WWE Legend Reveals How Fans’ Animosity Towards Hulk Hogan Shockingly Cost Him Millions: “It’s Just Bad for Business”

From having a humble beginning to becoming one of the biggest names in the industry, Hulk Hogan has come a long way. Throughout his career, he has wrestled all over the world and made several nemeses as well as friends. His success in the 1980s meant he made a lot of money as a babyface, while the heels who feuded with him also pocketed a good sum.

Recently during an interview, Hogan’s former nemesis, Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts revealed an incident when his feud against Hogan proved didn’t turn out as expected and possibly cost Roberts a chance to make large sums of money. The former wrestler revealed how back during their prime days, his feud against Hulk Hogan turned out to be a major blunder.

He revealed that during his feud with Hogan, the fans cost him a lot of money. Despite being a heel in his feud against The Hulkster, the fans would keep cheering for Roberts, and it in turn cost him a lot. The 67-year-old revealed that in the wrestling business, merchandise sales are more important than filling up the arenas.

How did the fans cost Jake ‘The Snake’ Roberts’ money during his feud with Hulk Hogan?

Speaking in an interview with VLAD Tv, Roberts revealed the ins and outs of the business. He further implied how merchandise sales are more important than filling up arenas. And when the fans were cheering for him, they were not purchasing Hulk Hogan’s merchandise.

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He became extremely over with the fans even as a heel. Any heel worth his salt back in the day would feud with Hogan making it a win -win for everyone. However, WWE had to drop the feud because the fans kept chanting for a heel Roberts which didn’t paint Hogan in the best light. Roberts said, “I did fight him twice and but the fans cost me a lot of money because they were chanting, ‘DDT, DDT, DDT’ and that’s not what they wanted man.”

He further claimed, “Because the picture is not how many fans you put in an arena. It’s how much you sell at the merchandising stores and stuff and they didn’t want the crowd split because it’s just bad for business.”

This proved to be a death knell for the Hogan-Roberts feud, because WWE didn’t want an evil heel cheered over a popular babyface and the poster boy of the company. Hence, Roberts missed out on making loads of money due to the fan response towards him and their animosity towards Hogan.

Had Jake The Snake feuded with Hogan in a full-fledged program he could’ve become an even bigger star and possibly earned a few more bucks.

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