After being booed by a raucous WWE crowd in Los Angeles a week earlier, wrestling legend Hulk Hogan found a much more receptive audience with Fox News' Jesse Watters on Monday night.
And that's a good thing, because Terry Bollea, 71, was in a party mood with Donald Trump's inauguration just a week away.
“All I gotta say, bro, is I put my Trump bomb back in and I'm going to walk dirty until that inauguration,” Hulk told the grinning Watters while flexing his beefy, tanned arms.
Hogan is, of course, an ardent supporter of the president-elect. He endorsed Trump's candidacy at the 2024 Republican convention and later spoke in support of his fellow TV star at a rally at Madison Square Garden in October. He even ran as Trump's vice president before JD Vance was elected.
But Hogan may have had an ulterior motive on Fox News, where he promoted his new beer brand and restaurant in Clearwater, Florida.
'Man, I can't believe you kicked me out of the party, bro,' Hogan said after opening the segment by inhaling a can of beer.
Hogan, 71, was partying with Trump's inauguration a week away.
“We have Hogan's Hangout, the first karaoke night, we're drinking Real American Beer, made by real Americans,” Hogan continued, holding up the can for Watters' audience to see.
'We have a real American president, brother, and we're already celebrating the inauguration before it even happens because we know we're going to take our country back, brother. Wow.'
But when he wasn't playing karaoke night at his restaurant, Hogan worked as a historian.
When asked where 'we are as a nation,' the veteran face of the WWF delivered a synopsis of recent American history, albeit in wrestling promotional lingo.
“I've seen the hills and the valleys, brother,” Hogan began. 'I was around when we had (attorney general and assassinated presidential candidate) Robert Kennedy doing our thing, but the way things are now, we hit an all-time low.
“When Trump won the election, it was suddenly like a dark cloud had lifted from America,” Hogan continued. 'Everyone was happy. All the whiners and whiners out there were the ones who created the problem in the first place. America is back to normal, we will definitely be better than ever, this is the best time to be alive, bro.'
Hogan rips his shirt while speaking on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention
Hogan then doubled down on his claims about the Joe Biden administration and the prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency.
'It was very close (to hitting rock bottom), brother. I was really worried because, can you imagine if we had eight years of Kamala Harris? Hogan asked, mispronouncing the vice president's name. 'The party is over, ready, see you later brother.
'The people stood up. They didn't like the way things were going. And they voted to make America great again, man. This is the time to be alive.'
As for Trump's inauguration on January 20, Hogan hinted that he will attend at some point.
“Well, there's a little bird that says he might be up there, up to some mischief, brother,” Hogan said.
Before ending his segment, Hogan returned to playing 'Main Event Karaoke' at his Clearwater restaurant, as well as his 'Real American Beer, Brother.'
“I can't wait for you to be sworn in, brother,” Hogan said as he signed off. “It's a new day, it's a new country, and we're going to make America great again because we have a real American president, brother.”
Just a week ago, Hogan was in a very different mood after being booed by WWE fans in Los Angeles.
The wrestling icon, who has a love-hate relationship with WWE fans after a series of controversial moments outside the ring, was a special guest as the company hosted the first show of its $5 billion deal with Netflix.
When he entered the Intuit Dome in California, he was roundly booed by the crowd, much to the surprise of fans watching at home, and DailyMail.com can now reveal that the Hulkster himself was also stunned by the reaction.
Hulk Hogan, now 71, was a special guest on Monday Night Raw as WWE took Netflix by storm
A source told us exclusively: 'Did Hulk think they were going to cheer him up? Especially bringing up Jimmy Hart, who everyone likes, and who was also waving an American flag at the time…that's a big yes!
“So when he came out, they booed him, and then he went to the back after his promo, he was instantly disappointed that the fans were turning on him. But he wasn't angry!
“If he hadn't been there to promote his beer, he would have leaned a little more toward it, but he had to get over the promotion.” But after thinking about it, some good things came out.
“The fact that he got booed, everyone was talking about it, and he's been in the wrestling business long enough to know, even a bad reaction helps a lot, because if you don't get cheered or you don't get booed, then They don't care at all.
“This has actually been a great promotion for their beer and as soon as he was disappointed, he thought about it some more and is actually excited about the result.” Hulk is a businessman and he's going to ride the fan reaction all the way to the bank.
When he entered the arena on Monday Night Raw, Hulk attempted to tell the WWE audience that they were the best tag team partner he had ever had. Their response was to boo him out of the building.
Hogan was banned from WWE in 2015 after a tape surfaced of him making racist comments, including using the n-word.
In a video made public by The National Enquirer, Hogan said, “I guess we're all a little racist” and used the n-word when referring to his daughter's love life, including repeating the phrase “fuck.” Niggas' several times.'
According to Radar, the audio shows him using a series of racist comments in a rant about his daughter Brooke, 27, who was trying to launch a music career, to Heather Clem, the wife of a friend.
She is reported to have said that “a black billionaire” had offered to finance her and then speculated about her sex life.
Hogan told Clem: 'I don't know if Brooke was fucking the black's son… I mean, I don't have any double standards. I mean, I'm a racist, to some extent, a fucking black. But then when it comes to nice people and shit and whatever.
Despite having Jimmy Hart waving a flag at his side, Hulk Hogan was booed by the crowd.
He continued: 'I mean, I'd rather if she was going to fuck some black, I'd rather she marry some 8 foot tall black worth a hundred. millions of dollars! Like a basketball player! I guess we're all a little racist. Damn blacks.'
He was initially kicked out of the WWE Hall of Fame, but has since been allowed to return and repaired his relationship with the company's power brokers.
After making headlines in California last week, there is also now talk of more storylines, and that they will follow a similar path to The Rock by turning him into a 'heel', or bad guy.
“Those in the back have listened to the fans like they do with most of their stories,” the source continued. “They listen to the audience and if they have a direction they want to go with something, they'll try it first, but if the crowd's reaction is so different, they'll make sure to steer it in the direction the tide is going.”
'It has already been discussed that the next time they put Hogan on television it will be to make him a heel or a bad guy, because the last time he was a bad guy, it worked wonders for his career.
'They could base it on what they had to do with The Rock last year. The last few times The Rock came back, they made him the hero and the fans hated him. The Rock leaned towards being bad, they changed direction and now, after last night, fans like The Rock again.
“So by giving the fans what they want, you get what you want, and to them that's flattery.” Hogan and some of the writers have talked since then and every time Hogan comes back, if they boo him, they will wait for it and support each other 100%.
“Plans are for Hogan to go back to being a bad guy and help out in a future storyline with another wrestler.”