Joe Rogan Experience #2024 — Hulk Hogan Transcript

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0:00 The Joe Rogan Experience. We share four letters of our last name. I can't even hear you, man. Strong, brother. that I beat up, I knew this was the place Let's go. I'm good now. Let's go. Well, I got hooked up with Mike Tyson, Flair, and all those. And it was a situation we started talking about the CBD stuff, the energy, and the sleep stuff, and the whole nicotine thing.

2:32 that crazy high they were on from the crowds and the lifestyle and everything to be able But all that stuff that happens in the middle, it hurts. and these guys came around, I was really flying Wow. those impacts oh my god that you've experienced thousands thousands i mean now when i see it you know the guys are younger faster smaller athletes but they're super athletes you know

4:40 He was the leader, you know, and he was my guy. flip I think it was a moonsault right was it was like an inverted yeah he Oh, my God. He fought in the UFC after that, which is insane. We kept an eye on him, you know. And I'd squeeze the piss out of him and give it in the office. You know, I used to tease him all the time because he's a really good friend.

7:02 He knows where he's at. back in the day, I'm talking old school stuff, You're going over tonight. it was like magic we didn't have to say a word. I told Vince, for what I think a lot of people say, oh, he was so big and he was this and that and he did steroids. And Randy was still really at the top of his game back then. a hold of him as a young man and teaches him how to really teaches him how to strike where you know

10:15 Me and my crew used to go to the Royal Rumbles for a few years, He's faster than the other people. He had like legit top flight combine numbers, like ridiculous numbers. 6'3", weighs 283 pounds, a 40-yard'7 4'7 at 283 pounds insane jump 35 inches vertically and 10 feet from the That's crazy. He's real intense. A lot of people don't give him enough credit.

12:34 I don't know how you get diverticulitis. And he was saucy. I found out that slap fighting, they have to test those guys for drugs. Right? You talk about, like, I wonder how many times can you do that? Sherry Martell. Took him over to the apron. surprised she could knock me out with it people would be stunned at how easy it is for them to over that long period of time?

15:43 Yeah. room you got king kong mosca there 340 swede hansen 350 of course you got andre the giant there So you started in 77? playing guitar for several years and my dad had bought me guitar my dad was a construction worker as per my father's request. And I, you know, lived in a hotel over on Davis Island in Tampa, And when I came back, I got like the good drummer from the good high school band in one of the bands.

18:51 Jamie's a wizard. Oh, there you are. That's why I was confused. band yeah look at that look at you wow oh that's kind of like a funky little disco type band i was That scene was so wild. what the top flight pro wrestlers actually I gotta give it to Stallone. I didn't know there was a senior. Vince McMahon Senior had a couple of Phil Zacco I'm like, yeah, right.

21:57 or putting locks on my stuff. You know, he goes, he had a guy with one of those big cameras, the camera I thought it'd be cool he splattered my nose that's how crazy I as I can, it's not going to be cool. I probably gave him 50%. Get mad. He goes, I'll give you $10,000 to do the film. Yeah. That's some negotiation bullshit right there. He goes, it's midnight now.

25:26 You're never going to work here again. And all of a sudden this guy verne gagne and I wouldn't let anybody see my face. And Jesse Ventura is the one that actually turned me babyface. We shook hands, and we did that whole worldwide takeover. I had hair back then. Mom would measure everybody? And your name would be next to the pencil marker, right? Yeah, that's what happens when old people shrink their backs.

28:41 Happy birthday. Yeah. It's some statistical anomaly where if you have, I can't remember the exact number, but I think it's like 45 people in a room. random group of 23 people there's about a 50% chance that two people have the Yeah. I guess I get it if it's girls. Oh, fuck. I'm 10 months away from it. Because, number one, I didn't want to run her off.

31:41 Yeah, I mean, and a lot of guys, I mean, you know, like Brock's an animal. Yeah. Well, I don't have the movement back, you know. surgeries, but the thing is So it's kind of like And I'm wondering, like, I wonder if they're going to get to the point where these things are like a permanent thing. And then if you have something major like an ACL reconstruction or something like that, you're fucked for months.

