Hulk Hogan told Popeater.com that he was supposed to wrestle John Cena at WrestleMania 25. "You know what, I was supposed to wrestle John Cena for the title, and about four weeks ago I had back surgery," he said. "Vince (McMahon) and I were talking about how much involvement I wanted to have in WrestleMania, and if I wanted to keep wrestling, and out of nowhere my back just got really crazy.

I went in for an MRI and I had to have some emergency surgery that threw me out of the game. I was kind of flipped out about it, I thought I'd be the main event this year... The real surgery, they put the steel rods and the screws and cages in, so I diverted that for now so I can have a little bit of a grace period with this surgery. All that fake wrestling stuff, you know?" To read the full interview, visit Popeater.com.

Powell's POV: I guess it's worth noting that Hogan never said he would not be at WrestleMania. Although I'm sure there will be some skepticism regarding his claim of working against Cena at WrestleMania, I have also heard that story. There was plenty of buzz regarding Hogan getting involved in the Chris Jericho angle, but his conversations with Vince focussed on a possible match with Cena. I don't know whether there would have been a title involved, but I can verify Hogan's claim about the Cena match.

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