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WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan addresses his “haters” that “still have a problem” with him

Aaron Rift

At the Netflix premiere of WWE RAW on January 6th 2025, Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan cut a promo with longtime manager Jimmy Hart to hype up the event and promote his Real American Beer product. Despite praising the fans, Hogan was largely booed during the segment.

While speaking to Ariel Helwani, Hulk Hogan addressed his current public perception…

“Well, they’re still nipping at my heels. I can go out there and get booed. That’s just the last time I was in LA. I was Hollywood Hogan with a black beard and doing the bad guy thing. I can go out there and get booed in LA, or The Rock can get booed in LA, or John Cena gets booed in LA. But when I get booed, there’s a whole different reaction media-wise. For some reason, I believe some type of groundwork that people are still interested in what I’m doing. And so for those that are on the team and are riding with a train to the station, that’s great. For those that are the haters and still have a problem with me, there’s nothing I can do to fix that except just keep proving by my actions that I’m still in the game, I’m still pushing hard. I took a lot of time off because I had 25 surgeries, and I was down for a long time. I’ve always loved the hunt. I’ve always loved to get back in the game. But it’s always been that way with me because my whole career, I had that top spot no matter what it was. Even through the ’80s, it was the fastest draw. During the ’80s, it was just a situation where everybody was knocking me. Everybody was trying to knock me off that top spot. I’ll trade that for not being on the bottom of the card, if you know what I’m saying, or being on the bottom of the pile of life. So for me, it’s just part of the territory. I mean, it’s like when you get booed and then you get 3. 2 billion engagements all of a sudden, and then you rock that whole world in LA with how much interaction there was on the Internet. I’ll take it.”

“There are certain people that boo the character. There are certain WWE superstars that had an opinion, and they had advice for me. But I would like to ask those same guys when I go to New York or Chicago and the people cheer out of the rooftops. I would like to know what their advice is then and what their opinion is. So it’s a double-edged sword with me. And it’s always been at least part of the character, it’s part of me personally, it’s part of my professional life, it’s part of my personal life. It’s all the above. And at the end of the day, I’m just like an old scarred up seal with a bunch of scars on me. And I’m really relatable to most normal people because a lot of people have been through a lot of stuff I have professionally. A lot of people have made the same, not the same mistakes, but personally made mistakes. And I’m still relatable to so many people. If they boo me, fine. If they’re on the team lead, that’s great, too. So not hate on anybody, brother. I’m still here. I’m still moving forward.”

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