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Hulk Hogan Lies Over The Years [thread]

The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky offered him the lead role three times. Hogan claims he turned it down because "he didn't deserve it".

Aronofsky categorically denies that Hogan was ever even considered for the role.

He was an all-state pitcher in high school, and that he was scouted by both the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds, but an injury prevented him from signing with either team.

Hogan claims he's the one who first noticed Kevin Owens's potential. "Well, I hate to brag about it, but I’m the first one to point the finger at Kevin Owens."

After a decade of solid work in the indies.

Hogan starred in Mr. Nanny & Santa With Muscles. Hogan claims he rewrote both scripts entirely, only to have his writing credits stolen from him by the dastardly Writers' Guild.

Hogan says he used to fight Pride fighters in the '70s.

Pride Fighting Championships was founded in 1997.

He claimed was the first to slam Andre, that Andre weighed 600 pounds when Hogan bodyslammed him, and the lie that Andre died a few days after the slam.

Hogan also claimed that he tore 18 muscles in his back slamming Andre

John Belushi sadly died in 1982, but apparently according to the Hulkster, he partied with him after WrestleMania II (in 1986).

Hogan told 'Taker that he had caused permanent damage to his neck by botching that tombstone spot. And 'Taker believed him for the better part of two years, before finally seeing a tape of the match, which clearly showed Hogan's head came nowhere near the chair.

"Hulk Rules", an album released by Hulk Hogan and The Wrestling Boot Band. One of the most famous tracks from the album is the tribute song "Hulkster in Heaven."

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According to Hogan, he met a very ill Make-A-Wish Kid in England, and got him a ticket to SummerSlam at Wembley Stadium to watch him wrestle in the main event.

Hogan wasn't at SummerSlam. He wasn't in the UK at the time.

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Hulk Hogan claimed that he was asked to join a startup company, known as UFC. While UFC wasn't nearly as popular as it is today, Hogan said he wouldn't have joined because “guys get beat up when the fight should be stopped.”

While he was in WCW, Hogan said that a pay-per-view bout between himself and Mike Tyson was supposed to commence. Hogan’s excuse as to why it didn't happen? “Tyson was too scared.”

George Foreman Grill: Hogan claimed on an episode of Hogan Knows Best that the reason he didn't get the offer was because he was out picking up his kids from school.

Hulk Hogan did claim that, back in his heyday, he wrestled in 400 days in one year. Hogan claimed that since he traveled so frequently between the United States and Japan, the time difference made the 400 days a possibility.

In Hulk Hogan’s autobiography he made the claim that Elvis was a huge Hogan fan before Hogan joined the WWF.

He did work in Memphis in 1977, however Elvis died in 1977.

Hogan claimed that both Metallica and The Rolling Stones wanted him as their bass player, but Metallica member Lars Ulrich came to Hogan himself to ask him to play with the group.

Hogan claimed he had been offered (and turned down) a so-called ‘legends match’ at Wrestlemania 22.

That alleged match? Hulk Hogan vs Greg Valentine.

When he ran for President, Leno asked Hogan about his platform ("FLAT TAX, BROTHER"). Jay asked him to explain it for the folks at home. Hogan stammered before coming up with "16%" Jay asked how he came up with that number. He mumbled something about 16% being higher than 15%.

Hogan claimed he was blackballed from Hollywood because he turned down a gay producer's advances in the 1980s.

He claimed he came up with the idea for the NWO, but he wanted it to be him, Booty Man, and The Nasty Boys.

he claimed Harley Race came to the arena with a gun in Kansas City in the 1980s and set the ring on fire. And then when he ran into Hogan he shook his hand, thanked him for all he had done for wrestling, and asked for a job.

He sat next to Kerry Von Erich on a flight to Japan 72 hours before Kerry killed himself.

He claimed he was the wrestler responsible for the WWF first selling merchandise. He had to talk Vince into it.

He claimed he was banned from Letterman because he stopped Letterman from hitting on a Linda Hogan. Hogan has appeared on Letterman many times.

He said he used to be 6'9, but now after his back and knee surgeries he's only 6'4.

He was going to commit suicide, literally had the gun in his hand pointed at his head when he got a call from Laila Ali that he took as a sign he should keep trying to live.

He claimed that Verne Gagne got Nick Bockwinkel to shoot on him during one of their AWA Title matches. Hogan shot back and won the fight.

He said he wanted to drop the title to Piper in 1985, but he didn't think Piper would be willing to lose it back to him.

He claimed he wanted to turn heel on Warrior at Wrestlemania VI but Vince wouldn't go for it.

He claimed that Tatsumi Fujinami tried to shoot on him in Japan and steal the WWF Title, but he beat him.

