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When anything new involving Hulk Hogan hits anywhere, my bullshit detector alarms at a painfully high volume.
Hogan is the master of exaggeration. A magician of the retcon. A word sorcerer that can twist a narrative to fit his own legend. It was the biggest concern I had ahead of watching the new Hulk Hogan: Real American documentary series on Netflix.
In a special Brass Ring Media interview, Brian Storkel — the director of the project — detailed how the series managed the retcon’s and exaggerations by Hogan rather than simply help him pollute wrestling history with Paul Bunyan-like tall tales. Storkel said the tall-tales were a part of Hogan’s career and they presented as such in the four episodes of the show. They also reinforced the backwards nature in which Hogan thought about himself and the world around him.
Hulk Hogan: Real American successfully captured the iconic pro wrestling career of the most influential wrestler in history and spotlighted a star that still didn’t get where he went wrong.