Eric Bischoff: Hulk Hogan ‘one of kindest & most generous people I have ever met’
Eric Bischoff — one of Hulk Hogan’s close friends and business partners for thirty years — talked about Hogan’s passing Thursday, something he said that still hasn’t sunk in.
In Las Vegas to shoot interviews for he and Hogan’s Real American Freestyle amateur wrestling promotion, Bischoff spoke to Fox News, saying he learned about Hogan’s death while watching the network.
“I have literally been on the phone or responding to texts and emails ever since. It has not truly sunk in yet,” he said.
Asked about what people should know about Hogan, Bischoff said an important thing to understand is that Terry Bollea was different than the Hogan character.
“He was kind and generous to a fault. He was loyal. He had a big heart and until you got to know Terry Bollea, you were overwhelmed by Hulk Hogan and that was his life. But, he was one of the kindest and most generous people I have ever met,” he said.
The two began working together when Bischoff brought Hogan to WCW in 1994. Hogan left the company in July 2000 with Bischoff departing a month earlier, ending an abbreviated return after Bischoff had been initially let go in September 1999. The two worked together in TNA for a number of years as well on outside projects with Real American Freestyle being the last.
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