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HULK HOGAN SAYS HE HAS A NEW CONCEPT FOR TNA AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK HE'S 'HIGH-TAILING IT OUT OF HERE'

Hulk Hogan was interviewed by The New York Post today, discussing TNA and presenting the company as one he is trying to help build.

In the piece, which referred to Hogan as "as one of the premier minds in wrestling", Hogan discussed the Open Fight Night and Gutcheck concepts they have brought to Impact Wrestling and noted that he has another new concept he's about to help the company roll out.

“We are going to give more power to the fans, make them more involved and more important,” Hogan said. “I can’t say much more, but I can say this, I’m either going to be really right on this one or really wrong. If I’m wrong, you probably won’t see me again because I’ll be hightailing it out of here.”

Hogan also commented on WWE's recent mentions of him, saying, "“I remember the last time this build-up happened. Vince McMahon had Shawn Michaels dress up as Hulk Hogan with a walker and say ‘You’re getting old brother.’ Then we came with the NWO idea and I feel the same thing now. [The WWE] is banging me on TV again, having The Three Stooges dressing up as me, showing footage of Brock Lesnar beating me last week. They’re worried about something. [With WCW,] we were doing three times the numbers [ratings] that WWF was doing back then. We slammed them for a couple of years in the ratings. We had incredible talent and had the two highest rated shows on TNT and TBS at the time.”

Note from Mike: The Shawn Michaels vignette Hogan refers to was during Hogan's feud with Shawn Michaels when Hogan was IN WWE, AFTER WCW closed down.

Hogan also commented on his in-ring work going forward, commenting, "It took me a long time to come to grips with the fact that I can’t be in the ring that much anymore, to set aside that ego, it’s tough. But when I look back at the tape and see myself walking out there and wrestling, it isn’t how I want it to be so I had to realize that I shouldn’t be doing that anymore.”

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