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Hulk Hogan: The Immortal Hate Thread

24K views 494 replies 147 participants last post by  jking1979nc  
#1 ·
Wow.

I've never seen Hogan booed like he was tonight. My gut instinct, is that this is directly the result of him campaigning for Trump (this was in California).

What is truly sad, is that Hogan was always extremely popular in Canada. Much moreso than in the US. Unfortunately, it will be even worse, especially in Montreal and Toronto (due to the constant talk from Trump of annexing Canada). Hogan can also forget about Europe, since he will likely be booked even worse.
 
#494 ·
I'll say this. It is easy to say now WWF would have the same type of success in the 80's without Hogan.

The company sure seemed to take a big hit when Hulkamania was waning and when he left the company. They could not duplicate that success until the Austin era. By that time though, Hogan had already turned the fortunes of WCW around.

The fact Hogan was behind both WWF and WCW's surge says a lot.
 
#491 ·
For someone who doesn’t give two fucks what hogans political stance nor him as a person, without him I wouldn’t of been a wrestling fan and wwe wouldn’t have existed
lol....pleasse tell me you do not believe this. It's the same lie, as when Vince McMahon said that he had borrowed so much money for Wrestlemania, that if it failed, he would ahve been out of business. Both are lies.

The truth is, that when Vince Sr passed down the company to VKM in 1982-83, it was the most profitable and successful wrestling territory in the World. This is how McMahon was able to raid talent from so many territories. McMahon immediately began looking for a larger than life super hero to be the franchise star. They looked at several wrestlers, including Kerry Von Erich, but ultimately went with Hulk Hogan.

However, even if Hogan decided to stay in the WWE, that did nothing to prevent McMahon from raiding the AWA of it's talent, and later multiple territories. At worst, the WWE would have been forced to make Savage, Wonderful, or Piper the big draw in the 80s, but even without Hogan, they would have eventually formed a monopoly in the US for pro wrestling. It just may have taken longer.

Aside from that, Hogan would ahve eventually left for the WWE considering most territories were dying by 1987. At any rate, it was Vince McMahon that was the driving force behind the success of the WWE. Hogan certainly helped in the 80s, but they did not necessarily need him to go national.
 
#488 ·
I hope all the hate that Hogan has been getting recently is a wake up call for him that he needs to change. He should reflect on the kind of person he's been and the kind of person he should be.

The first step towards progress would be to stop lying.
Hogan has millions of dollars in the bank and is good buddies with the POTUS, a known grifter in his own right. I doubt Hogan is too worried.
 
#454 ·
Terry just keeps setting himself up to be piled on.

To quote a popular meme, "Sometimes it's not our turn to talk".