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00:00:21We all live in manufactured realities.
00:00:25As soon as I look in the mirror, I go, who the hell's that?
00:00:30We all follow some sort of a script.
00:00:33Those prints?
00:00:34Yeah, I gotta look like we're working out or something, you know?
00:00:39All of us, in a way, have a performative life.
00:00:44As a father, I am performative.
00:00:48And in your own wedding, you are performative and on and on and on.
00:00:52And it's part of human nature, of the human experience.
00:00:57There's nothing wrong about it.
00:00:58All right.
00:01:00Three, two...
00:01:01Oh, you know something, maniacs?
00:01:04I'm all pumped up about main event karaoke tonight, brother.
00:01:07I was walking down to meet you.
00:01:10Three, two, one.
00:01:11Well, in case of Hulk Hogan, it would be interesting to look into the performer
00:01:15and into the real Hulk Hogan, if he still exists.
00:01:21You know something, Hulkamaniacs?
00:01:23I was all pumped up about Hogan's main event, karaoke tonight, 8 p.m. at Hogan's Hangout,
00:01:29when I was strolling down the beach in my banana hammock earlier today.
00:01:33They were posing out in the parking lot.
00:01:36They were posing on the beach.
00:01:38Does he lift the illusion himself of being this character?
00:01:44But let me tell you something, brother.
00:01:46Hulkamaniac is still running wild.
00:01:47Now you know what it's all about, brother.
00:01:50So what you gonna do when all my locals start singing and they tear the house down?
00:01:55Just for you, brother.
00:01:59We have to know, is there something authentic, something real, something truthful about it?
00:02:06That was harder than the workout.
00:02:08Okay.
00:02:09We'll see you guys down the road, man.
00:02:11I'll follow you in just a little while.
00:02:12How much has he adopted the role of Hulk Hogan in his own private life?
00:02:20Do you know his real name?
00:02:22Hulk Hogan?
00:02:23Yeah.
00:02:23Oh, I don't even want to know his real name.
00:02:26No.
00:02:26Keep it your secret.
00:02:41It's an awesome shirt.
00:02:42This thing is small.
00:02:44Mm-hmm.
00:02:46Oh.
00:03:02That hip on that side hurt stuck.
00:03:06At this point, you've done so much and here you are just to get out there and go through
00:03:13this.
00:03:15You've got to get a complete circle, brother.
00:03:17It's a job's not done yet, man.
00:03:22You've got to make sure.
00:03:24This is an art form that if you love it, it's in your blood.
00:03:28You've got to get a pair of boots from Santa for Christmas, you know?
00:03:33Following WrestleMania 18, Vince was back in love with Hulk Hogan.
00:03:39And it was like, hey, we're going to jump back in the Hulk Hogan train.
00:03:42And all of us were like, no, like this is, he got a nostalgia pop.
00:03:47This thing will be dead in three weeks.
00:03:53I actually should have quit back about 90.
00:03:58I could have really ramped up the movie stuff and the TV stuff.
00:04:02But instead, I kept going back again.
00:04:05So.
00:04:06You see, Hogan, beating up the people, beating up the Hulkamaniacs.
00:04:1520,000 people roaring.
00:04:21There's nothing like that.
00:04:23You're walking that tightrope.
00:04:25You're beating up the Hulkamaniacs.
00:04:27This business is so tough to leave.
00:04:30And you know, they know I'm a step slower.
00:04:33You know, they know, you know, I'm in boneless time here.
00:04:37And I love it.
00:04:38And they respect that.
00:04:39You know, I'm the last of a breed, you know?
00:04:44And the respect they show me.
00:04:47If I die, I hope I die out there.
00:04:53Everybody always says, if you could do it over again, would you?
00:04:57I would change one thing and started dropping the leg when I was in Japan.
00:05:04My arms used to be really huge.
00:05:06So why would you jump up and drop the leg and land on your tailbone every night for 40
00:05:10plus years when you can use the sleeper hold and not take any bumps?
00:05:14One thing about this business, no one leave unscathed.
00:05:18Every time Hulk Hogan did that leg drop, come pounding on his back.
00:05:22Every time.
00:05:25Those little small things over years add up.
00:05:29You know, I kind of like kept rolling, you know, but I wouldn't have been like this now.
00:05:34You know, I would have been like a normal 17-year-old guy that I could walk around and wouldn't
00:05:38be limping.
00:05:41The back surgeries, the knee replacements, the shoulder replacements,
00:05:44the hands and everything.
00:05:46I was supposed to get three epidurals a year.
00:05:51I was going to get three a week.
00:05:54But of course, that's the price you pay.
00:05:57You know, it would be different.
00:05:59I'd be completely a different person.
00:06:00But would you give up the other stuff?
00:06:02No.
00:06:04Mm-hmm.
00:06:05Yeah.
00:06:07Nope.
00:06:08Yeah.
00:06:09Mm-hmm.
00:06:11When you look at Hulk Hogan, he went an extra lap.
00:06:17Hogan at this stage of his career is incredibly limited.
00:06:19He's old, he's beat up.
00:06:26Shawn Michaels was making fun of how old I was and how beat up I was.
00:06:31Getting old, brother.
00:06:33When I got news for you, I'll be 102 years old, brother, by the time I step into the ring
00:06:37at SummerSlam.
00:06:38And then for SummerSlam, he went out and oversold to make it a joke.
00:06:49It's on Shawn to make the match exciting.
00:06:55Even if you're a giant Hulk Hogan fan, you start to wonder what he's still doing there.
00:07:00A year later, I wrestled Randy Orton.
00:07:03So I had no idea that was going to be the last match in the WWE.
00:07:24And you relied on your physical body and performance for a long time.
00:07:28And was that hard to not be able to lean on that again?
00:07:32Well, it's still hard.
00:07:33You know, it's still hard because you step back into the real world.
00:07:37Ooh.
00:07:38Hi.
00:07:39Jeez, what a short night.
00:07:42What did Santa Claus bring to you, huh?
00:07:46What's up?
00:07:47You know, you have your highs and your lows and then you have family issues.
00:07:51And Linda was on her own there for a long time.
00:07:55That was his life.
00:07:58He was out of the house more than he was home.
00:08:02I've been gone so much.
00:08:05My family, my marriage was already pretty much in shambles already at that point.
00:08:13And he would just sit there on the couch.
00:08:14He liked to watch a lot of movies, just kind of quiet.
00:08:17He didn't like to make a lot of conversation at dinner.
00:08:19He really wasn't like Mr. Personality at home anymore.
00:08:24When you're a celebrity, you belong to the public.
00:08:27And I'm like, don't you have somewhere to be?
00:08:30We forgot cookies and milk.
00:08:32We forgot the answer.
00:08:34Well, go get it.
00:08:35Dad got a Segway.
00:08:41I woke up one day and I was an old man.
00:08:43Didn't even know what happened.
00:08:47I had missed the family unit.
00:08:50The connection that me and Terry had.
00:08:54And say, all right, let's at least do something nice as a family with the kids.
00:08:58Just have fun.
00:08:59Again, let's just do something as a family.
00:09:03Look back at me, guys.
00:09:05No, we're not.
00:09:09And then one day, I got a call from VH1 about doing a reality show.
00:09:17Linduce.
00:09:18And he called me Linduce, which means little Linda.
00:09:20And we were all in the family room and he's like, hey, I got a proposition for you guys.
00:09:25Do you guys want to do a reality TV show?
00:09:28And of course the kids are like, yes!
00:09:30You know, because we saw, you know, the Osbournes and Jessica Simpson and Brooke was all, you know, about that.
00:09:35She's like, yeah, that would be cool.
00:09:37Oh, my God, Mom.
00:09:39I'm gonna cry.
00:09:40Uh-oh, she's beginning to tear.
