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00:00This week on Hogan Knows Best, Hulkamania has been running wild for over 25 years, and it might just be time to throw in the towel.
00:10I can't be too intimidated because my knee's totally blown. A good one.
00:14But Vince wants me back full time.
00:16All I'm asking you for is more of a commitment.
00:20And he's promised to help Brooke.
00:21And I just want to tell you guys that it is truly an honor to be here.
00:25I didn't think I was going to have to wrestle at 54 years old because my wife spends so much money I could never retire.
00:31Will these pythons dominate the ring for another 20 years?
00:35The Hulkamaniacs knew I was back here getting my hair straightened out using a pink brush.
00:39Hulkamania would be over.
00:45Yo.
00:46Uh-huh. Hold on.
00:48Yo, Linda. Did you call the kids?
00:52Nick. Mom.
00:53How are you?
00:54Where is everybody?
01:11Hogan Knows Best.
01:12I'm a Monday Night Raw, and we need to sell some tickets and make some money.
01:27People ask me now if I'm wrestling.
01:28I say no.
01:29Just wrestling just once in a while.
01:31When I was younger, I used to wrestle 300 times a year.
01:33What's up, big dog?
01:34Good to see you, man.
01:36Good to be seen.
01:37But now, even if I wanted to, I really couldn't do it because my body's too old and too beat up.
01:41These are my flying underwear, and whenever I get on an airplane, I wear red underwear.
01:57Because I've had several close calls, and these are my protection against all evil in the sky, such as running out of gas, one, and missing runways, two, which I live through.
02:10And usually, for double protection, lead wear red socks, red underwear and red socks.
02:21That's the secret of safe airplane flying.
02:23Brother.
02:24Brother.
02:38Randy Orton now.
02:39Turn up.
02:40Start my way in here.
02:41That's a hooker.
02:44It's a hook, hooker.
02:45I've heard the addictions.
02:47Right hand.
02:48Yeah, right hand.
02:50It's a hook, hook it off.
02:51A big move.
02:52Fresh, fresh, baby.
03:09You look good, huh?
03:11Yeah.
03:11Awesome, baby.
03:12Beautiful.
03:12Good crowd.
03:13We're good enough.
03:14Great job out there.
03:15Vince would like to see you in his office.
03:16Whatever you're going to say.
03:17All right, bro.
03:18I'll be right there.
03:18Great.
03:20I'm going to talk to you too.
03:22You want to have a seat?
03:34You feel all right?
03:35Yeah, I'm fine.
03:35I'm fine.
03:36He's good.
03:38One of the things I want to talk to you about, it's not like I'm unappreciative at all for
03:41everything you've done, okay?
03:43But you get back in the groove here, you come in and you steal the spotlight, and then you
03:49go back to helping your kids.
03:51You just can't come in and out whenever you want to come in and out.
03:54Wait a minute.
03:55Hold on here.
03:55I mean, you know.
03:56Excuse me?
03:58I think if you give us more attention with what you've helped build.
04:03Yeah, I got you.
04:04Okay?
04:04Yeah, I understand.
04:05But I just thought how this is doing real good here.
04:08Hulkamania to the WWE, it's Babe Ruth.
04:11People grew up on Hulkamania, and for me to be able to utilize that in terms of commercialization
04:18is a tremendous advantage.
04:20I need Hulkamania back hotter than it's ever, but I need it in a way that's not necessarily
04:25in the ring all the time, and I get that.
04:27Are you done?
04:28For right now.
04:29Okay, well, since we didn't talk for so long.
04:31Do you know my number?
04:33Got it.
04:33Do you know mine?
04:34You finished?
04:35Not yet.
04:36Even you said using Hulkamania on a very limited basis really works well.
04:42And it did, but everything's subject to change.
04:45And all I'm asking you for is more of a commitment.
04:49We're talking about ten years.
04:50We're talking about until the day I die.
04:52You know that there's an old expression about this business.
04:56You're in for life, and I think you need to confront that.
05:02And when I've said some thought, keep your attorney out of the equation, okay?
05:05Which one?
05:06All of them.
05:10Javrode.
05:11You did great on TV.
05:23You look awesome.
05:24I don't know how the young guys feel about you, but when you show up, they've got to be
05:28intimidated.
05:28Well, they can't be too intimidated because my knees totally blown.
05:32The good one.
05:33It doesn't seem to matter.
05:34The fans were screaming louder than ever.
05:36I had a long talk with Vince.
05:38Really?
05:39Yeah.
05:39And he just acted really weird, man.
05:43What do you mean weird?
05:44Well, you know, I've been doing exactly what he said, you know?
05:47I have Hulkamania plugged in a couple times a year.
05:50He says, you know what?
05:51This doesn't work for me anymore.
