Chris Jericho Allegedly Told Hulk Hogan His Current AEW Gimmick Is 'Hollywood Hogan 1996'

Chris Jericho’s current Learning Tree gimmick has proven pretty divisive with All Elite Wrestling audiences, but it seems he’s got a fan in Hulk Hogan.

The Hulkster was a recent guest on Barstool Rasslin’ and claims that Jericho told him his current gimmick is following the playbook Hogan used when he became ‘Hollywood’ in 1996:

"Yeah. I'll hit Cody [Rhodes] up, or we'll talk, you know. He wears that weightlifting belt and stuff like that. I talk to a lot of the guys like Chris Jericho- he’s a good friend of mine - he goes, 'Well, I'm just doing Hollywood Hogan '96.' I said, 'You're doing a good job, brother.' So I talk to a lot of the young guys. They're still running around,” said Hogan.

Hogan’s heel turn at Bash at the Beach 1996 ignited a massive boom period in professional wrestling, with Hogan going from red and yellow smiling babyface to black and white spraypaint toting venomous brutal force. Jericho - on the other hand - is smiling and waving and portraying a character that seemingly doesn’t realise he’s a bad guy.

Hogan must just know something we don’t, brother.

H/T: Fightful