‘Raw’ After Mania Recap, plus Bryan Storkel Director of the Hulk Hogan Documentary Joins the Show

About this episode

The episode recaps WrestleMania and features an interview with Bryan Storkel about the Hulk Hogan documentary.

COLD OPEN QUESTION OF THE WEEK: If you could have anyone come on HOT97 and start a fake fight, who would it be?David and Kaz kick off the show discussing wrestling fan behavior throughout WrestleMania weekend in Las Vegas(5:49). Then they discuss the following:Je’Von Evans jumping into Kaz’s arms (18:03)Whether or not Brock Lesnar is really retired (23:21Sol Ruca and Ethan Page debut on WWE ’Raw’ ( 27:29)The Street Profits Return (30:11)CM Punk to challenge Cody Rhodes (34:51)Tommaso Ciampa vs Darby Allin (37:42)Later they sit down with the director of the four-part Hulk Hogan documentary, Bryan Storkel, and got some insight on the process (44:36)! They discussed the following:The most difficult thing to convey about Hogan (45:01)How many times did they interview Hogan? (46:23)What was Hogan like at the end? (47:06)The most revealing interview (50:20)The differences between Hulk Hogan and Terry Bollea (53:12)The challenges of telling Hogan's story (10:56)Hosts: David Shoemaker and Kazeem FamuyideGuest: Bryan StorkelProducer: Brian H. WatersAdditional Production Supervision: Ben CruzCheck out David’s special PSA to wrestling fans on our YouTube channel.Be sure to check out our…

People in this episode

Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide

Guest: Bryan Storkel

Topics covered

• WrestleMania recap
• wrestling fan behavior
• Hulk Hogan documentary
• WWE Raw
• Brock Lesnar retirement
• CM Punk
• interview insights

Keywords

• WrestleMania
• Hulk Hogan
• Bryan Storkel
• WWE Raw
• Brock Lesnar
• CM Punk
• Darby Allin
• Tommaso Ciampa

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WWE, HOT97

Books & works: Hulk Hogan Documentary

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