Celeb Fail: Hulk Hogan, Businessman with Ron Funches and Brian Posehn | 19

The Big Flop

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy, Business

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In the ring, Hulk Hogan is a legendary figure who helped turn sports entertainment into a global phenomenon. But in the boardroom, The Hulkster’s always been a loser, failing hard at everything from exploding grills, to ill-conceived box office bombs and highly questionable restaurants. There’s not an opportunity out there that Hogan won’t slap his name on, but Hulk has simply never had the brains for business, brother!

Comedians Brian Posehn (The Big Bang Theory, New Girl) and Ron Funches (Gettin' Better, Black-ish) join Misha to pin down Hogan's failed commercial undertakings.

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0:00.0	Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to the Big Flop early and ad-free.
0:05.3	Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:19.7	It's 1995, and there's about to be a showdown in the world of professional wrestling.
0:27.4	The WWF's weekly Monday Night Raw broadcast has had the ratings in a headlock for years,
0:33.8	but a competitor has risen to challenge them.
0:37.8	Enter WCW Monday Nitro.
0:42.1	The rival wrestling company may not have the power of the WWF, but it's making big moves.
0:49.2	To start, WCW has recruited superstar Hulk Hogan.
0:55.0	And here comes Hulk Hogan to taunt his opponent, Big Bubba.
0:59.0	A commentator goes over to hear all the excellent put-downs.
1:03.0	Except, Hogan's not in the ring.
1:06.0	He's in the Mall of America Food Court.
1:09.0	All right, Michael Jordan's got his restaurant in Chicago.
1:12.7	Coach Don Schuel of the Miami Dolphins, he's got a steakhouse.
1:16.2	But WCW's own World Heavyweight Champion, Hulk Hogan, he's got Pasta Mania in the Mall of America.
1:22.5	Who's the greatest wrestler in the world?
1:24.7	Oh, God!
1:26.1	You know something Eric Bischoff tonight on Monday Nitro, pasta mania has got all my
1:31.7	hulkomaniacs running wild.
1:33.1	And I've eaten so many hulkaroos and hulk y'us.
1:36.3	I kind of feel sorry for Big Bubba, brother.
1:40.5	Yes, you heard that correctly.
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