Eric Bischoff, Hogan’s longtime friend and recent business partner, appeared on FOX News Channel’s The Story with Martha MacCallum to share his thoughts on Hulk Hogan, who passed away earlier today. Bischoff, the Chief Media Officer of the Real American Freestyle League which he and Hogan were launching together, said he was in shock after learning of his friend’s passing.
“It still hasn’t really set in,” Bischoff said. “I learned this morning about Hulk’s passing ironically while watching FOX News… It hasn’t truly sunk in yet.”
When asked what he wanted people to understand about the man behind the larger-than-life persona, Bischoff drew a clear distinction between “Hulk Hogan” the character and “Terry Bollea” the person.
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“And it’s one of the things that’s most important to me now, I guess, at this point, is, I feel like I knew Terry Bollea. Terry Bollea was different than Hulk Hogan,” Bischoff explained. “Terry Bollea, the man, was kind. He was generous to a fault. He was loyal. He just had a big heart. And until you got to know Terry Bollea, you were overwhelmed with the character Hulk Hogan. And that was his life. But he really was one of the kindest, most generous people that I have ever met.”
Bischoff also commented on Hogan’s renewed focus on his faith in recent years, noting how important his baptism a few years ago was to him.
“But in the last seven years, six, seven, eight years, in particular, he really got so much closer to his faith,” Bischoff said. “And he was so proud to go through that baptism and just embrace his faith to a level that he never really had prior. And it brought joy to him. And I’m grateful, very grateful for that.”
