Hulk Hogan Says He Got A Voice Message From Roddy Piper Two Days After His Death
Hulk Hogan made a pretty astounding claim during an appearance on The 700 Club in which he discussed his faith and his relationship with fellow former wrestler, the late Roddy Piper.
In the interview, Hogan — whose real name is Terry Bollea, but you probably knew that — says he got a voice message from Piper in 2015 two days after his death at the age of 61.
Hogan talked about how he and Piper legitimately hated each other at the peak of their in-ring rivalry, but eventually, the two became close and exchanged text messages and spoke to each other a lot, often about spirituality.
When Piper died from a cardiopulmonary arrest caused by hypertension, Hogan says he received a voice message — not a voicemail message, but the kind where you record a quick message and send it like you would a text message — two days later.
"This text message came in two days after he died and it goes, "I'm just loving you, my brother. Just walkin' with Jesus. Walkin' with Jesus and loving you, my brother,'" he recalled. "I was like, 'He would have never said that when he was here.'"
Now, I usually throw on my skeptic hat with stuff like this, but even if you look at this through a skeptical lens, that doesn't make it any less chill-inducing.
We've all had it happen where a text message doesn't send until later, and usually, we don't think anything of it. It's just weird or a nuisance or whatever.
But now, put yourself in the Hulkster's wrestling boots for a second. Your close friend dies and two days later you get a voice message from him?
That'll give anyone some serious goosebumps, and it clearly affected Hulk Hogan in a big way.
Hogan also talked about this message in a documentary about Piper which also plays the audio itself.