Source: Fred Topel of Crave Online

During a recent interview with Crave Online, Hulk Hogan clarified his role in TNA and talked about how he used to come in and steal all of the big money.

Q: How much of what we see on camera is what your role really is behind the scenes?

Hulk Hogan: Well, I’m plugged in full-time, brother. I’m there all the way across the board. Before I used to wrestle, I mean before I used to lace the yellow boots up, steal the main-event payday and run home, now, I’m in the dressing room with the guys, talking to them about finishes and story lines and stuff like that, but then I’m also partners with Dixie, you know. We’ve got a great partner in Spike, and we are doing all kinds of business stuff and moving forward from the licensing, the merchandising, you know. There’s four legs on the table: the live events, the Pay-Per-View, the merchandising, like I said, the advertising money. And so we need to move forward on all fronts to win, you know. And so I’m involved all the way across the board. And it’s so crazy. Instead of showing up and having fun and wrestling, now I’m there with the production meetings with these guys. I’m involved in the wrestling, the creative, and then it just never stops. It’s like the gift that keeps on giving, but you have to be plugged in full-time, you know, creatively with the guys, and you have to have a camaraderie with them, but also, being partners with Dixie, I have to have my main concern moving this thing foward on a business level. So I’m in the mix, brother.

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