Shelton Benjamin responds to Hulk Hogan calling him ‘Benjamin Shelton’

After Hulk Hogan called him by the wrong name multiple times in interviews, Shelton Benjamin has issued a response.

A clip has been circulating on social media today with Hogan calling Benjamin by the name “Benjamin Shelton” while appearing on The Pat McAfee Show and speaking with TMZ Sports. The latter was to promote Hogan and Eric Bischoff’s new Real American Freestyle organization — and Hogan named Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, and “Benjamin Shelton” as some of the amateur wrestlers who have found success in pro wrestling.

In response, Benjamin tweeted the following and accompanied it with a GIF of Will Smith saying “keep my name out of your f*cking mouth.”

“Message to @HulkHogan. You lost me forever with your ‘don’t get caught’ …or as you would call it ‘apology’ speech,” Benjamin wrote. “So rather than screw up my name and pretend we ever had any sort of camaraderie which we never had. Please do me a favor & [keep my name out of your f*cking mouth]”

Benjamin is referencing a speech Hogan gave to the WWE locker room in 2018 when he was reinstated into the WWE Hall of Fame. That was Hogan’s return to the company following a 2015 racism scandal where — on a leaked tape from years prior — Hogan used the n-word multiple times and admitted to being “racist, to a point.” Hogan’s speech to the locker room included him urging them to be careful because everyone has cell phones and cameras now, and some people took it as Hogan being more concerned with being caught than being remorseful for his actions. Hogan has said he believes that’s an incorrect interpretation of his apology.

Benjamin was released by WWE in 2023 and has since joined AEW, where he holds the AEW Tag Team titles with Bobby Lashley. Their Hurt Syndicate associate MVP also responded to the clip of Hogan getting Benjamin’s name wrong.

“Pathological lying piece of human excrement,” MVP tweeted.