A car mixup between Wayne Gretzky and Hulk Hogan led to a legendary story.
Wayne Gretzky and Hulk Hogan are two names that sports fans know from the same era in their respective sports.
Gretzky was dominating the National Hockey League in the 1980s into the 1990s while Hogan was the biggest name in pro wrestling leading WWE into the first WrestleMania during the company’s first major boom period.
During a recent sitdown with Theo Von on the This Past Weekend podcast, Gretzky spoke on a time he was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping at a mall in the city of Thousand Oaks that offered patrons valet parking.
Once he finished getting some gifts, it was time to head back home. However, once he got back home, he received a call from Hulk Hogan.
“I got a great Hulk Hogan story. People don’t know this, but Hulk used to live in Thousand Oaks, too. It was December 24 and we go to the Thousand Oaks Mall and I’m getting last-minute Christmas gifts for my kids who were at the time 10, 12, and 14.”
“So I put them all in the car and they had valet parking at the mall. So I come out and put all my bags in the car and I drive home.
“I get a call around seven o’clock. [Hulk Hogan] goes, ‘Wayne?’ and I go, ‘Yeah.’ He says, ‘It’s Terry. We got a problem.’ I go, ‘What’s the problem?’ He goes, ‘We got the same exact car. I’ve got your car and your presents. You got my car and my presents.’ So I go outside and I’m like, ‘Oh my God.’ He goes, ‘Yeah, my kids are older. It’s probably not going to work. I’ll meet you halfway.’
So we drove back halfway together, we switched cars out, got the presents, and went home. True story.”
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Gretzky has opened himself up more in recent years to doing these types of interviews, while also serving as a studio analyst on TNT.
During his NHL career, Wayne Gretzky won four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings. Gretzky’s move to LA led to the NHL growing tremendously due to the media market.
Hulk Hogan is a WWE Hall of Famer and legend in the sport.
Hogan had his last match at Summerslam 2006, where he defeated Randy Orton. He officially retired in 2012 when he reached a point where his body could simply no longer perform in the ring.
