Dolph Ziggler Quotes

I was just a little three-year-old kid, and I loved Hulk Hogan. And when you're a three-year-old kid, you don't list off the reasons. I was just drawn to him. He was always my favorite, even in the video games and everything like that. He was the one that I always remembered and liked the most.

In 1985, if you were a wrestling fan, you were into Hogan; that's just the way it was.

To many generations of fans, Hulk Hogan really represents the beginning of what became this amazing industry that we have.

I know him as Terry. Hulk Hogan has probably done more for wrestling than anybody has. He got Hollywood involved in wrestling. Hogan was a big guy, but that big ol' guy could move, and he knew how to get those people going. He had it all. He got pro wrestling to a whole new level.

First time I met Hulk Hogan, I had a life-sized poster of him in my room and I idolized him as a kid.

It all started as a dream. Just watching as a kid, just watching Hogan, just watching WWF - it was amazing.

You don't grow up with Hulk Hogan as your dad and not learn a few moves.

Most people would die to have Hulk Hogan as a dad.

Bret Hart was a nobody from Canada, and Hogan was the greatest star in wrestling.

Hulk Hogan was my reason for getting into the business. He was this larger-than-life entity.

To me, Roman Reigns was WWE's version of Superman, and he was our locker room leader on 'Raw.'

Marty Scurll is fantastic, and I am a big fan of his work.

Professional wrestling, the WWE, and being in the Hall of Fame represent such a large part of Hulk's life, as does his connection to the audience.

The future of AEW is Maxwell J. Friedman, without a shadow of a doubt. I am going to be the face of this company. At the tender age of 23... people think I'm great now? They don't know the half of it. I mean, my career's only just begun.

All of a sudden, Hulk Hogan has become retro. Hulk Hogan has become cool again. So to come out and to hear how loud the fans are. To hear how loyal the fans are, it's truly overwhelming. I just can't believe I've been reborn in the WWE.

I'm the man that made wrestling famous.

I love Vince McMahon. He came up with the Kurt Angle character. He ran with it, and then I was able to run with it. I thank him for the opportunity he gave me. Vince McMahon was one of my best friends, period.

I think I'd probably be really good friends with Hulk Hogan. I think we'd get along, and I'd, like, chill him out because he'd be all rambunctious and rowdy, and I'd be like, 'Chill out, Hulk Hogan. Everything will be okay.' And he'd be like, 'Thanks, Ron.' And then we'd form a friendship.

I think Edge has completely put himself on the map as a bona fide WWE superstar.

Hulk Hogan and I put 43,000 people in the Georgia Dome with three days' notice. I've got a fairly big following in Atlanta.

I've always been a huge mark for Samoa Joe.

Chris Jericho was always someone I looked up to. I was a WWE fan growing up, and I remember his debut.

You have Superstars, and then you have mega Superstars. Brock Lesnar is a mega Superstar.

I grew up watching wrestling my whole life, so to get the chance to step in the ring that I've watched on TV so many times is a dream come true.

Hulk will always be a part of sports entertainment/professional wrestling history, and there's nothing that's gonna change that. His relationship with the WWE, whether it's official or unofficial, is something that can't really be erased.