Report: ‘More Than Meets The Eye’ With Hulk Hogan WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Absence

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An interesting update has emerged on WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan’s absence from the recent Saturday Night’s Main Event special.

Despite being advertised for the January 25 NBC special, Hogan ultimately wasn’t among the numerous legends who appeared during the live broadcast.

While reports emerged ahead of the show indicating that Hogan was set to miss the special due to ‘family commitments’, Dave Meltzer now reports that there’s more to this story than meets the eye.

Confirming that Hogan was definitely officially scheduled for the WWE show, despite his son Nick getting married over the same weekend, Meltzer noted the following on Wrestling Observer Radio:

“There’s more to the Hogan thing than meets the eye. I’m just not sure exactly yet what it is. I’m not saying that because it’s suspicious, I’m saying that because I was absolutely told that – that there’s more than meets the eye, that’s the exact wording I was told.

“It’s just weird that you pull out of a show that has been built around you, you’re the only one in the advertising, and then you pull out over a wedding. Which, hey, look, your son’s getting married, sure, I get that, but it’s like, how many weeks have they promoted this with Hogan? Including the night before.

“Unless Nick told him the day before, ‘Hey, I’m getting married tomorrow’… wouldn’t you go like, ‘Dude, I’ve got a commitment here that you know about, they’re advertising this whole show around me’.

“There is something that doesn’t meet the eye on this one, it does not pass the smell test. Either Hogan not telling them until the end, that’s weird. Nick deciding to get married at the last minute, if that’s the case, that’s weird. It’s weird.

“I know people are trying to say now, ‘Oh, he was never actually scheduled’. I can tell you from talking to people for weeks, he absolutely was scheduled, so it’s not that.”

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