Welcome to an all new Joe's 411: B/R Pro-Wrestling News. I have news on Hulk Hogan possibly coming back to wrestling to UFC 100; I know its MMA but there is a wrestling connection. So, lets get started.
Hulk Hogan News
I am getting right to the Hogan news as you can easily tell. Hogan did an interview with the Chicago Tribune. Did you guys know it was Hulk Hogan appreciation day yesterday? Me neither. 400 people paid $99 to attend; I wouldn't pay basically 100 bucks to appreciate the dude, personally.
I mean, while he is easily one of my favorite wrestlers of all time, I can easily watch a match of his on youtube.com to appreciate him.
Anyway, the article from the newspaper focused on that, along with other questions for Hogan. Such as the biggy: Will you wrestle again?
Here is some quotes from Hogan in the article:
When asked about when he would be coming back to wrestle: “About every third person was saying, ‘When are you going to get in the ring again?’ They don’t realize that, even though I look the same way I looked 30 years ago—kind of—my body is pretty beaten up.
"It’s kind of hard to explain to them. The hip replacements, the back surgeries, the elbow surgeries, the shoulder surgeries…I never like to say never, but right now I’m on the rebuild and rewind process."
About the signing itself being challenging for him: “I tried getting through it without letting everyone know I was having a hard time. I’d never had a chair there at an autograph signing before. Now I have a chair in my bathroom so I can brush my teeth.
"When I shave, I shave half my face, lay on the floor for 10 minutes and then shave the other half of my face. I had a hard time walking through the Chicago airport today.
"I stopped one time to sit down and acted like I was doing something. I walked farther and then went into the men’s room. I leaned on the sink to crack my back and pretended I was looking at my face."
About returning to the ring: “It seems to get farther and farther in reach. I just don’t want to exclude it from my thought process. It’s like the one place that, when I’m in there, I’m totally free.”
On the pythons: “They used to be 24 inches when I was 27 years old,” he says. “Now, last time I taped them, they were about 20 inches. That was a couple years ago. I haven’t taped them since. I’m afraid too.”
Now, I am as big of a Hulk fan as you will see. But even I do not want to see Hogan back in the ring again. He can come and talk any day of the week, but wrestling will hurt him and the WWE.
He can't wrestle like he used to, some say he never could, but I personally think he was good. He is older and his body is so beat up that he would further hurt himself by wrestling again.
He mentioned himself that he can barely walk through an airport without having to stop and rest a few times.
I hope his wrestling career is behind him personally. If he comes back as guest host of RAW, I won't be angry. But, if he has another match in the WWE, I will probably be very upset and won't even watch.
First off the match won't be good, because Hogan can't wrestle like he once could and I would basically be watching a guy who is killing himself faster. Talking works for him, and he should stick to that.
Go speak at High Schools and colleges, act in movies, etc. But stay out of the ring Hogan, we as wrestling fans beg of you.
Triple H News
How many people know the cartoon Robot Chicken? It is on Adult Swim aka Cartoon Newtork's late night name change. Apparently Triple H will be part of a sketch in the season 4.5 premiere on Sunday, July 26 at 11:30 p.m. ET.
We will see a sneak preview exclusively on Monday Night Raw this week.
SPOILER ALERT! With Seth Green being the co-executive producer and co-creator of Robot Chicken, he will be hosting Raw this week. Kind of puts all the pieces together.
The Other Rocker!
As we all know, arguably the best tag team of all time was The Rockers. Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty basically took the WWF by storm during their time.
They were showing friction between each other on TV, and during an interview with Brutas "The Barber" Beefcake on the Barber Shop, Michaels shocked the world by superkicking Jannetty and throwing him through a glass window.
Michaels' career took off, while Jannetty's basically ended. There have been a lot of tag teams that broke up, where one member shined brighter than the other. But no one dropped off the map faster than Jannetty.
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