A month before Hulk Hogan made his return to WWF after a hiatus to recapture the gold from Yokozuna at Wrestlemania. After weeks of trying to convince family and friends to come with me to the event, I would up going by myself.
Here it was just two months after loosing my mentor, and I couldn't even drag along any of my friends or family to come with me to see Hulk Hogan at the Spectrum.
I cant say I remember a lot from the card. Other then Hulk teaming with Brutus Beefcake against The Million Dollar Man and IRS in a rematch from their Wrestlemania match. I also remember Doink was one of the highlights that day. Doink was still being played by Matt Bourne and had the crowd really into his antics.
Before the show ended I wound up buying one of the newest Hulk Hogan Bandana's. Like any Hulkamaniac I already had at least four or five bandana's, but this was his newest one since returning and I needed to add it to my collection.
After the event I met up with some kids who had attended the event. After the WWF shows at the Spectrum some fans would hang around by the side ramp entrance hoping to get a glimpse or actually meet the wrestlers.
For some reason after waiting for about a half an hour or so I got the bright idea of getting my car and parking on the side street right where the ramp leads to the street and wait for me to recognize a WWF star and follow them to a red light.
At least that was my plan. Oddly, it was something I had never thought of before. Within a few minutes, these kids that I had met that day decided to come with me and sit in my car. We had all agreed we'd wait for a half and hour hoping Hulk Hogan would drive out the ramp and we could follow his car.
It only took 10 minutes.
All of a sudden up the ramp an onto the street we see a sedan with a woman driving. In the back seat I see a dude with blond hair, a bandanna, and a blond fu manchu. The Hulkster motorcade had begun.
I followed the car up the street until it turned left onto Pattison Ave. Which was right in front of the Spectrum. And all of a sudden the light in the middle of street turned red.
For you all to understand the importance of the light turning red, you must understand this: This light never turned red.
It was a light that was at the center of Pattison Ave, right in front of the Spectrum with a cross walk to the old Vet's stadium. No traffic at that point, no pedestrians crossing. and Wham the light turns red.
The first thing I did was go to my glove compartment and look for a decent marker or sharpie. All I found was a Bic pen. The next thing I did was bolt from my car with my Hulk Hogan bandanna and approached the back passenger seat. There was Hulk Hogan sitting.
His window rolled half down. Luckily he didnt pull a Jon Voight on Kramer bite on me. "Excuse me Hulk, I'm one of your biggest fans and I wondered if I could have your autograph."
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