Tag: Jimmy Hart

Jimmy Hart recalls Hulk Hogan’s reaction following WWE Raw on Netflix debut appearance

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

Jimmy Hart expressed hesitation and Hulk Hogan’s reaction to the backlash on his last WWE appearance at Raw’s Netflix debut in 2025. 

On the latest What Do You Wanna Talk About Podcast episode with Cody Rhodes, Hart reflected on the sentiments going into the segment with Hogan. He was reluctant at first given Hogan’s public statements about his political selection. 

“I said, ‘you know where we’re going? We’re going to California’ And like I said before, I’m not a Democrat or Republican. I’m jabroni.”

“But here’s the deal. I said, ‘I don’t like this’. ‘Jimmy, don’t worry about it.’ I went, ‘Okay’. We get out of the van there, nice town car puts us there. Some fans go ‘Hulk, we loved you, but you love them. We don’t like you anymore.’ You know. I said ‘Hulk, I don’t feel good about this’. ‘Jimmy, don’t worry about it.’ We go in the back. You know what I’m worrying about it.”

“So we’re in the back and Hulk, he goes ‘Jimmy Hart, what do you think?’ He’d always ask before we do something. And I just said, ‘no, everything’s good, you know, everything’s okay’. So, we went out and did the little thing with, rehearse where we were going to stand and help coming out, do his little deal. And I’m waving the flag.”

“So we finish it, then we go in the back. And of course, then Hulk comes up going ‘hey, the radio was good on that segment we did’. And I said, ‘well, I guess they should be because with all the commotion that happened on it, I guess we should have.”

“And I said ‘but you kept telling me, don’t worry about it. Well, I was worried about it’. And he goes, ‘Jimmy, look, sometimes you got to do what you got to do.’ And he said ‘I’ve made my bed and I’ve got to lie in it. That’s who I wanted to vote for. That’s what I wanted to do’. He said ‘I knew in my heart going in there might be a catchy thing’. But he knew it, you know.”

The segment, which was also intended to promote Hogan’s Real American Beer, garnered heavy boos from the audience due to his outspoken political views. After his passing, Vince McMahon expressed anger over the presentation and reaction to Hogan’s appearance on the debut program. 

Jimmy Hart recalls being shot by wrestling fan with dart gun 

Posted on by Rosanne Raphael

Jimmy Hart revisited the night a fan shot him with a homemade dart gun at a wrestling event. 

He detailed the incident to Cody Rhodes on the latest episode of What Do You Wanna Talk About? Podcast. It happened after a six-man tag team match featuring himself, The Dream Machine (Troy Graham) and Handsome Jimmy (Jimmy Valiant) against Jerry Lawler, Jerry Jarrett and Dylan D. When he was being carried out after the match, he initially thought his tights were burnt but backstage learned he had been shot with a dart gun. 

“I didn’t complain or get mad. I loved that when we had people (mad), you know, I got shot one time in Louisville. Everybody has, in the rump with a dart gun. A guy made a homemade dart, hit me right up. They, he got a cheap little straw from Wendy’s or McDonald’s or whatever building this big one made at home, took a little needle, like threading needle, put it in there, put a little thing on it and went as I was coming out because they had me draped over Handsome Jimmy’s shoulder.” 

“It was a six man tag. It was like Jerry Lawler, Jerry Jarrett and Dylan D against me, the Dream Machine and Handsome Jimmy. And I’m leaning over the back. They carried me out. Of course I got beat right. So I’m leaning over the back and all of a sudden I’m going, ‘Oh God’. And I thought, ‘man, I hope nobody burnt my tights’ because we didn’t make a lot of money back then. And so I got back. I went, ‘Oh my, I hope my tights aren’t burnt.’ They go no, look, they went ‘whoa’ And I went ‘what is it?’ They go, ‘look, it’s a dart’. And I went ‘Oh my God,’. Then Miss Jarrett ran, she goes ‘you’ve got to go get a tetanus shot.'”

“I went ‘Oh my God, it’s going to take my whole payoff to go get a tetanus shot’, you know, but I went and got a tetanus shot.I didn’t have anything, thank goodness, but that’s what happened.”

Hart stated he does not hold any grudges over the incident and  believes fan backlash comes with varied portrayals in wrestling. 

“I don’t really get mad about it because we get the people upset over it and then we get mad because they get upset with those. It didn’t make any sense, right?”

Update on megaphone stolen from Jimmy Hart at WrestleCade convention

Posted on by Ian Carey

Jimmy “The Mouth of the South” Hart has had his famous megaphone returned.

The megaphone had been stolen on November 29 while Hart was attending the annual WrestleCade convention in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. On Saturday, WrestleCade posted a video of Hart announcing that the megaphone had been returned.