05:52Was he trying to let you know that, like, he's done with you or something?
05:55The opposite.
05:56He goes, I need a full-time commitment.
05:57I said, I've been trying to play this juggling act.
06:00I started winding down years ago.
06:02I said, well, tell me what you mean.
06:03He goes, you need to spend less time messing with your family and commit more to here.
06:07It was like an ultimatum.
06:08It was either all or none.
06:10So I just don't know what's going to happen.
06:13Well, we could use the money.
06:14You could always use the money.
06:15No matter how much money I make, it still isn't enough.
06:17I didn't think I was going to have to wrestle at 54 years old because my wife spends so much
06:21money I could never retire.
06:22You have to support me in the style in which I'm accustomed to living.
06:26I think mom should go wrestle.
06:27She's even got the ass ass.
06:28Excuse me.
06:29She's got the ass, all right.
06:30She's got the attitude.
06:32She'd beat any man I know.
06:33Just because you can't actually put a job title on what I do, I'm very valuable.
06:38You couldn't function without me.
06:42He said he would play your video.
06:44On network television?
06:45Yeah, if they start booing you and throwing rotten bananas, I'm leaving you out there by yourself.
06:49It is truly an honor to be here.
06:51When I got the mic, they're like, boo.
06:55Hogan Knows Best.
06:59Hogan Knows Best.
07:20Good for dry eyes.
07:21Ah, damn.
07:30Hello.
07:31Terry Vince.
07:32Hey, Invincible.
07:33How are you doing?
07:33Cutting to the chase.
07:35Oh, you always do.
07:36Saturday night main event in B.C. and Dallas.
07:40I think it's only appropriate that you be a part of this.
07:44Well, there's a couple little issues.
07:49I've got this crazy schedule with Brooke and Knicks Racing and stuff.
07:53I'm very sensitive to both concerns, to be able to work around things like that.
07:59What if you bring Brooke with you?
08:01Um, you know, maybe we can do any number of things in terms of exposure where people can see you and they always love to see you in player video.
08:10Wow.
08:10And it's totally different than what we've ever done before.
08:13Well, that's great.
08:14Well, I tell you what, man, this is a huge opportunity for Brooke.
08:17I just can't thank you enough.
08:18I'm definitely in.
08:19All right, good.
08:20Well, thank you so much.
08:21See you in Dallas.
08:22Okay.
08:23Bye.
08:23Bye-bye.
08:30Hey, you.
08:31Hey, babe.
08:32Well, we've got a big opportunity here.
08:35Just get off the phone with Vince.
08:37And?
08:37And there's a huge opportunity for Brooke to reach a whole other demo, a network audience.
08:42Vince is going to have a wrestling show on NBC, and he said to help you out that he would play your video.
08:48On network television?
08:49Yeah, on NBC.
08:50That's pretty big.
08:51Oh, my God.
08:51That's huge, Brooke.
08:52Yeah.
08:52That's really good.
08:54But you know what?
08:55Is it going to be played on his show?
08:56Yes.
08:57Is that good, though, to be related with wrestling?
09:01Do y'all want to be known as a woman of wrestling?
09:03It's got to make sense.
09:04I mean, I have to come out and introduce my daughter and da-da-da-da-da.
09:07And once you've done your thing, I can move on to my business.
09:09Right.
09:10But I think there's so much to gain.
09:12It's the millions and millions of people that you'll get to that may not even know you're singing.
09:16I wouldn't do this or even ask you to do this if I thought it was going to hurt you.
09:19But in my opinion, I think it's a very smart move, as long as we stick to the music and
09:23the video.
09:24Just as long as it's not, like, corny or cheesy.
09:27Would I ever do anything cheesy?
09:29No, believe me.
09:30I would never do that to you.
09:31Bruiser Brooke!
09:34Coming out!
09:35Bruiser Brooke!
09:36Bruiser!
09:36Brooke the bruiser!
09:37Brooke the hooker!
09:38Oh!
09:39Great!
09:40What?
09:41So we're in, right?
09:42That's crazy.
09:43I'm out, like, shouting.
09:44Bye!
09:44Bye!
09:46Love you!
09:47Love you!
09:47You too!
09:48I don't think it worries me about this whole thing, because I kind of feel like Vince is
09:53danging the carrot, you know?
09:55And I know he's trying to help Brooke.
09:56But still, there's always that.
10:00Now I have to do it.
10:01Because he's helping Brooke.
10:03Mm-hmm.
10:03And, you know, I just think those Hulkamaniacs will be Brookeamaniacs, and it's just like,
10:08they're loyal to a fault, and they'll love Brooke.
10:11It's true.
10:12They would immediately adopt her, like she's, you know, the next Hulkamaniac.
10:20Hey, Brookie?
10:21Yeah?
