WWE legend Hulk Hogan has Super Bowl aspirations for Lions after surprise camp visit: 'I predict greatness'

If there’s anyone who can bring energy to a football field like WWE legend Hulk Hogan, it’s Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell. 

They got to meet at Lions training camp Wednesday with Hogan fresh off his speech at the Republican National Convention. 

After sizing up Campbell and talking with him, Hogan told reporters he expects great things in Detroit this season. 

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He even believes Campbell "missed his calling" by choosing football for a career. 

"I predict greatness for this team. I might be the new mascot, brother, might just have to lead the charge," Hogan explained, via MLive.com. "Oh, [Campbell’s] got the it factor all right. I just wish he would have been my tag-team partner. He’s so full of it, I’d let him do all the work in the ring and beat the guys up, then give me the tag. I’d drop the leg and steal all the glory. 

"Yeah, he could have been a wrestler, no doubt. He might have missed his calling."

Hogan was asked what Campbell’s wrestling name could’ve been, and "Dirty Dan" came to mind. He also said "Dirty Dan" would have fans going crazy for "Campbell Mania," an ode to his own "Hulkamania."

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And is it really a Hulk Hogan visit without a WWE promo? Hogan, with Campbell on his left, looked into the cameras and started to riff like he was ready to get into the ring. 

"My new tag-team partner, Campbell Mania, brother, is going to run wild this year," said Hogan, wearing a Honolulu blue bandana to match the Lions’ team color. "Super Bowl, nothing but greatness, nothing but victory. So, whatcha gonna do when the Detroit Lions and Campbell Mania runs wild on you, brother? Whatcha gonna do?!"

Hogan, a 12-time world champion in WWE and WCW, might be right when talking about the Super Bowl.

The Lions won the NFC North for the first time since 1993 with an impressive 12-5 record last season. But that success didn’t stop once they got to the playoffs. Campbell’s squad reached the NFC title game. 

The San Francisco 49ers battled back in the second half of that game to reach the Super Bowl. Campbell decided to go for it on two crucial fourth downs, both of which were in field goal range, and it didn’t work out in the end. 

However, the Lions doubled down on their support of their head coach, who trusted his offense all season in fourth-and-short situations. 

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NBA brothers scoff at negative notions surrounding Bronny James: 'Just an incredible moment'

Bronny James lived a lifelong dream last month when he heard his name called during the NBA Draft.

The 19-year-old was the 55th selection in the draft, but the circumstances surrounding it have led to negative chatter. 

Of course, his father is LeBron James, and his Los Angeles Lakers drafted his son.

The talks of a power trip and nepotism have been running rampant since that day, but two brothers, who will soon play against one another in the NBA, are brushing all the negativity to the side.

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"I think there’s gonna be negativity regardless of who you are. There’s always going to be trolls on the internet trying to take you down no matter what," incoming rookie Cody Williams said in a recent interview with Fox News Digital. "(Jayson) Tatum just won a championship and people are still saying he’s the most overrated player. People are still gonna try to do whatever to tear him down.

"I think it’s just an incredible moment – a son and a dad are both talented enough to play in the best league in the world. It’s not like you get there because you suck," he continued. "Both of them are good, they both deserve to be there. Special moment they’re sharing."

Williams' older brother is Oklahoma City Thunder rising star Jalen, who is entering his third season in the NBA.

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The two brothers think alike, and Jalen himself says he can't understand why people can't look at history "for what it is" – LeBron and Bronny are the first active father-son duo in NBA history.

"You can’t take anything away from anybody that gets into the NBA. This is one of those things where time will tell. I, personally, don’t know how people can’t be excited for that," Jalen says. "I think that’s one of those things where that’ll be really cool to do. People don’t take it for what it is. 

"Bron, playing for as long as he has, playing up until August almost every year, to do that for 20-plus years and wait out until his son gets the opportunity to play on the same exact team as him, I think people downplay that, and that’s just the nature of our sport. Everyone has a voice on social media now, so everybody’s gonna have an opinion, but just from the outside looking in, that’s an extreme accomplishment on both ends. Just one of those things I can’t help but to admire."

James averaged 8.8 points per game in the NBA Summer League, playing in four games.

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