"Ladies and gentlemen, the father of my third child, the immortal, Hulk Hogan!"
The whole arena was still in shock, no one could boo the hulkster, no one could cheer him either. They were all too stunned and shocked to do anything. Did this latest development have anything to do with his divorce proceedings with his wife, also called Linda? How long had he known, and what did Melina have to do with this? All kinds of questions were on the WWE fans' mind. Wearing his trademark red and yellow tights, the hulkster climbed into the ring, hugged Linda, Danielle and Melina as the McMahon family looked on, obviously in pieces, they couldn't believe what was happening.
Vince looked devastated, never in his wildest nightmares did he think this would have happened, the man that had main evented and headlined more Wrestlemania's than anyone else have an affair with his wife? Was it just a one night thing or had it been longer, Vince was in pieces. He thought about what Wrestlemania meant to him, the money in the bank ladder match should be happening now, not this.
Hogan took the microphone and began to talk. "So, you all want answers, Vince, we've had a dodgy past, had our ups and downs, the fact is without Hulk Hogan, Wrestlemania wouldn't still be going on, without Hulk Hogan, the WWF, that's right Vince WWF, not this WWE crap would never have succeeded, I helped build this company, I was this company for over 10 years, and then you made me take a back seat to that loser Bret Hart, who you in-turn screwed over".
The crowd were still amazed at this turn around, was this for real or was it a work, no one really knew. Vince did though, he knew that this was the real thing, Hogan was not supposed to be here. There had been talks, yes about him appearing to wrestle The Big Show, but they had been scrapped, then perhaps to wrestle Kahli, but they had also been scrapped
Hogan continued, "You see Vince, I was supposed to wrestle here tonight, everyone wanted to see me wrestle here tonight, but no, you had other ideas, you thought Wrestlemania could survive without the appearance of the immortal one himself. Have you forgotten the success of Wrestlemania III, when I wrestled Andre The Giant in this very arena, that made this company, how about Sid Justice at Wrestlemania 8 and not to mention headlining Wrestlemania 18 against The Rock, which as you know, many regard that match as the best match in Wrestlemania history. Vince, you and this company would be nothing if it weren't for me, I am the reason this company succeeded and still succeeds, it's why you're always asking me to do one off matches and make appearances. Well, this appearance is one of a different kind, I'm going to have a say in how things are run here. Your lovely wife, Linda has agreed to share the position of CEO with me and I'm starting by firing both Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury, they pinned each other, therefore they both lost!"
Nitro and Mercury looked at each other, not believing what they were hearing, sure Mercury realised he deserved to go, he'd failed a compulsory test and was willing to face the consequences, but Johnny? What had he done, absolutely nothing. The crowd were beginning to take in what was going on and slowly began to boo the hulkster, they'd done it before in the days of the nWo, but that was part of the entertainment, this was real life, and most of them had gathered this from the McMahon's faces.
"The other thing I'm saying is I want a match tonight, like I say, these fans deserve to see Hulk Hogan wrestle and kick the crap out of someone, and Linda here has said I can hand-pick who I want to face, Vince, you and I will be in a one on one match with no disqualification, no countout, anything goes match…RIGHT NOW", with that Hogan climbed through the ropes and threw the microphone at Vince's head. The microphone soared through the air and landed on the back of Vince's head, Shane ran at Hogan but a simple big boot to the face floored him in a second. Hogan looked at Stephanie, an evil smile on his face, Vince and Shane were both down, it was just the two of them, suddenly from behind Hogan felt a chair shot on his back, he turned round, not that phased and saw Nitro holding a chair. He swung it at Hogan again who ducked out of the way. The chair missed and Hogan nailed Nitro with a low blow.
By this time Stephanie was running to the back. Linda ordered Melina to go after her and told Danielle to call for the bell, obviously Danielle was going to referee this match too. The crowd were struck with shock, this was real, no pre-plan on the part of Vince, however everyone was wondering how long this had been planned between Linda and Hogan and would they ever know. Did Hogan's family know about the affair and what sort of brutality would happen during the match, this was a fight for survival, all they could do was watch on in disbelief.