“He won’t make a dime in this business” Jimmy Hart reveals former WWE Hall of Famer never wanted to sign Hulk Hogan in 1979
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Hulk Hogan as WWF Champion
Hulk Hogan has been an absolute Icon in the wrestling industry as he has wrestled for over 4 decades in WWE and even has won the WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship on a total of 6 occasions and have even won WCW World Heavyweight Championship on a total of 6 occasions.
Everybody has seen him as a very big star from the start as he has the charisma even with a descent in-ring competition he has won a lot of fans and department people’s hearts. Hulk Hogan has played the character of famous American babyface and also villainous roles. In both roles, he did the work so well that no one could have ever done it.
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Hulk Hogan did not get much support at the start
Recently in an interview, WWE Legend and one of the greatest managers Jimmy Hart claimed that Hulk Hogan was not getting that much support from the start in WWE backstage and many people try to make him pull back from getting a major push and being one of the biggest icons in WWE wrestler.
Jimmy hart even said that one of the biggest wrestlers of all time and WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler never wanted Hulk Hogan to get a push and become a legend in WWE. Jimmy hart then begins to explain that before WWE all of them were wrestling in an open show where he was sitting with Jerry Lawler.
He revealed that he asked will Jerry even sign Hulk and make some money. At that time it was like Jerry Lawler if make Hulk sign with the company he would get 10 percent of the total income Hulk will make. Jerry asked Lawler will he sign Hulk Hogan as a star on which Lawler said he would not even make a dime. Late Hogan became the GOAT and if Lawler made him sign with the company he would be getting millions of dollars without doing anything.
Jimmy said, “Terry Bollea is what they call him.’ I said, ‘He’s awesome, man.’ Lawler swears to me that he never said this, but he said, ‘What do you think of him? I have the chance to sign him and get ten percent of him.’ I said, ‘You’re going to do it, aren’t you?’ He said, ‘He won’t make a dime in this business.'”
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Anurag Bhardwaj
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