00:09:42That was a pretty exciting thing.
00:09:43Mom, why didn't you get this stuff?
00:09:46You know, I think it was exciting for Terry.
00:09:48He wanted that platform.
00:09:50I explained to Linda that my prayer was that it would bring, you know, Linda and I together on some
00:09:57form or another to have something in common where we could, you know, be excited about something and move forward.
00:10:06We're in business.
00:10:08Fuck it.
00:10:09All right.
00:10:09I'm down with that.
00:10:10Yeah, let's do it.
00:10:11I can't believe my dad said yes.
00:10:13Like, I'm just praying to God.
00:10:14I'm like, please don't let me wake up.
00:10:15Please don't let it be a dream.
00:10:17Brooke always wanted to be a singer.
00:10:19She wanted to be the next Britney Spears.
00:10:21And he was like, they want to make it like a stage dad thing.
00:10:25Is that okay?
00:10:25That works for me.
00:10:26Yay!
00:10:28Hogan's those best.
00:10:30To help Brooke with her singing career.
00:10:31To help Nick establish himself, you know.
00:10:35So one day he wouldn't have to be called Nick Hogan or Brooke Hogan.
00:10:38They could be the Bolleas and have their own career.
00:10:41You know, I think Linda.
00:10:43Let's see.
00:10:44How do you work my camera here?
00:10:46Always wanted to be in front of the camera instead of behind the camera.
00:10:49Okay, cut.
00:10:53And I said, some of the things that are going to happen, you'll be thrown into the celebrity world if
00:10:58the show does good.
00:11:00And life, as you know, it will cease to exist.
00:11:02It's the palm before the storm.
00:11:06Like he said, just make sure you guys fully are aware of what we're getting into.
00:11:11And I said, hey, I'm down. Let's go.
00:11:18Where is everybody?
00:11:24Hogan knows best.
00:11:29She is really dating.
00:11:31There was two months of having black all over our windows and people running through the house.
00:11:37A big crew, like 28 people in the crew.
00:11:40Eventually, we took the kids out of school because it's just too much time.
00:11:53I realized, oh my god, I'm a celebrity.
00:11:56I'm always used to getting that with my dad.
00:11:59It's weird for him to have gone through his whole life being the icon that he has become.
00:12:04Suddenly, it's happening for my kids.
00:12:06People are asking me for my autograph.
00:12:09We thought it was a really cool thing for all of us to be a part of.
00:12:12Because this was kind of the first thing for us as a family to participate in.
00:12:17Terry loved it.
00:12:17We all loved that show.
00:12:21The Hulkamaniacs, you know, is back here getting my hair straightened out using the pink brush.
00:12:25Hulkamaniac would be over.
00:12:28BH1 was very, very excited.
00:12:30They were just stoked that the numbers went through the roof.
00:12:33Your show did phenomenally last season and now you're back for a second season.
00:12:38But when V.O. killed the radio star.
00:12:42V.O. killed the radio star.
00:12:43I know it was a huge upside to helping Brooke's music career.
00:12:46She was so close to like really making it.
00:12:49We thought this will really, you know, tip the scales and really get her out there.
00:12:53It didn't really do anything for Nick except paint him in the corners of Dennis the Menace type kid.
00:13:00They'd film me doing these like 12 year old antics when really I was like 16 and I was going
00:13:07to, you know, work on a car with my friends or produce music.
00:13:11You know, if the day was a little slow.
00:13:12Hey Nick, go fill some water balloons up and go across the street and throw them at people.
00:13:17And next thing you know, the cops grabbed Nick.
00:13:20Look dude, I mean I busted my ass, you know, to get it so we could be comfortable around here.
00:13:25You guys are spending this money like it's water.
00:13:27I love you girl. Thanks for doing everything good.
00:13:29That was really nice of you.
00:13:30It's tough as a parent to see your kids grow up.
00:13:33Seems like it was yesterday when they were just hanging out at the beach in the pool with us and
00:13:38drinking chocolate bottles.
00:13:40I was working so much the last 15 years I've missed the whole angel audit.
00:13:45They show the soft side of Hulk.
00:13:47He just has a good heart and I love that about him.
00:13:52And he was good with the kids like that.
00:13:56Are you listening? No kissing. This is serious.
00:13:59The really great stuff was the fact that, oh my gosh, he's a father and a husband.
00:14:05He's got problems with a wife.
00:14:06What's up?
00:14:07He's just like us.
00:14:08I know what boys are thinking about.
00:14:10And I was one.
00:14:11And the boys' hormones are going crazy and all they can think about is sex.
00:14:16The audience changed.
00:14:18There became a huge female demo that was attracted to Hulk because there was a father and a dad and
00:14:23a husband.
00:14:24Is that a mini skirt?
00:14:26Yeah.
00:14:27Think miniskirts are good to ride on roller coasters?
00:14:30How old's Adam?
00:14:30Just turned 22.
00:14:3222?
00:14:33They kind of like made things a little lighter than, hey, let me tell you something, brother.
00:14:37And it's a screaming maniac.
00:14:39The version that you saw of Terry was, in my opinion, Terry.
00:14:43It was what I lived with.
00:14:45It was the guy that was not in the red and yellow boots, not putting on a performance for the
00:14:49people.
00:14:49They realized that Hulk Hogan was Terry and I was a normal dad and a normal person.
00:14:55So there was a lot of good things that came with that.
00:14:58But also, you know, the mistakes and the disagreements and the drama of trying to live life, you know, shown
00:15:06through.
00:15:08You're 22.
00:15:10You're 22.
00:15:10Still with you.
00:15:11That's because I love you.
00:15:13You're 22.
00:15:14I would marry you again if you asked me to.
00:15:16Would you marry me again?
00:15:18Mm-hmm.
00:15:18Really?
00:15:20Would you sign a prenup?
00:15:21What would you put in your prenup?
00:15:23I don't know.
00:15:24There's no reason for a prenup.
00:15:25I know.
00:15:27If you divorce me, I'll kill you.
00:15:29It doesn't really matter.
00:15:29Oh, wow.
00:15:31Being together 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the reality show Hogan Knows Best was kind of like
00:15:38a recipe for disaster.
00:15:40Everybody in this family's got that same attitude. I'm tired of it.
00:15:42No, I don't.
00:15:43So where was I?
00:15:45Right where you started. Nowhere.
00:15:47Having your personal problems with your family being aired for public consumption caused all kind of turmoil.
00:15:56Yo, Linda!
00:15:57How many times have I told you I don't want the maid in my closet?
00:16:02Whatever.
00:16:03Why don't you just put the stuff back when you're done with it?
00:16:05I'm so sick of this.
00:16:09It put everyone as a family in a very intense situation.
00:16:14And then when real issues start to come up, you know, you don't really have time to address them the
00:16:22way that you naturally would.
00:16:23We could use the money.
00:16:24You could always use the money. No matter how much money I make, it still isn't enough.
00:16:29You know, I would, you know, come home with a check, a seven-digit check, and hand it to her
00:16:36and she'd take the check and throw it back in my face and go,
00:16:38Is that all you got?
00:16:39It wasn't the old Linda, the happy one, you know?
00:16:42It was definitely a different person.
00:16:44Toward the last season, things were weird.
00:16:48He wasn't my soulmate.
00:16:50I want to thank the master of the universe for agreeing to let me come along.
00:16:55You're welcome.
00:16:55After she abruptly changed her mind and said she didn't want to be around me anymore, so thank you very
00:16:59much.
00:17:01I just remember not even being there because I was just going through so much stress with my family and
00:17:05it was just so insane.
00:17:07I think when, you know, you have fame and you go through struggles and hard times, it's almost like a
00:17:12higher rise and a harder fall, you know?
00:17:16Toward the end, it was like, uh, no more cameras. I need a break.
