43somebody jumped the fence
00:36:45and got into the back door
00:36:46and this looks real
00:36:48and they're coming in
00:36:52Hogan was watching
00:36:53all of Nash
00:36:54and all the attention
00:36:55that they were getting
00:36:59and you could imagine
00:37:00him saying like
00:37:00that should be me
00:37:03unbelievable
00:37:04hit me like I put my finger
00:37:05in a darn light socket
00:37:06the times
00:37:08the times were edgy
00:37:08people were tired
00:37:09of the good guys
00:37:10and the milkshake
00:37:11in the back of the yard
00:37:12and all that milkshake crap
00:37:13they were ready
00:37:14for some edgy
00:37:15MAC-10 stuff
00:37:15for life
00:37:16you know
00:37:17they were ready
00:37:18for some gangster stuff
00:37:19coming out
00:37:19I went okay
00:37:22I think I get it now
00:37:26Bash at the Beach
00:37:271996
00:37:28changed the wrestling business
00:37:31completely changed it
00:37:32so I was actually there
00:37:34as a kid
00:37:35and the energy
00:37:36in that building
00:37:37was
00:37:37it was so perfect
00:37:39for what was about
00:37:40to happen
00:37:42I never experienced
00:37:43anything like it
00:37:44because it was
00:37:44just such an emotional
00:37:46and sensory overload
00:37:47it was better than a high
00:37:51I've done my share
00:37:53and this was like
00:37:55the best high
00:37:55I've ever been on
00:37:56Hulk Hogan is here
00:37:58Hulk Hogan is here
00:38:00Hulk Hogan is in the building
00:38:02you're damn right here
00:38:03go get an action
00:38:04he wasn't announced
00:38:06he wasn't advertised
00:38:06we didn't know
00:38:07until he walked
00:38:08through the curtain
00:38:10the audience was reacting
00:38:12because they think
00:38:13their hero's coming down
00:38:14to save the other hero
00:38:15right
00:38:15we hated that Hulk Hogan
00:38:17that do-gooder
00:38:19clinch-jaw face
00:38:20that he had
00:38:20when he came out
00:38:21to help Bret Hart
00:38:22it's like oh
00:38:23he's coming to put himself
00:38:24in the spotlight again
00:38:25not this
00:38:27you know
00:38:28between the whole
00:38:29steroid thing
00:38:30and fans thinking
00:38:32that Red Neal was dead
00:38:35I just put the script
00:38:37on him
00:38:37and give him something
00:38:39they'll never forget
00:38:40as long as they live
00:38:44oh my god
00:38:47what the hell
00:38:48is going on here
00:38:49Hulk Hogan
00:38:50has betrayed
00:38:52WCW
00:38:53you're just sold
00:38:54you're sold
00:38:54to the devil
00:38:56there's a little kid
00:38:57behind me
00:38:58and he doesn't ask
00:38:59the simplest question
00:38:59to his dad
00:39:00he literally just said
00:39:02dad why did he do that
00:39:03he's a bad guy now
00:39:13there's this moment
00:39:15there's this moment
00:39:15of silence
00:39:17it doesn't take you long
00:39:19before you realize
00:39:20that you're in a riot
00:39:21situation
00:39:22and
00:39:23they wanted to come
00:39:24and pull you apart
00:39:25like the living dead
00:39:28we've got a fan
00:39:29coming in
00:39:29to try to help
00:39:31matters out
00:39:37well he didn't last long
00:39:41I felt like it was
00:39:42a classic case
00:39:44of
00:39:45innocence lost
00:39:48Hulk Hogan
00:39:50excuse me
00:39:51excuse me
00:39:55what
00:39:55in the world
00:39:56are you thinking
00:39:59me Gene
00:40:00the first thing
00:40:01you need to do
00:40:02is to tell
00:40:03these people
00:40:04to shut up
00:40:05if you want to hear
00:40:06what I gotta say
00:40:08and then
00:40:09it got evil
00:40:10in there man
00:40:10as soon as I saw
00:40:11me and Gene's