34:31 with dr neil reardon down in panama yeah i sent my mom down there a couple times yeah and i've Then a month later they call me, I feel the same. Like that's why I always encourage people to go to like Panama or Columbia or Tijuana has a great place too. That was the first thing I thought. creating new disc tissue. Just went away from stem cells. shoulder was completely torn out got an mri they said it was discs at the base of my neck and just

38:01 Legs if I sat flat on my butt for some reason so I'd have to like sit like this and listen and pay attention and try to be funny it was a it's going to hurt so bad. And I'm probably going to wake up with an injury. I'd go to bed and wake any pills anymore we're through all those surgeries the doctors are just banging me with these pills i don't know what i was taking i guess they had me on the fentanyl things you stick up under your

40:33 So it was $2,000 every two days. at night. That's how people overdose, you know, because it's, they're there and I was there almost two and a half weeks And never, well, the only other time I had it was when I, and I was clean, completely done. well, I give the same dose to 80-year-old ladies. Hip pops out, knee replacement pops out. I didn't even know it, but I didn't get back on the train again, you know what I'm saying?

44:01 Do you use CBD? I don't want to bring it up, but yes, that's something else I've inherited from my parents. I said, Mom, knock it off. Yeah, brother. Laird Hamilton gave us a machine. This is going to really sound weird to say because I've never admitted this in front of anybody, On a shortboard. You're going to get driven to the bottom of the ocean for sure.

47:31 did it for years i mean you know whenever we'd stop in hawaii you know we'd grab a long board Oh yeah. I'm such an idiot. So when our friends come over, they have young kids or stuff. I don't want them in the water. Fuck that. Even, you know, taking their time. They'll hit something if it's in the water. So when our friends come over, if they have young kids or stuff, I don't want them in

48:52 They just found a shark in Idaho. They suspect someone left the creature by the salmon river as a prank. Those are the worst, bro. You'll get hit by a lemon shark or a tiger shark or a hammerhead. screaming for his father yeah and he's a tiger shark tiger shark yeah those are those are highly And Stuart Cove, who was down in the Bahamas, the shark wrangler,

51:16 Oh, wow. And so right when we popped up about 7.30 in the morning, because we were all diving, of course, And we were all making excuses. And if they would have known what we were doing, And as I had one of those little scooters and as the shot came into frame, I had a guy off to my And all of a sudden, a guy gives me the thumbs up. and those stunt guys

53:19 away from me because I won't do that ever again. I'll never or too dangerous, that can happen. I mean, most likely the shark probably would have just It's a killing machine. How do you do this, man? How do you get this done? This freaks me out just watching it. I love that show. and I guess he wanted to get home to his wife and kids, He watches it fall out of the sky and everybody gets killed.

56:01 It was fun. and it's legal. to go wherever you want I enjoyed it. It's pretty fucking wild. grow like because i think it grows like a foot a year you're watching all the lava pour out into Speaking of rock, Like if I was going I always, It was crazy, man. Which was WCW, the competitor of WWI. So you need to watch the show because we're going to tell you who's already going to win,

59:57 the hall, so Ted wasn't in charge. Ted's the one I made the deal with and Eric Bischoff Well, you know, Monster, let's just know that things are different now up here. I said, what do I was in Chicago. gets in the middle of the ring, this is the epitome of the entire what makes the entire thing entertaining. So anyway, after he dumps me on my head, my guys come down, Kevin and Scott,

1:02:32 I hit him from behind with a hammer, right? I won't even hurt you. But he's a professional. It's a hammer. that looks like it was going to kill me. So anyway, long story short, hit him with a hammer, drag him outside the building, put him in an ambulance, put chains around the ambulance, right? Yeah. This is so hilarious the worst most evil person in the world

1:04:38 at WrestleMania and the place is cheering and I'd never worked him before, I mean, this is it, dude. It was so loud in there. That at 54, you were still this jacked. That was fun. hated person in the world. I went out there, oh my Dude, I was scared to death of them. You know, it's, you know, I just didn't really fit in. And Lila Silverwood, who was my babysitter, I was like 17 at the time, gave me the loan,

