Thread by @ChandranTheMan

Hulk Hogan lying for no reason.

A THREAD.

Hulk Hogan claimed that he was offered the main role in the movie "The Wrestler" 3 times. The director, Darren Oronovsky then responded via tweet saying "for the record the role of the wrestler was always @mickeyrourke it was never hulk hogan's as he claims on @howardstern"

In Hogan's 2nd biography, "My Life Outside the Ring" he claims to have wrestled 400 days out of the year. He claims it was from flying back and forth to Japan to wrestle which "added days" to his year.

Hulk Hogan claims that he was supposed to play bass for Rolling Stones AND Metallica. Both bands have denied this rumor many times. Lars Ulrich specifically said on the Howard Stern show "I don't know Hulk Hogan, I don't know enough about him."

Hulk Hogan said he used to fight PRIDE Fighters in the 70's. But, PRIDE fighting didn't have their first event until 1997. UFC didn't have their first PPV until 1993. On Herald Sun, in Melbourne, He also claimed he was asked to compete in the first ever UFC ppv. UFC 1.

Hulk Hogan has said that he partied with John Beluchshi after Wrestlemania 2. John passed in 1982. Wrestlemania 2 was in 1986.

Hulk Hogan claims to have brought Simon Cowell to the United States. He said he wrestled at SummerSlam 92 at wembley and noticed an empty seat in the crowd..he noticed that a sick fan of his had died. Simon helped him make a song about it.
(He was not at summerslam 92)

Hulk Hogan has said that Mike Tyson was too scared to work with Hogan in WCW. Tyson also had to cancel a program with him in WWF when he lost a boxing match.

Hulk Hogan said that he had a match with Antonio Inoki in Japan. He claims that Hogan beat him up so badly Inoki died, but got brought back to life via CPR after the match. Then he said that Hogan couldn’t work in Japan for a while after because the Yakuza were after him.

In 2015, Hogan claims to be the FIRST person to have noticed Kevin Owens as "the guy". He said "that's the guy. I don't care if he looks like a wrestler or looks like an ice cream salesman. I don't care. That's the guy."

Hogan said he’s the first one to slam Andre the giant at mania 3, and that Andre weighed 600 pounds. He also said Andre passed away a few days after said slam. Hogan also tore 18 muscles in his back. (Andre would live for years after, not days....Hogan also did not tear anything)

Hulk Hogan claimed Elvis Presley was a Hulkamaniac. (Elvis passed away in 1977 before Hulk Hogan was even a thing.)

Hulk Hogan has said that Harley Race came to the arena with a gun, then he set the ring on fire and asked Hulk Hogan for a job.