Jim Ross explains why he thought Hulk Hogan “wasn’t fun to work with”
While speaking on his podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross commented on the death of Hulk Hogan. JR said the following about working with Hogan…
“I didn’t have a longstanding, thorough relationship with Hogan. My biggest experience with him was late in both our careers. And when he came back to WWE, it was… it was unique to work with him because he just didn’t trust anybody about anything. Which I found to be so ironic—because he could name his shots. He was the guy. But he didn’t act like he was the guy. Sometimes, he acted very paranoid and very scared of the future. And I always wondered why that was.”
“I was just in shock at how paranoid he was. And I got to thinking, well, you know—hell, he’s getting up there in age. It’s a whole new set of toys here that he has to interact and play with. So maybe he’s just that way. Maybe that’s just the way it is. And it seems to be true. He was… he was not fun to work with, in my opinion. And I hate to speak ill of the dead—if that is speaking ill of the dead—but he wasn’t fun to work with.”
“He was more concerned, seemingly to me—now these are just my opinions—he was seemingly more concerned about creative and how he was going to be used than the money he was offered on his contract. Being a member of the team, all that stuff… it just… something just wasn’t working there. And part of that, I surmised at the end of the day, was that he just didn’t trust.”