AEW star MVP is critical of Hulk Hogan’s spot in the Mount Rushmore of Wrestling.
The Mount Rushmore of wrestling is often used as a prestigious list to include the greatest names in professional wrestling and present them together. Although different stars have different opinions and the list varies, many lists commonly include Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, The Undertaker, and other stars from wrestling’s golden era.
However, AEW’s MVP recently objected to the inclusion of Hogan into that list. While supportive of ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage’s addition, MVP recently called out The Hulkster as “self-admitted and unapologetic”. In his new interview BetIdeas.com, he claimed,
“Oh man, I hate these hypotheticals. Because there are so many greats, you know? There are some people that I think should be on it. It’s a personal preference. It’s all a matter of taste. Would I say Macho Man should be on it, in my opinion? Absolutely, he should be on it. There are many people that would make the case that Hulk Hogan should be on it…I think he’s disqualified in my opinion, because…he’s who he is. Self-admitted, unapologetic, so that’s that.”
But because I’m also such a huge fan of Japanese wrestling, as well. And in terms of building up the business domestically, there are some absolute greats globally. You’ve had some huge stars that helped build up the business in England and Japan and in Mexico. So if you’re putting together a Mount Rushmore, is it just American wrestlers? Is it all wrestlers of all time?
So there are these questions that you have to ask, to kind of formulate it. It’s like, when people ask me, who are your all time favorite top five rappers. I’m like, well, I can tell you Rakim is number one. Ghostface Killah is number two, and three, four, and five depends on who I’ve been listening to lately and how high I am and what conversation we’re having, you know? It moves around.”
Recently, Hogan has found himself at the receiving end of criticism from several notable entities, including Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch, and Shelton Benjamin.
AEW Star Shelton Benjamin Publicly Blasts Hulk Hogan
Earlier this year, during Hulk Hogan’s appearances on The Pat McAfee Show and TMZ, he spoke about the success of amateur wrestlers in WWE, and incorrectly named “Benjamin Shelton” as a talented superstar. Soon, the clips went viral and created outrage amongst the fans. All Elite Wrestling star Shelton Benjamin soon responded to it and publicly blasted Hogan.
“Message to @HulkHogan. You lost me forever with your “don’t get caught” …or as you would call it “apology” speech. 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 & [Will Smith gif captioned “keep my name out of your f****** mouth]”
In other news: Hulk Hogan is very close to starting a new business venture.