Hulk Hogan's been trying to wrestle Steve Austin since 1989

[mcstoklasa]

Of course this is probably just the Orange Goblin getting his dates mixed up again, but here we go!

Hulk Hogan claims he's been chasing Steve Austin for 25 years. Bare in mind, Steve Austin didn't debut until 1989, ie 25 years ago. So the Hulkster, on top of the world at the time, was, like Apollo Creed in 'Rocky', desperate to give a young unknown a chance. A match with the champ! Brother.

www.wrestlezone.com/news/523141-hulk-hogan-on-steve-austin-says-hes-been-chasing-stone-cold-for-25-years-which-divas-are-impressing-nxt-officials

Hulk Hogan On Steve Austin:
“I’ve been chasing that guy for 25 years. Stone Cold Steve Austin. I would have liked to have tagged with him. And then turn on him right in the middle of it, and then he would have had to wrestle me.”

[mcstoklasa]

Unless he means literally chasing him. Maybe Steve Austin owes him 20 bucks or something, and Hogan follows him around the country.

[Tiger Millionaire]

Oh man, a 60+ year old man who competed in a violent sports for 30 years and did a bunch of drugs got his date wrong. Herdy Her Her, 8 pages, orange goblin, her her.

[Hit Girl]

I wouldn't be surprised if Hogan didn't even know Austin existed until at least 2012

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Oct 29, 2014 13:55:16 GMT -5 Tiger Millionaire said:

Oh man, a 60+ year old man who competed in a violent sports for 30 years and did a bunch of drugs got his date wrong. Herdy Her Her, 8 pages, orange goblin, her her.

I feel like I need to copy and paste this on every Hogan thread on the entire Internet.

[mcstoklasa]

Oct 29, 2014 13:55:16 GMT -5 Tiger Millionaire said:

Oh man, a 60+ year old man who competed in a violent sports for 30 years and did a bunch of drugs got his date wrong. Herdy Her Her, 8 pages, orange goblin, her her.

Im sorry and I in fact agree with you, but I will continue to enjoy Hogan's faulty mind.

[RIHT]

Anyone remember the story how Austin wanted to face Hogan in WCW several times and was denied repeatedly until being driven to ECW/WWE?

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Oct 29, 2014 13:59:02 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Hogan didn't even know Austin existed until at least 2012

"You mean this whole time that WASN'T the six million dollar man that was turning the tide in the Monday Night War, brother?"

[Macho Pichu]

I do think its a pity that the two only ever wrestled in a handicapped match. If it weren't for the abysmal performances hogan gave in TNA, I would probably be interested in righting that wrong at WM 31.

[Ben Wyatt]

Oct 29, 2014 13:59:02 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Hogan didn't even know Austin existed until at least 2012

Hogan challenged him in like, 2007 on Raw. I believe that it was the 'homecoming' episode

[mcstoklasa]

2005 wasnt it? ^


Also sort of related, I read this at least once a year

franticplanet.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/the-mad-lies-of-hulk-hogan/

[Hit Girl]

Oct 29, 2014 14:07:07 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

Oct 29, 2014 13:59:02 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Hogan didn't even know Austin existed until at least 2012

Hogan challenged him in like, 2007 on Raw. I believe that it was the 'homecoming' episode

Yeah but Hogan would have soon forgotten about that by the next day probably.

[I'm Team Bayley and Indi]

Hogan must have been so, so jealous of Hacksaw Jim Duggan getting to go one on one with Austin in WCW.

[Ben Wyatt]

Oct 29, 2014 14:08:09 GMT -5 mcstoklasa said:

2005 wasnt it? ^


Also sort of related, I read this at least once a year

franticplanet.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/the-mad-lies-of-hulk-hogan/

Upon looking it up, you are correct

[mcstoklasa]

Btw Hogan is probably my favourite wrestler of all time, along with Austin and Rock. I love the teller of tall tales, Jack.

[Boo!]

Oct 29, 2014 14:04:28 GMT -5 RIHT said:

Anyone remember the story how Austin wanted to face Hogan in WCW several times and was denied repeatedly until being driven to ECW/WWE?

Austin's WCW sob story annoys me no end. Think of the amount of people WWE released when he was on top. What if years later they turn out to be something. I bet they wouldn't piss and moan about him or think of who the WWE release now - Cena's fault?

As if Hogan's ambition was to go in and target Steve Austin. As said he probably had no idea who he was until after he Attitude era hit and even then likely spent the first 9 months calling him Steve Ogstein or something. But it seems like a chip Austin carried around on his shoulder for years or at least it was a narrative concocted by the usual poke who put two and two together and come up with five.

[Boo!]

Oct 29, 2014 14:08:39 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

Oct 29, 2014 14:07:07 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

Hogan challenged him in like, 2007 on Raw. I believe that it was the 'homecoming' episode

Yeah but Hogan would have soon forgotten about that by the next day probably.

Austin died shortly after the challenge was issued. Or at least that's Hogan's version from the nursing home in 30 years time.

[Deleted]

Hogan is just a chonric exaggerator. It's no big deal, but I really think it's done on purpose, though at this point it's just an automatic thought for him.

[Mid-Carder]

As far as I'm concerned, everything Hogan says is gospel. I believe his version of events about Andre dying three days after Mania 3, despite his appearances years later. So if he says he's been chasing Austin since 1989, then he has been.

[mcstoklasa]

Oct 29, 2014 14:11:53 GMT -5 Boo! said:

Oct 29, 2014 14:08:39 GMT -5 Hit Girl said:

Yeah but Hogan would have soon forgotten about that by the next day probably.

Austin died shortly after the challenge was issued. Or at least that's Hogan's version from the nursing home in 30 years time.