Ric Flair spoke with WrestlingInc about his feelings toward Hulk Hogan. Below are the highlights.
On if he ever had issues with Hogan in WCW:Ā
āPeople keep asking me, the rub was me and Bischoff. It wasnāt me and Hogan. I mean at the end of the day, Hogan was the second person to come see me in the hospital. I donāt know, but he got in a Leer Jet and flew up here I mean, weāve always been friends.ā
On Hogan being reinstated into the WWE Hall of Fame:Ā
"Iām very happy to see him back. I donāt pretend to understand any of that. Iāve heard so many different sides of the story and all that. I think that anyone who portrays him as anything less than a good person that has done an excellent job, I mean heās been through a lot ā just think about it. His wife was terrible during the divorce and then there was the accident with [Hoganās] son and then this. I mean, heās had to go through a lot and the thing is great about Hulk is that heās still the most expensive guy to get out there to sign autographs. Heās still Hulk Hogan, they can do whatever they want. If you want Hulk Hogan, you gotta have a big wallet, thatās the way it is.ā
On Hogan being privately taped saying racist things:
āI mean Jesus C****t, weāre all sitting here wondering if [thereās] a spy camera now, you know? You never know, right? Itās a good thing they never put a camera in my room, [fiancee] Wendy would be a national hero! I couldnāt probably get work for her anywhere! I wonder how Iād react to social media in the 80ās wearing my robe up and down the airplane serving drinks. [I] would have probably ended up on the cover of Time!"