Hart said in the video:

“Guess what? We’ve got it back! Than you WrestleCade, thank you Tony Hunter, thank you everybody involved, this is unbelievable! Now I have my megaphone back, what a great Christmas present this is for me. And I want to wish everyone out there a merry, merry Christmas.”

Shortly after the theft last month, WrestleCade posted on social media that the venue was covered by security cameras and that police would be reviewing the footage. They noted that Hart was not looking to press charges and simply wanted the megaphone returned.

WrestleCade’s message read:

“Someone stole Jimmy Hart’s megaphone at the convention yesterday. The venue has HD cameras and police will review the footage tomorrow. Jimmy isn’t looking to press charges — he just wants it back. If you took it, DM us. 12/2, the police investigation moves forward.”

WrestleCade’s post is below:

Jimmy Hart’s megaphone stolen at WrestleCade event

Posted on by Ian Carey

WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart’s megaphone has been stolen.

WrestleCade posted to social media that the theft occurred at its convention yesterday in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They noted that the venue is covered by security cameras and the police will be reviewing the footage. They also mentioned that Hart isn’t looking to press charges, he would just like the megaphone returned to him.

WrestleCade wrote on Sunday:

“Someone stole Jimmy Hart’s megaphone at the convention yesterday. The venue has HD cameras and police will review the footage tomorrow. Jimmy isn’t looking to press charges — he just wants it back. If you took it, DM us. 12/2, the police investigation moves forward.”

The 81-year-old legend was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2005. He was voted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 2018. He also won Manager of the Year in 1983 and Best on Interviews in 1984.

Today is the last day of WrestleCade’s annual Thanksgiving weekend convention. Wrestling personalities expected at the convention today include Sean Legacy, Ken Anderson, Vladimir Koloff, Sgt. Slaughter, Matt Cardona, Perry Saturn, “Dangerous” Danny Davis, Carlito, Buff Bagwell, Angelina Love, and more.

WrestleCade’s post is available below:

Jimmy Hart: Hulk Hogan was ‘devastated’ by booing for final WWE appearance

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Hulk Hogan was “devastated” by the booing he received in his final WWE appearance.

In what ended up being his last time on WWE television before passing away, Hogan was featured on Raw’s Netflix premiere this January, promoting his Real American Beer brand. Hogan was booed by the Los Angeles crowd that night during a brief segment where he appeared alongside Jimmy Hart.

Hart, Hogan’s friend and long-time road manager, paid tribute to Hogan on a new episode of Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw. He opened up about the Netflix premiere, saying that Hogan was affected by the response he received.

Hart was not shocked by the booing and attributed it to Hogan’s support of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, with Hogan having been prominently featured as a speaker at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

“It’s kind of a mixed reaction, but it’s a little bit more boos than anything. But that devastated him. And we got in the back and he said, ‘What do you think happened? I said, ‘Hulk, it’s simple — blue state, red state, [Hogan’s support of] Trump/Vance.’ I mean, really, I said, ‘I’m okay with it.’ He goes, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘I’m okay. I felt like I was managing the Hart Foundation against the British Bulldogs or the Killer Bees or somebody,” Hart said.

“But that bothered him because of that. And I said, well, surely people are going to realize what that was for. So the next week we’re in Texas [to promote Real American Beer] and it’s all cheers, you know? But that always bothered him. It sure did.”

Hart said he’s personally not a Democrat or Republican and did not go to the Republican convention with Hogan.

“I’m not a Democrat or a Republican, I’m just a jabroni,” Hart said. “Hulk knew that, okay? So I didn’t go with him to the Republican convention or anything — not because I wanted to hide or wasn’t for Trump or wasn’t for Biden or anybody. I’m just, like I said, a jabroni.”

While appearing on The Pat McAfee Show in February, Hogan discussed the booing he received from the Raw crowd, admitting that the personal scandals from his past may have played a part as well.

“Yeah, of course,” Hogan said. “You do slip and fall a couple times.”

Hogan’s official cause of death was confirmed today with the Pinellas County Forensic Science Center saying that he died of a heart attack. He passed away at 71 years old on July 24 following complications from a surgery that he underwent in May.

WWE has paid tribute to Hogan with 10-bell salutes on SmackDown, Raw, and NXT following his death.

Jimmy Hart says Hulk Hogan’s health situation was ‘so positive’ night before death

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Jimmy Hart claims that things were looking up for Hulk Hogan in his health battle before taking a sharp turn at the end.

Last Tuesday, Hart posted that Hogan was doing “phenomenal” despite rumors that he was in grave condition. The 71-year-old Hogan had battled complications from neck surgery for weeks before passing away of cardiac arrest on July 24.

