You won’t believe Hulk Hogan’s Simon Cowell anecdote – because it’s a pack of lies
Hulk Hogan is one of the most recognisable figures to have emerged from the world of wrestling – or entertainment in general, and it’s no surprise that he has a wealth of showbiz stories ready to share with friends and interviewers alike.
When he spoke to one fitness magazine, he recalled how he came to be instrumental in getting Simon Cowell involved in US-based entertainment – and it’s a wild, wild ride.
Hulk Hogan did an interview with "Muscle and Health Magazine" and it's the wildest Hogan interview ever for lies per minute. The kid he made up who died before he wrestled at Wembley Stadium now died AT Wembley Stadium after Hogan noticed a death odor. And then there's just MORE. pic.twitter.com/lVz7nXpnv4
— David Bixenspan (@davidbix) August 24, 2023
“We stayed up all night and we wrote 12 songs for the kid’s family, and I didn’t know anybody in the U.K. and Jimmy knew somebody from Select Records and they got hold of Simon Cowell.
He produced the little album for us and it went number one on Billboard for eight weeks, so we gave the money to the kid’s family.”
What a tragic story and incredibly generous response. There’s just one problem – it’s absolute BS.
Let's count the bullshit here
1) Never performed at Wembley Stadium
2) The dying child at the show
3) His album never made it anywhere close to a number one
4) The album was close to ten years AFTER the wrestling album
5) Simon Cowell had nothing to do with Rock n' Wrestling https://t.co/Z9YzWfePuM— Richard Young (@Youngy316) August 24, 2023
Tweeters had quite a few thoughts on the tale – and we doubt that Hulk Hogan would be keen on them.
1.
“Let me tell you brother, Mr Skinner and Mrs Krabappel? They were in the closet makin’ babies, brother. And brother, I saw one of the babies, and that little dude looked at me, and he waved brother” https://t.co/QC5kMUfEv5
— Mikaela (@FridayInHalifax) August 24, 2023
2.
The Hogan lies thread is due a huge update. https://t.co/Px2Sd8PnbX
— Allan (@allan_cheapshot) August 24, 2023
3.
Hogan wrote "Hulkster in Heaven" in '92 in memory of a kid at Wembley he saw when he wrestled for WCW there in '94, then was so impressed with the album sales that he time-travelled back to '85 with Simon Cowell to produce The Wrestling Album for WWF.
WHY WON'T YOU BELIEVE HIM?
— Dan (@prog_r0k) August 24, 2023
4.
Man as much as Hulk sucks, this is so fucking funny https://t.co/kxmFrjduK2
— Auntie Christ (@ItsAuntieChrist) August 25, 2023
5.
you can’t say the hulkster can’t spin a wild yarn, brother https://t.co/a15EJkZfOE
— ziggy haim (@bigzighaim) August 25, 2023
6.
Next year, that dead child will actually be Andre the Giant and Hogan will get himself investigated by police for killing the kid by bodyslamming him to smash the 900 pound tumor. https://t.co/P3JPmiE5bc
— Tom. (@NotThatTomGreen) August 24, 2023
7.
For someone who genuinely has a good reputation for his charity work, the fact that Hogan feels the needs to lie about that too is so pathetic. https://t.co/1jtn5qAgPj
— SoberWrestling (@SoberWrestling) August 24, 2023
8.
'FDR thanked me personally for dropping the Big Leg on Hitler, brother. Those were his last words.' https://t.co/sXi2aN6aVD
— Stephen Graham 🇺🇦 (@StephenCVGraham) August 24, 2023
9.
Why does he lie about…..everything? https://t.co/0fsEEehNFH
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) August 24, 2023
10.
“Did a song in UK and it did really well on billboard too” when the UK doesn’t and never had Billboard, as it’s exclusive to the US
— who’s your queen ? (@glorioushurt) August 25, 2023
11.
The escalating levels of bollocks the Hulkster spews is breaking my brain. https://t.co/xP0CL2yNuN
— Martin S Dixon is commission-able🐀 (@BunnySuicida) August 24, 2023
12.
Hulk Hogan is the Picasso of lying, it's breathtaking https://t.co/k3JcMtowQY
— BostonNooga (@BostonNooga) August 24, 2023
A few people pointed out why it’s particularly odd for the wrestling superstar to invent showbiz stories.
Regardless of who he is as a person, Hulk Hogan had a legitimately amazing career filled with huge accomplishments, which makes it super bizarre for him to greatly embellish or outright invent things. And yet… https://t.co/DgKu4OJj5x
— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) August 24, 2023
READ MORE
“What’s the best bullsh*t you’ve heard someone come out with?” 14 superb lies
Source David Bixenspan Image Screengrab, Screengrab