00:17:21It'd take me about two seconds to pack up my friggin' closet and be gone.
00:17:24Again?
00:17:25Yeah.
00:17:25Again?
00:17:26For good.
00:17:27When we went into the couples therapy, you know, that was all kind of, like, real.
00:17:31Some of our arguments have been so intense that Linda has verbally suggested maybe we should go our separate ways
00:17:36or maybe you should get a lawyer and maybe we should just be divorced.
00:17:39So the words were spoken?
00:17:42Yeah.
00:17:43Are you kids nervous about your parents getting a divorce, possibly?
00:17:46No.
00:17:46No.
00:17:47It's not going to happen.
00:17:48They love hard, fight hard, and it just wouldn't, it's not going to happen.
00:17:51I want to hear what Nick's going to say.
00:17:52You know, I don't, I'm not worried about it.
00:17:54I don't think it's going to happen, but even if it did, I mean, we're so close, I think that
00:17:58we'd all stick together anyways.
00:17:59Are you 100% in your mind out of this marriage?
00:18:02Who, me?
00:18:03Yeah.
00:18:03No, I'm not out of it at all.
00:18:04When do you think you'll be out the door if this continues?
00:18:07I'll probably be dead when it's over.
00:18:10I always thought that, you know, it could be fixed for better or worse, you know.
00:18:16I needed to hang in there.
00:18:17I really don't understand at all how we got here.
00:18:21Why we love so much and still might fail.
00:18:25Out of touch, out of love, and out of place, losing you would be like living without ever seeing my
00:18:30children's face.
00:18:32I stand here before you.
00:18:34Yep.
00:18:39Everything is just ripped, wasted.
00:18:42It is definitely a mess.
00:18:45It's just going to take forever and clean everything up.
00:18:48I do know that he loved me.
00:18:50I know that he loved me.
00:18:51I know.
00:18:51I know that he did, and he was crazy about me.
00:18:53Because being in love with you only if for a second means I'll never live to regret it.
00:19:06He's hiding something.
00:19:08You know, he just wasn't acting like himself, and I knew something was up.
00:19:11My housekeeper came to me, and she said, uh, is this yours?
00:19:14And it was a little gold hoop.
00:19:16I was like, no.
00:19:17And I go, where was it?
00:19:18In my bathroom?
00:19:19Where was it?
00:19:19She goes, in your bed.
00:19:21Well, Hulk Hogan's daughter might want to run her father over with a tank after he
00:19:26reportedly slept, get this, with one of her close friends.
00:19:30She was a person I was dating who was part of the record company, almost like a chaperone
00:19:35for Brooke.
00:19:35Brooke Hogan says her friend started having whoopee with the huckster in 2006, while he
00:19:40was still married to her mother.
00:19:41I'm out of here.
00:19:48I was with him from the time I was 22 years old to the time I was 49 years old.
00:19:58And that's half of your life.
00:20:03I didn't know, you know, why he cheated on me.
00:20:07I'm kind of scared to be out here.
00:20:08I really shouldn't be out here.
00:20:09And I just felt like a complete failure.
00:20:12But when you get to that point where you're not really sad anymore.
00:20:17You're just kind of more mad.
00:20:19You're in self-survival mode now.
00:20:23I came back from wrestling from Germany one time and the house was completely cleaned
00:20:29out.
00:20:29You know, safes were ripped out of the wall.
00:20:31Everything was gone except my clothes.
00:20:38It's hard to, you know, have all your skeletons, you know, pulled out of your closet and just
00:20:43waved in front of everybody's face and humiliated in the world.
00:20:46And then our families just go through all this stuff.
00:20:50Coming and going from the courthouse for their bitter divorce, the Hogan's rarely shy
00:20:54away from cameras.
00:20:58That's not the same person I married.
00:21:00She's, uh, we pray for her every night.
00:21:01It was terrible.
00:21:03It was a very, very tough time.
00:21:05It was to the point where we literally didn't speak to each other anymore at all.
00:21:10And so everything had to go through lawyers.
00:21:12Listen to me, Mr. Balea.
00:21:14Mr. Balea.
00:21:15Mr. Balea.
00:21:16Are you going to wrestle with me here?
00:21:18Are you going to come across the cameras?
00:21:20You had your time to talk.
00:21:21You're done.
00:21:22You are the person that has caused this issue.
00:21:24It made it incredibly difficult for the kids.
00:21:28I tried to call the kids for a couple months and couldn't get them.
00:21:30Nobody would even answer.
00:21:34I don't know if I really want to get into this stuff for this.
00:21:37I just, I don't know.
00:21:39Hogan's lawyers say the $40,000 a month Linda is currently getting in alimony is too much,
00:21:44and they want that amount reduced.
00:21:45They brought a slew of witnesses to the stand to try and prove Linda is blowing all her money on
00:21:51drugs,
00:21:52fancy clothes, and her much younger boyfriend.
00:21:56She was, you know, bouncing around, flying all over with her boyfriend, who actually went to school with Nick and
00:22:04Brooke.
00:22:06And we were talking.
00:22:07I asked him how old he was.
00:22:08He said he was 25.
00:22:09I was like, oh, okay.
00:22:10Fine.
00:22:11Great.
00:22:11He's young, but what the heck, you know?
00:22:13He's, let's go have a margarita.
00:22:15We were dated, I don't know, for like a couple of weeks.
00:22:18And then we went somewhere and I was like, do you want beer or something like that?
00:22:20And he's like, I'm not really 21.
00:22:23And I'm not 25.
00:22:24I go.
00:22:26Now I really have fallen for this guy.
00:22:27I'm like, oh my God, well, how old are you?
00:22:28He goes, I'm 19.
00:22:31Are you not lying about that?
00:22:33Because if you're lying about that, we've got problems, you know?
00:22:37The judge wouldn't let me live in my big house or my little house.
00:22:41So I had nowhere to go.
00:22:44I rented an apartment.
00:22:46It was like in the top of this building where I could see down the beach, where I could see
00:22:50my beach house.
00:22:51It was tough because I could hear my cigarette butt start up in the morning.
00:22:55And Linda's 18-year-old boyfriend would back it out.
00:22:57Well, I do something so cute.
00:23:00It brings a gorgeous day.
00:23:02And I thought, you know, he's not going to know how it feels until he sees it happen to me.
00:23:06He'd come by me and he'd stop where my apartment was.
00:23:08He'd sit in my boat and snuck a joint.
00:23:10And I'd go, that's Terry.
00:23:11Drive by.
00:23:12Go in close.
00:23:12Go in close.
00:23:13You know, I was making all over Charlie and like, you know, just driving in circles.
00:23:18I was like, see, how do you feel about that?
00:23:20It hurts, right?
00:23:21Ouch.
00:23:23And I didn't mean to be such a catty, you know, rub it in.
00:23:27But I thought a little bit wouldn't hurt.
00:23:31It was like throwing it on my face big time.
00:23:33I would have trouble with a guy 30 years younger than me because I'm afraid he's going to yell at
00:23:36mommy during sex.
00:23:40You know?
00:23:40Isn't that so wrong?
00:23:41No, I'm just kidding.
00:23:43Well, I'd had it.
00:23:45It's as bizarre as it is shocking.
00:23:48Hulk Hogan in the middle of a bitter divorce telling Rolling Stone he now understands OJ Simpson.
00:23:54The magazine says Hogan is so bitter, he sounded homicidal saying, quote, I could have turned everything into a crime
00:24:01scene like OJ cutting everybody's throat.
00:24:03But Hogan says the quote is taken out of context.
00:24:08I spent three days with Rolling Stone, you know, and I thought the guy was my friend.
00:24:13He warmed up to me.
00:24:14We became buddies, you know, and all of a sudden, you know, we're sitting on my back porch and drinking
00:24:20beer on the beach and had a little buzz on.
