1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan: March 3rd, 11:45am

Episode Date: March 3, 2025

DP takes us through his eyes on one of the most prolific WWE rivalries.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

You're listening to One-on-One with DP. Brought to by Canopy Street Market on 937 The Ticket and the Ticketfm.com. This is so perfect. This is so perfect. Last night on A&E, WWE runs greatest rivalries. Last night for an hour of just glorious storytelling. Hulk Hogan versus the ultimate warrior. And to tell you, listen, I'm such a mark.

Like, I'd like to think that I'm above this. Like, you know, I'm at the end of this thing, they had me crying. And I was mad at myself. I was mad because I was in tears. Tears. Bach. Tears are strolling at my face because they tell,

they build up the rivalry. And they talk about all the friction and the craziness and insanity, right? And them going back and forth. And then they, of course, as the story actually, like, WW couldn't write the actual existence that happened. Like, they could have built this rivalry, but the real rivalry was better than the story that they wrote. And then the fact that at 54, 58, when Jim Heldwig passed away,

that he had just, he went into the Hall of Fame that year and had just gotten back on friendly terms with Hulk Hogan. And this was mutual. Hogan didn't like him. He didn't like Hogan. And in an era where social media was just starting to gain traction as that place where you clear the air, Hilwig went at the WW.E. hard. Hard.

He told secret on secret. And then finally, after a third, three years silent sabbatical, they make peace. And Hillwig gets a notification. He's going in the WWU Hall of Fame as the warrior. And him crossing the bridge with Hogan was big. And then for him to go to the Hall of Fame event, do the induction speed,

and then the following Monday, he did Raw. and he stood in the middle of that ring and gave his eulogy. He gave his eulogy. That dude made his peace. He made his amends. He rebuilt friendships. And he got celebrated. And then just like that, he was gone.

Just like that. And I'm sitting there, and in this crazy world of negativity, hate, and venom and all the stuff, that dude, do you imagine if he had passed and not made those amends and had not put that piece down? So I sat at my house and I had tears running down my face because Hogan was humbled by it. Stephanie McMahon was humbled by, Triple H was humbled by it, what he did for Hillwick and his family, creating the awards and creating trust. It was exceptional. So it was a great deal. And if you haven't followed those,

like they did the rivalries. They also did Rock and Triple H. They had, it's been great. If you don't, if you get time to binge, go online and find the WWR rivalry series. And it's so good.

Cigar, yeah, it's amazing. It was amazing. But it's, It's every Sunday night. They have the Legends and Future Stars show, which I love, right? Undertaker, Mickey James, Wolf. Booker T. and Bubba Ray with Sean Michaels, and they're letting people audition and try out to be the next future star.

And these are some talented folks in great storytell. And then following that, they have rivalries, and then great, last night they had greatest moments. Greatest, greatest Smackdown moments. They based it on Smackdown. And the greatest Smackdown moments. But I was a child.

I was an absolute child. So we'll take a break. When we'll come back at the 12 o'clock hour, Bach, I need for you to craft Bachmania. Bachmania. I need for you to take whatever magic wine, I can be the final boss

and I can say yes or no. But I need for you to put together Box WrestleMania this year. You up for it? I'm up for it. I'm ready. Now the question and then for the following segment, it's the tickets Royal Rumble.

But the question is whether are we doing it Royal Rumble style or over the top road everybody in? Like do you want to do it 30 people in one at a time? Or do you want 30? everybody from the ticket in the pool and then it's over the top rope. Again, I'm final ball, so I am not in it. So I can just stand back and send people out the curtain.

But we will do all of that when we come back to the ticket. Watch live on Facebook, YouTube, or Twitch. You're listening to one-on-one with DP on 937, the Ticket and the Ticketfm.com.