Hulk Hogan is always making headlines thanks to some of his interesting claims, and he recently claimed during an appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet that Shane McMahon reached out to him about possibly working a match at WrestleMania 39.
“Shane had called me and sent me a picture from Madison Square Garden, I guess they got a hall of fame walk in there. Shane sent me a picture of him standing in front of my stuff and he goes, ‘Hey old timer, you got one more left in you?’ I went, ‘Okay, what are you thinking?’ He goes, ‘Well, I don’t know if you had one more left in you, or maybe a surrogate such as Nick [Hogan].’ So we started talking and I said that the only way I could do anything is if I was in the middle of the ring and you just came to me, because I can’t run or hit the ropes. I have a hard time walking distance. Taking a bump, If I got up I’d have to roll to my left, I can’t roll to my right. The only way I can get up is if I roll to my left. So, it would be a stretch but Nick was in Rikishi’s school for a couple of years and he was in there with Rusev and all of those guys. I’d go out to California and watch him, and Nick had it figured out, but then he blew both of his shoulders out. I said, ‘Well I don’t know. There’s a possibility to maybe do something, whatever the storyline is. Maybe, Nick is a heel and [he says that Shane destroyed his father’s career].’ I don’t know, there’s a million ways to do it but then a couple of weeks later, Shane got hurt or something with his quad.”
Fightful Select reports that a WWE higher up reacted to Hogan’s claim and said that “in no way is that true.” It was also noted that Nick Hogan’s name has not been brought up in WWE in 13 or 14 years, and there has never been a serious discussion about Nick Hogan being involved in anything. Even when Hulk Hogan would mention the idea of Nick Hogan being involved in something there just was any interest on WWE’s part.
The higher up also noted that Shane McMahon has had some “wacky” ideas, but they didn’t think that even Shane would want to do the idea Hogan mentioned.
Shane McMahon of course made his surprise return to the ring at WrestleMania 39 when he kicked off an impromptu match with The Miz, but Snoop Dogg ended up stepping in for Shane after Shane went down due to an injury.
H/T Fightful
