"If I do hit that rope and do a hop, skip and a jump and get up as high as I can, I'm just going to hold my breath, because I know I'm going to hear all kinds of scar tissue popping"
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The intent isn’t self-pity. It’s credibility management. Hogan’s brand was always about invincibility on demand, the body as billboard. Here, he flips that expectation by narrating his limitations as spectacle. He’s still “performing,” even in confession, giving the audience something vivid to hear. Holding his breath reads like mock-heroic preparation for battle, except the enemy is his own accumulated injuries.
The subtext is the cost of the industry’s bargain: wrestling asks bodies to absorb real punishment for staged catharsis, and legends are expected to keep paying long after the applause. Scar tissue becomes a kind of archival record, proof he’s been through the wars fans cheered for. In a culture that mythologizes “toughing it out,” Hogan slyly reframes toughness as survival with consequences. The pop and crackle aren’t just gross-out humor; they’re the sound of a persona aging in public.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Hogan, Hulk. (2026, February 16). If I do hit that rope and do a hop, skip and a jump and get up as high as I can, I'm just going to hold my breath, because I know I'm going to hear all kinds of scar tissue popping. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-do-hit-that-rope-and-do-a-hop-skip-and-a-117524/
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Hogan, Hulk. "If I do hit that rope and do a hop, skip and a jump and get up as high as I can, I'm just going to hold my breath, because I know I'm going to hear all kinds of scar tissue popping." FixQuotes. February 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-do-hit-that-rope-and-do-a-hop-skip-and-a-117524/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"If I do hit that rope and do a hop, skip and a jump and get up as high as I can, I'm just going to hold my breath, because I know I'm going to hear all kinds of scar tissue popping." FixQuotes, 16 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-do-hit-that-rope-and-do-a-hop-skip-and-a-117524/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.








