Look, you can say a lot about Hogan's legacy: he was racist, he was terrible to his colleagues, he put himself above other people, he firmly believed in the supremacy of white people, he was a bad wrestler, his life was a net negative for society. That's it. That's the post.
Ozzy's last gift to the world was dying RIGHT before Hulk Hogan so virtually nobody would even pretend to care
He fucking sold out Jesse Ventura when Ventura tried to unionize WWF wrestlers, Hogan ratted to MacMahon. Piece of shit through and through
A real life HEEL, if you ask me!
What?! What a pos (Hogan). SMH 😠😒
Yup, can confirm. It's an old story but obviously lots of people wanted to keep it buried.
It’s never been buried it’s just been around for so long people assume everyone knows it. Jesse told that story at least 30 years ago.
Fair but pretty sure the McMahons and Terry Gene Bollea did not like to hear about it and took some steps.
I think this is explicitly talked about also in the latest McMahon documentary series that aired not long ago.
The Netflix one? Possibly.
Soooo he was the prototypical white American man.
He was in Gremlins 2
His beer probably sucked too.
Like a leg drop as a finisher smh
RIP Ozzy
Rest in Piss, Hogan.
That’s what the steroids do to you. Shrink your balls, turn your brain to mush and shorten your life.
My favorite thing about him is when he had to go on record and say that Terry Bollea did not have a ten inch penis.
Aww, say at least one nice thing. Like, he made the world a better place today.
True. Now in Terry's defence: 1. He did get us all eating Flintstones chewable vitamins. 2. The Gawker case brought us the most incredible under oath argument of all time...that Hulk Hogan's penis is significantly longer than Terry Bollea's. www.youtube.com/watch?v=izYE...
I begin to see how hulk hogan was. He lost my respect a long time ago. Don’t get me wrong I liked watching him wrestle n trash talk. I liked his tv/wrestling character but not him as a person.
And now he's dead!
🎉
You forgot PastaMania.
Wow post deleted and the user deleted too. He was GOPs second choice for president, because of the aforementioned legacy.
Much better opinion from a much better wrestler. RIP Iron Sheik, may you bodyslam Terry Gene Bollea in the nuts from the top rope every time you want from hereon to eternity.
Sheik heaven is Hogan hell, it's very efficient
LOL yup.
The Iron Sheik finally dragged him down to join him. 🤷🏾♀️
Let’s not forget he and that ghoul Peter Thiel ganged up to destroy the awesome Gawker media network, all because he was butthurt about having his cheating ass exposed, and Thiel was butthurt about being pulled out of the closet by them.
Forgot when he sued Gawker and brought about the first death of online journalism
Don't forget his was a union-busting scab, cause Jesse Ventura sure hasn't.
Was looking for someone to mention this. Thank you!
You're an idiot
Randy Savage and Roddy Piper were a lot more fun. Never forget the great Coco Beware!!!!
André worked with Hogan as the tag team, "The Machines," a horrible gimmick that McMahon tried to sell when the then-WWF was on tour in Japan....
And a homophobe! I met him once. I was with a male friend and we asked for a photo and he shoved my friend out of the way and said he didn't take pics with dudes.
Hogan wasn't a wrestler at all. Dan Gable was a great wrestler. Hogan was just a D-list soap opera actor who could do stunts.
also he divorced his wife to marry a woman that looked exactly like his daughter
No wonder he got along with Trump so well!
At the height of Hulkmania my cousin named his dog Hogan. I always felt sorry for the dog
A wife beater and a Trump lover.
Don’t forget that for as large as his ego was: - His whole character only happened because WWF needed to recast Billy Graham (for being too old). - His entire WCW run only happened the way it did because Sting didn’t want the NWO job and they had to scramble to find someone else and landed on him.
Well said.
I hope hell has room for him.
I don't like to speak ill of the dead, but uhhh...
Cannot wait for his burial details so I can book my trip to shit on his grave.
