“I Was Sitting There”: Dwayne Johnson Opened Up on Hulk Hogan’s Moving Gesture After Breaking His Heart Initially

Dwayne Johnson had a tough start to his wrestling career. Initially, he did not receive the support and love from the fans. However, Johnson is no quitter and eventually, he became ‘The Rock’ and was inarguably one of the biggest WWE superstar during his time with the company.

‘The Rock’ has had some amazing matches throughout his WWE career, none bigger than his WrestleMania match with the legendary Hulk Hogan.

Hogan and The Rock would bring to life a dream match at WrestleMania when the two faced off each other in the main event. It was truly a passing of the torch and a legend vs legend match. But you may wonder what and how was the first interaction between the two future adversaries.

Dwayne Johnson shares a heartfelt story about Hulk Hogan

During the promotion of Jumanji, Dwayne Johnson revealed a story that included Hulk Hogan. His story was one where Hogan would inspire the young Rock to be a better human being before being the best wrestler in the ring.

He narrated, “Right there, right when he [Hulk Hogan] came in… he was wrestling at Madison Square Garden, and he had a white headband that said ‘HULKSTER.’ Do you remember that? He came in the ring, and I was at Madison Square Garden. I was sitting there front row with my mom, I was watching the matches. And he came out, and I’ll never forget, he was wrestling Paul Orndorff, Mr. Wonderful. He takes the thing off, and he throws it to the crowd. And I caught it. And it was a big nerd-out moment… It was amazing.”

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Then he said that he went backstage and met with Hogan himself. But when the Hulkster realized it was the last one he had, so he took it back. But the story becomes more interesting. He continued, “Two or three weeks later, he had thousands [of headbands] made. Went to my dad, and he goes, ‘Hey, I signed this for your son. He gave me my only one back, and I needed that one, as one, to make a thousand other copies. Give this back. Give this to him.’”

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Could this have sparked something in The Rock to challenge the leader of Hulkamania to a match at WrestleMania? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below.