Joe Rogan on Meeting Hulk Hogan

Now what's interesting is that this group, I mean Hulk Hogan was probably one of the first big guys to transcend into movies. Yes. Right? Yes. But he got turned off by Hollywood. Yeah. He apparently got a couple of dick grabbers. I don't know what the real story is. I'll tell you what. That's what he says. Of all the guys that I know, and like I'm super supportive of Hulk because he was super supportive of me. He's a great guy. Oh man. And he, right now, he's doing, he finally got back and they finally brought him back in WWE, which I was super excited about because to me going in the whole thing without Hulk being in there, it was kind of like... Pulled off the video of me interviewing Hulk Hogan for Spike TV. I got a chance to interview him for Spike TV back in the day when he was, Spike TV went into the wrestling business for a little bit. Sure. Sure. I helped that. I helped them do that because I was one of the names that brought, that's why I was wrestling. So for me as a kid, I mean, I was a giant fan of Jimmy Superfly Snuka and Bob Backlund, all that when I was in high school in the early 80s and Hulk Hogan. So for me to get a chance to interview Hulk Hogan, it was... Look at this. ...to be here with one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, sports and entertainment, huge personality, the one and only Hulk Hogan. We share a birthday, too. Welcome aboard, sir. Do you really? Thank you, my brother. You know to be here with Joe Mania and Daniel Highten. It doesn't get any better than this, brother. These guys are going to war out here. It's unbelievable. Now you've been in some MMA fights before. Are you a UFC fan? Oh, I'm a huge fan, my brother. I sure am. Now, I understand that you have recently announced a partnership with TNA Wrestling and its president, Dixie Carter, and you're going to be moving to Spike TV. We're going to see some Hulkamania on Spike TV. Tell us more about that. Well, you know, brother, tonight I got a ton of energy and I'm partners with Spike. I'm partners with Dixie Carter. I'm partners with TNA and we just got the green right, brother, on January 4th. TNA Impact. We're going wide open. We're going head on head. We're going to battle with WWE Monday night, January 4th, Hulk Hogan and TNA. We're coming after everybody. We're coming after everybody. Now, I understand that you have you recently released a book. You've done a wrestling tour in Australia. When are we going to see Hulk Hogan wrestle in TNA? Well, brother, I'm going January 4th. Like I said Monday night, we're going to Wartina Impact, but you never know. I'm going over there to take over. The maniacs are coming. All the TNA stars are going to be there and you never know when the old man with the yellow boots might just step in that ring, brother. Hulk Hogan is coming back, ladies and gentlemen. TNA Wrestling live on Spike TV. Hulk's here for the fights. You know you want to watch him on TV. What you gonna do, brother? When the UFC runs wild on you. What are you going to do? That's the good question. Thank you very much. You had a Gene Oklewood spot, brother. That that you have a little kid there. I was so happy. You ever met Gene Oklewood? No. Oh man. One of those guys on the planet, but the Hulk, I mean, when I got to do my stuff with him because we not only did the Malone stuff, you know, would mean me and me and me and Malone against Rodman and Hogan. But the next month they come in and because we shot that angle on the Tonight Show and the next month they go in Hogan and Bischoff and they run Jay off the set. I come in from the wings, not Hulk on his ass. And it's me and Jay Leno against Hogan and Bischoff. You fucking Jay Leno holding a Hulk down. Look at Hulk putting him over. Look at Hulk putting him over now. Oh my God. That is hilarious. Oh, that is so funny. Jay Leno is holding the Hulk down and he grabs his hair. Oh Jesus Christ. This is so ridiculous. Oh God, it was but you know, it was so much fun. Good. I'll tell you, you know, Leno and another guy. I mean, he came in worked out with us and he didn't didn't spend as much time like Malone did because Malone's like a super athlete, but I mean Jay works out at all. No, he just turns wrenches. Well, got to learn. Yeah, got to learn how to move around a little bit. And you know, we just worked around and Hulk was never that guy to lay stuff out. Like today, a lot of this stuff is laid out. You know, back then it was like you called as you go and and so I was a guy who actually did that. I could lay everything out and that's how I like to know where we're going and I'm still going to talk to you the whole time. Right, you know, but you know bottom line is, you know, Jay just working through it and it was a lot of fun. Well, when Hulk Hogan was in Rocky 3, I mean, that was huge. That was fucking fantastic. And then you also got to see how goddamn big he is. Right next to him next to Mr. So long ago. Whoa, when he picks sly up by his neck, right? Like holy shit. And then, you know, when they go through the whole thing, but after it, you know, Hulk is like smiling and laughing with him and so on was like, oh, okay. You know, Rocky was like, all right, like you're a little rough out there. I mean, that's what it is. Brother, one of the greatest moments ever. You know, it was a great moment in film. It's awesome. I mean, it was that that was a big moment in film. Too for a lot of people that thought like pro wrestling is fake, right? It's like, well, they ain't nothing fake about that. I mean, it's entertainment. But if you don't think that's fucking difficult to do like, look at the size difference. Jesus. Can you look like a million bucks there? He did. He looked fantastic.