WWE.com has an interview up with Hulk Hogan and he talks about his return, The Ultimate Warrior, Vince McMahon, being nervous the night before his return on Monday and much more. Here are a few highlights:
WWE.COM: What was it like returning to Raw on Monday night? Do you still get nervous before walking out in front of a live audience like that?
HULK HOGAN: Oh yeah, there were nerves. Even the night before, I couldn’t sleep. I was tossing and turning. I’m thinking, “How are these fans going to welcome me back?” But when I came out right at the top of the show and they saw me, it was almost like I had walked behind a 747 jet. The only way I can explain it to you is it was this energy and it was so loud it was like, “Woah!” It made me take a step back for a minute. I was like “Okay. Yeah, this works.”
WWE.COM: How did red and yellow become your signature colors? Was it almost green and blue or black and silver?
HOGAN: I was trying different colors, you know? White looked really great, but you just couldn’t get them clean. I’d be going to all these hotel rooms with the Woolite and trying to wash the kneepads out in the sink. Then I went to the turquoise for a while. But when I was a kid growing up in Tampa, there was this wrestler named Angelo Poffo that had this amazing tan, and he was wearing these canary yellow trunks. So I threw on the canary yellow and I tried it with blue kneepads for a little while. Then I went to the red kneepads and I went, “Okay , this works.” Ronald McDonald red and yellow, Hulk Hogan red and yellow. It just stuck.
WWE.COM: It’s an interesting time for your generation of Superstars. You’re coming back into the fold at the same time as The Ultimate Warrior. Is there a friendship between you two?
HOGAN: I don’t know. Triple H was giving me the broad strokes of The Ultimate Warrior and his concerns with Hulk Hogan. I said, “Triple H, I’m easy, brother. After everything I’ve been through, and everything I’ve learned, for me, it’s about this moment forward.” I said, “I understand that there might be a little situation, but you don’t have to worry about me.” I would love to shake his hand, look him in the eye and say, “Brother, nothing but love for you. Whatever I did, I apologize for it. I don’t even need for you to apologize if there was anything on your end. Whatever it is, brother, nothing but love for you, let’s do business.” And if we could be friends? Even better, because he’s a good guy.
You can read the entire WWE.com interview by clicking here.
