Hulk Hogan was the biggest wrestling star of the 1980s. However, in recent years his reputation became mired in controversy after footage leaked of him using inappropriate racial slurs. Now, Hogan is on his way back up the mountain. He’s been reinstated into WWE’s Hall of Fame and has opened up to PEOPLE Magazine about where he is in life now. Below are some quotes:
Hulk Hogan On His Inappropriate Racist Remarks From 2006:
“I’m definitely not in the same place I was 12 or 13 years ago, you know, when I said such stupid words, what came out of my head. That’s not who I am.”
Hulk Hogan On Wrestling Again:
“I’m too old to wrestle. I embarrassed myself enough out there by moving too slow, so I don’t want to get back in there again,” he admits. “I don’t think I could. I could probably wrestle somebody like John Cena or Vince McMahon, but as soon as I’d be done they’d be taking me straight to the hospital to fix something … the body’s too worn out for that.”
Hulk Hogan On Losing ‘Mean’ Gene:
“It felt like my Adam’s apple went backward or something, I couldn’t catch my breath,” Hogan says of finding out of Okerlund’s death. “I guess my wife thought I was having a heart attack. It hit me so hard cause I just talked to him a couple weeks before about getting together the weekend when I came back from New Years.”
To read the full interview, click HERE.