00:40:12nose get split open
00:40:13and I plugged
00:40:14into that crowd
00:40:15my mindset
00:40:17is to screw
00:40:17the audience
00:40:18all this crap
00:40:19in the ring
00:40:21represents
00:40:22these fans
00:40:23out here
00:40:23I did everything
00:40:25for the charities
00:40:26I did everything
00:40:28for the kids
00:40:29and the reception
00:40:31I got
00:40:31when I came
00:40:32out here
00:40:33you fans
00:40:34can stick it
00:40:35brother
00:40:36think deep down
00:40:37aside
00:40:37there's parts
00:40:37of him
00:40:38that just wanted
00:40:38to let people
00:40:39know what he
00:40:39really thought
00:40:41felt great
00:40:43there's so much
00:40:44heat
00:40:44it was incredible
00:40:45I looked at people
00:40:47in the eyes
00:40:47that were five feet
00:40:48away from me
00:40:49and they wanted
00:40:49to kill me
00:40:50they had blood
00:40:51coming out of their
00:40:51eyeballs
00:40:52they were so mad
00:40:53I knew I could just
00:40:55rule
00:40:55I could rule
00:40:56the business
00:40:57this right here
00:40:58is the future
00:41:00of wrestling
00:41:01you can call
00:41:02this
00:41:03the new
00:41:04world
00:41:05order of wrestling
00:41:07brother
00:41:07what you're gonna do
00:41:09what are you gonna do
00:41:10don't touch me
00:41:10I'm gonna free the lawyers
00:41:13yeah I remember him
00:41:14sitting me down
00:41:15saying like
00:41:15you know
00:41:16all the red and yellow
00:41:17stuff
00:41:17the good guy stuff
00:41:18that's out the window
00:41:19I'm gonna be a bad guy
00:41:20now
00:41:20here we go
00:41:22everybody see that
00:41:23yeah
00:41:25thought he was crazy
00:41:26Hulk
00:41:28doesn't work anymore
00:41:29he said I
00:41:30where's my black boots
00:41:31do I have any black
00:41:32patent leather boots
00:41:32I have to go see
00:41:33if I have black boots
00:41:34so I go in his closet
00:41:34and I'm like digging around
00:41:35I'm like these
00:41:36they're like 100 years old
00:41:38from like 1965
00:41:39he's like yeah those
00:41:40you better get going
00:41:42I'm going
00:41:42I'm right on time
00:41:44I'm in two hours
00:41:44I give him a pair
00:41:45of my black leggings
00:41:46he's like yeah
00:41:47that's it
00:41:48puts the belt around him
00:41:49I'm like yeah
00:41:49that's it
00:41:50now
00:41:51he's turned his back
00:41:52from it all
00:41:53ladies and gentlemen
00:41:55Hollywood
00:41:57go
00:42:05nothing was ever
00:42:06the same after that
00:42:08if Hulk Hogan
00:42:09can turn heel
00:42:10then anything
00:42:12can happen
00:42:12Hulk was trying
00:42:14to fit into
00:42:16this new world
00:42:17this new society
00:42:18and it worked
00:42:19tremendously
00:42:22he has one of the
00:42:23greater changes
00:42:24in all the history
00:42:25of our industry
00:42:25my gosh
00:42:27it flips everything
00:42:28I laid it out
00:42:29straight for all
00:42:30those kids brother
00:42:30they didn't want
00:42:32to follow the path
00:42:33so I'm done
00:42:34with a man
00:42:34Hulkster was doing
00:42:35it out of anger
00:42:36was the shit
00:42:37you know
00:42:38he was the dude
00:42:39you know the cheap shots
00:42:44and that
00:42:44dastardly evil
00:42:46type character
00:42:47like a Batman villain
00:42:50he wasn't afraid
00:42:51to break the rules
00:42:53you know
00:42:54take over the
00:42:55announcer's table
00:42:56is there any
00:42:57question now
00:42:58who
00:42:59is the most
00:43:01powerful man
00:43:02in professional
00:43:03wrestling
00:43:04is yelling at
00:43:05old ladies
00:43:06he's phenomenal
00:43:11I don't have to
