Hulk Hogan Dies At 71

[DMJ]

TMZ is reporting that Hulk Hogan passed away this morning, at age 71, from cardiac arrest. It is getting picked up more and more. 
 

[flyonthewall2983]

https://youtu.be/qGwHxpdYskE?si=jJz5pI9IfNH_hQXb

[Dav'oh]

When I was young and innocent, I thought Hogan was pure and innocent. When I got old and guilty, I thought Hogan was old and guilty.

I'll remember the former at moments like this. RIP Hulkster.

[funkdoc]

Out of everything Hogan's done, i maintain that the Gawker lawsuit has done the most damage to society as a whole - it showed that celebrities (or even microcelebrities) can get pieces taken down if they have enough money behind them.  And to tie things even more to the present state of the world, remember that Peter Thiel backed that...

No love here, sorry

[El-P]

Two threads, even for the Huckster, seems a bit much.

Can't wait for the revisionist history and the crocodile tears though. Ya know it's gonna come.

The irony is that he was last seen in WWE being booed out of the building, on January 6 no less. Whatcha gonna do about that, brutha ?

[strobogo]

Fuck 'im. It's quite telling that absolutely no one that grew up fans that got into the business has anything even half decent to say about him. Most of the internet is actively celebrating him being dead. Dude dug his grave and has to lay in it, brother. 

[El-P]

I mean, they don't celebrate on X ex Twitter apparently. But Nazi app users don't mind racism.

[El-P]

31 minutes ago, strobogo said:

Dude dug his grave and has to lay in it, brother. 

 

[NintendoLogic]

Just wait until Jesse Ventura and Bret Hart weigh in.

[Dav'oh]

People have had forty years to piss on him and used every second of it. They'll have the rest of their lives to keep urinating on him.

So, could they take a break for a day or two? We all know everything, there's enough posts here if anyone wants to read the pissing, there's nothing new to piss.

[cad]

RIP.

It's sad that possibly the most famous, charismatic and beloved wrestler ever, at least stateside, got booed out of the building in his last appearance on a wrestling show. He brought it on himself, but it's still sad to see a story turn out that way.

On the other hand, on a former stomping ground for some of the hardest of the hardcores, nothing could be more appropriate than a thread about his death being filled with mostly ill will. Eventually it got to a point where even they had to admit that the guy knew what he was he doing between the ropes, but this is much more tonally consistent with workrate fans' feelings about Hogan throughout his career.

[strobogo]

Nah the pissing is a reflection of who he was as a person. No one is even talking about his in ring stuff anywhere. He lived a life to get these kinds of reactions in death.

[El-P]

On the wrestling side, the most hilarious cliché about Hogan was "He works technical in Japan", when he actually was doing one armbar spot in every match, always the same. The fact is he just worked against much better talents and could not just rely on a over-patterned shitty style for "USA USA!" chanting crowds. Hogan was the picture perfect star for the Reagan years : steroid enhanced body, greed is good mentality, praise US imperialism, puritanism and hypocrisy. You can find every bit of this in the "kayfabe" Hulk Hogan character and his wrestling style. A selfish shithead who just took advantage of his status disguised as a hero. Which is why the nWo days where my favorites (and the only time I actually enjoyed him as a performer, really), because that's actually who he was and what he stood for. In storyline, Bobby Heenan was right. He was an asshole, but he was upfront about it. Hogan was a fraud. A fraud in kayfabe, a fraud in life.

[Jmare007]

46 minutes ago, Dav'oh said:

People have had forty years to piss on him and used every second of it. They'll have the rest of their lives to keep urinating on him.

So, could they take a break for a day or two? We all know everything, there's enough posts here if anyone wants to read the pissing, there's nothing new to piss.

I feel the exact opposite way. We can talk about Hogan's contributions to the wrestling business at a later date. Right now, let the people show how they feel and put some accountability into his actions. That's part of this legacy too. 

[Outsider]

May the LORD have mercy on his soul. 

My childhood hero. Had allot of childhood trauma as a kid born in the early 80s after parents got divorced and Hulk Hogan always made me feel happy. Then as a teen as Hollywood Hogan, I loved his gimmick. 

