During the Mr. McMahon docuseries that is currently streaming on Netflix, Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan, and others spoke about the incident where Jesse Ventura tried to organize wrestlers in the WWE locker room to unionize ahead of WrestleMania 2.
In the docuseries, WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan admitted that he was the one who snitched on Ventura and revealed his plans to Vince McMahon.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
Hulk Hogan on telling Vince McMahon about Jesse Ventura’s plans: “Right before WrestleMania 2, Jesse was trying to start a union and undermine Vince. I was on Vince McMahon’s team all the way. I went straight to Vince and said, ‘Hey, Jesse’s stirring s*** up, man. He’s trying to start a union here and you’re going to have a bunch of wrestlers walk out on you at Madison Square Garden. Just want to let you know what’s up.’”
Vince McMahon on his belief that no one would get behind Ventura: “The whole thing was a sham. It’s something he pulled out of the air. Mostly like, ‘We should get together.’ Quite frankly, no one in the locker room would get behind Jesse.”
Hogan on how McMahon threatened to fire wrestlers over it: “What Vince would do is called each wrestler one by one. ‘I know about the meeting. Everybody that shows up to this meeting will not have a job in the morning.’ So, nobody showed up.”
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