This morning, Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff announced their plans to launch a new unscripted wrestling company in 2025. And oh, brother… it didn’t go over well.
After teasing a project and a third man joining them earlier this week, Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff revealed their third man this morning in the form of wrestling coach Israel “Izzy” Martinez. The three men intend to launch an unscripted freestyle wrestling league titled Real American Freestyle Wrestling.
To the surprise of no one (but perhaps Hogan and Bischoff), this announcement wasn’t embraced by the professional wrestling world or its fanbase.
Major League Wrestling President Cesar Duran, who fired Bischoff from the company earlier this year, took to social media to bury the new promotion, tweeting out:
“I gave Bischoff the boot and he rebounded with… that? Amateur hour. Literally. Thank me later for firing him before he pitched this in @MLW. *Dead emoji,*” Cesar Duran said in a post.
Fan response wasn’t much better. Here’s a hilarious collection of tweets from today following Hogan and Bischoff’s “big announcement.”
Interesting choice doing the 3rd man bit with a random
— TheSCRamblings (@TheSCRamblings) April 30, 2025
Not sure you understand why it worked the first time now
These videos are 2 minutes too long. Also this is cringe.
— Andrew Hickey (@andrewmhickey) April 30, 2025
More disappointing than Sting showing up to Starrcade without a tan
— Matt Haun (@MattHaun1) April 30, 2025
Bigger let down then the rock no showing after months of build up. ?
— Dustin (@kage407) April 30, 2025
This is the dumbest shit I’ve seen all year.
— The Horror House (@horrorhousellc) April 30, 2025
You have the balls to talk about shit that Tony is doing and then you post this nonsense
— Brandon Sullivan (@BrandoLando83) April 30, 2025
I thought you were done with wrestling ?
— Kyle Sipple (@kylesipple35) April 30, 2025
How anyone can host a podcast and still critique AEW after this series of videos is beyond me—coming from someone who’s not even an AEW fan. More cringe than the worst of WrestleMania, which is saying something. @83Weeks
— Ace Marrero ⏻? (@NotoriACE) April 30, 2025
You should have just posted the 3rd guy from the beginning, absolutely nobody knows who he is.
— bwine76 (@bwine76) April 30, 2025
This won't even last 83 weeks.
This is like Starrcade 1997 all over again.
— Joe (@joesrambles3) April 30, 2025
I got second hand embarrassment watching this lmfao good lord
— Jawwny (@Jawwny_209) April 30, 2025
What are your thoughts on Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff’s “big announcement” today? Is this something you have any interest in checking out? Let us know your thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