00:43:12play by any rules
00:43:13this Hollywood
00:43:14I can lie
00:43:15cheat
00:43:16lie right to your face
00:43:17and get away with it
00:43:18because I'm a bad guy
00:43:27you can't have that
00:43:28without having
00:43:29the red and yellow
00:43:30it's a juggling act
00:43:31here
00:43:32you know
00:43:32that duality
00:43:33of like
00:43:34the good guy
00:43:35turned bad
00:43:38I thought it was
00:43:39the coolest thing
00:43:40he'd ever done
00:43:40well Nick is going
00:43:41on a trip
00:43:42with his dad
00:43:43can you set this up
00:43:45for Zuda
00:43:46so
00:43:46you look so cute
00:43:48it's my absolute
00:43:49favorite
00:43:50favorite
00:43:51era
00:43:52of his career
00:43:54Hulk Hogan
00:43:54was changing
00:43:55the mentality
00:43:56and the mindset
00:43:57of the fan
00:43:58the purity of it
00:44:00the good guy
00:44:00gets the bad guy
00:44:03and people gravitated
00:44:04to that
00:44:17the more the crowd
00:44:18booed me
00:44:19the more evil
00:44:19I wanted to be
00:44:22just take my belt off
00:44:23and just whip
00:44:23all the good guys
00:44:27the people were just
00:44:28cheering me
00:44:29out of the building
00:44:32isn't that crazy
00:44:33now he's beating
00:44:34people up
00:44:35doing everything
00:44:35you can
00:44:36to make people
00:44:36hate you
00:44:37but people
00:44:37loved him again
00:44:39it was like
00:44:40Hulkamane in 84
00:44:41that vibe was there
00:44:43man
00:44:43I was up for
00:44:44another lightning bolt
00:44:45run
00:44:46center broadcasting
00:44:46WCW
00:44:47Monday Night Nitro
00:44:48has become
00:44:49one of the hottest
00:44:49two hours
00:44:50of live programming
00:44:51each week
00:44:51on cable television
00:44:53everybody
00:44:54in the country
00:44:55wanted to be
00:44:56a part
00:44:57of the NWO
00:45:04well it was so
00:45:05successful
00:45:07it beat the WWE
00:45:08for 83 weeks
00:45:14so I ended up
00:45:15basically
00:45:17showing Vince McMahon
00:45:18that he was wrong
00:45:26happy birthday
00:45:28Linda
00:45:28the reason we're
00:45:29in a wrestling
00:45:30mode tonight
00:45:32is because
00:45:33here put this on your
00:45:34shoulder
00:45:34and we just won
00:45:37the world heavyweight title
00:45:38for what
00:45:39the sixth or seventh
00:45:40time
00:45:40it was
00:45:41seventh time
00:45:43I don't recall
00:45:44like who he was
00:45:45wrestling
00:45:45NWO
00:45:46all that stuff
00:45:47is a blur
00:45:47in my mind
00:45:48heavyweight title
00:45:49I lost track
00:45:50of stuff
00:45:51because we were
00:45:51so busy
00:45:52I had two kids
00:45:52out here
00:45:54when I was gone
00:45:55she handled
00:45:55everything
00:45:56you know
00:45:57she didn't need
00:45:58she didn't need
00:45:59me around
00:46:00they had him
00:46:01going more
00:46:01than anybody
00:46:02and
00:46:03Brooke maybe
00:46:04had a Christmas
00:46:05concert
00:46:05or you know
00:46:06Nick might have
00:46:07had a soccer
00:46:07game or something
00:46:08and he was
00:46:09out of time
00:46:11and then
00:46:12when he was
00:46:12home
00:46:13like something
00:46:13changed with him
00:46:14he just got
00:46:15kind of cold
00:46:16and just
00:46:17wasn't really
00:46:19I don't know
00:46:19not
00:46:20not
00:46:20my soulmate
00:46:22you know
00:46:23I was just so
00:46:23unhappy
00:46:24I was just so
00:46:25lonely
00:46:25I was just
00:46:26by myself
00:46:27well it looks
00:46:28like it's gonna
00:46:29rain
00:46:30very rainy day
00:46:33and I know
00:46:33it hurt the kids
00:46:34too because
00:46:35gosh
00:46:35you know