1:08:52 You know what I'm saying? a Japanese wrestler. Then they threw me in the ring, and Matt Suda got between my legs. So I had a Ford Econoline van to put some of the music equipment in with a clutch. And he goes, don't you ever let anybody hurt you again. Oh, hell yeah. That's not fucked up. I, you know, him he started wrestling i'm there two years i'm there two years and now they got me so do you have

1:11:35 Right. Oh, he was the man. Whoa. There was a lot of blurriness back in the day when Takada was fighting for pride. I'm going, a good buddy of mine crazy saw to this Japanese guy. Back in the day, in the 70s, those guys were like 220, 240. Oh, God. It was the craziest thing. swinging wild haymakers. Have you seen him, This is like a comic book character.

1:14:49 Look at this. He finally gets on top of him. Like, you're going to eventually gas out. They had, like, he was everywhere. fixed fights everything got blurry over there. at the championships at abu dhabi yeah we went to abu dhabi yeah she's so big she's like You know, playing a rock and roll band. I got to the point where I could do these exercises all day, and I'd wear them out.

1:17:56 A shoot is like a real fight, right? This is a work, okay? If I turn my hand this way and put that bone across you. Then his dad got in the ring with me. this main event. If you were a wrestler I was already made. One he'd eat with and another pair he'd file down on TV. Now this is a Fred Blassie story telling me. Oh. and bigger in japan than anywhere else right? Well, lucha labor is a different thing

1:22:04 And I'm in a six-man tag. They put the roof in Mexico City, the big building. Yeah. They're just running out of the ring without a tag. It took me like 10 minutes to figure out that you didn't need to tag. Yeah, and they can wrestle too. that's the only thing I saw Square Garden, New York territory show in your area. There are these imaginary boundaries that you don't cross your spec.

1:24:15 So after I got in and I figured out all these territories, Jr. and I went back after being fired I said, yeah, I'll do it. Tougher than hell. Meaner mean son of a bitch. call me, Harley Race came down here with a gun it's like playing guitar or anything that's like like chess. You think two, three moves ahead. So now I go to the building, and I had to go to the bathroom.

1:26:58 Davey Boy comes in and screams at me. And we're in Kemper Arena, and he goes, You know, holy shit. We went down to Puerto Rico. They cut you, they burn you with cigarettes, they throw everything at you in Puerto Rico. Me and Macho Man go back to the room, and we go walk in his room, and his room is trashed. I was going back to Tampa. business with in the ring he's really stiff and would beat the out of you he wouldn't put

1:29:59 And all the wrestlers that saw it were afraid to go back and testify. What was that like? that they've been promoting wrestling for 30, 40, 50 years, and all of a sudden you come here. Vince Sr. always wanted him. Yeah. Vince had flown to my house. We talked about doing a deal. So on a certain day, I'm coming together and he goes well I'm really thinking you you know, that I really don't think we should

1:33:29 I built a big bridge there. He says, oh, everything's okay. He was the real deal, bro. He's got all these huge dents and holes in his head. They used to beat him and stuff, he was a real bodyguard for the Shah of Iran. He was the real deal, bro. head and take my leg i mean you know i think we're working you know not shooting and he told us afterwards you know my accent's terrible

1:35:13 Yeah, but everybody knows these stories, man. Those rules don't apply all the time Andre couldn't do it? Yeah. Yeah, and then I do these. Yeah, Pan Am champion. I can't even have a bunch of. Oh, yeah. Amateur wrestler. Oh, yeah. Pan Am champion. eyes roll back in his head like a dart. work with Hulk Hogan a certain way, there's a certain I know he's kind of like green.

1:37:55 I'm here to make a living. and nobody sees you, you're not on TV, go out and grind his ass, you know? a normal person's waist yeah yeah he's he's a monster man he just had both of his knees done What is this? Oh, my God. country yeah I mean it's just there was like a local Boston channel that would I'd have to just look at them, and they'd come, man.

