- 2 days ago
Welcome To The Official Dailymotion Channel ECW Figure Wrestling. Our Parent Company funds the Company. Extreme Sports & Entertainment Venture Inc. So Join us To The EXTREME!
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00Ladies and gentlemen, the one, the only, Hogan!
00:06Hogan! Hogan! Hogan! Hogan! Hogan!
00:09Hey, man, I can't hear you guys out there.
00:12Hogan! Hogan! Hogan! Hogan! Hogan!
00:15All right, man, thank you guys so much for coming.
00:17It's so nice to be back in the house that Hogan built.
00:22The first thing I need to do before I let you know what my plans are
00:26about climbing back in the ring here in the United States,
00:30I'd like to introduce you to my new business partner, Dixie Carter from TNA.
00:39Yeah, you could say we're getting back in the ring big time.
00:46Wow, what a big day. Thank you guys so much.
00:49You know, there is no single name that defines an industry more than Hulk Hogan.
00:54My focus is to make this the number one sports entertainment company in the business.
01:02And I just think that there are so many things that they have going for them.
01:07And I'm telling you, man, I'm really looking forward to getting into the mix.
01:10I don't know what's going to happen, brother, because when I go at it, I'm going at it wide open.
01:14You know, I think when you go back to Madison Square Garden and you look back at that moment
01:17when Dixie Carter made the announcement that Hulk Hogan was coming to TNA.
01:23It's not like there was a master plan at that time.
01:27I would like to say there was.
01:28It certainly would make us sound a lot smarter and a little bit more deliberate if I were to do
01:33that.
01:33But it wouldn't be honest.
01:34I think when Hulk came in, and to a lesser degree myself, we looked at TNA as an opportunity, as
01:41I said earlier.
01:42We knew what we wanted to do.
01:43I think it was our hope, quite honestly, and intention at the moment to change the company the way we
01:50felt it needed to be changed
01:52with the cooperation of Dixie Carter.
01:54I got to admit, you know, red flags right away, mixed emotions at the least.
02:02I knew that it could be either something, you know, phenomenal or something disastrous.
02:07I say that based on history that everybody already knows.
02:13This is it.
02:15This is the moment that we've been anticipating for months.
02:19Hulk Hogan, live in the impact zone.
02:25The most illustrious name ever in the storied history of our industry.
02:31The legendary Hulk Hogan has arrived in TNA.
02:36Hulk Hogan is Hulk Hogan.
02:41You cannot take anything away from that fact.
02:45And he has always had the ability to influence wrestlers.
02:51And he's always wanted to align himself and have the right people around him.
02:57You know, in the wrestling world, we call them Stooges.
03:00You know, he's always wanted to have his Stooges around him.
03:03And he set up camp just the way he wanted to.
03:05And the rest is history.
03:07I could see it.
03:09I knew exactly what was happening.
03:11I knew what Hogan's agenda was.
03:14And I just, you know what, I just, I can't stand the idea of what happened already in the past.
03:22You know, with .
03:23Didn't want to see anything like that happen again for another go around here with TNA.
03:29And, unfortunately, I think Dixie Carter was bamboozled.
03:36Obviously, she was.
03:38I don't know if she marked out for Hulk Hogan.
03:41I don't know if she was just so starstruck that she couldn't see past.
03:45I don't know.
03:46But, it is what it is.
03:53You know something, Stinger?
03:56You can fool some of the people some of the time.
04:00But, me, the Hulkster, I've been around too long to fool me anytime, brother.
04:08I know who you are.
04:11I know what you're all about.
04:14So, why don't you just let me in on this brand new change?
04:17What makes you tick, Stinger?
04:30I can't wait to tell you what makes me tick, Hulkster!
04:34It's TNA!
04:36Total non-stop action!
04:38That's what makes me tick!
04:47It's almost like you're asking me what my agenda is, Hulkster!
04:54My agenda is the same today as it was five years ago when I walked through the doors here at
05:01TNA.
05:05And that is to give back to the sport of wrestling that I love so much.
