“That Bone is Sticking Through My Flesh”: Hulk Hogan Brutalized Sylvester Stallone Giving Him His Worst Injury Ever During Rocky III

If there was someone who defined pro wrestling in the 1980s, it was Hulk Hogan. The Real American patriot gimmick, clean-cut babyface and a jacked-up physique, Hogan was one of the reasons why pro wrestling became as popular as it did back in the day. Although he was playing a character which pulled off amazing feats of strength, Hogan was a genuinely strong guy. This was something that Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone found out in the worst way possible.

The Hulkster shot to national fame after appearing in the movie Rocky III. The recognition he achieved during this movie became a precursor for his eventual success in WWE. During the filming of the movie, Sylvester Stallone was on the receiving end of the full force of Hulkamania. The Hollywood star said it was the hardest he had ever been hit.

Hulk Hogan left Stallone traumatized due to his brute strength

Despite not being put in the same category as MMA or boxing, pro wrestling is a hard-hitting sport that has seen some of the strongest men participate over the years. Hulk Hogan was one of the strongest wrestlers of his generation. His physique and the famed 24-inch pythons could easily give many bodybuilders of that time a run for their money.

Hogan’s first brush with fame came in Rocky III, where he fought Stallone’s character in an exhibition match as ‘Thunderlips‘. On WWE.com, Hulk Hogan once interviewed Stallone in a ‘Superstar to Superstar’. The Immortal One asked Stallone a bunch of questions, including what was the worst injury the actor has suffered while filming.

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Stallone replied it was the one due to Hogan during the shooting of Rocky III and it left him traumatized. He said in the sequence, the former WWE Champion threw him in a corner and leapt on him and injuring him badly in the process.

The action hero revealed, “You went up and caught me with your shin, believe it or not, on my collarbone. I collapsed to the ground. I’ll never forget, I was laying there and I was thinking, “I don’t want to look. I don’t want to look because that bone is sticking through my flesh and it’s over. Here’s the end of the movie.”

However, this wasn’t the only show of strength from Hogan during Rocky III. Stallone once shared an Instagram post, where he detailed how Hogan sent three stuntmen to the hospital while working a scene. He wrote, “Believe it or not, when he jumped into the audience to fight with the stuntmen, three of them had to be treated at the hospital,”

Hogan’s freakish power left most people in awe and it did the same here, but with a huge scare for Sylvester Stallone. The Hollywood action star’s revelation further adds to the legend of Hulk Hogan’s strength during his prime.

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