Hulk Hogan Talks Sting in WWE, John Cena, The Streak Ending, and More

The one and only Hulk Hogan recently spoke with Doug Mortman and Dave Lagreca of Busted Open, a show on Sirius XM Radio channel 92. Hogan discussed a plethora of wrestling topics with the two, including his time at WrestleMania XXX.

Hogan spoke on getting to open the 30th annual WrestleMania:

“Well it was strong. I was part of the first craziness with Muhammad Ali and Mr. T, but then you fast forward to Wrestlemania 30, with Hulk Hogan coming home to the WWE the place I started it all with Vince. Fast forward 30 years not knowing what to expect and not knowing how much energy was out there and not knowing how much the fans would welcome Hulk Hogan and to have their socks blown off. To top it all off one of Vince McMahons old tricks in sending Rock and Austin out there was the crescendo of crescendos, brother. The energy out there was amazing. I just wish looking back at it I wish I sucker punched Stone Cold and got a 3 way death match going so I can beat them both.”

The six-time WWE Champion also talked about where he was when Brock Lesnar conquered The Streak at the event:

“It was a WrestleMania moment that ranks right up there with slamming Andre The Giant. I was sitting in catering grabbing a cup of coffee and my son Nick and I were watching this and he asked who was gonna win. I said The Undertaker of course. When Brock beat him it was like 80,000 people sitting in a funeral. It was something I’ll never forget.”

“Hulkster” hit on the impact John Cena has outside of the ring in WWE:

“There’s more to this business than just winning the belt. This is a business. Cena is relentless. He’ll go to meetings, he’ll meet Walmart owners, shareholders I mean this guy knows what it takes to generate revenue. He can talk to anybody whether it be 4,000 shareholders, New York Stock Exchange, a group of women with breast cancer, he knows how to handle himself and he understands emotions and that’s why he’s my man.”

Finally, Hogan discussed Sting possibly wrestling in WWE. Hogan said there are only two opponents for “Stinger:”

“He made his debut at Comic Con and that’s all well and good. I ran into him at the airport because we’re all on the same flight. I said to him that he needs to wrestle and this is something that needs to be done. He’s never established himself on the big stage. No disrespect to his accomplishments, but he was always a southern type of wrestler and always was with NWA or WCW. He has to make that statement. He’s still got it and he can still do it and he’s still over. If it’s not The Undertaker, he needs to wrestle Cena. That’s the match. You gotta get in there and have to make your mark. It can’t be just a game or an action figure.”

Be sure to read the interview here, or listen to it on the Sirius XM app.

Editor’s Note

Solid interview with Hogan. I strongly agree with Hogan’s words on Sting. He has to have at least one match in WWE, and I definitely think it happens.