The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion used another example of why he believes wrestling is a shoot. Before the New World Order, faces in the business sold twice as more than heels, so the WWE Hall of Famer never treated the business like a work during his in-ring heyday.

“And for me, you know if you’re a good guy, usually until the NWO came along, back in the day, if you were a good guy, your merchandise sold two to one over the bad guy stuff. That’s not a work for me, that’s a shoot, brother. I’m making more money than you and I’m wrestling you, my t-shirts are selling twice as much as yours. Maybe it’s a work to you, but not to me,” Hogan added. 

Later in the interview, Hogan mentioned how Vince McMahon Sr. fired him for doing “Rocky III,” because they had plans for him and they were trying to “groom him to fit into a pocket.” 

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