Hulk Hogan Says The American Dream Dusty Rhodes Is The Reason He Got Hooked On Pro Wrestling

The Hulkster says he is nothing without the American Dream.

Dusty Rhodes was adored by just about everyone in pro wrestling, even outside of the sport, many fans can look back on the memories he left behind and the words he spoke that made an impact on a whole lot of lives.

Hulk Hogan recently sat down with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated for a new interview where he gave major praise and credit to Rhodes for his impact on Hogan’s career.

“It was Dusty Rhodes who was the one who got me hooked on wrestling. If Dusty Rhodes was not on TV on Saturday or Sunday morning here in Tampa, we were pissed off. We lived for Dusty Rhodes. I loved the matches, but the interviews alone, man–those were incredible. My whole senior year of high school, I lined up my study hall, shop class, and physical ed were classes where I could hide with my friends and wrestle. We’d hide in shop and wrestle, imitating Dusty and Dick Murdoch and the Great Malenko. Those are some of my favorite memories of high school. We all loved Dusty.”

“If it wasn’t for Dusty, none of this happens. He was the main reason I got focused on pro wrestling.”

Hogan teased this past week on the final Monday Night Raw before the Royal Rumble that he might have something left in him to enter the 30-man on Saturday night.

h/t from Fightful.

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