10:22You getting close?
10:24Yeah, I'm done.
10:25All right, here's what's going on.
10:27Yo.
10:27Vince and the WWE guys are over at the American Airlines Center, and it's going to be wild.
10:31Mm-hmm.
10:32There'll be 20,000-plus people, and believe me, it'll be nuts.
10:34And I want you to say what you feel from your heart, because there's a huge fan base that
10:38follows wrestling, and there'll be like 12, 14 million people a night watching this show,
10:42because it's on NBC, and I've got an extra towel or something in case you have to get
10:45a shower in case somebody throws a beer on you or something.
10:48Ha!
10:48I think you're going to be surprised how much fans are going to love you.
10:53I hope they do.
10:54Hey, if they start booing you and throwing eggs and rotten bananas, I'm leaving you out
10:58there by yourself.
10:59Great.
11:00Thanks, Todd.
11:00You just pick up a chair, and when the fans crowd the aisles, and just start swinging wide
11:05open with the chair.
11:06If you don't make it, just remember I always loved you.
11:09I'm real excited to go now.
11:14The authorized personnel only.
11:16Wow, that's cool.
11:17It smells like stinky men.
11:20Does it?
11:22I have to finish getting ready.
11:26Ow!
11:30Do this one again.
11:31Ow!
11:32Careful!
11:34The Hulkamaniacs, you know, is back here getting my hair straightened out using a pink brush.
11:39Hulkamaniac would be over.
11:43What if I should put underwear on now or later?
11:45How would you want to go without underwear?
11:47Well, I always don't wear underwear, but if I rip my pants or something.
11:50You should probably put underwear on.
11:52Right.
11:53That would be my advice to you.
11:54What if I said?
11:55I'm feeling like you're supposed to take what's the video down.
12:03Okay.
12:04Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
12:05Whoa, whoa!
12:06Whoa, whoa.
12:07Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
12:14Whoa, whoa, whoa.
12:17Whoa.
12:17Knows up!
12:18Whoa, whoa.
12:19Run!
12:20Whoa, whoa!
12:20Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
12:21Whoa, whoa!
12:22I have always dreamt about this moment, the moment that I can stand here next to my dad, in this ring tonight, in front of all of you.
12:33I just hope that my career can be as successful as my father's, and I just want to tell you guys that it is truly an honor to be here.
12:41Thank you very much.
12:43We're all very interested in Brooke Hogan's new album.
12:47Here now is Brooke Hogan's newest video about us.
12:52That was fun, right?
13:04Yeah, it was fun.
13:09How did I do that?
13:11You did great. You really were over-animated. You were awesome.
13:13I was shaking like a leaf.
13:15Why?
13:16Even when I would try to hold a still pose with my face, my lips would go like this.
13:19Nervous?
13:20Yeah.
13:20Imagine having to wrestle out there.
13:26Hey, guys.
13:27Thank you so much. That was a lot of fun. Thank you.
13:30Yeah, good.
13:31Some of them were booing when I got the mic.
13:33Yeah.
13:33They were like, boo!
13:34There was a couple fans out there that booed me.
13:36Just got to get used to it. They're not all good guy fans, you know?
13:38It was a good reception, because you heard that crowd before we walked out. It was dead.
13:42Once we started getting into the story and I said thank you and stuff, I think people kind of warmed up to it.
13:46Plus, camera loves you.
13:47Now you understand, well, I love going out there.
13:50Mm-hmm.
13:50It's a ton of hard work. Your body really gets thrown on the line here.
13:54Where in music, there's nobody going to be crushing your ribs or getting slammed.
13:58Instead of getting into the towns and just performing, you get into the towns and physically you abuse your body every night.
14:03But wrestling still beats, you know, working a real job.
14:07Vince wants Dad to sign a 20-year contract.
14:10Dad, I'm going to have 10-year-old kids by then.
14:12Somebody once said, Hulkamania will never die. Who was that?
14:17Somebody that apparently just got hit in the head with a steel chair.
14:21Hogan Knows Best.
14:26Hogan Knows Best.
14:27What's that look for?
14:40Ha!
14:46Ha!
14:49Oh, my God, that made my heart jump.
14:53Nick, oh, my God!
14:55You're so gross!
14:58Why don't I make you smell my butt, huh?
15:00Yeah, right.
15:01Here, smell it.
15:01Don't do that.
15:10Ha!
15:13Ew!
15:19What's up, Coco?
15:2520 more years.
15:28I need to go look at this.
15:30All right, you guys, hold the floor down here, all right?
15:34Oh, God.
15:35Oh!
15:37Dylan Dooch.
15:38Yeah, babe.
15:40Come here for a minute.
15:41Okay.
15:43Look.
15:44So I get to eat all these hamburgers?
