The epic rivalry between Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant remains to be one of the greatest feuds in WWE. Hogan also scripted history when he pulled off a bodyslam on the giant and it is considered as one of the iconic moments fans have witnessed.
On the Full Send Podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan revealed that he angered the late Andre the Giant while using steroids:
“I was stupid, I was young, 340 pounds all jacked up on steroids and shit, just thinking I could beat him. I’d run at him wide open, he’d bitch slap the hell out of me. I’d bring a girl out to the arena, he’d pick me up by the tights like a stork, with my balls and ass hanging around, carrying me around like a kid in diapers. ‘No more girls at ringside showing off.’”
During the same podcast, it has been noted that one of the performers who still holds a grudge with him to this very day is none other than Bret Hart, the Canadian “Hitman” who has never missed an opportunity to talk some trash on a rival.
Discussing why Hart has violently disliked him since the early 1990s and has gone on to hold a vocal grudge against the “Hulkamaniac” to this very day, Hogan declared on the Full Send Podcast that “The Hitman” felt as though he tried to “sabotage his career.”
“The only other person was Bret Hart, who thought I basically sabotaged his career because Bret thought he should have been the greatest wrestler that ever lived. He said it was my fault.”
Asked why, Hogan admitted he wasn’t sure exactly but noted the situation surrounding WrestleMania 9 that spurned on the hurt feelings.
“I don’t know. It’s just different. Some guys see things differently. Like the Bret Hart thing, I really didn’t understand because when he got pissed at me, I won the belt from Yokozuna at a WrestleMania, where Bret lost, and Bret told me to go in the ring and wrestle, and then I won the belt right after Bret wrestled. The deal was for me to drop it back to Yokozuna. Then Bret got in my face, like, ‘hey, you were supposed to drop the belt to me.’ I said, ‘no, I’m not.’ He goes, ‘yeah you are.’ I said, ‘let’s talk to Vince, then.’ So we both went in and sat down and talked to Vince, and Vince looked at Bret and said, ‘Bret, that’s what you thought you heard.’ Ever since then, he hated my guts and wanted to kill me,” Hogan said.
“Then when Eric Bischoff asked me if I could work with him at WCW, I said, ‘h*ll yeah, bring him in. I can work with anybody.’ All of a sudden, we had about eight or nine great matches. We got along great, we traveled together, we had eight or nine good matches, and then when WCW’s over, he hated me. I said, ‘okay, whatever.’ But it’s just stuff like that.”
