Rick Boogs talks American Gladiators and wrestling future

[Lazy Sentinel]

Eric Bugenhagen, formerly Rick Boogs in WWE, has discussed landing a role on the American Gladiators reboot. He also spoke about whether he is finished with wrestling and how his knee has recovered. His personality always felt made for something big and loud like that show.

Eric Bugenhagen (f/k/a Rick Boogs) on landing a role on American Gladiators, whether he's finished with pro wrestling, whether his knee has fully recovered - Pro Wrestling Dot Netprowrestling.net

[Daresh84]

American Gladiators sounds like a perfect fit for Boogs

[Piston]

He always had more charisma than WWE used properly

[NinaVrina]

I still think he could return to wrestling someday

[Falcon]

The knee recovery part is the most important thing long term

[DodgyCoder]

Not sure his body can handle a full-time pro wrestling schedule anymore after that surgery, to be completely real with you. Those heavy-impact bumps take years off a guy, whereas network TV stunt work might be much safer on the joints.

[Aidan]

Did anyone actually watch his full YouTube interview? He mentioned that the knee blowout happened right as things were supposed to take off, which is just brutal timing. That kind of injury can completely alter a powerhouse style.