Jesse Ventura details his mindset.
WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura previously said that Hulk Hogan ratted him out when he tried to unionize wrestling in the 1980s. The bad blood between Ventura and Hogan had been apparent for years. Ventura returned to WWE earlier in 2024 and appeared at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event on December 14.
Speaking on WFAN, Jesse Ventura was asked whether his return to WWE came with a condition that he wouldn't work with Hulk Hogan.
“Well, no, but you gotta remember, okay, the Hogan thing with me, I don’t hate him. I don’t hate anybody. But you gotta understand something, where I come from. During my most formative years, I was under an influence that created, for lack of better terms, in many ways, a monster, and that was when I was a Navy Seal. I never talked about it, I don’t talk about it. But we in that group, we live by a single premise, and this will answer your question, we don’t get mad. We get even. [Laughs] If you’re calling them in, your chances are, someone’s going to die. That’s just the way it is, and that’s the life I led for six years," Ventura said.
During the interview, Ventura also noted that Hogan ran him out of WCW.
Hulk Hogan has admitted that he told Vince McMahon about Ventura trying to start a union before WrestleMania 2. Check out his comments here.
Click here to see what Ventura had to say about working with Vince McMahon.
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