00:46:36we want to be
00:46:37with dad
00:46:37but we can't
00:46:38be with dad
00:46:38because everybody
00:46:39else wants to
00:46:40be with dad
00:46:40y'all love this
00:46:41this is life
00:46:42right
00:46:42for life
00:46:43forever baby
00:46:44there are some
00:46:46things worth
00:46:47missing practice
00:46:48for brother
00:46:50and that's
00:46:51definitely the
00:46:51NWO
00:46:52brother
00:46:53they were partying
00:46:55rolling up in
00:46:56the limousines
00:46:56flinting and
00:46:57flossing
00:46:58that's the way
00:46:58it was
00:47:01you know
00:47:01when you're
00:47:02getting older
00:47:02you still want
00:47:03to be young
00:47:04yeah I mean
00:47:05you can really
00:47:06have that
00:47:06what's called
00:47:07a midlife
00:47:08crisis
00:47:08and I think
00:47:10perhaps he went
00:47:10through that
00:47:11midlife crisis
00:47:12I am God
00:47:15it happens to
00:47:16a lot of guys
00:47:17that aren't
00:47:19ready to let it
00:47:20go
00:47:20but one thing
00:47:21about you know
00:47:23father time
00:47:23it waits for no
00:47:24man
00:47:27a couple things
00:47:28immediately post
00:47:29up like tonight
00:47:30on the way home
00:47:30for whatever reason
00:47:32I'm sure you've
00:47:33had surgeries
00:47:33before right
00:47:34no
00:47:35no
00:47:35okay
00:47:36that's good
00:47:37I think
00:47:38I don't know
00:47:39if it is or not
00:47:40now
00:47:40yeah
00:47:40well
00:47:41you did a lot
00:47:43for not having
00:47:43surgery
00:47:43you wouldn't think
00:47:44that an athlete
00:47:46could really do
00:47:47anything on that
00:47:48type of knee
00:47:48obviously he has
00:47:49a high pain
00:47:50tolerance
00:47:51the injuries
00:47:52were getting
00:47:53there
00:47:53they were getting
00:47:54there
00:47:55because I blew
00:47:56my knee out
00:47:56in January
00:47:5823rd
00:47:5984
00:47:59when I wrestled
00:48:00the Sheik
00:48:00I had a knee
00:48:01that was blown
00:48:02and it needed
00:48:03to be fixed
00:48:03but I just kept
00:48:04working on it
00:48:05forever
00:48:05and it lasted
00:48:07as long as I could
00:48:08before I finally
00:48:08had my first scope job
00:48:19you know I'd been
00:48:20grinding since
00:48:2277
00:48:23see he let it go
00:48:24too long
00:48:25is the problem
00:48:26he used to think
00:48:27he's trying to be cool
00:48:28but it's not
00:48:28it's a matter of time
00:48:30you're the man
00:48:31that's what they used
00:48:32to say
00:48:37he couldn't wrestle
00:48:38the way he used
00:48:38to wrestle
00:48:39because of his injuries
00:48:40now he may have
00:48:41just said
00:48:41I want to take
00:48:42some time off
00:48:42he's going to explore
00:48:43the other opportunities
00:48:44that come his way
00:48:45because he's all COVID
00:48:46and this really
00:48:47helps me segue
00:48:48into being the next
00:48:49president of the United States
00:48:53I had gotten so hot
00:48:55as a bad guy
00:48:56I decided
00:48:57I was going to be
00:48:58the president
00:48:58of the United States
00:48:59did you believe that
00:49:01yeah
00:49:02that's a very strong
00:49:03statement
00:49:03we can assume
00:49:04then that that's
00:49:05official
00:49:05what party
00:49:06I'm curious
00:49:07well you know
00:49:08something
00:49:08we are in
00:49:09heavy negotiations
00:49:11strategic meetings
00:49:12we could debate
00:49:13Gore and Bush
00:49:14on issues
00:49:15oh I'm not sure
00:49:15they'd have to
00:49:16bring me up to speed
00:49:17I remember him
00:49:17with the balloons
00:49:18and boas
00:49:19and running for president
