Hulk Hogan Reveals Madison Square Garden Incident That Fixed His Unaffectionate Relationship With His Father

Hulk Hogan had trouble in his younger days trying to pursue his family into approving of his dream career. Long before he became a wrestling legend, Hogan had other plans for his life. The former wrestler graduated from high school to pursue a degree at the University of South Florida. However, he ditched the plan to follow his passion instead.

This passion was not wrestling. At first, Hogan was deeply into music and was even part of a local band that played in live events. In a recent interview, Hogan revealed how his decisions led to his relationship with his ‘unaffectionate’ father become more complicated.

How did Hulk Hogan pursue his father to accept his dream?

When The Hulkster dropped out of the university, he was dedicated to following music. In 1976, Hogan formed a band along with local musicians called Ruckus. After two wrestling brothers noticed Hogan’s commendable physique during one of his performances, they were eventually able to pursue him into get in the wrestling business. However, the hard part for the WWE legend was to convince his family.

While talking to Theo Von on his podcast, Hogan revealed that his family wasn’t already big on affection. When the host asked him if his father had an issue with him dropping out of college, Hogan agreed. “And then when I told him I was going to be a wrestler that really upset him. And then later on, I brought him up to Madison, actually the night I beat Sheikh, I brought my mom and dad,”  said the ex-WWE champion.

Hollywood Hogan also went on to add that around the same time, his father had also retired. So, the wrestler took care of the bills and handled their house’s financial condition. Although Hogan didn’t further talk about it, this undertaking of responsibility could be what made his father proud of him.

However, Hogan’s stories on different occasions have told us that he also had to go through some embarrassing moments long before he could earn his father’s respect and affection.

The time Hulk Hogan got humiliated in front of his father

Soon after upsetting his father due to dropping out of the university, Hogan also embarrassed himself in front of him. When he joined Matsuda’s wrestling school during his earlier days, he had never trained like a wrestler. This led to the wrestler having trouble keeping up with the exhausting physical training. On day one itself, Hogan broke his ankle due to a mishap and had to call his father to pick him up.

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This marked a humiliating day for the man who later on became a wrestling sensation. He was probably embarrassed because of how he tried to convince his family that wrestling would be great for him but ended up getting a broken ankle on the first day of his training.

However, his dedication rewarded him soon after he returned to training following his recovery and became a worldwide phenomenon.

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