05:13Especially to TNA because I love this brand, T-N-A.
05:21For a quarter century, he has been one of the most recognizable legends in the business.
05:29Sting is the icon and there will never be another Sting.
05:32Sting is the icon.
05:34It's not just a moniker.
05:35It's Sting.
05:36I mean, there's no doubt.
05:37The man is a living legend.
05:39There is no doubt about it.
05:40For years in Major League Baseball, Mr. October was Reggie Jackson.
05:45In TNA, 2006, 2007, 2008, every October, every bound for glory, Sting is the guy who steps up to the
05:56plate.
05:56He's become TNA World Heavyweight Champion three straight years.
06:00Sting is TNA's Mr. October.
06:03The icon Sting has contemplated stepping away from the ring once and for all.
06:09But his love for professional wrestling keeps drawing him back in.
06:14You see the reaction that Sting gets every time he comes out in front of the crowd.
06:17This is the icon. This is Sting. This is a guy who never gives up.
06:20I think that wrestling fans, they know when somebody's giving them everything they have.
06:28They want to be involved.
06:30They want to be part of the show.
06:32And I've always invited them to be part of the show.
06:36Please tell me that you have come here to say that you can see now.
06:40That you get it.
06:41I can.
06:41You understand what's going on around here.
06:43I do.
06:44I do understand.
06:45Finally.
06:46I understand.
06:46Hulk and Eric have made it very clear to me that you have become a cancer in TNA.
06:54I have no idea what's gotten into you.
06:57But this cannot continue.
06:59You have put me in this position.
07:02You've done this.
07:05And I'm here to tell you that effective immediately, effective tonight,
07:09you're suspended for 30 days without pay.
07:12No, I'm not.
07:16After everything we've been through.
07:1930 days suspension.
07:22You think that this is what it's all about?
07:24It's about money, Dixie!
07:25It's not about money.
07:26I understand that.
07:27But what is it about?
07:28What it's about is you have been conned.
07:32What do you mean?
07:33If you have something to say to me, say it.
07:34I've been saying it all along.
07:36No, you're talking this cryptic language.
07:37What is it?
07:37No, quiet and listen to me.
07:39I've been saying it all along, Dixie.
07:40You're just not listening to me.
07:43I'll speak in childlike terms for you now.
07:46Wait a minute.
07:47Stop.
07:47This is nuts.
07:48It's over.
07:50No more top security.
07:52Get him out of here.
07:53Get back.
07:54No more talking.
07:55It's over.
07:56Forget it.
07:57Forget about the 30 days, Dixie.
07:59Just go ahead and make it indefinite.
08:02There wasn't, as they say, an aha moment, you know, for either Hogan and I with regards
08:08to Dixie and the decision that we made to do this without her as opposed to doing it with
08:14her.
08:14It was more like Chinese water torture.
08:21Over a period of time, there were just small indications, if you will, that Dixie's vision
08:30of what she wanted for TNA and Hulk's vision of what Hulk wanted for Hulk were diametrically
08:39opposed.
08:40So there wasn't an aha moment, as it were.
08:44There was a series of small moments that led to a boiling point over a period of months
08:51where Hulk and I sat down over a beverage or two and said, enough is enough.
08:58It's time to do what we know how to do, which is take over, take control and take action.
09:06The rest is history.
09:08Eric Bischoff lied to me.
09:10He lied to me when he handed me a contract and said, here, I will take care of this.
09:17I have spoken to your attorney, Guy Blake, who is not only my attorney, but a family friend
09:22for over a decade, who I trust completely.
09:27And so I didn't think twice when he said, sign this.
09:30He knew the frame of mind I was in.
09:31He knew how upset I was.
09:33He knew I was emotional.
09:34I thought he was sitting there trying to say, look, just give, here's what I need.
09:39I'll take care of this mess.
09:41And, uh, you know, shame on me, but this isn't over.
09:47Well, you know, Bound for Glory was what it was.
09:49I mean, it's just a no brainer.
09:51Bound for Glory was easy.
09:52It was a cakewalk.
