On a recent edition of the “Wrestling Time Machine” podcast, Teddy Long clarified recent comments in which he said he supported Hulk Hogan. He said,
“Maybe they don’t understand what I meant when I said I support Hulk Hogan. I never said, ‘I supported Hulk Hogan.’ The only thing I said is ‘Hogan and I have always been okay.’ I can’t help what he said or any of the racial stuff he said. That’s on Hogan. Ok? He’s always been a gentleman to me, the man called me out of the blue one time and did something with me that I know he didn’t have to do. So, I have a lot of respect for people when they do stuff like that, especially for me.”
Long added that Hogan had been polite with him, but that he had to live with the consequences of the racist remarks he made. He said,
“These racial slurs, Hulk Hogan’s gotta live with that, not Teddy Long. All I can say is he’s never mistreated me, he’s always been straight up and fair with me and that’s all I can say about the man.”
Hogan was resoundingly booed at WWE RAW’s debut episode on Netflix during which he promoted his Real American Beer beverage.
While Hogan has blamed the frosty reception on politics, many have pointed to his history of lies and racist remarks.
Hogan was featured in a video at a recent WWE SmackDown taping in Portland, where the controversial Hall of Famer was again booed.