HULK HOGAN, CARLITO TO APPEAR ON ABC'S THE GOLDBERGS TONIGHT

WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan and former WWE star Carlito Colon will appear on ABC's comedy The Goldbergs tonight

The plot of the episode - " "Murray decides to buy WrestleMania tickets to spend time with Barry and Adam, but he buys fake tickets so they can't get in. Meanwhile, Beverly forms her own neighborhood watch group when the Frentas decide neighbor Jane Bales will be the Watch Captain and not her."

The episode is a fictional take on a real life story where Goldbergs creator Adam F. Goldberg attended Wrestlemania IV in Atlantic City with his father and brother in March 1988.

On his appearance, Hogan commented on social media, "Hulkamania is running wild on the @thegoldbergsabc on @abcnetwork , I had a blast with the cast and crew and would go back and work with this crew any time, and you know how much I hate to leave the beach Brother! - HH"

This will not be the first time the series has had a pro-wrestling tie-in. Bill Goldberg appears in a recurring role on the series, playing the older brother of the school's gym coach, who is a coach as well.

In 2014, the series featured an episode dedicated to the memory of the Ultimate Warrior featuring a plot that featured the Goldber family's oldest son Barry wanting to join the school wrestling theme and believing he was prepared because he knew pro wrestling moves. The story was that he, his father and grandfather were trying to hide the wrestling activity from his mother, knowing she would interfere. That leads to a showdown at a wrestling meet. The episode featured references to a steel cage match, Hulk Hogan, The Iron Sheik, Jimmy Snuka, George Steele and more. In an interview with WWE.com, Goldberg noted that Ultimate Warrior was his all-time favorite wrestler and the series later put Warrior's wife Dana and their daughters in a scene.

The series issued the following:

THE GOLDBERGS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER RECALLS ATTENDING WRESTLEMANIA IV AND CREATES ALL-NEW EPISODE AROUND HIS PASSION FOR WWE ON ABC-TV ON NOVEMBER 6

HULK HOGAN TO MAKE GUEST APPEARANCE ON THE GOLDBERGS

The Goldbergs executive producer Adam F. Goldberg, like most teenage boys growing up in the 1980s, was a huge fan of WWE. As creator of the ABC-TV hit comedy that bears his last name, Goldberg often inserts real-life moments of his youth into his show that airs Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m. on ABC-TV.

“Growing up, I was the biggest wrestling fan,” recalled Goldberg. “One of the greatest moments of my life was attending WrestleMania IV in Atlantic City for my birthday when I was a kid. I went with my Dad and brother Barry and even though we had the worst seats in the house, we still had the time of our lives.”

The all-new episode of The Goldbergs, entitled “Wrestlemania,” airs on Wednesday, November 6 at 8 p.m. In the “WrestleMania” episode which features a guest appearance by Hulk Hogan, Murray decides to buy WrestleMania tickets to spend time with Barry and Adam, but he buys fake tickets so they can't get in.

“That was the day that turned my Dad into a wrestling fan, and his favorite was Hulk Hogan,” recalled Goldberg. “It was bittersweet to have Hulk guest star on the show and not have my Dad there to see it.”

Goldberg and his father bonded over that Wrestlemania experience.

“Because my Dad loved The Hulk, I chose The Ultimate Warrior as my favorite,” said Goldberg. “One of the greatest moments in making The Goldbergs was to discover that The Ultimate Warrior was a huge Goldbergs fan and shared it with his daughters before he passed away. I got to meet his family and talk about my experiences growing up with my own father watching wrestling and it was an amazing healing moment for all of us.”

Hogan is not the first WWE Superstar to appear in The Goldbergs. Bill Goldberg, a WWE Superstar who wrestles as Goldberg, often appears in The Goldbergs as the school’s gym teacher, Nick Mellor.

"WrestleMania" was written by Erik Weiner with a story by Adam F. Goldberg and Erik Weiner, and directed by Lew Schneider.



Adam F. Goldberg, Doug Robinson, Alex Barnow, Chris Bishop and Annette Davis are executive producers. "The Goldbergs" is produced by Happy Madison, Doug Robinson Productions and Adam F. Goldberg Productions, in association with Sony Pictures Television.

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