00:49:20there's not a deeper
00:49:20storyline here
00:49:21storyline wise
00:49:23it was me
00:49:23all I'd have to do
00:49:24stand in the middle
00:49:25ring and not do anything
00:49:26you're kidding
00:49:27no I'm not kidding
00:49:28some of his ideas
00:49:29were completely
00:49:30whacking off the wall
00:49:32and almost like
00:49:33delusional
00:49:34we really pushed hard
00:49:36for about three months
00:49:37and I backed out
00:49:38I just got scared
00:49:40thought I might win
00:49:41I'm glad you're not
00:49:42coming in a comedy
00:49:46all of the chaos
00:49:48that was going on
00:49:49the finger wasn't
00:49:50on the pulse
00:49:51you know what I mean
00:49:51the foot wasn't
00:49:52on the gas
00:49:53it seemed like
00:49:53nobody was in control
00:49:56if your deal is
00:49:57you're in charge
00:49:58you got creative
00:49:58control
00:49:59God bless you man
00:50:00our job is to make
00:50:02sure that we're as
00:50:02close to that as
00:50:03possible
00:50:05and one of the things
00:50:06that me and Hulk
00:50:06did was this thing
00:50:07called the finger
00:50:08poker doom
00:50:08we were in front
00:50:09of like 60,000
00:50:11people in the
00:50:12Georgia Dome
00:50:13we're going to have
00:50:14a match
00:50:16and you always knew
00:50:17that you were going
00:50:18to get hit
00:50:20but we were two
00:50:21big giant guys
00:50:22that would beat the
00:50:23shit
00:50:24and I just heard
00:50:25him say
00:50:26easy brother
00:50:28we already got
00:50:29their money
00:50:41all you're doing
00:50:42at this point
00:50:42is just sort of
00:50:43messing with us
00:50:45if they don't
00:50:46take you seriously
00:50:47as a fan
00:50:48if they're not
00:50:48engaged with you
00:50:49then you can't
00:50:50stay engaged
00:50:52and I think
00:50:53the finger
00:50:53broke of doom
00:50:54was justifiably
00:50:55seen as the moment
00:50:56where it comes
00:50:57crashing down
00:50:59the audience
00:51:00was ready to give
00:51:01up on Hogan
00:51:02at WCW
00:51:09next week
00:51:09begins a brand
00:51:10new era
00:51:12WCW creative team
00:51:13has a brand
00:51:13new direction
00:51:15this Vince
00:51:16Russo guy
00:51:16came in
00:51:18and he was
00:51:19the new
00:51:19head writer
00:51:20at WCW
00:51:22you know
00:51:23he stepped up
00:51:24he had a
00:51:24different attitude
00:51:25you know
00:51:26and I came
00:51:27really willing
00:51:28to do
00:51:28anything
00:51:29I possibly
00:51:30could do
00:51:30to help
00:51:31this company
00:51:32and he kicked
00:51:33it off
00:51:33the hinges
00:51:33shut up
00:51:34yo ghost
00:51:35every one
00:51:36of you
00:51:37which one
00:51:38of you
00:51:38is passing
00:51:39the gas
00:51:41you people
00:51:42stink
00:51:43yo bag
00:51:43he wanted
00:51:44to fire
00:51:44anybody
00:51:45that was
00:51:45over 40
00:51:46you're just
00:51:47too damn
00:51:48old
00:51:49there were
00:51:50high priced
00:51:50players
00:51:51who didn't
00:51:52perform in the
00:51:53ring
00:51:53who went
00:51:54through the
00:51:54motions
00:51:54and collected
00:51:55their paycheck
00:51:56laughing all the
00:51:56way to the
00:51:57bank
00:51:57it was gonna
00:51:58get ugly
00:51:59they started
00:52:00doing the
00:52:00Viagra on the
00:52:01pole matches
00:52:02whoever wins
00:52:03gets the
00:52:04Viagra off the
00:52:04pole
00:52:06it was
00:52:06disrespectful
00:52:07it was really
00:52:08bad
00:52:09the old
00:52:09boys management
00:52:10is over
00:52:11I was having
00:52:12some problems
00:52:13when you get
00:52:13done with your
00:52:14surgery
00:52:14there's like