09:53But, you know, when you talk about setting someone up, okay, we're going to take out the
09:59president of a country.
10:00We need to send in special forces.
10:02We need to plan this thing for nine months.
10:04Watch how territorial they are.
10:06Watch what patterns.
10:07Watch how they move.
10:08Watch what they do.
10:08You know, when you're setting an important individual up, a leader, uh, you know, a king, someone
10:15of royalty, someone that, that millions of people fall and bow down to, you have to calculate
10:20every move.
10:22Dixie Carter, send her a bunch of fan mail, get her to sign her autograph.
10:25No brainer, please.
10:27Nothing to it.
10:29You want me to look you in the eye?
10:31Yes.
10:31You want me to look you in the eye and give you the answer?
10:34Yes.
10:35Yes, I screwed you out of your company.
10:37Why?
10:38Don't you get it, Dixie?
10:39No, why?
10:40From day one, you said I'd be the happiest I've ever been.
10:44Yes.
10:44You said we'd change the wrestling business.
10:46Yes.
10:47And take it to another level.
10:48Every single person I ever worked with, when Hogan calls, we talk.
10:53When Hogan calls, they answer the phone.
10:56We talked.
10:56We talked all the time.
10:58We talked all the time.
10:59Time and time again, Dixie.
11:00I tried to get to you.
11:02You're making excuses.
11:02You're making excuses because this is your ego.
11:04This is day one.
11:06This is day one.
11:07And I fulfilled all my promises.
11:0830 years in this business, Dixie.
11:10Oh, come on.
11:11And you play with that computer and play with that-
11:14I am running a company.
11:16I gave you the job.
11:17Don't you forget it.
11:18No.
11:19Oh, you just shut up.
11:20Just shut up.
11:21Dead lights.
11:21Shut up.
11:24From the day that Hulk Hogan arrived in TNA,
11:28under the pretense of partnering with Dixie Carter,
11:33it was really all about gaining control.
11:37Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, Ric Flair, and Immortal,
11:41they are power hungry, they always have been,
11:44and they always will be.
11:46Well, you better get used to it, my friend,
11:48because it seems like they, meaning Immortal, Eric Bischoff, Ric Flair, and Hulk Hogan.
11:55It's pretty obvious.
11:56I don't personally need to hear the ruling.
11:58I think the judge in Texas went towards Hulk Hogan.
12:01My opinion, it seems like he's the man in charge.
12:06You know something, maniacs?
12:08Maybe I'm all amped up because of the electricity in this building.
12:13Or maybe my adrenal glands are pumping so fast that I'm not thinking straight.
12:25But seeing how I was in that courtroom with you today, Dixie Carter,
12:31I think it's safe to say that I now control 100% of TNA.
12:40TNA!
12:41TNA!
12:41Wow!
12:42There it is!
12:43That confirms your thoughts.
12:45It's all mine, Dixie!
12:47TNA is all mine!
12:49I mean, I'm here to pass this thing on.
12:51I'm here to pass the training, prayers, Hulk Hogan,
12:55believing in yourself, doing whatever you gotta do to win.
12:58I don't wanna go down that path for no reason.
13:00When I'm dead and gone, the immortal Hulk Hogan,
13:05the immortal saying of training, prayers, and vitamins,
13:08believe in yourself, be the greatest you can be,
13:11every single day is gonna live on forever.
13:13This is a long haul.
13:14The future is in our hands.
13:16Immortal's an open book.
13:18I'm looking every day for one of these TNA wrestlers to wake up.
13:23I'm a man of my word, brother.
13:25This is one time when I can tell by looking in your eyes,
13:28you actually know what you say.
13:30You know, Sting, we have a history
13:32that nobody around here knows about.
13:34Yeah, that's right.
13:36And I owe that much to you.
13:39Wow, okay.
13:40Does this mean that the real Hulk Hogan is back?
13:47Answer my question.
13:48This is the real Hulk Hogan, brother. I mean, come on.
13:52A little shred of honor and dignity?
13:55Is it still there?
