[Hulk Hogan](https://wrestlezone.com/tag/hulk-hogan)‘s long-standing claim that he was originally offered a grill sponsorship that went to George Foreman has been debunked by the grill’s makers.
During a recent episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out, Torre revealed that he reached out to the grill’s inventor, Michael Boehm, about the claim that Hogan missed a phone call that eventually led to Foreman becoming the spokesperson for the product.
According to Boehm, that was never the case, and Foreman was the sole celebrity to be approached for the opportunity.
“We went to the grill’s inventor Michael Boehm and his family issued a statement to us,” said Torre (via [Fightful](https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/hulk-hogan-s-claim-he-missed-out-eventual-george-foreman-grill-deal-debunked)). “They dispute the Hulkster’s cataloging of events. ‘George Foreman was the only celebrity our dad approached about endorsing the grill. We don’t know who started the story about Hulk Hogan being approached but it isn’t accurate.’ The agent Hulk Hogan cited was a guy named Sam. He repped Hulk Hogan and George Foreman. Unfortunately, Sam passed away last fall, but they shared a lawyer. The lawyer is a guy named Henry Holmes and he told us, ‘The Hulk Hogan story is not my recollection. In fact, it was two other celebrities sharing representation that their agent was asking about.”
For over a decade, Hogan has claimed that he and Foreman’s agent, a man named Sam, had approached both celebrities simultaneously about two separate products, a grill and a blender. Because Foreman spoke to the agent first, Hogan claims, the grill opportunity went to him.
The blender, known as the Thunder Mixer, would go on to be more or less of a flop of a product, with Hogan referring to it as a “blender that you put eight ounces of water in, scoop the protein, put in a double A battery and it spins three times, farts, and cuts off” during an appearance on Highly Questionable in 2014.