The legendary Hulk Hogan is coming out of retirement to join a new cable TV wrestling show.
TNA Wrestling, a fledgling wrestling group, has announced that the former WWE wrestler will join the organization, which produces the weekly "TNA Impact" for the Spike TV cable network.
Hogan's role has not been defined but he issued a statement saying that "my fans have been asking me to return to the business for many years on a full-time basis, but the timing or the opportunity has never been right until now."
He said: "TNA Wrestling is a great company with an already excellent fan base and business."
Hogan, 59, who has had hip replacement surgery, could become a ringside commentator and not have to actually take a body-slam again.
Hogan left the WWE to become a VH1 reality star ("Hogan Knows Best") and was host of the now-canceled "American Gladiators."
TNA officials say he will be involved in developing "new programming extensions of the TNA brand.'' TNA stands for "Total Non-Stop Action."
Hogan is making the rounds of talk shows and TV entertainment news programs this week to promote his new "My Life Outside the Ring," which recounts the turmoil in his career and the break-up of his 23-year marriage.
In the book, Hogan, who grew up in Tampa as Terry Bollea, reveals that he contemplated suicide while suffering from depression over the troubled marriage and his son Nick's car accident that left a former friend brain-damaged.
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