And let's not forget that he was a pawn of Peter Thiel, who he used to constrain/destroy independent journalism on the web, via the Gawker lawsuit!
i remember everyone involved in that story being a complete asshole, including gawker
Gawker was salty, and certainly not bound by the sort of journalistic norms that outlets like the network news, New York Times or Washington Post used to adhere to in the before times. But they were a legit news outlet with an edge, and that lawsuit was completely contrived just to destroy them.
Fair, but fuck him and Thiel anyway.
Yeah, I'm not saying Gawker was right. I'm saying that he was a pawn of Thiel, one of the worst oligarchs in the country.
Yeah we're definitely in agreement here. The funny thing is that for all his staunch conservatism, Tolkien would likely be appalled by the man who stole so many Middle Earth names to give to his asshole projects.
Let's not forget...he was a fucking MAGAt!
A person just died sir.
Would he have given the same grace you’re demanding to others? no
Oh I had only heard of Hulk Hogan dying.
If you don't want people to speak ill of you when you're dead, don't live your live like a piece of shit.
That makes it legal to air their dirty laundry.
K, and? We don’t need to uplift bad people just because they died.
We should remember them for exactly who they are. In Hulk Hogan's case at total arse.
If there is something that I wish we could smash into the ground and move on from is these weird niceties. Let’s believe who people tell us they are. Call them on their BS and loudly proclaim we don’t support it. And to hell with ‘em when they prove themselves unworthy of reverence.
With Hogan's passing (long may he rot), do we have to start considering Ric Flair as the wrestling business's version of Keith Richards?
Is he dead? He was a horrible person
Terrence Bollea was the dark side of what a Leo should be (he died 22 days before his birthday) The hubris poured out of his veins like the blood that was spilled whenever he cut himself to make it look like he was actually injured...
Steroids chalk up another win...
ALL OF THIS!!
Then. Now. Forever. Together.
You win the Internet today🤣🤣
I’m not kidding when I say Wrestling Reddit is celebrating like fucking Kissinger just died.
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Top tier content. 😂
drunkard.com/10_06_andre_... Andre knew. "A very green rookie wrestler named Hulk Hogan toured Japan several times with Andre and witnessed the Giant’s alcohol consumption first hand. According to Hogan, Andre drank, at a minimum, a case of tall boys during each bus ride."
"When he finished a can Andre would belch, crush the can in his dinner-platter-sized hand, and bounce the empty off the back of Hogan’s head. Hogan learned to count each thunk, so he could anticipate when Andre was running low."
"Whenever the bus stopped, it was Hogan’s job to scamper off to the nearest store, buy as many cases of beer as he could carry, and make it back before the bus departed, a sight that never failed to make Andre roar his bassoon-like laugh."
Ok God - you're getting closer. We all know Ozzy was a mistake, but you can do it big guy!
Ozzy wasn’t so much of an egalitarian either.
Maybe not, but he raised hundreds of millions of dollars for Cure Parkinson's, Birmingham Children's Hospital, and Acorn Children's Hospice. Hulk raised millions of dollars for Trump
Oh and don't forget Trump supporter. Can't forget his last act on earth was to support Trump
Ozzy is gonna have fun
He also was a REALLY bad actor.
And maybe… bsky.app/profile/ohso...
1984 me wouldn't believe that I ended up rooting for the Iron Sheik....but here we are.
That whole 'rasslin' scene was/is ridiculous. It's not a sport. It's entertaining to the same people that idolize Donald Trump. That's why the orange asshole rubs elbows with those people.
me, a far left wrestling liker:
Exceptions to every rule, granted. But it's not a sport.
maybe not a sport, but an incredible act of physicality nonetheless. wrestlers put their bodies on the line for their audience
Again, you're right. My utter disdain is reserved for those thinking it's a legitimate contest. For exhibitions of athleticism, I prefer the honesty of football, baseball, basketball, gymnastics, or track and field. I'd watch Olympic Curling first. Cheers.
fair! just mainly wanted to point out that the IWC is a lot more diverse than u initially implied. have a good day :V !
