World Wrestling Entertainment held their 2018 Hall of Fame induction ceremony Friday night, and one of its inductees shared a funny story involving Notre Dame.
Hillbilly Jim was a big feature of WWE’s “boom period” in the mid-to-late 1980s, when names like Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Andre the Giant captured hearts around the nation. He’s long been retired and nowadays, hosts a radio show on SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country station.
Friday night in New Orleans, he made an induction speech and shared stories from his career. One of the stories was about a check he received for $87,000 around 30 years ago because his action figure was selling well.
He says, when he was handed the check, he was wrestling at Notre Dame.
Hillbilly Jim entering the WWE Hall of Fame tonight. tells a story about one of his biggest checks back in the day for $87,000. Got it 30 years ago for pay for his action figure.
Where was he when he was handed the check… wrestling at Notre Dame.
— Angelo Di Carlo (@angdicarlo) April 7, 2018
WWE’s Wrestlemania 34 takes place Sunday night.