00:24:22When he asked me about OJ Simpson, I said, wow, brother, you know, I've been that jealous and that mad
00:24:28at a girl that I completely understand how he flipped out.
00:24:34Of course, you know, there's that male instinct that you'd love to get him in the ring.
00:24:37I could have even went out and been like OJ Simpson, but I chose not to.
00:24:42But I would never do that.
00:24:43I would never go there.
00:24:45I wish I'd have never done the interview with Rolling Stones.
00:24:47His wife's attorney says Linda canceled her flight home to Clearwater and is now in hiding.
00:24:52And it's terrifying to my client.
00:24:55Did you hear what he said?
00:24:56Oh, yeah.
00:24:56About how he understands what OJ was feeling?
00:24:59You know, I'm happy because I'm 5,000 miles away from him.
00:25:02I went home.
00:25:04I started drinking and, you know, started eating pills.
00:25:10And I just went down this rabbit hole for a couple of days.
00:25:13And next thing I know, I'm sitting in front of my bathroom with a gun in my mouth and not
00:25:22knowing what I was doing.
00:25:24You know, he was down and he was hurting.
00:25:30And I was probably not the only person he could talk to, but one of the ones he felt most
00:25:35comfortable talking to at that time.
00:25:38And I told my wife, I said, I think I'm going to go to Florida for a while and just
00:25:43hang out.
00:25:44I said, when he come back, I said, I don't know.
00:25:54He was in the darkest, most devastating part of his life up to that point.
00:25:59Your wife's divorcing you.
00:26:01And your doctor's giving you fistfuls of pills that would kill a horse.
00:26:05And you're chasing it down with a quart of vodka a day.
00:26:08I hit rock bottom.
00:26:10I gave Melinda 70% of everything.
00:26:13Because I just didn't want to ever talk to her again, be with her, never wanted to see her again.
00:26:18So I gave her everything to get rid of her.
00:26:21And after the divorce, I had no money.
00:26:27I was broke.
00:26:30And so TNA saved me.
00:26:34Hey man, I can't hear you guys out there.
00:26:37There is no single name that defines an industry more than Hulk Hogan.
00:26:43The man, the brand.
00:26:44Are you Hulkamaniacs?
00:26:48TNA was a deal that I put together for him.
00:26:53Hulk was reluctant to go.
00:26:55But he needed the money.
00:27:00TNA formed after the death of WSW.
00:27:02It was maybe a gnat that was kind of annoying around the face of WWE.
00:27:06It wasn't competitive on a financial scale in any way.
00:27:10But it was another place where guys go.
00:27:12TNA! TNA! TNA!
00:27:14What's up, TNA Maniacs?
00:27:18When he first came in, I think he was an attraction, a figurehead.
00:27:22Immediately people are going to want to tune in just to see what Hulk Hogan is going to do.
00:27:27This is TNA's reckoning day, brother!
00:27:31The idea was he's going to wrestle and he's going to be an active member of the roster.
00:27:37But it became very apparent very quickly he was in no shape to do that.
00:27:48My body just had had enough.
00:27:53In the emergency room here, about 3 in the morning, my back went into this major spasm.
00:28:04There were a couple of hip replacements, a couple of knee replacements.
00:28:09As the surgery started mounting up, I couldn't sleep in my bed.
00:28:14I had to sleep in a chair, you know?
00:28:17And if I just twitched my finger like that, my whole back would spasm and tore.
00:28:21The spine should look like this.
00:28:28And this is your back.
00:28:30So you can tear right now, you know?
00:28:34After back surgery number 3, I can't walk.
00:28:38Surgery number 4.
00:28:40I go back in surgery number 5.
00:28:42I go back in surgery number 6.
00:28:44Really getting over this crap.
00:28:47Time to come back and take over.
00:28:50I talked to E. He said everything was cool.
00:28:52TNA.
00:28:54It was hard to see.
00:28:56There were times when I felt really shitty about myself for making him do it.
00:29:02He wasn't doing the basic bits of pro wrestling.
00:29:05All he could do was bleed.
00:29:09But obviously there's a physical limitation to everything.
00:29:12And he showed us those limits in the ring and TNA.
00:29:15Oh my God!
00:29:16Doctors said, oh, you need a spinal cord stimulator.
00:29:20Okay, what is that?
00:29:22They said, it's a battery we're going to put in your back and you have a portable, like a TV
00:29:27clicker in your hand.
00:29:28And every time there's any pain, it shoots an electronical signal to your head.
00:29:32And it blocks the pain, like it gives you a jolt of electricity.
00:29:37His back was in so much pain, I would literally have to go to his hotel and help him get
00:29:42out of bed, to get into the shower, to get ready to go to the shoot.
00:29:46I mean, he was contractually obligated to do it.
00:29:48He wanted to do it.
00:29:50I was taking 80 milligram fentanyls, two in the morning, stuffing them under my gums here.
00:29:56I had two 300 milligram patches of fentanyl on my legs.
00:30:00And they gave me six 1,500 milligram fentanyl lollipops to eat.
00:30:06And I went to the pharmacy, he goes, you should be dead.
00:30:09We have never seen a human being take this much fentanyl.
00:30:14And he was in so much freaking pain.
00:30:19I mean, is it possible for any wrestler to have a graceful intake to their career?
00:30:22It doesn't seem like it, does it?
00:30:24Yeah, I think so.
00:30:29We were in a room together alone about to film, and he says, hold on, I got to take this
00:30:32call.
00:30:33And I'm sitting five feet from him.
00:30:36Yep.
00:30:38Okay.
00:30:41Silence.
00:30:42Okay.
00:30:42Hangs up the phone, and he looks down at his phone, and he looks up at me, and he says,
00:30:48yeah, I just found out there's going to be a sex tape coming out, and I'm in it.
00:30:52Hulk Hogan has been described as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide,
00:30:56but the international superstar-born Terry Malaya was recently seen by millions in a different light
00:31:02after a tape that he claims was secretly recorded was shared by the popular online media company Gawker.
00:31:10And his legal counsel demanded repeatedly that Gawker remove that video from its website.
00:31:16Gawker refused to do so.
00:31:20Yeah.
00:31:22Hold on a second.
00:31:24I got to do one thing the other way.
00:31:25Ha!
00:31:27Hoa!
00:31:28Hoa!
00:31:28Hoa!
00:31:28New Zealand!
00:31:29New Zealand!
00:31:31New Zealand!
00:31:32Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma.
00:31:35Okay.
00:31:36All right.
00:31:37Who are you?
00:31:38My name's Ken Turkel.
00:31:39I'm a trial attorney in Tampa, Florida, and I represented Hulk Hogan in the Gawker lawsuit.
00:31:46Gawker was a media company that had made its bones essentially violating people's privacy rights, following people.
00:31:53You know, they had a thing called Gawker Stalker where they would find celebrities out and take pictures of them,
00:31:59whatever, and post them.
00:31:59But this was a surreptitious recording of Terry, of Hulk, in a private act in a private bedroom at his
00:32:08best friend's house.
00:32:09Hogan is suing the website for posting a taste of him with the wife of his then best friend.
00:32:14And Terry simply asked for Gawker to take it down.
00:32:18They refused to take the video down.
00:32:20Gawker's argument was that it was protected by the First Amendment as newsworthy.
00:32:24When they hit the go button, there was nowhere to hide.
00:32:28You know, and now Terry Bollier, the man wasn't allowed by privacy behind closed doors.
00:32:35And, you know, that's pretty much it.
00:32:37And there were a bunch of people in the media who saw it as like, oh, you know, look at
00:32:41these First Amendment champions and how dare we interrupt the discourse and dialogue of America.
00:32:46We weren't doing that, man.
00:32:48This was shitty under any, any evaluation what they did here.