00:52:15a real thin
00:52:16like plastic
00:52:17bladder
00:52:17but I know
00:52:18I'm not done
00:52:18yet
00:52:20can I please
00:52:20get an autograph
00:52:24he did everything
00:52:25to basically
00:52:26see if he could
00:52:27undermine
00:52:28what I had
00:52:29going
00:52:32the new blood
00:52:33sending a message
00:52:34it was ugly
00:52:37Russo was the
00:52:38poison the final
00:52:38nail in the
00:52:39coffin
00:52:41I want to go
00:52:41back to the
00:52:42beach
00:52:43hope went
00:52:44to hell
00:52:44home
00:52:45and I
00:52:45promise
00:52:46everybody
00:52:46or else
00:52:47I'll go
00:52:47in the
00:52:48goddamn grave
00:52:49you will
00:52:50never see
00:52:50that piece
00:52:51of shit
00:52:51again
00:52:55the harder
00:52:56they tried
00:52:57they faltered
00:52:59into the
00:52:59point of
00:53:00the company
00:53:01no longer
00:53:02being profitable
00:53:03and WCW
00:53:04was put on
00:53:05the market
00:53:05for sale
00:53:11I knew
00:53:11it was
00:53:12pretty much
00:53:13gonna crash
00:53:14and burn
00:53:14especially
00:53:14if I
00:53:15disappeared
00:53:16and then
00:53:16some man
00:53:17went in
00:53:17I think
00:53:18he bought
00:53:18it for like
00:53:18two two
00:53:19and a half
00:53:19million bucks
00:53:20so it's
00:53:21pretty crazy
00:53:23obviously
00:53:23you all
00:53:24know
00:53:25I have
00:53:26acquired
00:53:28WCW
00:53:31that's right
00:53:32I bought
00:53:32my competition
00:53:47it was in
00:53:48a slowdown
00:53:49period
00:53:49just our
00:53:50family unit
00:53:51together
00:53:52everything was
00:53:52at peace
00:53:53and just
00:53:53knowing that
00:53:53dad was
00:53:54home
00:54:01but
00:54:02something was
00:54:02off
00:54:02I could
00:54:03always sense
00:54:03it
00:54:09I'm pretty
00:54:09intuitive
00:54:10of course
00:54:11Terry
00:54:11he's not
00:54:12gonna hide
00:54:12his mood
00:54:12you kind
00:54:13of knew
00:54:13if he was
00:54:13in a good
00:54:14mood
00:54:14or bad
00:54:14mood
00:54:14it was
00:54:15like
00:54:15kind
00:54:15of
00:54:15all the
00:54:15time
00:54:16not
00:54:16a good
00:54:17mood
00:54:21we
00:54:21built
00:54:22a beautiful
00:54:22home
00:54:22and
00:54:23we
00:54:23had
00:54:23beautiful
00:54:24kids
00:54:25what else
00:54:25do you
00:54:26need
00:54:26you know
00:54:27like I was
00:54:27trying to
00:54:28be everything
00:54:28in the
00:54:28bedroom
00:54:29and trying
00:54:29to stay
00:54:29looking young
00:54:30and looking
00:54:30good
00:54:30and going
00:54:31to the gym
00:54:31and my
00:54:31body was
00:54:32good
00:54:32and I'm
00:54:32thinking
00:54:32what am I
00:54:33not doing
00:54:33that he's
00:54:34still looking
00:54:34for something
00:54:35else
00:54:39but I was
00:54:40really married
00:54:40to the Hulk
00:54:41character more
00:54:42than Terry
00:54:43and with
00:54:45that comes
00:54:46an ego
00:54:58Hollywood
00:54:59Hogan
00:54:59was the
00:55:00man
00:55:03still is
00:55:04to this
00:55:04day
00:55:09when I
00:55:10left
00:55:11WCW
00:55:12I thought
00:55:13I was
00:55:13completely
00:55:14done
00:55:18then the
00:55:19phone rang
00:55:19and it was
00:55:20Vincent
00:55:20Mann
00:55:22and he
00:55:22goes
00:55:22I need
00:55:23you to
00:55:23come
00:55:23home
00:55:24I said
00:55:24I've
00:55:25heard
00:55:25that
00:55:25before
00:55:27I said
00:55:28well
00:55:28what's
00:55:28going on
00:55:29he goes
00:55:29I need
00:55:30you to
00:55:30come
00:55:30home
00:55:30because
00:55:31I know
00:55:31how hot
00:55:31you are
00:55:32as Hollywood
00:55:32Hogan
00:55:32I said
00:55:33oh you
