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In his latest shoot-work video, Hulk Hogan promises TNA fans “it’s about to get real” and that TNA is about to drop “fake-ass” wrestlers, gimmicks and storylines. It’s just version 12.4 of what he’s built his career on, though.

But lets take Hogan seriously for a moment; as seriously as one takes selecting the best diet pills.

You want me to buy into this new gimmick, Hogan? Fine. Here’s how you do it: First, drop the Abyss gimmick. Unmask him, nix the costume and have him wrestle in standard trunks as Chris Parks. That would be a good start.

Then, let’s drop the old ECW gimmick of Brother Ray and Brother Devon. Let’s just wrestle them as Mark LoMonaco and Devon Hughes. While you’re at it, let Magnus be Nick Aldis. Make Raven be Scott Levy. Forget RVD; he must now wrestle as Rob Szatkowski. Sabu can go back to being Terry Brunk, Stevie Richards can be Michael Manna, and forget Sting… he’s now Steve Borden.

Oh, almost forgot one. Hulk, from here on you, you gotta just be Terry Bollea.

Of course, none of that will ever happen. Which is why Hogan’s promo is so blatantly bogus.

Terry Bollea, better known to wrestling fans as Hulk Hogan, knows his son Nick has been living fast, but is now praying Nick won’t be living up to the other half of that famous expression, “Live fast, die young.”

Nick Bollea was traveling in his Toyota Supra “at a high rate of speed” with a friend, at around 7:31 p.m. Eastern time Sunday, when the car apparently lost control, slammed into a median, flipped and the rear of the car impacted with a palm tree.

A police vehicle rolled up right after the crash and immediately called in the accident. The yellow Supra was totaled and at this hour it is unclear whether it was Nick or his friend who was at the wheel at the time of the accident. However, since the car belonged to Nick and the Hulk Hogan family, the driver is believed to have been Nick.

Nick, who has become somewhat famous himself while appearing on his father’s VH1 reality show, Hogan Knows Best, has transformed from the younger of the two Hogan kids, living in the shadow of his famous father and his older sister, who would goof around for attention, including wearing animal masks, to an emerging adult with his own set of talents, hopes, frustrations and problems.

Now, though, both Nick and his friend were flown by medical helicopter from the scene of the accident and other than being informed that both are in either “very serious” or “critical” condition, the extent of their injuries are unknown at this hour.

We at Pro Wrestling Views ask readers to keep the entire Hogan family, and Nick’s passenger, in prayer in the coming hours.