1:40:47 Some of the things that you do, like the hand to the ear and all that, And it was louder than any reaction he got from the whole match. Yeah, that's a big one. God who those oh, I know it was I was in there with You have to carry an extra bag at the airport. Austin Idol, I heard that Idlemania. Yeah. superhero I've done gremlin movies I've done Baywatch Bay oh god yeah I was partners with

1:44:05 i started doing a bunch of other movies i did the first couple movies that new line cinema ever did to that guy? No. No, I never and I did meet him but you know that was the only time it didn't have a and you'd be in makeup at 5.30 in the morning, This is what they actually want to do. But I would imagine for you part of the thing would be like trying to pick what to say yes to because you probably have so many different kind of ideas coming at you.

1:46:31 Peter's still my agent on the beach, man. It's just, I just, you know, it's kind of like my girl that's with me now, with you. I grew up in Tampa, Florida. 15 years ago on an Eastern Airline from here to LaGuardia? Yeah. And they do exist. there's thousands of cars that you see every day crazy because it's a difficult task that everybody gets i think it's just easy to get cynical when

1:49:42 That's amazing because the stuff I was looking at, It doesn't even make any sense because if you're It doesn't work. It's weird, right? I'm going to do another one. Well, they're being led around by people that have a different agenda. But most people are just like, you know, if you're 40 years old, you've got a mortgage, you've got kids, It's like I don't want to hear more about the opioid crisis.

1:52:56 I think it just freaks us out. people are getting busted using it for school papers already. But as it gets more and more – I mean it's going to become a part of us Yeah, I mean, we did some great business with licensing and merchandising. So it was like, it was different, you know. If we go to New York have Gene Hackman and Brad Pitt and everybody sitting there. So it was different.

1:55:40 Were they doing billboards, like radio? They wanted to do the salt and pepper thing, you know, with me and T. But I did meet my agent, Peter Young, there because he was T's agent. Stop your jibber jabber. Since your man ain't got no heart, what's going on in my apartment tonight? Him doing the chin-ups. but they ended up being cool about it. Not real hard, but, you know, T had a little bit of an amateur wrestling background, you know?

1:58:16 You know, I knew that he would have a hard time with his nerves It was the nerves that got the best of him. Yeah, and he gave me a great rub, man. No, no. Monday nights are monster, monster nights because we have karaoke there, right? He drives the A-team van. But he comes to our karaoke, and it's kind of funny when he walks in. There's never going to be any of those shows.

2:01:35 Can you find out what year that was? Let's move on. You ever see Showgirls? Yeah. It's like they were doing a very subtle parody of a movie. and this thing's got listen yep Listen, absolutely. Let's go. where you do meet and greets and stuff 20 years. I wouldn't do it. I just don't. And usually like once a year, sometimes twice a year, I'll do an autograph signing in Clearwater and one in Orlando.

2:05:03 all my equipment's about 40 years old. my life she's got three kids you know and um i just on paper we've talked you know seven-year-old man with And then her kids are like a full-time job. I had cameras. I mean, I stay busy with all kind of craziness, man. You know, if you said baseball, the number could be 10 or 20. And so when, let's just say, Roman Reigns goes out,

2:09:09 Well, back in the day, you know, when we first started and Vince took over, I'd go to the And then I'd have to explain business to a lot of guys. and if I needed the belt back after a movie, give it back, I was locked in. I needed somebody to take the belt so I could chase him. Because if I can put Hey, Doc, I hurt my back. reason, you go get a couple DUIs or you get in a fight and hurt somebody really bad or

2:11:41 And then that's when the drink end, and then there's that note. And coming up raw. So all of a sudden at night, at night just, you know, because when you're used to breaking that sweat every night and And all of a sudden, they adjust with over-medicating and drinking. I mean, you know, I really have a great outlook on everything. Yeah. trailers that he brings everywhere he goes that are just exercise equipment

2:15:16 back to center you know and i've got this crazy relationship with god, and I've got this crazy relationship spiritually with I'm not trying to say anything weird or anything, So, you know these guys in the cartel cool there's a there's a correct way to live life and it does bring you more peace and it can it does baptist church when I was a kid So we'd just stay out throwing rocks at each other and raising hell, you know.

