Thanks to Brian Richey for sending in the following:
Hulk Hogan on Jimmy Kimmel recap:
Hulk was the first guest of the night and was introduced as being so popular 20 years ago that he had his face on lunchboxes, mugs, and even on other people’s faces. Jimmy made mention of ‘Hogan Knows Best’ and plugged SummerSlam before bringing Hulk out to a barrage of cheers. Hogan did his trademark poses and got Jimmy to do some as the crowd cheered, clapped, showed their Hulkamania t-shirts and bowed to him. Hulk went over to his family sitting in the front row and took their hands. The family said hi to Jimmy and Hulk made mention that they saw him cruising around the pool at the Palms in Las Vegas last week. Jimmy said he was dashing for the nachos and saw Hulk in the center of the pool with tons of people congregating towards him. Jimmy said he walked up to Hulk talking on his cell phone and assumed the person next to him was his agent, but turned out to be a fan that handed him the phone to say hi to his family.
Hulk pointed out Nick with his ‘albino mohawk’ and Jimmy questioned his driving on the show, to which Hulk responded with a ‘shh.’ He said Nick now had his permit at 15 and was driving legally and preceded to point out Linda and Brooke. Jimmy brought up how Hulk plants a GPS in Brooke’s car and “that’s why ‘Hogan Knows Best’ is the best show on television other than Jimmy Kimmel.” Hulk then mentioned his policy of letting Nick date freely at 15 and restricting Brooke’s dating at 17 since boys are different than girls. He goofed by saying, “girls can’t get preg- I mean boys can’t get pregnant.” Jimmy said that they would find a way eventually. Jimmy asked how Brooke felt about all this and she said that he is overprotective but she is getting to that age where she understands her responsibilities and won’t have sex until marriage. Jimmy comments on the episode where Hulk confronts the 22 year-old and Hulk details his plan of installing a GPS in her car and having Jimmy Hart and ‘Nasty’ Brian Knobs follow her. The mention of the two men got a rise from the crowd and a ‘Nasty!’ from Linda. In a nutshell, Hulk said that he wouldn’t be seeing that guy again and Jimmy joked that he was deceased.
Jimmy asks if they have really gotten into doing the show and Hulk says yes.
He mentions that he didn’t want to do the show earlier when the Osbournes were hot and that there is something called a “21-year itch when you’re married.” He says the show has brought them all together and that they have really gotten into the cameras and have made friends with the crew. Jimmy says that they should fight the Osbournes and other reality families. Hulk says they would “kill ’em” and that the best part of having the cameras around is that he always gets the last word in.
Jimmy questions if Hulk is the main Hogan and Hulk says, “nah, my wife is the main Hogan.” Jimmy asks if the kids are bad, how does it work and do they get bodyslams? Nick says that they get “armbars, bodyslams, full nelsons, everything.” Hulk says that the family is very physical and that he taught Brooke to defend herself while Nick used to box. Jimmy says they really could kill the Osbournes and the Jackson family too. He’d love to see Linda take on LaToya.
Jimmy mentions that Hulk will be facing the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels, which incites another rise from the crowd. Hulk says wrestling is like a cult in that, “once you’re in you can never get out.” Hulk mentions his induction into the Hall of Fame and that he was given 10 minutes, though the fans cheered for about 20 minutes and were screaming ‘one more match.’ He then says he picked his spot the next night at WrestleMania and ran down while the fans went crazy. He says the match at SummerSlam is like a dream match since he was the old generation and Shawn was the guy who tried to carry the ball after him and it “didn’t work out too well … there was always that jealousy thing.” He says that he will be 52 by the time SummerSlam comes and Jimmy comments on how huge he is and that he must be on steroids. Hulk says he used to be and Jimmy says he (Jimmy) has to get on them. Hulk says the last time he weighed 285 was in ninth grade but that he was always fat. He figured that training was better than real work and therefore it is an even trade off. Jimmy congratulates Hulk and the family on their success and once again plugs the show on Vh1 and SummerSlam as they go to break.
Back from the break, Hulk sticks around as they interview Jerry Ferrara (who is a good deal shorter than Hulk.) Jimmy asks if he is a Hulkamaniac and Jerry says, “who isn’t a Hulkamaniac.” He also mentions that he had the Hulkamania weight set growing up at 4 years old and Hulk remembers the blue dumbbells. Jerry said the set had dumbbells, a weight chart, and a tape of ‘Real American.’ Hulk says he brought out a tape not too long ago and couldn’t get through it. Jimmy challenges Jerry to sing the song and Jerry remembers the chorus and sings along with Hulk. Jimmy asks if Hulk will let Jerry date Brooke and Hulk asks his age. Jerry says 25 and Hulk promptly says no. They continue and finish the interview with Hulk laughing at times.
At the very end of the show, Hulk and his family are sitting on a couch with Jerry and Jimmy once again plugs ‘Hulk Knows Best’ and SummerSlam as Jack Johnson (the musical guest,) plays them off the air.
