Hulk Hogan‘s Actual American Freestyle group is about to make its extremely anticipated debut Saturday evening … and whereas individuals speculated the undertaking may very well be scrapped following the WWE legend’s dying final month — Eric Bischoff tells TMZ Sports activities the thought “by no means entered my thoughts.”

We spoke with Bischoff forward of the model’s first present on FOX Nation … and he informed us leaving the Hulkster’s new endeavor on the chopping room ground merely wasn’t an possibility — and so they have been going to maneuver ahead with full pressure.

“Hulk Hogan would come down right here and kick your ass in the event you throw within the towel,” he stated. “It is easy as that. No, it by no means crossed our minds.”

Nonetheless, the WWE Corridor of Famer acknowledged that this Saturday can be bittersweet … admitting the times after his dying have been a number of the “hardest durations I’ve gone by.”

“However the candy half is I hear him day-after-day. I speak to him day-after-day, and I’m actually excited to do one thing that I do know he felt so passionately about and was so enthusiastic about.”

So what can followers count on? Bischoff stated apart from a tribute to Hogan — which is able to embrace a video produced by WWE — people will witness “some surprises.”

“I like surprises,” he stated.

All of it kicks off at 4 PM PT on FOX Nation … and loads of motion is predicted.