According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, Hulk Hogan was originally scheduled to be the guest on the Steve Austin WWE Network podcast on August 3rd. The podcast, set to take place immediately following Raw, will now feature WWE Diva and Tough Enough judge, Paige, instead. The youngest ever Divas Champion will no doubt be there to promote WWE's declining reality TV show. With all due respect to here, this is obviously a step down from Hogan, in terms of fan interest. After all, Hogan and Austin are two of WWE's biggest ever names and the prospect of seeing them verbally spar would have certainly drawn people to the programme. Austin and Hogan have had a strained relationship in the past, with The Texas Rattlesnake partially blaming Hogan over his lack of push in WCW in the mid-90s. When Hogan returned to WWE in early 2002 as a member of the nWo, Austin was vocal in his displeasure with the angle and famously refused to work a programme with the Hulkster. It would have been interesting to see if Austin would have taken Hogan to task over these issues, but that's not going to happen now. Hogan is no longer a WWE employee and WWE are doing everything they can to distance themselves from him. Even though he was a judge on Tough Enough before his firing, it's very doubtful that Austin or Paige will bring him up during the podcast.