2:19:13 It was like a Bible study thing and Bible bros and all that stuff. I got way away from my faith. direction because that crazy character that hulk hogan character that was all the way up here forget Give me that left gun. 70. Look at the size of that thing. It took the man Terry Bollea and started bringing me up because all of a sudden I hit on this character.

2:21:52 years where michael jackson mr t mickey mouse i saw more what make-a-wish kids than any of those I'm the only world's champion that was never divorced. movie The Secret you know oh wow and all of a, I kind of like watched it and bought into it. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. So at the end of the day, I saw that that law of attraction is actually a scientific law that we're given such as aerodynamics.

2:24:11 And also the law of attraction works too. probably things in your life that you're not proud of. And there's probably a lot of things in your life that you are proud of. it's like when you pray you guys are killing me Praying, praying, praying. My name's James Ray. Day one day and I walked off the set of American Gladiators. I just walked off And I didn't come back.

2:27:08 But it kind of led me down that path, you know, to start searching and finding what worked for me and what I believed in. that it gives them a peace that I don't think people have without it, But after I met her, the fact that she's a believer, too, is just really kind of like makes things so easy. There's probably something going on with our minds and the way it interacts with reality that's not measurable.

2:29:30 But it might be a real aspect of it. When you said that it's like scientifically proven, how is the law of attraction scientifically proven? We suck at science. It's a little problematic. And there's a – it's probably on his Instagram, And what is that like? I'll find myself sitting outside by myself It was all a vision at one point. Maybe two. But I know that that shit works like if you could think like that and and work like he does and you have

2:33:29 It's really, and it's amazing for all of us, as long as you're not a hater. What if I thought like that? Just got to think the right way. And he told me where he lived. And I told him this straight to his face. I wasn't doing the Undertaker with death and body bags. Well, how could you? That's the problem. interesting but it's it's interesting to me to see a guy like you with a very positive mindset

2:36:35 Is this the red-haired kid we're talking about? the tone of please God if you can straighten my life you just straighten you know, being himself. What kind of instrument is that? That's not a banjo, right? It's such a simple song. Yeah. What kind of instrument is that? and that's a D there that he's playing. It's amazing. What's wrong with him? I'm not saying we shouldn't judge.

2:39:58 probably tell people where you go to church because they're gonna go to And her son goes to, one of her sons goes to Indian Rocks Christian, dresses nice, and just all agrees that we're here to try to be a better person in the eyes of God. And when I go to Chicago, it would be, you know, ripping and running. was when we were in Knoxville and I had the Hells Angels circling the ring

2:42:12 He was out. Bad guy. He's accepted Christ as his Savior. and I got these fake hair extensions, And Jesus Calling has a morning and afternoon message, you know. He goes, you read it. Just people all over the world are following him now. I mean, there's a reason why they have it in Alcoholics Anonymous If I want to quit drinking or quit doing stuff, it's pretty easy for me.

2:45:29 It's the number of opioid overdoses. I mean, what in the hell? And the precursors come from China. That's the truth. do you the product there and testing it on the spot and And so I've gotten sucked into buying all the vitamins from her, you know. I just get sick as a dog nauseated yeah but it sounds has it made a or anything like that, but when things happen,

2:49:01 And with men, we've always been able to kind of like. It's, things are really good. drive-thru. And you'll eat a bunch of shit you feel Given all the proper nutrition and rest and fluids and you're well hydrated. You're gonna function better. You're gonna think better Just cleaning my act up and just like you said, you know So I ate six eggs, fried eggs with bacon.

2:51:54 I'm like, awesome. we went crazy. it's like doing heroin. But what I've learned only recently is that you can drink as long as you don't eat the shit. That's the way to go. We're back. Where can people have access to that stuff? He goes crazy for nicotine vapes. It should have been legal a long ass time ago. Ugh. So that's what it is. Shout out to the great and powerful Tony Hinchcliffe.

2:55:16 That's right. It's insane. You can watch it live. and we're going to shoot four during the day. That's great. All the dead bodies, that's for sure. Thank you, sir. Oh, are you playing the song? That's kind of scary.