WWE wrestler Mick Foley reacts to death of Hulk Hogan
You just learned that Hulk Hogan passed away
I mean when you heard the news what was your
first thought Well it was almost shock because he was
one of those guys who was larger than life
You just a suit and he and he didn't appear
to age so you never thought that the last time
you saw Hulk Hogan would be the final time you
saw Hulk Hogan
Um and you guys obviously had your your quarrels over
the years um but from what I have read I
mean you guys made up
Yeah it was a really nice moment
Uh I mean it was a show but I believe
he was 100% sincere because he not only apologized to
me for something that was said
At least 25 years earlier but he insisted on apologizing
to me a second time and I mean I accepted
it and I considered him I considered him a friend
before that but I definitely helped
It was a nice bonding moment for us
I know everybody's going to ask you
Hulk Hogan and obviously he has a legacy but is
there you know a moment that you guys shared outside
of the apology and like the mending but maybe professionally
if you guys in the ring that you know that's
what you think of when you think you know the
two things I think of is that I had a
really nice talk with his daughter at one of these
conventions and got to know her dad through her daughter
and also from reading his book where I was like
you know we're actually quite a bit alike
And the second memory is not something I saw but
it's something that a friend of mine who worked with
Hulk and WWE before I got there saw and I
told Terry or Hulk that this was the one thing
that mattered to me like anything else it's just commentary
but that Hulk Hogan my friend said those kids from
Make A Wish and other organizations they'd go in there
and they'd just be beaming
And you know you can't feign the type of joy
that hope brought to those kids
Like that was real in his heart which is why
it seems so effortless but he was he was great
at it
He made a lot of people happy above and beyond
what he did in the ring and for wrestling in
general
He was he was great to those children
That's to me that's his legacy
It begins and ends
What has he meant to
He spent so much that we actually use him in
setting our examples when I was talking about Caitlin Clark
and don't they realize she's the goose that lays the
golden eggs It's like I know not everyone liked it
when Hulk came into town but it was a sense
of like hold on because we're going to greater heights
than we ever imagined and this is the guy doing
it
That's what he did for us and I think everybody
if they grudgingly accepted it at first they were really
grateful for him when they saw the way the business
had exploded
Obviously a little bit of controversy over the last 1015
years roughly do you see a separation between Hulk Hogan
and Terry in that regard or are they one and
how does that affect Well that's up to each individual
you know
I mean I got some heat at the time for
sending out a message saying I know he's a good
man who made a mistake
I think we all make mistakes you know
I don't think anyone should be filmed in the inner
confines
I thought he was a good man an imperfect man
who did a lot of good in the world and
and that's like that's how I choose to look at
Obviously the news is all fresh but once this really
sets in
settles it what are you going to be I'll be
thinking about the times that I went to Madison Square
Garden not as a hulk of maniac per se
I was going to see a couple of the other
matches but when that music hit I was all in
I was a Hulk a maniac for those few minutes
but he electrified a crowd like no other and the
lessons that we learned from him we've passed down to
the next generations and so his legacy is alive and
well in wrestling and beyond
Do you remember the last time you talked to
It was like every time I talked to him hey
brother we're going to get together for that dinner yes
we are we never did get together for that dinner
but we were always thinking about it that's something we
can send to people if you haven't talked to somebody
in a while make sure you do it
All right thanks for your time