The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Of Hulk Hogan's Wrestling Career
2. The Lies
This isn’t hyperbole or some unpopular opinion. Anyone who has watched multiple interviews with Hogan knows that he is either a pathological liar or is incapable of retaining information and fills in the blanks like a human Mad Lib.
Throughout his career, Hogan has claimed a lot of whoppers, too many to fully document. For example though: Hulk claimed Andre the Giant weighed 600 pounds at the time of their WrestleMania III match (it was 500 pounds); that he was the first to slam Andre (not true); that he tore every muscle in his back; and that Andre died shortly after that 1987 match (he died in 1993).
Hogan also claimed to have wrestled 400 days in one year due to the time zone changes from flying back and forth between the United States and Japan. He said he was in the mix to play bass for Metallica. He claimed Elvis Presley was a fan of his, despite Hogan debuting just week before Presley’s death in 1977. He said he was the first person to wrestle Brock Lesnar after Brock left UFC.
There’s telling tall tales, and then there’s just lying because it’s all you know how to do. For the most part, if you watch a Hogan interview, you have to assume that three out of every four “facts” are actually fiction.