Vince McMahon says he was ‘angry’ following Hulk Hogan’s last WWE Raw appearance

Vince McMahon wasn’t happy about Hulk Hogan’s appearance on Raw this year.

In an interview with TMZ that aired on Tuesday, the ex-WWE Chairman recalled the segment that took place earlier this year in Los Angeles in which Hogan was booed while promoting his Real American Beer brand. McMahon felt that the segment wasn’t set up properly.

“I was angry because we’ve known each other for a lifetime, professionally and personally. And setting up, so to speak, this larger than life superhero, you don’t just let him walk out there. He deserved something very, very special. More than anyone, they owe him. It’s just like, okay, here comes Hulk Hogan. I got angry because that’s not the way I would have done it and he deserved much more,” he said.

In February, Hogan claimed that he expected to get booed that night. But in an interview after his death, longtime manager Jimmy Hart recalled that Hogan was ‘devastated’ by the reaction and pinned it on his appearance at the Republican National Convention last year.

McMahon was featured prominently in the documentary on Tuesday, talking not only about his reaction to the news of Hogan’s death but also defended WWE’s decision to bring him back despite a leaked sex tape that saw Hogan use racist language.