13:58Come on, Hulk. Knock it off.
14:01Answer my question.
14:02No, come on. You just don't get it, do you?
14:04I'm trying to make this work my way.
14:09The fans will always be there, Sting. You know that.
14:11Yeah, you know what? You're forgetting.
14:13You're forgetting that I have a history with you.
14:16You're forgetting.
14:17I remember what it was like the day you came in,
14:20what your mindset was like when you came to .
14:23You came in with a positive attitude.
14:25You wanted to be a positive influence to .
14:27To all the wrestlers there.
14:30I remember that.
14:32You had respect for me.
14:33You had respect for the groundwork that I had already laid.
14:36I respected you.
14:38I wanted to follow in your footsteps.
14:42Remember what I was talking about a few weeks ago
14:44when I was talking about all the fans buying all your stuff?
14:47All the wrestlers that worship the ground that you walk on?
14:51Did that matter to you at all?
14:57Say your prayers. Take your vitamins.
15:00Did you say that just for the money?
15:04Is this the legacy that you want to leave behind?
15:07This is it right here?
15:10Is this the legacy you want to leave for all the wrestling fans?
15:13All the wrestlers?
15:18Let me ask you a question.
15:21Is this the legacy that you want to leave behind?
15:25For Brooke and Nick?
15:28Stop it!
15:29That's enough!
15:31That's enough!
15:37I struck a nerve, didn't I?
15:40Who in the hell do you think you are?
15:41I'm the Stinger! That's who I am!
15:45I'm the Stinger and I'm not done yet!
15:48Well get the hell out of my head!
15:49No, no, no, no!
15:50I'm not done!
15:51I'm not done!
15:53Oh, I'm excited!
15:54This is good!
15:57Man, Terry!
15:58I am not done!
16:00No!
16:01I am not finished!
16:03I'll leave when I want to leave, Terry!
16:07Stay down, Terry!
16:10You want to wear a mask?
16:12Don't do this.
16:13You want to be a masquerader on here and put on a facade for everybody?
16:19Let me help you out, Terry!
16:21Let me just put the facade on for you, buddy!
16:25Come on, Terry! It's just you and me!
16:29Yes, I'll help you out wearing your mask!
16:32Is this what you want?
16:35What a legacy!
16:45What a legacy!
16:46What a legacy!
16:49You know what?
16:53You have only yourself to blame this time!
16:56You got a choice, Terry!
17:00You can change things!
17:01You got the power to do it!
17:03But first you gotta make the choice!
17:07Make the choice!
17:11Boo!
17:11Boo!
17:15Woo!
17:16You're a kid, sir!
17:18And like the cockroach that crawled in between the bottom of the door and the floor,
17:25you ended up here at Impact Wrestling!
17:29You know what cockroaches do?
17:32They spread disease.
17:35You're a disease, Eric!
17:40And that disease is spread to Hulk!
17:44But it's only a matter of time before Hulk's eyes are open
17:48and the real Hulk Hogan stands up again.
17:55It's not gonna happen, Sting!
17:57No matter how hard you try!
17:59No matter how hard you try!
18:01It is always gonna be Hogan and Bischoff!
18:03We're a team!
18:05That is never gonna change!
18:06There's nothing you're gonna do!
18:08There's nothing you're gonna say!
18:10That's gonna change any of that!
18:12So you can give that up right now!
18:15I just defeated Ric Flair like I said I was gonna do
18:19so I could get to Hogan and Bound for Glory.
18:22One way or another, I will get the real Hulk Hogan to stand up again.
18:30I told you I'm not wrestling you, brother!
18:32You're never gonna make it to Bound for Glory!
18:35You're a joke!
18:36I'm all smiles!
18:38This thing is all smiles!
18:40Game over!
18:41Over my dead body!
18:43Bound for Glory!
18:46I smell red and yellow!
18:48Now that I've tried to come and help people!
18:50Now that I've tried to get Impact up and running!
18:52He's riding a big white horse!
18:54He ain't nothing!
18:55He never was nothing!
18:55He never will be nothing!
