From the Greenroom: The Hulk Hogan Edition
Thursday, March 4, 2010 Our guest this morning was the one and only, original, living legend, bone fide, Real American Icon, Hulk Hogan. As a little kicker, he brought along ‘Jimmy Hart’, storied Pro Wrestling Manager, and original member of ‘The Gentrys’, that sixties pop group that brought you such hits as ‘Keep on Dancin’.’ For a guy who’s been busting heads for a living for the better part of the last twenty years, The Hulkster is an incredibly humble, down to earth, engaging, and completely gracious man. I envisioned some Suplexes and Pile Drivers here in the Green Room, as I’m sure the endless photo op and autograph requests must’ve been tedious, but he was ever the gentleman, kindly complying with each appeal. A class act all around.
Back in October, he published a book, an autobiographical tome entitled My Life Outside The Ring. In it, the Hulkster provides the lowdown on the smackdown… some revolutionary revelations are included within, but I’m not sure if any of the following are among them:
Outside the ring, Andre the Giant liked to dress up in a white crinoline dress and demand to be referred to as ‘Jeanette.’
Nature Boy Ric Flair gets a full on Brazilian Bikini Wax twice a week.
Macho Man Randy Savage was a tenor in the Orlando Light Opera Company
Stone Cold Steve Austin collects Hummels.
Every Friday Night, King Kong Bundy trolls the NAMBLA online chat room under the screen name ‘Uncle Paul’.
The Undertaker wasn’t Bar Mitzvahed until the age of 35.
‘The Rock’ had a volatile, torrid affair with Rue McLanahan during her ‘Golden Girls’ days.
Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan was the original ‘Eddie Haskell’ on ‘Leave it to Beaver’
Vince McMahon NEVER took anabolic steroids. But he does wear a prosthetic neck to conceal the bolts.
The Fabulous Moolah, before she died, said the only regret she had in her life was that she was very often mistaken for Don Imus.