🙏🏻 𝙃𝙪𝙡𝙠𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 💪🏻

[Outsider]

Hogan's appearance and entrance music would give me goosebumps as s kid. He had a unique look that came out of the television and drew you in. It's hard to explain to someone under 35. 

My condolences go out to Brooke and Nick.  

I hope Beefcake doesn't say he saw Hogan on elevator at Hospital and made up with him before his passing. 

 

[club]

First big show I saw was WM6, Hogan was a big part of drawing me in to wrestling as a kid. I outgrew him, and found him at times embarrassing, at other times deplorable, at times nostalgic. RIP. 

[strobogo]

1 hour ago, Jmare007 said:

I feel the exact opposite way. We can talk about Hogan's contributions to the wrestling business at a later date. Right now, let the people show how they feel and put some accountability into his actions. That's part of this legacy too. 

Totally agree, his work as an entertainer can be re-assessed later, as with all entertainers that are sacks of shit. What he's being remembered for right now is for the important thing: how he was as a human. And it wasn't good, brother.

There's a reason why none of the tweets from people in the industry mention anything other than how big he was in the industry and entertaining to fans. 

[Matt D]

His last act was one last grift on the stage of the RNC as an attempt for them to channel a nostalgic view of jingoistic hypermasculinity. He gets whatever he gets from people today. 

[David Mantell]

Congratulations to Bob Backlund on becoming the last surviving W(W)WF World Heavyweight Champion 1963-1990.

This now leaves Mr T and Ted DiBiase as the two last surviving main eventers from the first six WrestleManias

[flyonthewall2983]

2 hours ago, strobogo said:

There's a reason why none of the tweets from people in the industry mention anything other than how big he was in the industry and entertaining to fans. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMgCNk1JDPC/?igsh=MXI2cWN5dTAxeXM0OQ==

[Dav'oh]

7 hours ago, Dav'oh said:

So, could they take a break for a day or two?

No, they can't, brother Dav'oh. No they can't. 

 

7 hours ago, strobogo said:

He lived a life to get these kinds of reactions in death.

He got those reactions in life, though. When it mattered. 

It's just churlish, repetitive, and pointless now.

7 hours ago, Jmare007 said:

Right now, let the people show how they feel 

We already know, though. They feel exactly the same as they did when he was alive. 

 

7 hours ago, Jmare007 said:

and put some accountability into his actions

He dead, bro. Too late.

 

7 hours ago, El-P said:

nothing new

 

4 hours ago, Matt D said:

He gets whatever he gets from people today. 

Deep. 

 

If people can't take five seconds out of their urgent vitriol to acknowledge the good, they're being dishonest with themselves. You all know full fucking well what he did for this thing we love, and not one word of gratitude.

Go yeet a giant mousetrap.

[Jmare007]

2 hours ago, Dav'oh said:

 

If people can't take five seconds out of their urgent vitriol to acknowledge the good, they're being dishonest with themselves. You all know full fucking well what he did for this thing we love, and not one word of gratitude.

Go yeet a giant mousetrap.

Not saying anything but the positives is actually pretty dishonest is someone doesn't feel like saying that, lol. 

Not even sure what yeeting a giant mousetrap would even entail either

[sek69]

It would be dishonest to leave out the good or the bad entirely, it wouldn't be a complete telling of his story.

He was an industry changing icon who made a lot of money for a lot of people and brought millions of fans to pro wrestling, and inspired a ton of folks to get into the business. He was also a piece of shit who cheated on his wife, tanked the case the US government had against Vince in the steroid trial, and was caught on tape saying some of the vilest shit possible.....and that was all before hitching his wagon to the most destructive president in US history. All that is part of the story of Hulk Hogan, and omitting any of it would be doing a disservice. 

[NotJayTabb]

The thing I find odd is that the final two career matches of one of, if not THE biggest stars in American wrestling history took place on TNA house shows in the UK, one of which I was at. It was a 6 man tag, but Hogan did way more than you'd have expected.

Tremendous professional wrestler, sadly deplorable human being. I still enjoy 80s Hogan matches as almost the ultimate wrestling comfort food. But then I still think the Smiths are the greatest band ever to exist, and Morrissey is a daft old racist too.