Hulk Hogan Talks WrestleMania V and Reconciling with Randy Savage

In honor of the 25th anniversary of his match with Randy Savage at WrestleMania V, WWE.com published an interview with the “Immortal” Hulk Hogan today, March 27. In the interview Hogan talked about a number of topics such as how he and Savage were able to reconcile, the beef Andre the Giant had with Savage, The Mega Powers, among many others.

When asked what comes to mind first when reflecting upon his WrestleMania V match with Savage, Hogan said the following:

“I don’t know if you remember, but [Randy Savage] had a big white bandage on his elbow. He had a bursa sac that was broken and infected with Staph. He should have had the bursa sac removed and everybody told him to do it. The doctors told him, “It can rot the bone, the bacteria.” But Randy, being a total pro, said, “Oooooh, not Randy Savage, brother. I’m wrestling Hogan.” That’s what I remember. Him just being in so much pain and having that crazy elbow of his swollen and infected, and still going through all the craziness we went through that night and not complaining, moaning or whining, but just really being a pro. That’s the first thing I think of when I think of that.”

Hogan also talked about the match at SummerSlam between The Mega Powers and The Mega Bucks (Andre the Giant and Ted DiBiase,) revealing that Andre hated Savage:

“Yeah, it was. That was great, man, because Andre hated Randy. And the only thing that saved Randy was Elizabeth, because Andre loved Elizabeth. He and Randy didn’t get along. It started out with the baby oil. Randy would just coat himself with baby oil and I remember Andre saying, “No baby oil!” WHAM! “No baby oil!” WHAM! I’d hear these crazy chops come out of the corner and Randy’s eyes would be this big looking at me, trying to get to the corner with me. Andre just did not like him for some reason, and Elizabeth was really the only reason that Randy didn’t get killed.”

The special guest host of WrestleMania XXX also spoke about his reconciliation with Savage:

We ran into each other at a doctor’s office. I was on my seventh or eighth back surgery, and I couldn’t pass an EKG because I was getting just jammed up with anesthesia every three or four months. They couldn’t get my back right. My back was collapsing and they were telling my new wife Jennifer I’d never walk again and all of this craziness.  Jennifer and I were sitting on those little seats in the doctor’s office in Tampa and all of a sudden the door opens and in comes Randy. “Yeeeah! Ooooh yeah! What’s up?” I went, “[Gasp].” Freaked me out, scared me to death. And he goes, “Hey, brother. What’s up, Hogan?” He had that gleam in his eye and looked really healthy. He gained his weight back and he had a wedding ring on. I said, “Hey, Mach, what’s up with the ring?” He said, “Hey, just married my childhood sweetheart.”

To read the entire piece on WWE.com, click here.

Editor’s Note

If you have the time, I highly recommend checking out the interview in its entirety, as it is a very interesting and informative read.