Hart — Hogan’s friend and real-life road manager — tells People that he spoke to Hogan’s camp the night before the wrestling legend’s death and was told that everything was going well. Hart told Hogan’s assistant to pass on a message to Hogan saying that he loved him.

“I called [Hogan] on Wednesday night, and then Thursday morning is when everything took place,” Hart said. “So just…just overnight it all happened, but it was so positive the day before.”

During Hogan’s health battle, he was in and out of the hospital. Hart notes that he was not able to visit his friend because they were trying to protect Hogan from infection.

“It just hits so fast,” Hart said. “It was like, ‘Oh my God.’ We thought he was doing so well, you know? We didn’t go to see him at the house and didn’t go to see him at the hospital, because we wanted to make sure that he didn’t get any infections or anything else, like if anybody had a cold or brought anything in. So, that’s what we all did.”

The last time Hart saw Hogan in person was prior to his surgery, when Hart says Hogan was doing great as they interacted with fans.

“Hart, 81, last saw Hogan about a month ago, before the WWE star had neck surgery,” People wrote. “Before then, Hart said he watched wrestling with Hogan three times a week most weeks on Monday, Tuesdays and Fridays, and the friends also did karaoke together with Hogan’s son Nick Hogan on Monday nights at the family’s Hogan’s Hangout bar in Clearwater, Fla.”

WWE paid tribute to Hogan on SmackDown last Friday with Hart among the legends who attended the show. “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, Sgt. Slaughter, Jim Duggan, Gerald Brisco, and Brian Blair were also at SmackDown for the tribute.

Jimmy Hart mourns death of ‘best friend’ Hulk Hogan

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Just days after claiming that Hulk Hogan was doing “phenomenal” amid his health issues, legendary wrestling manager Jimmy Hart is mourning the loss of his best friend.

Hart was one of Hogan’s closest associates, working with him on-screen for decades and traveling everywhere with Hogan as his real-life manager. He expressed love for Hogan’s family following Thursday’s tragic news and reflected on the times he and Hogan shared together.

“What can you say when losing a best friend. First to Hulk’s family I love you. I am here for you all,” Hart wrote. “Hulkster you always kept me close to you through everything it was an honor. We traveled the world back and forth. Wherever we went Hulkamania was ALIVE brother!! The fans always came out and we loved every minute of it. You made more people smile than I’ll ever be able to count. Those are the memories I’ll forever cherish. Thank you for a 4 decade ride. I will keep the Megaphone going, Red and Yellow will live on, legends never die Baby!!! I love you Terry ‘Hulkamania’ FOREVER!!”

The 71-year-old Hogan passed away on July 24 after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater, Florida. In the weeks preceding his death, Hogan had been in and out of the hospital due to complications from a May neck surgery, but those close to him denied rumors that he was in grave condition.

Along with managing Hogan, Hart has been involved with his business ventures like the weekly karaoke event at Hogan’s Hangout. The Clearwater restaurant put out a statement yesterday asking everyone to respect the privacy of Hogan’s friends and family during this time.

“It is with a heavy heart and deep sadness that we confirm we have lost a legend. Our beloved Terry Bollea, known worldwide as Hulk Hogan, passed away today surrounded by his loved ones,” Hogan’s Hangout said on Thursday. “At this time of grief, we ask that everyone please respect the privacy of his family and friends.

“May we all take solace in the wonderful memories he left behind for the millions of fans worldwide whose lives he touched for more than four decades. He will be missed, but never forgotten.”

Jimmy Hart responds to Hulk Hogan health rumors

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Jimmy Hart is pushing back against rumors that Hulk Hogan is in seriously bad health.

For more than a month now, Hogan’s camp has been attempting to debunk rumors spread by the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show that claim Hogan is in failing health and those around him are hiding his true condition. Hogan’s wife Sky Daily posted a statement on July 11 saying that, while the 71-year-old Hogan has been in and out of the hospital following back fusion surgery, he is healing and they are taking it one day at a time.

“No, he’s definitely not in a coma!,” she wrote in response to comments made by Bubba. “His heart is strong, and there was never any lack of oxygen or brain damage… none of those rumors are true.”

Despite that, Hogan’s health has continued to be a discussion point on the Bubba the Love Sponge Show, with one person claiming that Jimmy Hart — Hogan’s friend and manager — has privately told people that Hogan is not doing well, cannot speak at the moment, and the situation does not look good. Hart is publicly denying that, though, posting a tweet yesterday claiming the opposite.

“Hulk is doing great, doing phenomenal!,” he wrote. “Last night at karaoke with Nick was absolutely fantastic, baby!!!”

