Watch: The Rock shares amazing story about catching Hulk Hogan's headband
This is an amazing story!
— Kevin McCarthy (@KevinMcCarthyTV) November 30, 2017
When I interviewed @TheRock for JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, I brought him my original JUMANJI ticket from when I saw it in January of 1996.
I asked Johnson if ever collected anything special as a kid and he told me this amazing @HulkHogan story. pic.twitter.com/o3sDERNfGn
While promoting his new movie "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle," Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson recalled an encounter he had with Hulk Hogan as a kid in the 1980s.
Johnson was at Madison Square Garden to watch his dad, WWE Hall of Famer Rocky Johnson, and caught a headband Hogan threw into the crowd - only to have Hogan ask for it back in the dressing room afterward (he had a good reason, though).
Amazing vid below on two fronts.
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) November 30, 2017
#1. My good bud Kev here brings me his ORIGINAL movie ticket stub from #JUMANJI.
#2. Thank you to the “brother” @HulkHogan for being so cool to me when I was a 12yr old nerdy, awkward huge Hulkster fan backstage at Madison Square Garden. 🤙🏾 https://t.co/xkQ4mDXfAu
Yo Rock, your dad took care of me so that is just how I was taught to treat people, my brother. Only love HH https://t.co/vDdmrdlzSV
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) November 30, 2017
For The Win's Nick Schwartz believes the event Johnson was referencing was this one that took place Feb. 20, 1984.