Jesse Venture: I Wanted To Unionize Pro Wrestling, Hulk Hogan Ratted Me Out To Vince McMahon

Jesse Ventura wanted a better place for pro wrestling.

Former Minnesota Governor was not surprised when he saw Hulk Hogan acting like a fool for former President, Donald Trump. In fact, he has known more about this kind of behavior from the former WWF Champion because when Ventura tried to make pro wrestling a better place, Hogan became a snitch to Vince McMahon.

“It doesn’t surprise me because when I was in wrestling in the 80s, I tried to unionize wrestling. It was Hulk Hogan who cut my legs out from under me. Hulk Hogan went to Vince McMahon, ratted me out, and subsequently, later on, cost me my job. It doesn’t surprise me to see Hogan with the Republicans because Hogan is as anti-union as you can get. There is still not a union in professional wrestling. The reason I tried to do it. I was in an elevator and ran into Gene Upshaw, the great guard from the Oakland Raiders. Big Gene raised his finger up and looked at me and said, ‘You boys need to form a union.’ I tried to do it and it was Hulk Hogan that ratted me out to Vince McMahon and subsequently I was fired and lost my job,” Ventura told MSNBC.

Ventura is a legend in and out of the ring. The WWE Hall of Famer had a successful career in politics before he returned to the WWE in 1999 where he’s had sporadic appearances since then.

h/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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