00:32:52Gawker's attorney suggested the tape was a publicity stunt, but the pro wrestler laments it was devastating to his personal
00:33:00and professional life.
00:33:01It was at a really low point in my life when I was in a previous marriage when things were
00:33:07bottomed out completely.
00:33:09Yeah.
00:33:09And I was with some friends.
00:33:11I made a wrong choice.
00:33:13And now all of a sudden it surfaces, you know, over six years later.
00:33:18He was horrified at the idea of a little kid Googling him and seeing that.
00:33:25Genuinely horrified at.
00:33:26I was completely humiliated.
00:33:28The kids can't separate the character from the real person.
00:33:32Well, let's start with the person.
00:33:33Well, the person is sitting here today under oaths Terry Bollea.
00:33:36Now as the character, I body slammed elephants.
00:33:40You know, I've surfed on tiger sharks.
00:33:42The only similarities to me are, I wear a bandana on my head as Hulk Hogan.
00:33:47And sometimes I wear a bandana as Terry Bollea.
00:33:52I think for the first time in probably 30 years, the Gawker trial actually forced Hulk Hogan to think about
00:33:58the difference between Terry Bollea and Hulk Hogan.
00:34:01That the mailman sees me.
00:34:03They don't go, hey, Terry.
00:34:04They go, hey, Hulk.
00:34:04So I have to go, hey, what's up, brother?
00:34:06Give him a little edge.
00:34:07Happy turkey like brother.
00:34:10It really makes me realize the only safe place is in the house.
00:34:16I don't know of anyone who had less privacy than Terry Bollea did.
00:34:20By being a big celebrity, if anything in those places where you deserve your privacy, it's actually that much more
00:34:27sacred.
00:34:28That's the entire point of our case.
00:34:32An expert claiming Gawker made millions of dollars when it published the tape.
00:34:36So now a Pinellas County jury says Gawker should pay Hogan $140 million.
00:34:44He wanted to send a message back out that like, look, this was wrong.
00:34:48And he wanted to get his integrity back from this.
00:34:51I think we made history today because I think we protected a lot of people from maybe going through what
00:34:57I went through.
00:34:58So we're very excited, very happy.
00:35:00So during the Gawker trial, he wins a giant verdict.
00:35:04But then the transcripts of the tape came out.
00:35:08And it's what we haven't heard on that tape, a racial slur that has caused the Hulkster the most disgrace.
00:35:14A very strong man learned today that his own words can hurt him.
00:35:19Bollea reportedly uses racial slurs.
00:35:24The person that got very mad about a personal situation, I used a word.
00:35:29Yeah, I regretted because even under that heavy, crazy fire, I should have remained still.
00:35:36I kept my mouth shut.
00:35:38But what I said resonates and has an echo effect and keeps vibrating for years.
00:35:43He released a statement saying, quote, it was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language.
00:35:49There is no excuse for it.
00:35:50And I apologize for having done it.
00:35:54Well, I've driven the car.
00:35:55I keep hitting the wall and crashing and burning, saying stupid stuff and messing up.
00:36:01Whenever I say I have regrets, it's because I didn't man up when I said it.
00:36:08I never should have said what I said.
00:36:10It was wrong.
00:36:11I'm embarrassed by it.
00:36:12But a lot of people need to realize that you inherit things from your environment.
00:36:20At that point, there was still a relationship business-wise between Hulk Hogan and WWE.
00:36:26So when all the stuff came out, I'm the guy that had a call and say, yeah, we can't move
00:36:32forward here, Terry.
00:36:33So, you know, we're done.
00:36:36The WWE saying in a statement, we are committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds.
00:36:44Your image, your likeness, your name erased.
00:36:47Yeah, like I've never existed.
00:36:49My whole career, my whole life was like it never happened.
00:36:53Hulk Hogan is one of the biggest legends in the history of this business.
00:36:56That's undeniable.
00:36:59But I didn't fire Hulk Hogan.
00:37:04I fired Terry Balaam.
00:37:17He was at such a low point.
00:37:22But he never told us about it.
00:37:27Because he kind of separated himself away from us too, you know?
00:37:33Everything in his life was falling apart.
00:37:41I had been through so many years of craziness and drama and negativity and stuff.
00:37:47For years, there was so much woe is me.
00:37:51Oh, woe is me.
00:37:52The world sucks.
00:37:53Life sucks.
00:37:54And then you die.
00:37:55And then right when you think you're done, the universe goes, here's something else to be grateful for that you
00:38:01didn't even expect.
00:38:05I was at a local restaurant.
00:38:08I looked up and the whole queue had formed in the corner for people who wanted their picture taken.
00:38:13I was sitting there with a girlfriend of mine.
00:38:15She said, you know, Hulk Hogan's over there.
00:38:17We should go over and get a picture.
00:38:19And I said, I'm not going to do that.
00:38:23I've lived in Clearwater for almost my whole life.
00:38:25So he's been around.
00:38:27I just never met him.
00:38:29So I just, you know, I knew he was a wrestler and I knew that Clearwater loved him.
00:38:33That's what I knew.
00:38:36He looked up and our eyes met and there was just like that zing.
00:38:41And he asked me on a bait.
00:38:43I was just, did my second divorce.
00:38:46And it was, it was a rough one.
00:38:49I would speak out loud in my house like, why is this happening to me?
00:38:52Why is this still happening?
00:38:53Why is this still happening?
00:38:54I actually fell asleep in my chair and I heard, I'm putting into a cleansing.
00:38:58I looked around.
00:38:59There's nobody in the house that actually heard those words.
00:39:03So where they came from or who said them, you got me, but I heard them.
00:39:06He said he swore he would never date another blonde.
00:39:08And then he saw me.
00:39:09He goes, oh no.
00:39:11He was just coming out of a divorce.
00:39:14And healing from, I think it was his 10th back surgery at that time.
00:39:17You know, I was still bah humbug.
00:39:20You know, the woe is me crap.
00:39:22She goes, are you just going to keep complaining?
00:39:28Uh, you're right.
00:39:30I'll shut up.
00:39:31Are you going to be grateful for the fact that we're here together and this is such a beautiful day?
00:39:38She invited me to go to church with her.
00:39:42I went to church with her and, uh, actually listened to what was being said.
00:39:49You know, that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believed in him shall not perish but have everlasting
00:39:54life.
00:39:54And I got hooked, baptized, you know, born anew, forgiven for all my sins.
00:40:02You know, that was the beginning of me starting my comeback.
00:40:07You know, she's so dialed in with what's important that it rubs off on me.
00:40:11Attitude is everything and everything is attitude.
00:40:13I should be thanking God just to be alive every day.
00:40:17Some of these people have been waiting 40, 45 years to meet me.
00:40:22They've like stuck with me through thick and thin.
00:40:24Whether I'm a good guy or a bad guy in the wrestling business or a good guy or a bad
00:40:29guy in real life.
00:40:31They've stuck with me.
00:40:32Oh, my God.
00:40:36Look at all the kids that stayed out of school today.
00:40:39You know what, brother?
00:40:40Do a U-turn.
00:40:41Hold it!
00:40:42Hold it!
00:40:43Hold it!
00:40:44Hold it!
00:40:44Hold it!
00:40:44Hold it!
00:40:46We're rolling!
00:40:48I mean, there's two realms that I have to exist in.
00:40:52There's the spiritual world and then this human incarnation to keep one foot in.
00:40:57Terry Bollea was not the greatest person all the time.
00:41:00And the character was impeccable, even though I wasn't.
00:41:03I just loved the greatness of the character.
00:41:05I was ready to jump on the Hulk Hogan train once again.
00:41:10Wow!
00:41:11What a good crew this is.
00:41:15He's doing a lot better now.
00:41:19I'm just happy to be here.