"The things I am not, I am not a steroid abuser and I do not use steroids BUT....."

He once claimed that Andre took a dump in a hotel bathtub and filled it all the way up to the taps.

Hogan claimed that he and Antonio Inoki had a match in Japan where Hogan beat him up so badly he died, but got brought back to life via CPR after the match, but Hulk couldn't work in Japan for a while after because the Yakuza were after him.

A kid nearly sliced his finger off with glass when he was 7. It was barely hanging on by skin but he still picked up a rock and threw it down the road, hitting the kid in the head.

He’s claimed to have taken down and choked out a Hell’s Angel who “gave him a dirty look,” just like he did to Richard Belzer.

Metallica’s James Hetfield was given a photoshopped photo of Metallica & Hulk Hogan together and this is how he reacted:

“I don’t know [Hogan]’s version of history. I don’t remember him.” Hetfield says with a laugh. “What is it? He was in the band for a minute?”

Hogan in his autobiography claimed he batted an “unheard-of” .714 in the Little League World Series. In fact, it was so unheard-of that to this day, the Little League has no record of a Terry Bollea ever even playing in its World Series.

In high school, Bollea never wrestled, except for one day where he claimed his gym teacher (also the wrestling coach) made him wrestle a recently graduated “champion of champions”. Not only did Bollea pin him, but he also pinned his gym teacher right afterwards.

lifelong fan of wrestling, growing up watching his hero Dusty Rhodes on TV. It was at Hogan’s first live event (when he was nine) that the young Hulkster saw Dusty Rhodes beat Dory Funk, Sr., and he’s been hooked ever since

Dusty wouldn’t even debut until 1967, when Hogan was 14

According to Hogan, on the set of Rocky III Sylvester Stallone was a really good sport, because if word got out that Hogan had powerslammed Sly so hard that blood squirted out of his mouth on impact, Hulk could have been blacklisted from Hollywood!

In 1983, Vince McMahon Jr. flew to Minneapolis personally to re-sign Hulk, which was risky according to Hulk considering that “Minneapolis was a very small town” back in 1983…

It had a population of 1.8 million.

According to the truth teller, Hu;k Hogan, when he signed with the WWF Bob Backlund was very upset and jealous.

Hogan talked about bitter Bob not wanting to pass the torch to the incoming star, refusing to appear or tag with Hogan.

These screengrabs must be CGI generated then.

I can't breathe.

Hogan said this about out drawing the pope at the Silverdome:

“The Pope, God bless him, only filled 80,000 seats. But it was okay. I was preaching the gospel in the ring that day anyway, so whoever came got their dose.”

Remember Hogan said after he slammed Andre that he tore all the muscles in his back.

There was no time to recuperate however; he had to fly right away to to Japan, where he wrestled for 29 straight nights (there is no record of Hulk Hogan wrestling in Japan from 1986-1992)

According to Hulk, Linda Hogan was extremely jealous and paranoid about Hulk being away in Hollywood. Because of her, Hogan had to pass up a film role opposite Pamela Anderson at the height of her fame, and before that, the lead role in Highlander.

When he was working for the AWA, he talks about how he had to make his own merchandise because they were so bad at promoting their wrestlers. When he returned from a tour of Japan, he discovered AWA promoter, Verne Gagne had started producing and selling his own Hogan t-shirts.

When asked what percentage of the sales he would get, Gagne said he wouldn't get any, which enraged Hogan. It became so hot that the Olympian wrestler questioned Hulk, "How much did Matsuda teach you?" "Enough to beat you," Hogan answered, prompting Verne to charge him.

According to Hulk, Verne's feet slid on the floor, and he fell into a front facelock, which Hogan locked tight. When he let him go, Verne sprang up, his hair tangled and his face flushed, and went off to the restroom to regroup, saying, "You're in danger for that!"

Verne's son Greg then began taking his sweater off to avenge his father, but David Shultz told him that was a bad idea, so Greg left too. "And that was pretty much the end of my relationship with Verne."

"Hulk Hogan in a full frontal nude shot. It might ruin my mystique and also my reputation!"

"I put Mick Jagger in his place".

Peak Hulk Hogan lie.

The Rolling Stone's played one gig between 1982-1989, which was in 1986.

Hogan told a story about a Japanese woman that he dated back in the late ’70s. He had moved on from her and started dating a California woman. When he told the Japanese woman about it, she didn’t take it well, and later Hogan regretted it at his parents’ house.

“When I walked into the house that Japanese girl was at my house. She was crying when I walked in. I walked in and saw the Japanese girl at my mother’s house and my dad, I about fainted, especially with the look my dad gave me...."

"I called Horace and I said get your a** over here and get her out of here. I never saw her again.”