Hulk Hogan will have a birthday celebration on Monday Night RAW this coming week and the WWE has plenty surprises in store for the Hall of Famer and while "The Hulkster" won't be wrestling on the show, he has confirmed that he wants to compete in one more match down the line.
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Hogan appeared on The Matthew Aaron Show podcast and said that he is hoping to wrestle one more match just days after it was revealed that Hogan wanted to face WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena in an Icon vs. Icon match down the line, much like he did against Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in 2002 at WrestleMania X-8.
"Brother, my goal is to perform in the ring again, it's not if, it's when," Hogan told the show. "I've been training like crazy, my back doesn't hurt at all, my back's perfect, now I've finally got by back straightened out and I'm really trying to get myself into shape because if you step inside that WWE ring you better bring it, and last time I brought it they begged me to take it back."
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Hogan, who turns 61 on Monday, said he wants to give the WWE Universe one last "Hulkamania" moment in the squared circle for the WWE before hanging up his boots.
"If I get in there I want to make sure I'm ready to go and I give them something to remember me by, so my goal in life is to perform again in that WWE ring," he said.
Fans who remember Hogan's signature leg drop finisher may be disappointed as Hogan isn't sure if he'd still do the maneuver and revealed that he wished he had a different signature move during his prime.
"That's the question, people always ask me if there was anything I would ever change about my career and I've always said no but then I started to think about it, I was such a dummy," he said. "I didn't even know how to work my own gimmick, I've got the largest arms in the world why wouldn't I use the sleeper hold, duh, you've got the largest arms in the world and you're dropping the leg drop, what does that mean? If I'd have used the sleeper hold the last 40 years I'd have had no back surgeries."
The WWE is planning a lot of twists and turns for Hogan's celebration on Monday, which is the go-home show for SummerSlam, which airs Sunday night, Aug. 17 live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Scott Hall has teased an nWo reunion with himself, Hogan and Kevin Nash for the show and it appears that will happen.
Wrestlingheadlines.com reports that there is indeed a planned segment for a reunion with Hogan, Hall and Nash on the show as the three original nWo members will be live on RAW.
Other names that will be on hand include Paul Orndorff, Ric Flair and Jimmy Hart while other names will likely be added over the next week.
It'll be a memorable night when "Hulkamania" runs wild on Monday Night RAW live from Portland, Ore. next Monday.
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