“My Neck Is a Little..”: Hulk Hogan Once Took a Subtle Dig at Sylvester Stallone’s Brother for Not Being Courageous

In 2008, Hulk Hogan introduced a new reality show Celebrity Championship Wrestling. The show’s plot was about several celebrities who train and face off in a series of competitive wrestling challenges in pursuit of the title of Celebrity All-Star Wrestling Champion.

One of those celebrities was Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone’s brother, Frank Stallone. However, things did not go as great as he thought after entering the show.

A year ago, Frank Stallone appeared on Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling’s Hall of Fame podcast. They discussed wrestling and during the same Stallone shared his experience on Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling. 

Stallone said, “So I realized this wasn’t my game because my neck is a little out of game. They said Frank listen, ‘When I pick you up and throw you, hit your hands first. I said man, I’m happy you threw me off the show in the first week because I got all my pay and I’m walking out these are going, ‘You lucky son of a gun!’”

He added, “Because they got their a**es kicked man. By the end of that show, they’re like (impersonates injured person) opening up and stuff. I walked out and I said you know, and Hulk (Hogan) called me a jabroni.”

In reality, the 72-year-old musician told Metro UK about joining the show because he was broke. He wasn’t making money and Hogan flashed him a good amount of money to participate. His reaction was, “Really? I take a beating every day for free so I might as well get paid for it”.

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However, the brother of Sylvester Stallone had a severe neck injury, and he also had a fear of heights. This fear made him limited to taking bumps from a taller height. Nevertheless, Hogan had to take him out of the show, but Stallone enjoyed his time on the show, which was for a little time.

Which other celebrities took part in this reality show Hulk Hogan introduced?

Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling is a short-lived American reality television program, which ran for eight episodes on CMT in 2008. The show saw many well-known celebrities from various fields and fans were excited to watch who would win the championship.

The 10 celebrities who took part were Todd Bridges, Trishelle Cannatella, Dustin Diamond, Danny Bonaduce, Butterbean, Erin Murphy, Dennis Rodman, Frank Stallone, Tiffany, and Nikki Ziering. 

Moreover, a couple of professional wrestlers made an appearance on the show. Former WCW Champion Bill Goldberg appeared in the sixth episode. Also, former ECW Champion Rob Van Dam appeared in the fifth episode.

The show’s judges were The Hulkster, WCW Executive Producer Eric Bischoff, and legendary wrestling manager Jimmy Hart.

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