Hulk Hogan Supported By Iron Sheik

9 March 2016

The Iron Sheik is supporting Hulk Hogan in his sex tape civil case.

Hulk Hogan

The 73-year-old retired wrestler has penned an open letter in support of his ring rival - who is in court this week seeking $100 million damages after website Gawker posted a clip of him having sex with Heather Clem - and blasted the site as having "no class" and "making the world a bad place".

He wrote: "CHEAP HEAT IS THE HEAT YOU GET FROM EASY WAY. YOU MAKE SOMEBODY LOOK BAD THAT IS THE CHEAP HEAT. THIS WAY I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE GAWKER.

"THE GAWKER YOU DUMB NO GOOD SON OF A BITCH YOU GET THE CHEAP HEAT YOU DON'T RESPECT THE PRIVACY YOU HAVE NO CLASS YOU TRY TO BURY THE PEOPLE FROM THE CHEAP HEAT. YOU ARE NOT THE REAL YOU ARE THE JABRONI OF THE EARTH. NOT EVEN THE 100 MILLION MILLION DOLLAR SAVE YOU FROM MAKE THE WORLD A BAD PLACE. YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TAKE THE PRIVACY AWAY. I CANT WAIT I SEE MR. GAWKER I SUPLEX YOU PUT YOU IN CAMEL CLUTCH BREAK YOUR HIS BACK I MAKE HIM HUMBLE. I AM THE LEGEND AND YOU WILL ALL SEE WHEN YOU WATCH MY MOVIE . EVERYBODY PUT ME OVER BIG TIME BECAUSE I AM NO JABRONI #sheikmovie (sic)"

The Sheik - whose world championship loss to Hulk in 1984 is credited as the moment which kickstarted the 'Hulkamania' period in WWE - insisted he doesn't mind the fact his foe has never given him the "payback" he deserves, because he will always be a "legend".

In his letter, which was published by Esquire, he wrote: "EVERYBODY KNOW YOU THE ALL AMERICA. YOU THE LEGEND. YOU ALWAYS TRY TO EAT THE VITAMIN AND SAY THE PRAYER. YOU ALWAYS PUT THE FANS FIRST.

"EVERYONE KNOWS FOREVER I AM THE LEGEND AND WITHOUT IRON SHEIK THERE IS NO HULKAMANIA. I SELL OUT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AND I DID THE HONORS FOR YOU AND MR KENNEDY MCMAHON WHEN I COULD HAVE BROKE YOUR LEG INSTEAD YOU THE PAVE WAY FOR WRESTLEMANIA AND NEW GENERATION.

"BUT ONE DAY YOU TELL ME "I OWE YOU ONE SHEIKIE BABY"... I NEVER SEE THAT DAY. I NEVER SEE THE PAYBACK. ITS OK BECAUSE I MAKE IT TO THE HALL OF FAME I PAY FOR MY DUE. THIS WAY FOREVER I AM THE LEGEND. (sic)"