Hogan says Vince wanted him back in the WWE

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WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan was a guest on the Howard Stern SiriusXM satellite radio show on Wednesday morning. There was

- Hogan confirmed what we reported earlier this year, that he had talks with WWE about facing John Cena at WrestleMania 25. The match never happened because Hogan pulled his back out while training.

- Hogan claims WWE CEO Vince McMahon contacted him recently about hosting an upcoming edition of WWE Raw. Ironically enough, Vince wanted Hogan to host WWE Raw on November 16th from Madison Square Garden – the location where Hogan held a press conference this week to announce he’s signed with TNA Wrestling.

- Hogan also claimed Vince McMahon wanted to begin the Hulk Hogan retirement tour, similar to what they did for Ric Flair last year. Hogan said he still feels he has plenty of gas left in the tank and doesn’t want to retire.

- Hulk said the main reason he signed with TNA Wrestling instead of going back to work for WWE is because Vince wanted to own the rights to the Hulk Hogan and Hulkamania names – which he wouldn’t do. He told Howard that Vince is probably not pleased with his decision to sign with TNA.

I doubt that Hogan would have went to TNA if the WWE really asked him to come back. Hogan has a history of saying things that did not actually happen, so I am not buying this.

Lol at Hogan having gas left in the tank. Right now, it looks like he's just stealing gas from parked vehicles while the owners are busy inside Wal Mart.

A non wrestling role would be good, but he is far past his time in the ring. He was far past his time 10 years ago.

The thing that bugs me the most about Hogan signing with TNA is that I just don't see Hogan in an authority role. His character has always been the American hero standing up for what's right and somewhere down the line, he would just have to get involved in the action in some capacity. The non-wrestling role for Mick Foley worked because he had a previous stint as WWE commissionner and he had credibiility so it worked. So to me, it's crystal clear that Hogan looks to wrestle actively in the promotion, when his body will allow him to.

In itself, TNA made the best move to ensure themselves the #2 spot in wrestling because this brings them immediately to the next level with WWE. However, we pretty much don't know what are Hogan and Bischoff's hidden agendas (maybe there isn't any hidden agenda for Eric Bischoff since I can see his expertise in TV production being put to good use to help TNA upgrade their own TV production) but I honestly don't expect Hogan to sit quiet and not complain if something doesn't go his way. Hogan's at this stage of his career where he'll need to pass the torch to the younger stars like Kurt Angle and Sting has done with TNA. With Hogan's track record, I'm 100% sure this won't happen.

EdgeHead wrote:

His character has always been the American hero standing up for what's right

I don't know, nWo Hogan wasn't exactly an American hero. But yeah, I'd agree that it's hard to picture him in an authority role.

EdgeHead wrote:

However, we pretty much don't know what are Hogan and Bischoff's hidden agendas (maybe there isn't any hidden agenda for Eric Bischoff)

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