00:55:33finally
00:55:33admit it
00:55:34huh
00:55:36and
00:55:36Vince
00:55:37wanted me
00:55:37to wrestle
00:55:38The Rock
00:55:38at Wrestlemania
00:55:40how do you
00:55:41feel about
00:55:41headlining
00:55:42one more
00:55:43Wrestlemania
00:55:43with The Rock
00:55:45so that's
00:55:46pretty darn
00:55:46interesting
00:55:48at that time
00:55:48The Rock
00:55:49was on fire
00:55:51he hadn't
00:55:51made any
00:55:52movies yet
00:55:53but he was
00:55:53peaking as
00:55:54far as
00:55:54his wrestling
00:55:54career
00:55:55what the
00:56:00Rock
00:56:01is
00:56:02talking
00:56:05people also
00:56:06tell me
00:56:07I look like
00:56:07a sexy
00:56:08Rob Schneider
00:56:10it was
00:56:11icon
00:56:11versus
00:56:11icon
00:56:12Hulk
00:56:13versus
00:56:13Rock
00:56:14and
00:56:15it was
00:56:16a natural
00:56:17it'll be
00:56:18a pleasure
00:56:18to kick
00:56:19your ass
00:56:20in Wrestlemania
00:56:21I was feeling
00:56:22like I had
00:56:24accomplished
00:56:25pretty much
00:56:26everything I wanted
00:56:26to accomplish
00:56:27in wrestling
00:56:28and then
00:56:28the idea
00:56:29of Hulk Hogan
00:56:30coming back
00:56:30it was the
00:56:31opportunity
00:56:32to create
00:56:33something
00:56:33that was
00:56:34once in a
00:56:34lifetime
00:56:36everything's
00:56:36a calculated
00:56:37risk with me
00:56:37and you can
00:56:38say okay
00:56:38do I have
00:56:40enough left
00:56:40for another
00:56:41run
00:56:41Hulk Hogan
00:56:41is attacking
00:56:42midlife
00:56:43with a headlock
00:56:44that's right
00:56:44the superstar
00:56:45is climbing
00:56:45back into the
00:56:46ring
00:56:46going into
00:56:47Wrestlemania
00:56:4818
00:56:48I'd get hurt
00:56:49two weeks
00:56:49before and I
00:56:50was hurt
00:56:50really bad
00:56:51they shot me
00:56:51up like four
00:56:52five doses
00:56:53of lidocaine
00:56:53during the day
00:56:54and they shot
00:56:55me up with
00:56:55something called
00:56:56Toradol
00:56:56the doctor
00:56:57says you won't
00:56:58feel a thing
00:56:59yeah right
00:57:06Wrestlemania 18
00:57:12I will go on
00:57:14record
00:57:15it's the greatest
00:57:16Wrestlemania match
00:57:17of all time
00:57:17it's the greatest
00:57:18match of all time
00:57:21it's simple
00:57:22it's a story
00:57:22of the old lion
00:57:24the young lion
00:57:27two iconic
00:57:28wrestlers
00:57:29during their
00:57:30generational run
00:57:32and with me
00:57:33stacking multi
00:57:34generations
00:57:35on top of my
00:57:36legacy
00:57:38many of the
00:57:38crowd chanting
00:57:39for the rock
00:57:40he was a big
00:57:42hooker maniac
00:57:42as a young man
00:57:46the place
00:57:47was erupting
00:58:06and I realized
00:58:07that cheering
00:58:08me instead
00:58:09of him
00:58:11they're supposed
00:58:12to love rock
00:58:13even Vince
00:58:13said
00:58:14hooker
00:58:14they're probably
00:58:14going to boo
00:58:15you tonight
00:58:15he said
00:58:16okay
00:58:21but
00:58:22soon
00:58:22he started
00:58:23punching me
00:58:23boo
00:58:30here's what's
00:58:31so great
00:58:31about the
00:58:31wrestling fans
00:58:32any given
00:58:33night
00:58:33anything
00:58:34can change
00:58:39the audience
00:58:40the audience
00:58:40is in total
00:58:40control bro
00:58:41you just surrender
00:58:43with the audience
00:58:43tell you what to do
00:58:56it was a poetry
00:58:57emotion
00:58:58even the rock
00:58:59to this day
00:58:59said it's
00:59:00the greatest match
00:59:01he's ever had
00:59:01that was
00:59:03one of the most
00:59:04incredible nights
00:59:04I've ever had
00:59:06in my career
