Same, Ric. Same.
Our “when’s Hulk Hogan’s inevitable return to WWE happening” nightmare watch continues. Last month we shared a story about how Saudi Arabia’s Greatest Royal Rumble had made Hogan’s wrestling return ‘almost a done deal.’ Now we have Chris Van Vliet talking to Hogan and Ric Flair at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood (Florida) before a “Legends Of The Ring” event and finding out that the almost done deal is moving “quite quickly.” The quote:
“Things are moving in that direction quite quickly. It’s all about execution and timing and the right place and the right time but things are good.”
You can watch the video below, featuring Hogan wearing the best shirt WCW ever made for him. And a happy Ric Flair, in case you thought that screencap gag was serious.
In a more interesting and less “oh God” line of questioning, Hogan was asked about why he and Slick Ric didn’t end up main-eventing WrestleMania VIII as was seemingly planned. Flair faced the Macho Man, and Hogan ended up fighting Sid Justice.
“We don’t know. We were on fire. We did some house shows in Chicago, Milwaukee, three or four shows in a row we set all kinds of records all over and we were pushing real hard towards that WrestleMania time and for me I have a personal opinion, the chemistry was so powerful between Ric and I, I hate to say anything bad about any of the other wrestlers, I hate to say anything bad about the company but with Ric and I heading into WrestleMania it kind of took over everything. If we would have wrestled at WrestleMania, we would have taken so much of the focus because there would have been the rematch and the cage match, the title would have dropped and hopefully I would have won it back and back and forth. I think that Vince knew that this was such a powerful turbulence between the two of us he could conquer and divide and make it work even better and pretty much that’s what he did. He sent me off in one direction and him in another and we drew money in both directions.”
Suggestion: let’s leave the Hulkster in those old WrestleManias.
