There were two reasons why Hulk Hogan and Jimmy Hart remained friends for over 40 years

While speaking to Justin Barrasso of Undisputed, WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart commented on his long-time friendship with the late Hulk Hogan…

“Hulk and I were friends for over 40 years. What a great run we had–all the way from Memphis, Tennessee, to New York for WWE, then a small little vacation in WCW, and we finished right back to WWE. We lasted that long because of two reasons: I never borrowed money from him and I always told him the truth when he asked me something, even though I’d always put a little bit of sugar on it.”

Hart also discussed Hogan’s love for wrestling…

“People didn’t mind that Hulk wasn’t wrestling any more because they simply loved being around him, but not wrestling bothered Hulk. Hulk would say to me, ‘I miss wrestling so much. I want one more match.’ And I’d say, ‘Hulk, it isn’t going to be what you think. There isn’t that Andre The Giant or ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper to wrestle. We had that, and it was beautiful. Let’s ride into the sunset on what we did do.’ I’d tell him the t-shirts were still flying off the wall, the action figures were still selling, you name it. He had new stores and all sorts of new projects. But none of it compared to wrestling. I can still hear him talking about how much he missed it.

Hulk loved the wrestling more than anything. That was his true love.”