Ever since Hulk Hogan's contract with TNA expired on Oct. 1, the wrestling world has wondered where the iconic wrestler will end up. While he's publicly stated he will be at WWE's WrestleMania 30 pay-per-view next spring as either a wrestler or fan, many wrestling fans wondered if he'd consider a return to TNA, which Hogan addressed on his Twitter account Saturday.
Hogan said he had no plans of returning to TNA following the expiration of his contract and when a fan asked him on Twitter about a possible TNA comeback, Hogan said that he "wouldn't be coming back" to the promotion.
When asked on Twitter, Hogan wrote ""yo Peri,I'm sorry I won't be coming back. HH."
Hogan, 60, recently said he had interest in appearing at WrestleMania 30, the anniversary of the very event he helped launch by main eventing the inaugural WrestleMania in 1985, and while he still feels like he has some matches left in him, if he can't strike a deal with the WWE he has vowed to at least show up to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans on April 6 as a fan.
"I would love to be at WrestleMania XXX," Hogan told Philadelphia's ABC affiliate at an autograph signing earlier this month. "I would love to have a ringside seat. But, the truth is I need a job. I quit TNA. I've just been hanging out on the beach. Never say never."
Wrestlingheadlines.com reports that a source told PWInsider that a Hogan return to the WWE is "looking good but nothing is ever set in stone until it is."
Hogan has mentioned in the past that with the "right venue, right guy, right payday" he'd return, and PWInsider reported that Hogan was "training like a madman" for a return at WWE's biggest event in WrestleMania 30, but a deal has yet to be struck between the free agent WWE Hall of Famer and the company, and he also alluded to ABC that he may "Hulk up" for the event.
Hogan, who reportedly wanted to face CM Punk at WrestleMania but was denied by WWE during their preliminary meetings, alluded to the fact that he may "Hulk up" for the event on April 6.
Hogan's longtime friend and former manager Jimmy Hart said Hogan will definitely be at WrestleMania when he was interviewed during the promotion of WWE's upcoming DVD release "History of the WWE: 50 Years Of Sports Entertainment," which comes out this Tuesday.
"Hogan knew I was doing this press tour with WWE promoting the DVD," Hart said from Mobile, Ala., last week, according to the Baltimore Sun. "He told me to say exactly this: Hulk Hogan will be at WrestleMania if he has to buy a ticket and sit at ringside."
Hogan reportedly has had contact with WWE COO Triple H about a return and that Triple H told him he'd be "welcome with open arms," and despite the rumors that the WWE "lowballed" the Hulkster with their original offer, it seems as though Hogan is still willing to make a return.
While a TNA return has been shot down for Hogan, it continues to look more and more likely that the red and yellow will be donned and 'Hulkamania' will run wild at WrestleMania 30 in New Orleans.
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