WWE RAW Announcer Jonathan Coachman was recently a guest on Busted Open Radio on Sirius XM, during the interview Coach discussed the idea of Hulk Hogan returning to the WWE. Regarding Hogan, Coach feels that there is not any upside to bringing Hulk Hogan back into the company.
“I think as far as the reason why Mark [Henry] and a big group of guys don’t want him to come back – or at least want him to be contrite – is at some point your seventh, eighth, ninth chance to come back and play a role should be enough. He’s a huge star, which is why he’s gotten so many different chances. But the bottom line is over the years Hulk has always asked for not the premium dollar, he’s asked for ridiculous amounts of money to come back and do something.”
“So, if he’s not contrite, he’s not apologizing, and he’s asking for a ton of money, again, I’m not privy to the conversations, but I know what he’s done in the past and if he’s asking for a ton of money, I don’t see the upside in bringing him back to do what? To be an ambassador? He’s had hip replacement surgery, he can’t work in the ring. Yes, he has humongous star power, but is it positive star power? Is it star power that he would use to help somebody else? Because at this point you’ve got to give somebody the rub, you’ve got to pay it forward. You’ve gotta come back and you can’t be Hulk Hogan from WrestleMania I as the main eventer and that’s somebody that Hulk Hogan has never been. His track record speaks for [itself] when it comes to giving back or giving to another Superstar.”
“I thought, at least in the trailers, for the Andre the Giant documentary he looks like he was very thoughtful and gives a lot. I don’t think it’s ever too late for somebody to change, but he’s damn near 70 years old. Unless he’s going to come back and be a positive ambassador then I don’t believe WWE needs him.”
You can listen to Coachman’s comments on Hulk Hogan embedded in the audio below:
"You can't come back and be Hulk Hogan from #WrestleMania 1 as the main eventer. You've got to be a positive ambassador." @TheCoachrules weighs in on the potential of Hulk Hogan returning to the WWE. pic.twitter.com/kg8CYPoCNI
— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) March 30, 2018
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(H/T wrestling inc for the transcriptions.)