00:59:13that was one of the most incredible nights I've ever had in my career
00:59:38every single soul in the entire building was alive in that moment
00:59:56I felt like I just slammed the giant and won the belt in Madison Square Garden
01:00:01you can see him so happy
01:00:04that
01:00:06hey
01:00:08that's for me
01:00:09and it
01:00:10it's crazy because
01:00:11it was always for you
01:00:12we went on a ride with you
01:00:14the Russell made the other team
01:00:16the man
01:00:16and the man
01:00:17and the lottery
01:00:19the child
01:00:19with that move
01:00:20the leg is left
01:00:22oh my god
01:00:23my god
01:00:24it won't take that
01:00:49the rock
01:00:49get the one two three and beat me
01:00:51but I actually won the match
01:00:54because it put me back on the map in a major way
01:01:12and right away Vince goes
01:01:13you need to put the red and yellow back on
01:01:15but all I remember is getting into Montreal
01:01:17reestablishing the red and yellow
01:01:19and getting some crazy standing ovation
01:01:22for like 25 or 30 minutes
01:01:39oh shit that was great
01:01:41I mean
01:01:41because
01:01:42but it showed you how the fans love talk
01:01:49and with that kind of stroke
01:01:51it kept me that I could hang out as long as I wanted
01:01:55in the WWE
01:01:56the way I feel
01:01:58with all of my Hulkamaniacs out here
01:02:00when I'm in this very ring
01:02:02I'm in my own dream world
01:02:04my own fantasy world
01:02:05and I hope
01:02:06it never ends
01:02:14there's unfortunately
01:02:15an insider term
01:02:17in professional wrestling
01:02:19called being a mark
01:02:21for your own gimmick
01:02:22oh there's a camera rolling
01:02:23man you're supposed to tell me that
01:02:25you've been
01:02:26portraying a character
01:02:27for so long
01:02:28that you believe
01:02:29you are that character
01:02:30is it art
01:02:31is it fakery
01:02:32what is it
01:02:33believe in the American dream brother
01:02:34that you can be somebody
01:02:36if you want to be
01:02:36the character was so strong
01:02:38Terry somehow
01:02:40got lost along the trip
01:02:42I trusted in Hulk Hogan
01:02:43to the promised land
01:02:45and to a higher level
01:02:45there's nothing they can do
01:02:47to Hulk Hogan
01:02:48would you state your name?
01:02:50Terry's your boy
01:02:51what in the hell
01:02:52is wrong with you?
01:02:53the reality show
01:02:53was kind of like
01:02:54a recipe for disaster
01:02:55it's just years
01:02:57and years
01:02:57and years
01:02:57craziness
01:02:58and drama
01:03:00enough
01:03:01was enough
01:03:02if I could reset it now
01:03:04that I know how exactly
01:03:05how it ended
01:03:06I would change everything
01:03:07to the end of the
01:03:08Wrestlemania 18
01:03:15there's your reality check
01:03:20he's American man
01:03:40he's got the red
01:03:41white and blue
01:03:42running through his veins
01:03:47he was born and raised
01:03:50in the US of A
01:03:55he's government
01:03:56inspected
01:03:57he's US great
01:03:59if you mess with the fight
01:04:01it's like a slap in his face
01:04:03he's American made
01:04:06he's American made
01:04:10he's American made
01:04:13he's American
01:04:31he's got the stars and stripes
01:04:34running through his veins
01:04:39he was born and raised
01:04:42he's got the word
01:04:43the American way
01:04:43the the the the the the好
01:04:43the American way
01:04:44the the
01:04:45the the the America
01:04:48the the
01:04:50the
01:04:52the ein
01:05:07You
01:05:47You
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