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Hulk Hogan says the goal of Real American Freestyle Wrestling is to be “just as big or bigger” than WWE/UFC

Aaron Rift

Earlier this week, Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff announced the launch of Real American Freestyle Wrestling with Izzy Martinez as Chief Operating Officer. While speaking with Fox & Friends, Hogan commented on plans for the league…

“Basically, we’re gonna go to all the major venues. Our first one is August 30th in Cleveland. But the main thing is, because Eric’s so darn important to this venture, he knows how to deliver, produce, and make the fans care about these athletes. When Eric was explaining it to me, he goes, ‘It’s like The Voice.’ You shoot the backstory, you know, he broke his leg when he was younger, his family fell apart, or he got rewards for wrestling growing up. But once we find out what the backstory is, when these guys come through the tunnel you already care about the athletes.”

“Izzy’s our linchpin. He has trained all the Olympic athletes, all the NCAA champions, all the college kids that really have made it. And he was our source to pull in all these great athletes and get everybody signed. And our goal is not to be competitive with Dana White, the UFC, or the WWE, but to be just as big or bigger because this is an underserved market.” (quotes courtesy of the-express.com)