18:57You don't deserve to be in the same ring with me!
19:00Bound for Glory!
19:01You're not even gonna make it to the building because you're messing with the wrong people, brother!
19:06Cut the cancer away from you!
19:09Bischoff!
19:09In company!
19:11I love you, Hulkster!
19:13See you at Bound for Glory!
19:15And this is a great night!
19:17I'm so pumped up because you saw what happened last week!
19:20I took it to Ric Flair!
19:23I beat Ric Flair!
19:25And when I beat Ric Flair, that opened the gate wide open for me to beeline right to Hogan at
19:32Bound for Glory!
19:37Brother, you're delusional!
19:40This is not gonna happen!
19:41And oh, by the way, I'm not medically cleared, Sting!
19:46You gotta be kidding me!
19:48Are you kidding me?
19:51Whoa!
19:54You're not medically cleared!
19:56Okay, let's just dissect this and go a little bit deeper with it.
19:59I got some footage, I'm confused, but let's just see.
20:02First hand, bird's eye view.
20:05Roll the footage, somebody!
20:22Roll the footage, somebody!
20:25Roll the footage, somebody!
20:29Roll the footage, somebody!
20:31That is proof right there, Hulk, that you still have it.
20:35I can see the vascularity and the biceps all coming out again.
20:38And I took it!
20:39The haymaker that you threw me, I didn't know which way was up and which way was down.
20:44You still got it, Hulk.
20:46You and me at Bound for Glory!
20:48You know what?
20:49Forget it!
20:49No, wait a minute!
20:50No!
20:51It's time to knock it off, Sting!
20:55It's time to end the game!
20:56I got nothing to prove, brother!
21:00You've been chasing me your whole career and you never quite caught up to Hulkamania!
21:05So I'm not gonna give you a bonus package!
21:08I run this company, I'm a businessman, you need to realize that paper that you've got,
21:15that isn't gonna hold up with me, brother!
21:17This is not gonna happen!
21:19Hulk, I promise.
21:21Give me a couple days, I'll figure out a way out of this.
21:24I mean, there's gotta be a way.
21:26There's gotta be a loophole in the contract.
21:28There's gotta be something we can do.
21:29I promise you I'll figure it out.
21:31I've got this, Eric.
21:32I'm gonna drop a bombshell on this company next week.
21:36It's gonna change this business forever.
21:46Ladies and gentlemen, this could very well be the last time that we see
21:51the immortal Hulk Hogan in a wrestling ring.
21:57When my feet hit the ground this morning and I woke up,
22:01the very first thing I realized,
22:04that today was the final day I would be in the wrestling business.
22:27You know, it got so crazy today,
22:29as I was going through Twitter and looking at Facebook,
22:32I had some fans on the Twitter going,
22:34Hogan, if this is really your last night, we have a 10 hour drive.
22:38We want to know if you're really retiring.
22:40And I had to answer each and every person back that,
22:43yes, this is the end of the line.
22:45This has been the greatest career I could have ever dreamed of.
22:49And because of all the fans, everybody at home,
22:52and at all these arenas, thank you guys.
22:55Thank you for everything.
24:00You know, guys, this could go on for another 30 years,
24:05but at the end of the day, Hulkamania.
24:08Yeah, that could go on too, brother.
24:11At the end of the day, Hulkamania had the longest run of anybody in this business.
24:19And now it's time to put Hulkamania to rest.
24:26And there's only one thing left, guys.
24:29We might as well let the celebration begin, guys.
25:02Hogan says, let the celebration begin.
25:07But Sting coming to the ring.
25:09I got to ask you, Kaz, is this a tribute to Hulk Hogan from Sting?
25:14Even the insane icon has busted out the red and yellow tonight.
25:17You never know what Sting's thinking.
25:18Who knows?
25:19I can't answer that.
25:19Nobody knows what Sting's thinking.
25:21But this was and is Hulk's moment.
25:35You are not welcomed out here.
25:38And you're not going to turn this into a damn clown show.
25:44Oh, listen, listen.
