Hulk Hogan On Vince McMahon’s Lifestyle – ‘Used To Drive Me Crazy’

Perhaps no one has worked as closely with Vincent Kennedy McMahon in any capacity as Hulk Hogan in the history of the WWF/WWE. Hogan was McMahon Jr.’s original franchise player, his Babe Ruth, the man who led the national expansion of the company and caused the territory system to systematically erode.

As such, Hulk Hogan is perhaps one of the foremost authorities on McMahon’s nature; how he really is, and in a new interview with Ariel Helwani on “The MMA Hour,” he shared some insights.

Surprised at how Vince has been able to take a back seat in day-to-day operations considering his reputation and perception as the ultimate workaholic over the past 40+ years, Hogan said,

“Business wise, the amount of money it generated for him, and where it’s put him in this catbird position, up on this financial pedestal, I understand the security of it. Shocked that he would not be 24/7 involved with the business. That guy never stopped. It was seven days a week.”

Detailing how Vince McMahon used to drive him crazy with his insane lifestyle, Hogan shared,

“I’d go to Monday Night Raw, and we’d have a post-production meeting at one o’clock in the morning after the show was over. I’d sneak back to my hotel, he’d be banging on my door at 2:30, 3:00, ‘Come on, monster. Let’s go work out.’ Used to drive me crazy.”

“Then he’d sleep for four hours and have another 20-hour day. It was like that every day. His plane, he had a big extended G4, I used to call it the slave ship. He talked me into going on it and flying to Monday Night Raw, then he’d never let me go home. ‘Oh, come on back to New York for three days. We need to California for a day.’ So, I was surprised that he walked away from the lifestyle because that was him, he loved it.”

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