Though the wording of the post is confusing, it appears that Hart is not trying to say that Hogan was at karaoke — just that Hart and Hogan’s son Nick were together at the event. Karaoke takes place every Monday night at the Hogan’s Hangout restaurant in Clearwater, Florida.

We should know more about Hogan’s condition soon as his new Real American Freestyle promotion is just a few weeks away from launching. The Olympic-style wrestling venture is from Hogan, Bischoff, and wrestling coach Izzy Martinez. It will feature Kurt Angle as a commentator on the August 30 inaugural show in Cleveland.

Jimmy Hart to induct Honky Tonk Man into WWE Hall of Fame

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Jimmy Hart will be playing a role in this year’s WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.

WWE announced today that Hart will induct The Honky Tonk Man into the Hall of Fame. Hart was Honky Tonk Man’s manager in the WWF.

It was originally reported that Hart was going to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame again this year as part of the Hart Foundation, but only Bret Hart & Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart are being inducted as part of the group.

Jimmy would have become a two-time WWE Hall of Famer if he was included with the Hart Foundation. He was inducted individually in 2005.

The Hall of Fame ceremony is taking place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York tomorrow (Saturday) night. D-Generation X (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, X-Pac, Road Dogg & Billy Gunn), Honky Tonk Man, Torrie Wilson, Harlem Heat (Booker T & Stevie Ray), the Hart Foundation, and Brutus Beefcake are the other members of this year’s class. Sue Aitchison will also receive this year’s Warrior Award.

As was announced yesterday, Hulk Hogan will be inducting Beefcake into the Hall of Fame.

Report: Original Hart Foundation being inducted into WWE Hall of Fame

Posted on by Joseph Currier

While WWE has yet to make any official announcements for this year’s Hall of Fame class, it appears that the first act for it has been confirmed.

PWInsider reported this afternoon that the original Hart Foundation (Bret Hart, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, and Jimmy Hart) will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of this year’s class. The Hall of Fame ceremony is taking place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, April 6.

Bret and Jimmy Hart have already been inducted into the Hall of Fame individually. Bret headlined the 2006 class, while Jimmy was part of the 2005 class.

Neidhart passed away in August 2018. He was 63 years old.

Bret & Neidhart were two-time Tag Team Champions together in the WWF.

This year’s Hall of Fame ceremony was originally scheduled to take place on the Friday of WrestleMania weekend before being moved to Saturday.

Jimmy Hart inducting Hillbilly Jim into WWE Hall of Fame

Posted on by Joseph Currier

With the event now under a week away, WWE continues to make announcements regarding this year’s Hall of Fame ceremony.

WWE revealed today that Jimmy Hart will be inducting Hillbilly Jim into the Hall of Fame on April 6th in New Orleans. The two are friends and were last seen together on WWE programming as part of the Legends’ House reality show in 2014.

Jim did an interview with TMZ Sports after being announced for this year’s Hall of Fame class and was asked about Hulk Hogan potentially inducting him. Jim said he’d love it if Hogan were chosen to do the speech, but WWE put out a statement this week noting that Hogan isn’t scheduled for any of the company’s upcoming events.

Along with Hogan, Hart was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame as part of the 2005 class.

The updated 2018 Hall of Fame lineup is listed below:

  • Goldberg (inducted by Paul Heyman)
  • The Dudley Boyz (inducted by Edge & Christian)
  • Ivory (inducted by Molly Holly)
  • Jeff Jarrett (inducted by Road Dogg)
  • Hillbilly Jim (inducted by Jimmy Hart)
  • Warrior Award recipient Jarrius “JJ” Robertson (award presented by Dana Warrior)
  • Mark Henry
  • Kid Rock

DragonKingKarl Classic Wrestling Marathon Finale: Jim Neidhart

Posted on by Karl Stern

The final day of the July Classic Wrestling Marathon is finally here. And for the last show, host Karl Stern takes a listener request deep cut looking at the lesser successful member of the Hart Foundation, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart.

Neidhart did have a wrestling career prior to the Hart Foundation working in Memphis, Mid-South, Florida, and of course Stampede. His career also closely followed another contemporary until his time in the WWF.

Today the marathon concludes with Jim Neidhart, father of current WWE star Nattie Neidhart.

Today also concludes the Super Stern Stick 16gb pro wrestling history flashdrive. The product will be pulled at Midnight U.S. Central Time tonight and discontinued. This is version 6.0 of the flashdrive and it will not be sold again in it’s entirety. There are many audio series, audio documentaries, interviews, question and answer shows and much more on the flashdrive — over 500 in all.

In addition, there is in excess of 500 pdf and text files dealing with pro wrestling history including old fanzines, newsletters, the entire run of the DragonKing Press Newsletter, match clippings, results, and much more. Order today or be left out. You can order at Karl’s website.

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