Hulk Hogan spoke about his riveting appearance at the RNC and said that he decided to ignore the teleprompter during his speech. “I felt a rumble, and so I started pushing the gas down and more. I pushed the gas pedal down, the more they responded,” he said while appearing on “Fox & Friends” on July 19. Going into the RNC, Hogan had an agenda which involved educating those who were staunchly against Donald Trump. “I thought, ‘I’m Dr. Hogan, I can fix Trump Derangement Syndrome,'” the wrestler added. Hogan has known Trump for over 35 years, and he mentioned how the former president acted in the past. “He was such a kind person. He was just so nice all the time,” he said on the Fox News show. “It was really cool to see that this guy hasn’t changed a bit.”
Prior to becoming POTUS, Trump had a long history with the WWE. In fact, Trump was enshrined in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2013. His history with the wrestling organization dates back to the late ’80s when Trump Plaza reportedly sponsored Wrestlemania IV and V at the Atlantic City Convention Hall. (Although, it should be noted that neither event took place in a building that Trump owned.) “I just wanted a piece of it,” he said on “The True Story of WrestleMania” (via Bleacher Report). “Everybody in the country wanted this event, and we were able to get it.” Trump also famously climbed into the ring himself in 2007.
Years later, Hogan threw his hat into the political ring alongside Trump.