25:46I really am so sorry to come out here and bring a little bit of rain to this lovely and
25:53momentous evening.
25:54But I just got to ask this question.
25:56Is there anybody in Knoxville or anywhere else in the whole wide world that's buying this stuff about retirement?
26:09You know, you need to understand one thing.
26:13Nothing lasts forever in this business.
26:16And you need to know when it's time to leave me alone.
26:21I'm officially done.
26:23I've said my goodbyes.
26:25I'm retired, my brother.
26:29I suppose...
26:30No, no, no. Hold on.
26:31I suppose there's a good chance that I've just become so jaded because of this business.
26:37So hardened and calloused that I just can't let you have your just due.
26:41I'm sorry about that, Hulk.
26:43Fine.
26:44But then again, maybe it's that I know you better than anyone on the face of this earth, Hogan.
26:51Yes.
26:52Maybe it's true, Hogan.
26:54Yes.
26:55You know something?
26:56It's also really amazing about all the cameras that are on every corner, in every building, on every street, everywhere,
27:04including this building right here.
27:09It's amazing.
27:11There is nothing, Hulk, that's sacred in this business any longer.
27:15No.
27:17I've got some compelling footage on you.
27:20Yes, you're caught on tape.
27:22You know what? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on.
27:24You know, the smoke and mirrors, the dancing clown, stringer, stinger, whatever your name is, the puppet on a rope.
27:32You know what, brother?
27:34The games are officially over.
27:36If you would now leave, I've got one last thing I have to say, and this party's over, brother.
27:41Okay, I'll leave after we play the footage, and I promise you it's going to be ugly, Hulkster.
27:47Please play it now.
27:51Do you really think they bought the fact that I'm retired tonight, Eric?
27:55I mean, please, I'm so worried.
27:57Let me think about it.
27:59A light and sinker.
28:01That's awesome.
28:03You know, I've heard a lot of feedback.
28:05Some people are saying, are you sure you're really doing this?
28:08The Twitter's been blown up, saying, Hogan, we're driving eight hours, and this is your last night.
28:12Look, we fooled everybody.
28:13I mean, I got the head of the network called me up going, why didn't you tell us in advance?
28:17How could you do this to us?
28:19I mean, everybody.
28:21And these hillbillies here in Knoxville, I mean, they're mortgaging their trailer homes so they can go out and buy
28:26Hulk Hogan memorabilia merchandise.
28:29This is great.
28:30I was worried about tonight walking the walk again, but we're in Knoxville, Tennessee.
28:34Lee, I've no doubt.
28:36Plus, the women don't even have teeth here.
28:38And, dude, what a plan.
28:39Oh, man.
28:40You retire for a month.
28:41You go to Hawaii, catch a little bit of suntan, take the wife out to the beach, throw a few
28:46coconuts around.
28:47Maybe somebody will buy you one of those...
28:50That's enough!
28:51That's enough!
28:52That's enough!
28:52You didn't say that.
28:54That's enough!
28:55You cut that game footage.
28:57Turn that off.
28:57You know something?
28:59You've crossed the line, Sting.
29:00Back on vacation.
29:01You have crossed the line.
29:03You've broken every damn law.
29:06You've ruined everything in this wrestling business.
29:08I am so sick of you.
29:10I can't stand you.
29:11You want to wrestle.
29:12Hell no, I'll never wrestle you.
29:14But you pushed me so far.
29:16You want to fight.
29:17I'll fight you, Stinger.
29:19I'll fight you at Bound for Glory.
29:21And if you can beat me, I'll give the company back to you and Dixie Carter.
29:29On October 16th, it's the biggest night in TNA history.
29:34The most famous name in the history of wrestling, Hulk Hogan versus Sting.
29:40One fight, only one man will survive.
29:43And will it be a new era in TNA?
29:46In his first one-on-one headyweight title fight ever.
29:50Can Bobby Roode defeat the champion Kurt Angle?
29:52TNA Wrestling and Direct Auto Insurance present Bound for Glory.
29:57Live, exclusively on pay-per-view.