Don't know how to break this to you, but nobody has believed that wrestling is real since the 80s man
what the hell does this have to do with me stating the IWC has a diverse fanbase that isnt just right wing chuds
Ok there ya go 🤭
Solid points.
He is the reason why my favorite website in the world, Gawker, doesn’t exist anymore.
Cope and seethe
We got a cool Stheer Fighter 3 intro reference, and the "best failed attempt" at replacing Ryu. That's about it.
He’s was trash.
Indeed! Mr T was the real GOAT
You forgot “instrumental in the downfall of Gawker media” (I did until I was reminded)
This guy fuckin’ sucked!
I mean any attire is beach attire if it’s worn to a beach
Ok but I agree on the no cammo tho
We're gonna have to talk about the pattern before I can fully be on board.
I'd drop the military ID exemption
RIP in piss, brother man
No notes. Man was a huge POS, and in a world where fascists like him, Trump, et al exist, we should all be like Mr. Rogers.
A+ post, no notes
Hogan also snitched to Vince McMahon when Jesse Ventura tried to unionize wrestlers
In an industry notorious for selfishness, he really stood out.
Indeed.
You referring to him in the past tense is how I found out
You missed that he helped Peter Thiel destroy Gawker and intimidate the rest of the media.
Yes and I don’t even want to see the argument of, “oh he was good in Japan”. Nope he still sucked in Japan.
Objectively, he wasn’t a BAD wrestler. But I don’t really think that’s the point here 😀
Also, I totally didn’t know that shitbag kicked rocks until 5 minutes ago. There was an earlier BSKY thread about Linda that I saw and figured we just had another Hogan rant going 🤣
For the benefit of the child within me: That’s Terry Gene Bollea.
All about Ozzy this week.
You should probably mention his entire playbook is used as prime example of what not to do in sports entertainment.
What about his over cooked hot dog skin and eerie hair. What did Dee Reynolds say about his hair? “It looks as though an Asian man with silken hair bleached it” or something like that
Hell yeah. All that important stuff you said. And also, his signature move was “kicking you in the face and sitting down next to your head.”
Hey that's not fair! He was a horrible father and husband, too
I have really good memories of hulk hogan in the 1980s when it was relatively kid friendly (and i was like 10 years old), and as far as I’m concerned Hogan retired in 1993 and nobody ever heard from him again.
He sucked ass then as well, so this reframe wouldn't help sadly
a hearty Hell Yeah Brother to all of this
A terrible role model for young people and helped pave the way for the regime for which he shilled
Are there any *good* wrestlers? Isn't it all kayfabe?
yeah you’re right dude, wrestlers don’t have a skillset or talent, they’re puppeteered by the referees. Kayfabe is an old carnie word for it.
He was MAGA & spoke at their convention.
My brother & I was just talking about it. I'm not sad that he's dead, but my brother was saying how he's viewing it as two separate deaths, Hulk Hogan the character & Terry Bollea the person. Hulk tried encouraging good behavior & positive things, but Bollea was the opposite. Bollea can rest in piss
WOHOOO!🥳🎉
ETTD Everything Trump Touches Dies
For the win...also his boss is in charge of the dept. of education.
He could have been so much more than a punch line in a bad joke.
He was betrayed by somebody using the moniker 'bubba the love sponge'
He was a union buster and his beer assuredly tastes like piss
But what were his bad qualities?
Thank you for this post. I don't want anyone suddenly making him a good dude just because he died.
Rest in piss, Hulk
all true!
The head muckety muck at St. John Fisher, where "Father Bill" groomed my mother to try to get to me, then was "reassigned," said Hulk had been by and thought he was a great guy. Fuck off Hulkster...
"Was racist?" !!!!!!!!!
Ozzy lived longer than Hulk Hogan. Bwa ha ha! Good old Ozzy!
But leg drop
He had a lot of hills he wanted to die on. On the positive at least he is dead.
Don't forget that he helped bust a union.
I can't believe you forgot another facet of his complex, nuanced personality: he was a shit actor and his movies were shit.
