Hulk Hogan Dies At 71

[Boss Rock]

13 minutes ago, Boss Rock said:

There were some folks who were taking Tony Khan and AEW to task for not saying anything about Hogan, which isn't entirely surprising given TK has been adamant AEW would have nothing to do with him. And while it is strange they gave a platform to Sabu who also said racist things, I appreciate the fact he stuck to his guns and didn't feel the need to say anything about Hogan.

Nevermind, Schiavone actually addressed Hogan's death on Collision.

[David Mantell]

Jim and Brian came up with quite a good balanced piece.

[flyonthewall2983]

That funeral is going to be tense

[El-P]

I wonder if he got creative control on that one. 

Lance Storm with the usual based take (as they say) : 

 

[David Mantell]

On 7/28/2025 at 1:10 PM, David Mantell said:

Jim and Brian came up with quite a good balanced piece.

Follow up video.  Artwork shows Jim being offered a Hulk Hogan gingerbread man by the Cat In The Hat

 

 

[The Thread Killer]

As is usually the case when he does an obituary segment, I thought Cornette’s coverage of Hogan’s death was historically accurate, insightful and remarkably even handed, especially considering the fact that Hogan became a Trump guy over the past couple of years, and we all know how much Cornette loves Trump. I usually assume that if anything comes up that involves Trump on even a peripheral level, Cornette is going to totally lose his shit and start screaming profanities.

What I found especially humourous was the follow up piece. The response to Cornette’s podcast about Hogan pretty much encapsulates Pro Wrestling tribalism and overall online discourse in general nowadays. On one hand, he had people that were angry he wasn’t more complementary towards Hogan and wasn’t just blindly praising the guy, and on the other hand, he had people that were irate that he even mentioned Hogan at all because they think his name should be blotted from the history books.

Cornette sounded legitimately flabbergasted at the two totally divergent responses he was getting to the exact same segment. I had to wonder if he doesn’t pay attention when he uses Twitter, and I had to laugh at the irony that he has been one of the people who has helped contribute to the almost toxic levels of tribalism that exist in Pro Wrestling fandom right now.

You helped create the zombies, Jimbo. Don’t act surprised when they bite you.

[El-P]

21 hours ago, The Thread Killer said:

I had to laugh at the irony that he has been one of the people who has helped contribute to the almost toxic levels of tribalism that exist in Pro Wrestling fandom right now.

You helped create the zombies, Jimbo. Don’t act surprised when they bite you.

To keep on with the zombi analogy, Cornette really is the patient zero of toxic podcast host nurturing a crowd of hating sycophants.

Meanwhile, this :

[ohtani's jacket]

Cornette's podcast was better than the drivel everywhere else. 

[David Mantell]

7 hours ago, El-P said:

To keep on with the zombi analogy, Cornette really is the patient zero of toxic podcast host nurturing a crowd of hating sycophants.

Nothing toxic about Corny, he's a voice of reason and the only means by which I can be bothered to keep up to date with developments in modern day American Wrestling.

I did have to once check out a Young Bucks match to make sure that their brand of Floppy is nothing like Le Petit Prince Vs Michel Saulnier and lo and behold there is indeed no similarity whatsoever.  He and Brian are also usually very diligent in stating that their requirements for pro wrestling re. size and an identifiable face Vs heel apply only to American Wrestling post WW2.