Why Hulk Hogan’s Latest WWE Lie Falls Apart
Hulk Hogan’s lips are moving and that can only mean one thing, this time the WWE Hall of Famer has claimed responsibility for entrance music.
Hulk Hogan has never let the truth get in the way of a good story. Hogan notoriously claimed he turned down the George Foreman Grill only for that to be later revealed as a lie. The Hulkster has also previously claimed to have wrestled at SummerSlam 1992 despite not even being signed with WWE at that point.
Now he’s taking responsibility for the rise of entrance music in wrestling.
Hulk Hogan Took Matters Into His Own Hands
Speaking on the Try That In a Small Town Podcast, Hulk Hogan explained that for his landmark match against The Iron Sheik, he wasn’t meant to have entrance music but he had other ideas. Hogan then claims that this led to all WWE stars wanting their own music:
But the cool thing about it was, they told me no music. So I went to the sound guy. I said, ‘The hell with this. Eye of The Tiger, crank it.’ I gave him 500 bucks. When that music started, that [hums guitar riff] the roof of the place blew off.
Then I told Vince, I said, ‘Man, I’ve been selling merchandise, T shirts, headbands, hats, koozies and wristbands and making a ton of money doing it, because nobody else is.’ Vince picked up on it real quick, and it just took off and then everybody wanted entrance music. So Jimmy Hart sat up all night, most nights, writing entrance music for all the wrestlers.
Unfortunately but not surprisingly, Hogan’s claim somewhat falls down when facts are involved. Mildred Burke had used entrance music in the 1950s as did Gorgeous George who came to the ring with the Pomp and Circumstance Marches later used by Macho Man Randy Savage.
In WWE, Sgt Slaughter has claimed he brought the idea of entrance music to Vincent J. McMahon and came to the ring with the Marines’ Hymm for the first time in the 1970s.