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Hulk Hogan told Bubba The Love Sponge that he is not presently scheduled to appear at WrestleMania 23.

Hogan said, "I apparently do not work there anymore," about his status with WWE, confirmed online rumors that he is not booked for the big WWE event.

According to PWTorch.com, Vince McMahon was furious that Hulk Hogan recently baited Johnny Ace's secretary into revealing potential WWE Hall Of Fame inductees on Bubba's radio show. That frustration is apparently the main reason WWE is not presently pursuing booking Hogan for the event.

Yesterday, we showed you just how gigantic Brooke Hogan can appear. Yikes, we're still afraid of her.

Here's a more serene picture of Brooke and her father, Hulk Hogan, as they take in a sporting event together.

Perhaps these two can team up together against Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump at Wrestlemania 23. Just an idea.

Seriously, Hulk Hogan, there's gotta be other people you can hang out with.

First, we caught the Hulkster with washed up actor David Hasselhoff. That was one thing. But this is quite another:

Being seen in public with hideos, gold-digging Anna Nicole Smith. As seen below, the WWE legend found himself side by side with the ugly waste of space during a recent boxing match.

It's a frightening image:

This intense stare down took place outide the VH-1 Big in '06 Awards show over the weekend.

Th Hulkster was there to support his talentless daughter, Brooke Hogan, while Hasselhoff actually received the award for Big Comeback.

We think that honor should've gone to Jeff Hardy - but he wasn't even nominated.

• Hulk Hogan and his talentless daughter, Brooke Hogan, will be on ESPN2’s Cold Pizza this Thursday, October 19. The two will be promoting the third season premiere of Hogan Knows Best, airing this Sunday.

• The Hulkster was also in Las Vegas last week at the National Association of Convenience Stores convention to promote an energy drink he's marketing is with Eric Bischoff.

Hulk Hogan was the grand marshall of the Dover 400 NASCAR race on Sunday in Delaware. Hetalked to the media about future WWE plans, including potential retirement at WrestleMania 23 in Detroit next year.

On potential retirement: "I'd love to have a bunch of matches left, but realistically, I'm [53] years old. But if there was one big match I'd love to wrestle, it would be [next] year at WrestleMania, because it's back in Detroit. Twenty years ago I slammed Andre the Giant … So if there's only one left, I'd love it to be that one."

On last week's meeting with Vince McMahon: "There were two reasons to have the meeting. The first reason was to try to see if Vince and I could keep working together because we're hot and cold. We're friends, and then we hate each other. It's been that way since his dad [promoter Vince McMahon Sr.] passed away.

So, right now we're on good terms, and one of the things we talked about was me getting back to work in January, what kind of physical shape my knees are in, if I needed to be cut on [have surgery] right away, and the possibilities of wrestling in Detroit."

On his legacy: "If we're talking realistically, I shouldn't do this anymore. But the truth is [WWE] hasn't really found anybody larger than life. The Rock was [on top] for two years and Stone Cold [Steve Austin] lasted three years, but I've been like the Richard Petty for the last 30 years in wrestling.

If I ever had the chance to do the retro-nostalgic to honor a friend of mine, if I could wrestle in Detroit it would be the ultimate respect being paid to Andre the Giant."

The Hulkster didn't say anything about promoting the career of his talentless daughter, Brooke Hogan, but he may be staying in the business largely for that reason.

Attention, all you MAJOR Hulkamaniacs out there:

Aside from a DVD collection of Hulk Hogan actually wrestling, true fans can watch the Hulkster attempt to act when his 1990 show, Thunder in Paradise, is also released next month.

The three-DVD set will be out September 26. And we're as confused as you are about how there were enough episodes of this program to fill up a trio of discs.

Hey, remember when Hulk Hogan did NOT look like this? No? Don't worry if this is the case, your chance to relive the glory years of Hulkamania is coming soon

WWE will be coming out with a three disc DVD set on the legend this November. However, if you purchase the DVD set at Wal-Mart, you'll get a bonus fourth disc. Here are the listings for this Hogan exclusive extra:

*Hulk Hogan vs. Tito Santana 3/24/80 MSG
*Hulk Hogan vs. Sonny Rogers & Chuck Greenley (summer of 1981 AWA match)
*Hulk Hogan vs. Terry Funk from the Saturday Night's Main Event
*Hulk Hogan vs. Harley Race from Saturday Night's Main Event
*Hogan wins the 1990 Royal Rumble
*Hogan vs. Earthquake SummerSlam 1990
*Hulk Hogan interview on the 10/3/05 RAW show

When he's not hanging out with Piakchu, where can you find Hulk Hogan? By the pool, of course. Where else would you be if you lived in Florida?

The Hulkster still has muscle mass, but that belly is growing a tad plump. Then again, the guy is 53. We can give him a break. He's probably been away from the gym for a bit, helping to promote the singing career of daughter, Brooke Hogan.

We should never have doubted him. When asked whether or not he'd appear at Summerslam for his scheduled match with Randy Orton, Hulk Hogan responsed:

"F*** yeah!"

Well, ok then.

We knew by this picture that The Hulkster, who received an injury scare in the way of a partially-torn meniscus in his good knee, looked all healed. Now, he says he'll also appeare live on Monday's RAW.

“I’m going to show up in Boston, which has always been a hotbed of Hulkamania, brother. [At SummerSlam], I’m going to walk to the ring with my red and yellow, stand in that ring, and I’m going to kick Randy Orton’s ass," said Hogan