Posted on 7/26/125 by Colin Vassallo
Eric Bischoff, a close personal friend and business partner
of Hulk Hogan, appeared on FOX News Channel’s The Story with
Martha MacCallum yesterday to discuss the passing of the WWE
Hall of Famer.
“I’m in shock. It still hasn’t really set in,” Bischoff said
when asked about Hogan, adding that he learned about Hulk’s
passing ironically while watching FOX News.
Bischoff is currently in Las Vegas where he is shooting
material for the Real American Freestyle, the wrestling
promotion he started with Hulk Hogan.
“I got a text that let me know something was going on. And
five minutes later, I was in my room and I’m watching FOX
News and got the news. And I have literally been on the
phone or responding to texts and e-mails ever since,”
Bischoff continued.
Bischoff told MacCallum that the news hasn’t truly sunk in
yet and he knew the real Terry Bollea, who was different
than Hulk Hogan.
“Terry Bollea, the man, was kind. He was generous to a
fault. He was loyal. He just had a big heart,” Bischoff
continued. “And until you got to know Terry Bollea, you were
overwhelmed with the character Hulk Hogan. And that was his
life. But he really was one of the kindest, most generous
people that I have ever met.”
A video of Hogan getting baptized surfaced online after he
passed and Bischoff said that Hogan struggled with his faith
and sometimes got closer to it than others, but it was
always there.
“It was always present. It was always a part of who he was.
But in the last seven years, six, seven, eight years, in
particular, he really got so much closer to his faith,”
Bischoff noted. “And he was so proud to go through that
baptism and just embrace his faith to a level that he never
really had prior. And it brought joy to him. And I’m
grateful, very grateful for that.”