August 1, 2021. New York City.

Madison Square Garden had been officially booked as the venue for this year's SummerSlam. In addition to booking the arena, World Wrestling Entertainment was also quick to conduct a press conference. There was a buzz circulating among the press and the fans lucky enough to take part of it. SummerSlam is four weeks away. Why they would hold a press conference for anything other than a major pay-per-view, nobody knew. In the stand was veteran WWE interviewer, "Mean" Gene Okerlund.

"Hello, and welcome," Okerlund said, "Today, World Wrestling Entertainment has entered a new era. You don't have to take my word for it, watch this!"

Okerlund turned around and signaled to a large monitor at the back. A montage immediately began playing, hyping the arrival of a certain person whose features are left vague and mysterious. Meanwhile, a familiar tune can be heard in the background.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Okerlund announced off-screen, "I am pleased to announce the arrival of the new co-owner of World Wrestling Entertainment, The Immortal Hulk Hogan!"

The people present immediately broke into cheers. Hulk Hogan arrived and started playing to the crowd. Three seats away, Stephanie McMahon was definitely not pleased. Beside her sat Triple H, her husband. The standing ovation Hogan received went on for a little while longer before he could say something.

"Thank you. Thank you. You're all too kind," Hogan said.

"It truly amazes me to see that after nearly forty years of ups and downs; Hulkamania is still as strong as ever."

Several people up front tried to start a "one more match!" chant. Hogan merely chuckled.

"At sixty-eight years old? You bet brother!" He answered.

The crowd cheered and Hogan laughed some more.

"No, seriously. If it weren't for my new job description, I would gladly march down that aisle and kick some serious ass in that ring, brother! But my days as a wrestler are gone and I've come to accept it."

Hogan paused and drank some water before unveiling his toothy grin.

"Father Time has caught up with the Hulkster and now I am working behind the scenes to help promote the greatest wrestling organization in history, the WWE. Now, I suppose you have some questions for me."

A show of hands immediately caught Hogan's attention. He pointed at a small blonde reporter in the front row.

"Mr. Hogan," The reporter began, "I just want--"

"Please, call me Terry," Hogan interrupted.

The reporter began to giggle, as did a lot of other people. She quickly regained her composure and asked again.

"I just want to know the particular reason as to why the McMahons would willingly sell you their major assets in the company?"

"Vince McMahon is an old friend and he has fallen ill recently. I would presume that ol' Vinny Mac wanted a different direction for his company than the one his children were heading towards."

His answer created a buzz among the reporter. Another came up and began assaulting him with questions.

"Hulk Hogan, what can we expect from you as chairman? What changes can we expect from your product and what will you do to improve the company's reputation?"

"First of all, the sign on the marquee says 'wrestling' and that is what we will give. Second of all, you can expect numerous changes particularly in behavior. Vince McMahon and his children were content to let their wrestlers run amok. But they were never wrestlers themselves; they have no idea what goes on inside the locker room. I do."

The press became relentless, hounding him for questions. Hogan, on his part, seemed capable of not only giving them answers that they wanted to hear, but also left them baffled with some of his mysterious remarks. Stephanie McMahon, on the other hand, remained unimpressed. Triple H himself thought nothing of it until he felt a strong force bump him from behind. He turned and saw one of the biggest men he had ever seen.

"Paul Wight…" Triple H said.

"Hunter," Big Show said, nodding towards them, "Stephanie…"

"And in addition to taming the locker rooms," Hogan roared, like a politician, "We also revamped the WWE Legends program so that legends such as my good friend over here can have a bigger role in the company."

Hogan pointed to The Big Show, who had taken a seat next to Triple H and Stephanie.

"My good friend, Paul Wight, has agreed to take a more active role in the company by being the manager of the current World Heavyweight Champion, The Leviathan."

The Big Show stood to the applause of the people and hugged Hulk Hogan. Hogan stepped off the stand and let The Big Show have his moment.

"Thank you, Terry," Big Show said, "For this wonderful opportunity to take one of wrestling's most promising stars and mold him into a future legend. I promise I will do everything in my power to take Bane the Leviathan to the next level. That will be all."

The crowd cheered and Hulk Hogan once again took over.

Triple H and Stephanie exchanged glances and walked out. Neither of them spoke until they reached the parking lot. Jason and the limo driver were both smoking cigars when they signaled both of them to get inside.

"What's on your mind?" Jason asked.

"Take us back to the hotel." Triple H said to the driver.

"I'm guessing the press conference went badly."

"Hulk Hogan is gonna run it to the ground. He's not gonna make things better; he's gonna run the company in a dictatorship." Stephanie said.

"He thinks giving The Leviathan a manager is gonna make things easier, well he's dead wrong."

"So what do we do?" Jason asked.

"Simple. If Hulk Hogan wants some changes in the WWE, then we'll give him some changes. It'll be just like old times. We'll take them out one by one until only Hogan's left."

Triple H smiled at that thought. The first time since The Great American Bash.


Author's Note:

Hey, would you mind giving me some reviews? I wanna know what you think of the sequel. Thanks in advanced!

-Chris Orton