Hulk Hogan has a glorious history of wrestling several top names in the industry for years. But there are very few with whom he had clean matches with no barbs. One of them was the Olympic Gold medalist Kurt Angle. The air of mutual respect between them always shined through their on and off-screen gestures. In fact, the prized Olympian was probably among the rare stars who put the Hulkster into submission and didn’t end up garnering his wrath.

However, once in his career, Angle did some stuff with Hogan to the point of making him face the latter’s wrath. However, to Hogan’s surprise, it finally turned out the main culprit behind it was none other than the notorious WWE boss, Vince McMahon.

Hulk Hogan disclosed how Vince McMahon once tricked him, keeping Kurt Angle at the front

During their feud in 2002, Hogan said he was taken aback by Kurt Angle’s amateur wrestling style and said that didn’t fit well with how to tell a story in the ring. The duo wrestled few matches on the house shows where Angle would “grind” Hogan using his wrestling skills.

Hogan confronted the Olympic Champion and wanted to know why he tried to awkwardly grind him out in a match. What Angle had to say in reply was a real shocker.

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Giving a glimpse of that conversation, Hogan revealed, “I finally had said brother what is your deal? I said I am here to make money. I am here to make a living. I said, What’s going on with you, man? Why the first 5 or 6 minutes? You’re trying to grind me out there, you know? Well, Vince told me to screw you.”

” I said ‘Oh really ‘? Vince told you to do that? I said I can’t wait to get a hold of Vince now.”, The Hulkster continued.

Nonetheless, it’s not the only time when McMahon had to play some trick to tame the force of Hulkmania.

Vince McMahon once entrusted Kurt Angle with the responsibility of keeping Hogan in check

Vince McMahon wanted to watch everything unfolding his way while peacefully sitting in a gorilla position. But there are some wrestlers who possessed such a daredevil aura that McMahon couldn’t do anything to them directly/

Hulk Hogan was one of them. The former WWE boss legit feared Hogan’s quirks and didn’t trust him with a pre-decided end. The end required Hogan to tap out to Angle which was a rarity.

Still, McMahon got them together in a room and revealed how the match would go. Angle once said that McMahon was worried that Hogan might talk Angle out of the planned finish. McMahon also asked Angle to intimidate Hogan if there was a need.

Despite their differences, McMahon considered The Hulkster as the best asset of his promotion and the two have always found a way to work with each other and make money.

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