The former WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar has faced some huge names in the company. However, Bruce Prichard recently revealed that pro wrestling icon Hulk Hogan refused to lose to Lesnar backstage in a proposed rematch for the Undisputed title.
Hulk Hogan did not want to lose againstBrock Lesnar
Lesnar destroyed Hulk Hogan in their first-ever singles match on an episode of SmackDown in August 2002. The memorable contest ended with a young and ruthless Lesnar leaving Hogan unconscious in the middle of the ring. Lesnar’s push continued as he became a World Champion after defeating The Rock at SummerSlam 2002.
Rumors fueled up about WWE wanting Hulk Hogan and Brock Lesnar to wrestle again at that year’s Survivor Series show for the Undisputed World title. It was nkted that the idea was for Lesnar to defend the championship against Hulk Hogan, but the legendary star was against losing once again to the rising superstar.
Bruce Prichard explained that Hulk Hogan felt he needed to get some retribution over Brock Lesnar to protect his character and was reluctant to do the job in a high-profile title match.
Here’s what Prichard revealed on his podcast regarding why Hogan did not want to lose twice to Lesnar:
“Well, I think more than anything, it was a lot of it, you know, Hulk thinking, ‘Well, god, I come back, he has already beaten me once. He destroyed me. He put me out. So one would think that the only logical thing to do was to come back and get his revenge. But you’re talking about the guy that you were looking at for the future in Brock. It isn’t realistic for Hulk to come back and beat Brock,” said Prichard. “Especially at that point in his career. And Hulk wasn’t really in favor of that. He didn’t want to do that. He didn’t see that.”