00:41:21Hulk Hogan has been reinstated into the WWE Hall of Fame.
00:41:24They invited me back to the WWE.
00:41:28I feel like I'm home again.
00:41:30I feel like I'm still the champ.
00:41:32Hulkamania, run and walk!
00:41:33And the Hulk Hogan brand is still alive.
00:41:37The immortal Hulk Hogan!
00:41:43Instead of, you know, going and sitting out and watching the sunset every night
00:41:46and each year, being a dog-eater, making me seven years older,
00:41:49I decided I'm going to go back to work and have some fun.
00:41:52All right, I'm going to get in here with you guys.
00:41:54Okay!
00:41:55All right, what's up?
00:41:58Yeah, we're going to get our next boys, guys.
00:42:03Hey, Hulk Hogan!
00:42:05Hulk Hogan!
00:42:06Love you, too.
00:42:08How are you doing today?
00:42:09What's your name?
00:42:09My name's Lucas.
00:42:10Lucas, I'm going to meet somebody special.
00:42:12Terry Bollea, the man, wasn't as good as the character, but the character helps people.
00:42:16In whatever way it helps him, it helps him.
00:42:18That's all I know.
00:42:22What's up, guys?
00:42:25How are you doing?
00:42:27How are you doing?
00:42:29Without you, there's no wrestling.
00:42:31I got remarried.
00:42:32My wife has an 18-year-old autistic son.
00:42:34I fell in love with him, and he can't do nothing but tell the truth, man.
00:42:37I love it.
00:42:39Hulk, and would you like me to have a picture with you?
00:42:43I wish you would take a picture with me, because that'll be history made.
00:42:49So, you know, I want, you know, to be that Hulk Hogan form that they expected to meet,
00:42:54whether it's when I was 30 or 90.
00:42:57Nice to meet you, brother.
00:42:59He's got it, man.
00:43:00You're my hero.
00:43:01Thank you, brother.
00:43:01That's very kind of you to say that.
00:43:03I collect the merchandise of you.
00:43:05Well, you know what?
00:43:06As you're collecting that merchandise, I think your brother should pay for it.
00:43:10Okay.
00:43:11Love you, man.
00:43:12Okay.
00:43:13I really was here for a reason more than just wrestling.
00:43:17Now, something's going on here that I haven't figured out yet,
00:43:19but something really big is going to happen.
00:43:22Yeah, there's a shot in here of you and Donald Trump.
00:43:27Staying out of politics has always been as a businessman,
00:43:30because my Hulk and maniacs have always been Democrats and Republicans.
00:43:34My arms aren't as big as his, I'll tell you.
00:43:36You ever seen anything like this?
00:43:37It's amazing.
00:43:38So he wanted to stay out of politics, and when they'd ask him a question,
00:43:43because everything was about, you know, politics, frankly,
00:43:46and he would be sort of, like, neutral at best, and he wanted to be politically correct,
00:43:52and, you know, he doesn't want to lose fans and all that.
00:43:55I understand that.
00:43:56And listen, baby, you do it.
00:43:58Okay, we'll give it a shot.
00:43:59You know, I met Donald Trump back in the day in the 80s.
00:44:02He's my friend.
00:44:03A lot of people would say I'm completely crazy, but I know the person.
00:44:06I know him very well.
00:44:08I'm not saying I agree with everything he does,
00:44:12but at least he's honest about who he is.
00:44:16All right, just to be clear, this is going to be a little bit of a zoo.
00:44:212016, I was one of these cowards that voted for Trump, that I wouldn't wear the red hat.
00:44:25It's an honor to be here, I can tell you that.
00:44:282020 voted for Trump.
00:44:29I was still the coward.
00:44:31Well, I was afraid to speak out, so I was really afraid to get into politics.
00:44:34And I think he regrets that.
00:44:39Perfect.
00:44:41I was going to vote for him this next time.
00:44:44And I wanted to keep a little profile.
00:44:47But they tried to kill Trump.
00:44:53When they tried to shoot him the other day, I did it for me, man.
00:44:58But I was done.
00:45:00I was pissed.
00:45:02I told my wife this might be a deal breaker.
00:45:05That's something I have to do.
00:45:07Knowing that if I spoke up, that it could jeopardize everything from my businesses to my life.
00:45:14Coming forward for Trump, as an entertainer, you divide your audience.
00:45:19And he was nervous about that.
00:45:21Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House.
00:45:23I've been a fan of you my whole life.
00:45:24Thanks so kindly for all those wonderful memories.
00:45:27It was a lot of fun.
00:45:29Hulk was always very controversial.
00:45:31And that's okay, I'm fairly controversial.
00:45:34I think I've become less controversial over the years.
00:45:37But I'm fairly controversial too.
00:45:39But I don't think Hulk cares about that.
00:45:41And I don't care about that either.
00:45:43We're walking. Here we go. Here we go.
00:45:56USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
00:46:01Well, let me tell you something, brother.
00:46:08You know something?
00:46:10When I came here tonight, there was so much energy in this room.
00:46:14I felt maybe I was in Madison Square Garden getting ready to win another world title.
00:46:25But what I found out was I was in a room full of real Americans, brother.
00:46:32And when they took a shot at my hero.
00:46:39And they tried to kill the next President of the United States.
00:46:46Enough was enough!
00:46:48And I said, let Trumpomania run wild, brother!
00:46:53USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
00:46:58He did the shirt ripping. He did the whole thing.
00:47:00And the place went crazy.
00:47:02I heard 20,000 people just explode.
00:47:09USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!
00:47:14USA! USA! USA! USA!
00:47:24He tore his shirt off, just like it was 1985 all over again.
00:47:29And I'm sure having that crowd go wild probably felt like old times.
00:47:33What you gonna do when Donald Trump and all the Trump-a-maniacs run wild on you, brother?
00:47:51Hulk is your all-time favorite president.
00:47:53And I just want to tell you, you were unbelievable at the convention.
00:47:57I like the talk of the town.
00:48:00And we had, by the way, I don't know if you heard, like the biggest ratings they've ever had for
00:48:04any of these things by far.
00:48:05Fox had the biggest ratings they've ever had.
00:48:09And you were the star.
00:48:10Nobody could do what you did and entertain.
00:48:13And we love having you on our side.
00:48:16You're a winner, man.
00:48:17You're a champ and a winner.
00:48:19And I think it was really good for you, too.
00:48:21I have to tell you, everyone was really impressed.
00:48:23Take care of yourself.
00:48:24Thanks, bye.
00:48:31Yes, sir.
00:48:32America's back.
00:48:33We got our country back.
00:48:35How you guys doing?
00:48:37Good, sir.
00:48:38Okay, man.
00:48:39For a lot of wrestling fans like me, it was like, Hulk Hogan should be bigger than politics, right?
00:48:46I mean, like Superman is bigger than politics, right?
00:48:49Because now he's just politics.
00:48:51Uh-oh.
00:48:52There you go, big man.
00:48:53Hawks here.
00:48:54And I could not appreciate you enough for what you did for Trump, too, man.
00:48:57We got him in, didn't we?
00:48:58We got him in, brother.
00:48:59In this new chapter of his life, he wanted to be as authentic and true to himself, not just the
00:49:05Hulk Hogan character.
00:49:06And, you know, it wasn't without some backlash.
00:49:08We did get death threat letters, but, you know, for the overall pro America brand, it was, it was great.
00:49:16Wow.
00:49:18Wow.
00:49:20Wow.
00:49:20Wow.
00:49:21I cannot believe, after 45 years, all you Hulkamaniacs are still with me.
00:49:30And I hate to go there, but we got our country back, thank God.
