WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan recently had a conversation with Alfred Konuwa of Forbes on a variety of topics such as how his body is just too beat up to return to the ring and how once you have gone back to the ring you can’t come back out without being hurt.

Hulk Hogan said:

“Oh, big man, what’s old is new again! Fanny packs can come back, Hulk Hogan can come back, brother. But no, my body is just too beat up to get beat up in that ring. I mean, I know everybody thinks it looks like fun and games, but once you’re in there, what happens between bell-to-bell, I’ve never gone in that ring and it come back out without being hurt.”

Hulk Hogan also talked about how he was putting his time in and how he was around the business a long time before 16-time World Champion John Cena and fellow WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Hulk Hogan said:

“And that’s over 40 years. That’s like wrestling 350, 400 times a year, twice on Saturday, twice on Sunday, twice on Wednesdays. I was around a long time before John Cena and Stone Cold and all the new guys came along, so I was putting my time in.”

Hulk Hogan then talked about if he did any partying during his time and if he ever did drugs with any celebrities.

Hulk Hogan said:

“Oh, I have, back in the day, of course. I started wrestling in the late ‘70s, my man. And during the ‘80s it was the wild, wild west. We were at Madison Square Garden with Blondie and Cindy Lauper and Andy Warhol. So I’ve been around the block a couple times, if you know what I’m saying. But for me, this is more than just somebody tapping in and wanting to get high on weed. For me, it’s like a new fight, just a different mission.”

You can check out WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan’s full comments at this link.