Hulk, Shut Up – Hulk Hogan is making things worse. After the WWE announced they were bringing back the living legend, they held a backstage meeting were all the wrestlers were apologized to by Hulk. Some of the wrestlers, most of them black, were unimpressed with Hulk’s apology. That’s their perspective. No harm, no foul. Some forgave him, some didn’t.
Yet, Hulk things those that didn’t accept his apology “don’t get it”. While speaking to Bill Apter on his show Apter Chat, Hogan put his foot in his mouth by dismissing those who didn’t forgive him by saying;
It is what it is. I said those words, it was totally unacceptable and I just really wanted to get in front of all the talent and apologize because I know I hurt this business. You know I just wanna move forward. I just hope the brotherhood can get back to the way it was because you know, when you’re in the ring and somebody is bodyslamming somebody or piledriving somebody you protect your brother and you make sure physically that they’re safe.
Outside the ring you’re supposed to protect your brother, you know? In this case it’s a situation where you know, 75- 80-90% of the wrestlers are protecting me, they’re giving me another chance to move forward. But, you know there’s just a few wrestlers that kinda don’t understand the bond that the brotherhood of wrestling if someone makes a mistake you need to forgive them and move on and try to let them prove themselves.
I just feel that I wish I could kinda have one-on-one conversations with people who really don’t know me and try to maybe explain myself better. But, you know all in all it was a great day. It’s just a highlight of my life to be able to be back in the Hall Of Fame and to be able to move forward. So it’s been a great time these last couple of weeks.
I’m all for forgiving Hulk, but he’s gotta know that people aren’t going to just forget what he said, and he has to earn people’s forgiveness. Look how long it took Mike Tyson to change his image.
Two WWE Talents Nearing Retirement? – According to Dave Metlzer and the Wrestling Observer, both Matt Hardy and Jason Jordan are apparently shadowing WWE producers in order to get a hang of the responsibilities and duties of the job. Jordan’s neck is bad and there is doubt if he’ll ever be able to return to the WWE as a wrestler. As for Hardy, while his outlet isn’t as unfortunate, he’s still contemplating calling it a career soon. His tag team with Bray Wyatt appears to be over for good, and he’s now currently undergoing treatment for his injuries. If he’s able to return, there doesn’t appear to a timetable as of yet.
Quick Hits – Chris Jericho pitched an Intercontinental vs. Intercontinental champion match for the WWE; where Jericho and Seth Rollins would face off in an inter-promotional match. Daniel Bryan wants to wrestle until he’s 70, and lists Johnny Gargano, Roderick Strong, Shinsuke Nakamura, Andrade “Cien” Almas and shockingly enough; Goldberg! This dude is daffy. Rey Fenix is taking on Low Ki for the MLW Heavyweight Championship tonight. Tenille Dashwood (aka Emma) revealed she suffers from an irritating skin condition called psoriasis. She revealed her need to manage this current and severe outbreak as her reason for pulling out of the ROH UK tour