All through his profession, Hulk Hogan was on the middle of among the largest wrestling moments of all time. From headlining the primary WrestleMania to surprising the world by turning heel with the NWO, and all the things earlier than, after and since, the “Hulkster” has at all times been a part of earth-shattering and controversial moments. This consists of the WWE Corridor of Famer displaying as much as WrestleMania IX with a nasty black eye and a narrative that lots of his friends, and generations of wrestling followers, simply don’t purchase.
The brand new deep-dive into the the 1993 “Showcase of the Immortals,” WrestleMania IX: Changing into a Spectacle, by far one of many greatest wrestling documentaries on Peacock, reexamines one of many largest behind-the-scenes mysteries of the occasion, and wrestling usually. And whereas Hogan has a extremely detailed story about how he obtained his notorious shiner, different wrestlers are very skeptical, to say the least.
What Hulk Hogan Says About The Notorious Black Eye In WrestleMania IX: Changing into A Spectacle
Although WrestleMania IX: Changing into A Spectacle spends a big portion of its almost two-hour runtime breaking down how the 1993 occasion was a game-changer for the corporate and helped usher in a brand new period, it doesn’t draw back from masking two of the largest controversies from the pay-per-view: Hulk Hogan displaying up with a black eye and the previous high babyface being randomly inserted into the primary occasion for the WWE Championship. Let’s simply give attention to the previous for now.
Within the documentary, Hogan denies the long-believed story that the black eye and stitches have been the results of a nasty hook from former friend-turned-rival “Macho Man” Randy Savage. As an alternative, Hogan tells a narrative about being in a jet ski accident two days earlier than the Las Vegas occasion that concerned him being hit within the face by the watercraft’s handlebar. If I’m being trustworthy, his recollection of the accident has means too many particulars and comes off as rehearsed. And I’m not alone…
Bret Hart Rips Hogan As ‘Such A Liar,’ And Different Wrestlers Appear To Agree
Forward of the documentary’s launch, Bret Hart, who by no means minces phrases in the case of his relationship with Hulk Hogan, sat down for an interview with TMZ the place he wasted no time in calling out his former colleague and ripping him for mendacity, saying:
Hulk Hogan’s at all times been such a liar. No matter he tells you might be not true. Macho Man, I might go by his account of issues. Macho Man was a way more dependable man that spoke the reality.
And Hart, who will turn out to be the first three-time inductee on the 2025 WWE Corridor of Fame ceremony forward of the two-night WrestleMania 41, isn’t alone in not believing Hogan’s story in regards to the black eye being attributable to a jet ski accident. In WrestleMania IX: Changing into a Spectacle, different wrestlers come off as being skeptical in regards to the state of affairs.
At one level, the Undertaker says that it was well-known that Hogan and Savage didn’t get alongside, and that the Hulkster ought to have “bobbed as an alternative of weaved on that,” alluding to a struggle. Moments later, Scott Steiner explains that whereas he didn’t see a struggle between the 2, he has lengthy believed Savage’s story in regards to the rumored altercation.
We might by no means actually know what occurred again in 1993, as “Macho Man” Randy Savage handed away greater than a decade in the past, and Hulk Hogan is sticking to his story.