00:49:39so if anybody here wants one free real american beer give me a hacksaw jim duggan
00:49:50they said you can't put your picture on the can nobody does that
00:49:54jordan clearly doesn't do it i said bs watch me
00:49:59love you too big doll thanks for coming out
00:50:09no matter what side you're on there's 50 of the population that's on the other side
00:50:15i don't believe in discussing politics and religion you keep your political beliefs to
00:50:21yourself or you alienate 50 of your audience right off the bat see this place
00:50:31so here's the entrance here
00:50:35so as you look behind you all people brother how you doing good good good
00:50:41netflix was sort of a coming out party for us
00:50:44we had just signed a monumental deal to be on that platform so
00:50:48we wanted to blend past present and future of wwe
00:50:54where it was important to see people like hogan there welcome to monday night raw
00:51:15it's a special night monday night raw in la
00:51:22netflix premiere
00:51:26i was very stoked to see hulk hogan and he gave me a giant duffel bag of the beer
00:51:33it stung a little to to feel that he wasn't as well received
00:51:36as uh previously
00:51:44when it comes crashing down and it hurts inside
00:51:50when it comes crashing down and it hurts outside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:51:57inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:52:06inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:52:08inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:52:09inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:52:11inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:52:12inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:52:14inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:52:17inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:52:17inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:52:17inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts inside and it hurts
00:52:19inside
00:52:19you something i was backstage and i was like holy shit hogan's getting booed out of the building
00:52:28did i think he was going to get booed out of the building
00:52:32probably especially in la right like there's just a different vibe there and a different mentality
00:52:45there you know something maniacs i've been in this business for over 40 years
00:52:53you know i said jimmy hart did you hear all this oh no baby they didn't believe they do i
00:52:56said jimmy
00:52:59the people booed me like crazy
00:53:03i could have la hate me if i went on jesse waters three times a week
00:53:09get your trump pump on everybody great to see you hulk we'll see you at the ball
00:53:13this is politics no need the player hit the game we're going to a damn blue state i went
00:53:21okay i'll let it ride because he saw kogan people were saying oh it's because his affiliation with
00:53:25trump but i don't know i felt like i knew why he's made a lot of mistakes for some people
00:53:31um he hasn't necessarily always atoned for those mistakes or even the apologies were seen as hollow
00:53:40so many people couldn't look past that and he's just got a polarizing presence those people were
00:53:46waiting on hulk hogan to come out and make any kind of statement just so they could let him know
00:53:53how they
00:53:53really feel about him that night too much of the artists um has been exposed for them to perhaps
00:54:02cheer who knows what the truth really is here's here's all i know you know i knew it bothered me
00:54:13do you want to go out being cheered or go out being brewed be cheered of course you had to
00:54:17feel
00:54:18a little sad about that right no brother no no man when i saw how intense they were coming to
00:54:24me
00:54:24if they had a knife they'd have stuck me in the neck with it so am i upset by that
00:54:28are you kidding me
00:54:31brothers completely opposite of what you think bro i could come back as a bad guy in la
00:54:36and sell out that building with anybody and as crippled as i am they'd love to see my crippled
00:54:42ass get in that ring and get strapped and beat and punched and cut my head off and bleed like
00:54:47a pig
00:54:47for him because that red will turn to green instantly and it's like they would love it if you're getting
00:54:52booed because that's your job and that's your role as an antagonist please boo me more but if your job
00:55:01is to go out there as the good guy and you're not getting the reaction that's a different story of
00:55:07course you know i used to go to la and they would cheer me out of the building you know
00:55:10let's go man how's
00:55:12everybody doing holy smokes how's it feel to see the garden with your oh hold on hold on hold on
00:55:19whoa but then i go to new york and people just cheer me everywhere i go run it wild brother
00:55:27not everyone in your life is going to love you you're going to have people that don't like you
00:55:31and you know there's no winning was there a difference when you get cheered versus the building
00:55:38yeah of course of course
00:55:44in all my glory when i hope i mean he was running wild
00:55:48the crowd's magic the energy would just drag you up out of any hole i saw bruno sammartino
00:55:54i've seen elvis presley in there nobody bigger than you home as soon as i hit that ring
00:56:00it was just the end-all be-all you know where nothing else in the world matters except that present
00:56:07moment that you're in the ring
00:56:13when i went in that ring i was not terry when i went in that ring brother i was hulk
00:56:17i believed it
00:56:25that's why i fell over the wrestling
00:56:27i can't understand this how is this man still standing and fighting back
00:56:34once you plug in you're in that moment where there's a flow
00:56:40the flow the flow gets stronger and stronger and there's just like this crazy tsunami
00:56:48it's just this crazy flow of just being there catching the right wave
00:57:00just staying in the pipeline and never coming out of it and just living and dying there and
00:57:06there's nothing else like it i don't know how to say but it's almost like you're coming all the time
00:57:21i always believed wrestling was the most important thing there is and it's immortality
00:57:30but i found out later that that's not the gateway to eternal happiness
00:57:38do you remember the time when you were the happiest yeah okay here we are oh you're holding it
00:57:46good drunk the holster board for a ride you'll never forget it's my baby terry bought me my new baby
00:57:57the hottest ride in town i mean i get really weird flashbacks you know during the day
00:58:15you know i'll be in the car by myself and i'll think of something you know i'll catch myself smiling
00:58:21like the village idiot by myself you know you know because i'll think of you know something real
00:58:25personal and make me smile you're like a big girl now
00:58:30mommy i love you very much as far as this human incarnation goes when i had
00:58:38my kids when i had both my kids they were very young two babies two humongous babies
00:58:45the young kids are really healthy
00:58:50when linda was being the best mom i've ever seen and just being a great wife and was steady as
00:58:59she goes
00:59:00being the perfect mom and the perfect friend and the perfect soulmate across the board that was
00:59:11probably um the most happiest i've ever been
00:59:16i've ever seen
00:59:16come out of here come out of here come out of here
00:59:20look up in the sky
00:59:21i just
00:59:23i just saw it i saw it back on the back
00:59:28he took off back over the ocean by
00:59:29god look at him
00:59:31he was here
00:59:36it's not pixie dust it's reindeer dust
00:59:38i want to say i'm gonna bring my hair
00:59:55so we're done here i think we're good for today
00:59:58maybe in a couple months we do this one more time like three months whenever down the road and we
01:00:04pick up any little things okay that we missed but i think we've got tons to start
01:00:15it's hard to get up
01:00:37we have some breaking news right now to tell
01:00:39you about wrestling legend hulk hogan died today after suffering cardiac arrest at his
01:00:44home in clearwater florida now to the death of wrestling icon hulk hogan the man known the
01:00:48world over who defined the face of wrestling hogan whose real name was terry belaya terry
01:00:54belaya is widely recognized as the biggest wrestling star of all time of all time the tributes
01:01:00have been pouring in people grew up knowing and watching hulk hogan and then fans have been
01:01:05coming in a steady stream all day taking pictures one of pop culture's most recognizable figures larger
01:01:11than light figure gone in what seems like such a sudden way he died at the age of 71 71
01:01:17years old
01:01:19i talked to eric bischoff eric called me this morning at 11 30 and said hey man uh
01:01:30uh i just heard that that hulk may have a heart issue and that he's gone to the hospital
01:01:38hung up with him called paul on the phone with paul paul said uh hang on this is oh my
01:01:48god um
01:01:50they're reporting that that hulk died
01:01:57and it's just surreal
01:02:08holkster what they were where'd that come from where'd that come from where'd that come from
01:02:18it signified the end of my era that it was now the book was closed it hulk dying made you
01:02:29feel real mortal
01:02:42it's strange because there was never a time where i was in his gym working out without him
01:02:52but it's comforting in a way to be around his weight equipment in his gym
01:03:13it was just tough to process all of it
01:03:19you know everybody knows he went in to have a neck surgery
01:03:24and you know after the neck surgery there were some complications
01:03:30this was the day before terry went in for neck surgery
01:03:34he's you know we're smiling he's bright-eyed and um
01:03:40we never got back to that spot again
01:03:44it was about two and a half months that we were in and out of hospitals
01:03:50but he still showed so much resilience and strength in those moments
01:03:56i wish we never did the neck surgery
01:04:10the thing that i'll miss the most is just being able to call him
01:04:14you know it just feels weird that i haven't talked to him
01:04:17i still cared about him the same it's it doesn't go away i you know i wish things would have
01:04:23turned
01:04:23out differently for us
01:04:26all right planned out by ourselves
01:04:29but then when he got sick i realized that my love never faded for him i still had love for
01:04:35him
01:04:36i really do i still love him it's my baby
01:04:42how you doing you know somebody that was your partner for so long
01:04:51and then to see him suffering like that toward the end and
01:04:55you know to just know that he really didn't deserve to go out that way
01:04:59it's it's sad you know i'm sad for my kids
01:05:05in my eyes he was always immortal the the child in me always believed that
01:05:12it's this real size 17 boot and for comparison my shoe is a size 12.