15:46Dude, what did you want me for besides eating hamburgers?
15:48I just got this 20-year contract Vince sent me.
15:5120 years?
15:52What?
15:53What are you guys talking about?
15:54Vince wants Dad to sign a 20-year contract.
15:56Dad, I'm going to have 10-year-old kids by then.
15:59I mean, he knows you're not 30 anymore, right?
16:00Yeah, but he would like to have Hulk Hogan become the Babe Ruth of the WWE.
16:06I'm 30.
16:07I'm 70?
16:0873.
16:08You know, this is my life, my legacy, my career.
16:11Somebody has to bring money in here, okay?
16:13And as of this moment, right now, nobody's bringing any money in here.
16:18As of this moment.
16:19I don't know.
16:20This is a perfect deal for me.
16:22I mean, I can work this out.
16:2320 years.
16:24You better think about it.
16:25Well, Linda, I'm going to say it one last time to you.
16:27I know, but I don't want you to change your mind just because you're in a team.
16:30The only one that's going to make the decision if I'm going to wrestle is going to be me, okay?
16:41I don't know.
16:42Well, I don't know, honey.
16:44I just don't know.
16:45What's it around to know?
16:49Star, what about you?
16:50You in or out?
17:00We're going to the house that Hulk Hogan built, brothers.
17:02It's the WWE offices.
17:05This really is the Hogan-McMahon Summit.
17:08We need to talk about my long-range plans with the WWE.
17:12And I can't think of anything better for the legacy of Hulk Hogan to be part of the WWE forever,
17:17but it's got to be something that I can live with and my family can live with
17:20and something that's fair for everybody.
17:22I'm here to hit and run.
17:23Hopefully, I won't have to hit Vincent, right?
17:32Hello, how are you?
17:33I'm here to see Vince McMahon.
17:40Holy smokes.
17:41Hey, how are you doing?
17:42Okay, how are you doing?
17:43Great, great.
17:43Good to see you.
17:44Good to see you.
17:45All right.
17:45Have a seat.
17:46One of the first red flags that came up with the last facts was the 20 years right out of
17:52the chute.
17:52What we've built is the Hulk Hogan brand.
17:55And whether you're even alive or not, okay, there is equity in a Hulk Hogan brand.
18:01Alive or not.
18:02I mean, here we have this brand and it's not being used.
18:05I need 20 years.
18:07I don't think that's too much of a commitment, you know what I mean?
18:10Well, I don't.
18:11You're a performer.
18:12You have to perform, you know, in front of your audience.
18:16Somebody once said,
18:17Oh boy, here we go.
18:19Hulkamania will never die.
18:21Who was that?
18:22Somebody that apparently just got hit in the head with a steel chair.
18:26I just want to protect those last few safe years that I have with the quality time with
18:32the kids.
18:33You know, 12 dates.
18:34Okay, well, you know, maybe we do six.
18:37I don't know.
18:37How would you word it?
18:39No less than X.
18:42And the rest of the dates to be mutually agreed upon.
18:45Just even that softens it up.
18:46Because I would love to be alive longer than 73 years and have to participate on my 80th birthday
18:52here.
18:52Right.
18:53Well, I just need to get the go-ahead and, you know, the signature on the dotted line.
18:57And it all works.
18:59I think it works for everybody.
19:01Thanks.
19:12Yo, yo.
19:15Hey.
19:16What's up?
19:17How'd it go?
19:18It's good.
19:19It's a quick turnaround.
19:20I smell food.
19:21Yeah, I made you some dinner.
19:23So what was your guys' final decision?
19:25Well, I'm going to initially do like a 20-year deal.
19:27But, you know, even after the day I die, 29 billion, million years from now, I'm going
19:32to make sure they can roll over and Nick and Brooke and you can use the name.
19:36And it's just a good deal.
19:37So it was a real positive meeting.
19:39Are you going to be able to make a decent amount of money?
19:41Oh, yeah.
19:42Believe me.
19:42If he knows he has a lock and that he can go crazy with the Hulkamania and merchandise
19:47and ancillary stuff, there'll be more revenue coming in.
19:50That's good because I just got a bill from Brooke's Recording Studio for $50,000.
19:55I got another bill, $160,000 bill from the lawyers.
20:00I guess I need to go back to work.
20:02Belly up.
20:04Go sell some records.
20:06Go win some races.
20:07I know.
20:07I need to go make some money now.
20:08What can I do?
20:10Get a makeup cosmetic line going.
20:12Sell some pots and pans.
20:13You deserve a massage for that.
20:15Wear a bikini.
20:15Go to all the doors.
20:16Do something.
20:17Sell your body.
20:18You could be the hot dog girl in the T-back on Alton Road here.
20:21I wouldn't sell very many hot dogs with my butt.
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