10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (13 Sept)

3. Teal Piper "Hated" Hulk Hogan As A Kid

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Teal Piper's childhood experiences could fill several books. As the daughter of 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, she knows first hand what it's like to have a famous father who was regularly flocked by eager fan at airports and away from home a lot. She also knows what it's like to cry, scream and curse the name Hulk Hogan.

Wait, what?

That's right, Teal despised Hulk as a child. To her, he was the big, bad man who hurt her dad on television every week and caused him to come home with injuries. On 411's podcast, Piper admitted she watched her dad in pain at home when he came back off the road and hated the fact that Hogan was responsible.

That's some stunning insight into the mind of a child right there. Whilst other kids had 'Hulkamania' t-shirts, lunch boxes and backpacks, Teal was too busy crying about how this supposedly good guy was harming her dad at his work.

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