01:05:2012.
01:05:24what are the big feet doing on the table
01:05:27it's just that big feet you can eat your cake with those feet
01:05:36oh
01:05:46hey guys welcome to cleveland just before we get started as i'm sure everyone is aware
01:05:52the unfortunate passing of hulk hogan yesterday
01:05:59hard to say there's been a more influential figure especially on the performing side
01:06:07no one is perfect in life and they had ups and downs but we're going to continue to remember hulk
01:06:13hogan
01:06:13as what he meant to this industry his influence cannot be denied and it cannot be overstated
01:06:24you could make an argument that we probably wouldn't be sitting here today
01:06:28this business might have gone the way of roller derby or some other that didn't quite
01:06:33make it to the end but here we are so we're going to start this show out tonight with a
01:06:3910-bell salute
01:06:40with everybody on stage i don't think it needs to be said but anybody that has an issue does not
01:06:48want to be on that stage no problem no issue no no anything
01:06:56i know it's complicated i do how everyone feels but i think we all have to kind of wrestle with
01:07:02the
01:07:02idea that he's gone and there's so many great things about the immortal hulk hogan can we focus on those
01:07:16this is such a shock you know hulk and i've been friends for over 40 years
01:07:21everything that we've done together and all of a sudden it's over i just couldn't believe it
01:07:27and and i still choke up every now and then when i talk about it i know tonight when we
01:07:33go on the
01:07:33stage out here and do the 10 bell salute i know it's gonna break down again and this is the
01:07:40face of
01:07:41the holster that's gonna represent the whole country of america what a great night holster i know you're
01:07:49probably looking upstairs man what a great night for you i know i'm gonna be very sad it's like
01:07:58being in a place with i know my friend wants to be here with us doing this tonight and he
01:08:03won't be
01:08:05and i know he's up there now looking down tonight but he's with all of his friends his friends are
01:08:09down here and his friends are up there brian he's going to see dusty rose he's going to see the
01:08:15andre the
01:08:16john the iron chic he's going to see randy savage roddy roddy piper mean gene oakland
01:08:24maybe you can just go to the ring one more time up there and you can just
01:08:27say what you've always said to mean gene let me tell you something brother but let me tell you
01:08:33something brother the part of him i'm going to miss the most is just going to be hearing his voice
01:08:41every
01:08:41day are you kidding drive no i'm not kidding at all will the band ever get back together nope not
01:08:49it's gonna have to be upstairs hey darling how you doing baby
01:08:56you know huck would love this though you're here sergeant's here you know hacksaw part of the past man
01:09:07he would love this it still seems unreal i can't even believe it
01:09:16i just wish hulk could be here with me because i know he'd want to be
01:09:22he would love it this is what hulk always loved his whole life he loved this
01:09:51ladies and gentlemen yesterday we lost one of the biggest icons in the world
01:10:04the truth is we would not be standing here right now all of us together if it was not for
01:10:14him
01:10:22so please help us honor him now
01:10:27as we give a 10 bell salute to terry bella the one and the only the immortal hulk hogan
01:10:58we love you hulk hogan you'll always be the best always
01:11:25what do you think hulk hogan will be remembered for
01:11:27what do you think hulk hogan will be remembered for well what he accomplished was taking wrestling
01:11:31to seismographic levels that had never seen before he was the golden goose the greatest entertainer of all time
01:11:44the head of mount rushmore when you talk to wrestling and still is
01:11:48i mean there's hulk and there's everybody else stand behind it all the way daddy it's usa and hulkamania running
01:11:54wild
01:11:56he was the most recognizable man on the planet he lifted our business to heights that we could have
01:12:04never imagined even in the very end he was now powerful enough to get presidents elected
01:12:14believing in yourself training and saying your prayers and eating your vitamins you knew how to make those fans
01:12:19believe in him and if you could do that in this business then you're a hell of a wrestler
01:12:28at the end of every match i give him a standing ovation
01:12:33so what i'm suggesting to all of you is that we give hulk hogan his very last standing ovation right
01:12:40now
01:13:07people don't remember what you say they don't remember what you do they remember
01:13:10how you make them feel as time goes on people's memories fade of things he did that they didn't
01:13:16like to some degree i believe that the last thing that will fade in them is how hulk hogan made
01:13:22them feel
01:13:23in the life of hulk hogan what is reality what is the real truth strangely enough emotions are always
01:13:32truthful no matter how crazy and implausible the story might be
01:13:37and searching for truth gives us dignity gives us meaning
01:13:49hulk hogan made millions of people around the world feel give me an h feel patriotic give me a you
01:13:57feel
01:13:58a rush of the rush of adrenaline feel excited give me an hour give me a k feel elated for
01:14:05this guy that they
01:14:06thought was the all-time hero but he made people feel it's what hulk hogan did
01:14:12you feel it's what hulk hogan did you feel it's what i'm saying
01:14:25i can hear you
01:14:31terry boy it was just a human being okay
01:14:40but the legend of Hulk Hogan
01:14:44will live forever
01:14:58Hulk Hogan, the Bugs Bunny, has challenge due to a match
01:15:02right, what are you gonna do next, bring up that half-baked drake, the fruitcake from the lake, daffy duck
01:15:26that's incredible, 24 inches, let me see that, let me see
01:15:32we're Hulk Hogan, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny
01:15:42we are probably starting to pull through the bank with a checkbook here, it's Hulk Hogan
01:15:48the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny
01:15:58the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny
01:16:04the Hulkster's in the house
01:16:07check him out, check him out
01:16:09when the going gets tough, the tough get rough
01:16:39and the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny, the Bugs Bunny Tricker
01:16:42hang on, check him out my package
01:16:43Let's go.
01:17:02Right now you better be a good bowler.
01:17:04All the marbles.
01:17:05Ice cream for a good game.
01:17:07Okay.
01:17:09Bowling for sugar.
01:17:10And Nicholas, you get to put the chocolate on top, okay?
01:17:14Look at the pin.
01:17:15Slow, Nick.
01:17:17Whoa!
01:17:18All right, ice cream for everybody.
01:17:21Give me five, give me five.
01:17:22Give me a back five, give me a back five, give me a back five.
01:17:25Is everybody ready?
01:17:26Okay, let's go to the ice cream.
01:17:28Come on, yeah.
01:17:30All right.
01:17:31All right.
01:17:33Let's go.
01:17:41All right.
01:17:46You will see it next time.
01:17:47Don't let theBC, simplistic, Потico.
01:17:50Um, just29 inch.
01:17:50Let's try the watch.
01:17:50Watch my opens up and we will see.
01:17:50You classic,uchi-like,
01:17:50time for you know.
01:17:50Okay, what's the proof?
01:17:51Aha, this way.
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