For weeks, WWE had advertised Hulk Hogan for the 02/25/2003 edition of SmackDown that took place in London, Ontario. It was two days after the No Way Out pay-per-view. Despite being advertised for weeks, the WWE Universe didn’t get to see The Hulkster at Labatt Centre because he didn’t appear for the show.

The reason behind this was he never agreed to appear in the show, as he already had some other commitments made. He was to attend his 14-year-old daughter’s recital a day after the taping. This incident led Hulkamania to garner some heat from WWE as repercussions.

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross recently shed light on this incident and mentioned his stance on this matter.

Jim Ross backs Hulk Hogan

On a recent episode of Grilling JR, Ross, and Conrad Thompson had a chat about the incident. During the conversation, the pro wrestling commentator fully supported Hogan’s actions and gave his reason for siding with him.

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The AEW senior advisor said that he doesn’t believe that Mr. America was to blame for any of it. According to him, the reason for the situation was poor communication. He said, “Bad communication, Connie. It wasn’t communicated well and Hogan got a lot of heat on him for that.”

He mentioned that Hulkamania never agreed to appear on the February 25, 2003 episode of SmackDown, so he didn’t deserve all the heat for his actions. “He never committed to the date,” said the pro wrestling analyst.

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Ross added he would not “blame a father for wanting to support his children.” He felt the 6-time WWF/WWE Champion didn’t deserve to be put in the situation. It was purely an unfortunate event that the WWE fans didn’t get to see him on that day.

In the end, he blamed poor communication as a big reason for The Hulkster getting all the heat. JR said, “We didn’t communicate extremely well and how do you not communicate well when you’re doing with Hogan? It’s not like he’s an unknown guy. It just didn’t work out that way and that’s unfortunate.”

Around the time, Hogan was already in a feud with Vince McMahon. This move from The Hulkster just added fuel to the fire.

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