“We’d have beers before the matches. Beers after the matches. And we’d go to the hotel and all meet down at the bar. It was kinda like part of the whole wrestling genre.”
hulkhogan/InstagramHogan facing Andre the Giant Wrestlemania 4 at Historic Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey March 22, 1988.Hogan shared that his regularity with alcohol began during his 40-year span as a professional wrestler.“We’d have beers before the matches. Beers after the matches. And we’d go to the hotel and all meet down at the bar. It was kinda like part of the whole wrestling genre,” the 70-year-old American icon said.
He detailed the struggles he and many of his fellow wrestlers had outside the ring due to being prescribed painkillers for injuries which led to many becoming addicted. “I was hitting the pain pills hard because I’d had to endure 25 procedures, including ten to my back, facial operations from being kicked, knee and hip replacements, and abdominal and shoulder surgeries.”
After nearly a year without touching the booze, Hogan said he’s not done with drinking for good, but if he does return, he’ll take it easier than he did in his younger days.Share this article:
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