"Be ready for the fight of your life, brother!"

Hulk Hogan: "You know some, Corey Maclin: Well I hear you say, just a few days away, this Friday, the 27th in the FedEx Forum, it feels like ice cold water running up through my veins, brother. I get the rush from head to toe, because I’ve been from all over the world. I’ve seen the pyramids, brother. And I’ve got a vibe this time like I’ve never felt before. Comin’ back to my roots.

Hulkamaniacs worldwide say: Hulk Hogan, why do you gotta go there, man? Why do you gotta go back? You’ve got nothing to prove. And why the heck do are you getting in the ring with a seven foot tall, 460 pounds monster? The reason why, Corey Maclin: I’ve gotta put a period at the end of the sentence. I gotta end the legacy the right way. I gotta be able to look in my son and my daughter’s face and tell ‘em why I did what I did. When the big man upstairs in New York City, Greenwich, Connecticut, VinnieMac junior stepped across the line and talked like smack about Brooke, my daughter. Game on, dog! I had to get back in the ring, I had to prove a point that Hulkamania is stronger than any trash-talkin’. Hulkamania is bigger than any wrestling promotion in the world today. And the only way to do it is to face the biggest, baddest man that ever stepped in this ring: Paul Wight, formerly known as the Big Show.

So I say going back to my roots, I’m talking about coming back to Mempho, with all the Memphonites. I’m talking about turning the Memphonites into Hulkamaniacs – for life. And I’m talking about when I went back to Venice Beach this past weekend, I drove my Lowrider into the Pacific Ocean, bro. And when I grabbed a hippie with one hand and a palmtree with the other, the real big men upstairs striked me between the eyes with a lightnig bolt and I said: ‘Brother, at the end of the day in Memphis, Tennessse, who’s gonna rise and fall? Will it be me or will it be Paul Wight’ immortality that will last forever?’ [And he said:] ‘Hulk Hogan, you’re the man! Hulk Hogan, you’re immortal! Hulk Hogan, the trainin’, the prayer and the vitamins and the believin’ in yourself WILL LAST FOR LIFE!’

So Paul Wight, I’ve got somethin’ to tell you, the story goes like this: When you’ll be comin’ to Mempho, be struttin’ your stuff, when you come in front of all my Hulkamaniacs, be ready for the fight of your life, brother! And remember one thing, Corey Maclin: Don’t come to Memphis, Tennessee, don’t come to the FedEx Forum if you don’t think blood’s gonna flow like wine, because it is. This is the fight of my life, brother. This could be the last match that I fight for my family, the Hulkamaniacs, or this could be the first match on the long hard road of taking over the whole professional wrestling business.

And at the end of the day, I’m glad that coward Lawler ran for his life. At the end of the day, I’m glad a REAL man is in the ring, Paul Wight, to face me, brother. I’m tired of playing games, this time. I spent thirty years pounding these highway. I spent thirty years breakin’ my body in half. I spent thirty years tryin’ to prove what this business is all about – and to be cheapshotted, have the carpet pulled out from under me, it’s not gonna end that way. So I feel sorry for Paul Wight. You’re in for the fight of your life, brother.

And when you walk out of Memphis, Tennessee, there’s gonna be one thing that’s gonna happen to you: You’re gonna be a man when I get done with you. But you’re also gonna be laying at your back, looking up saying: ‘Please Mr. Hogan, don’t beat on me anymore!’ And if Jimmy Hart, that sneaky little mouth of the south, steps out of the line, I’m gonna use him as a whistlebone-bat just to bang on your head some more, Paul Wight!

So Memphis, Tennessee, a couple of days away, Corey Maclin [packt ihn am Kragen], you better stay outta my way too, brother, because the power of the Hulkamania is gonna run wild in the FedEx Forum. So WHATCHA GONNA DO when Hulk Hogan destroys you, Paul Wight? Whatcha gonna do… I’m outta here."