Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, dead at 71
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Well, shit.
Rest in Peace, brother.
I see the brainworms are still going strong as I more or less typed the exact same thing you did before checking the other comments.
Hear me out. Perhaps he was saying a farewell like a wrestler would?
That's not even slightly atypical, you just rarely notice it. It's actually insane how much people tend to think in parallel.
Right? One lawsuit from the top ropes and BOOM! Down for the count
He was unironically a huge player in why we're all here.
Theres even a gamergate comic about it: https://x.com/KuKuruyo1/status/1948422816484724830
Fucking legend. Did so much bringing down shit media.
This hits hard. As a lifelong wrestling fan and 80s baby he is my all time favorite. 80s era wrestling will always be my favorite era. RIP brother. I’m sure people will have nasty comments but screw them
Yeah his contribution to the NWO is almost as comparable to his 80s face run
Biggest Heel Turn in history.
Even as an Ultimate Warrior guy, it hits hard because it takes a strong rival to make any man great and Warrior wouldn't have been shit without Hulk.
Exactly. I loved Warrior as a kid as well. When they fought it was hard to decide who to cheer for. First time I’d ever seen two faces go at it
"Yeah, but remember that one time he said 'nigger', so clearly he's a bad guy!"
/s
RIP, brother.
There's a lot of non-/s comments saying that. I read someone comparing him to Cosby and Specter.
I've seen some in some Discord servers I'm part of. Ofc the political criticisms only ever go one way.
Celebrities and random famous people are dying left, right and centre. Black Summer
The whole “death comes in threes” comes to mind
We're at 5.
Who are the three that aren't the Hulkster and Ozzy?
Chuck Mangione
Two videogame guys and Malcolm Jamal Warner.
Always goes like that. The Grim Reaper is efficient when it comes to celebrities.
People die all the time. Maybe you're just old enough that the people you know of are passing away. When you were younger, you didn't know/care about celebrity obituaries.
Yep, I just learned that people die all the time
It's pretty easy to know things and never think of them when you're repeating trained patterns, as most people do in their daily lives.
That’s very true also. I was a shithead teen when people were like, “OMG, did you hear Frank Sinatra died?!”
I barely knew or cared at the time.
I’m sure if I told my son that Jon Bon Jovi just had a head on collision on the i90, he’d be the same.
It’s all relative to how famous the celebrity was during your prime years, I guess.
I remember people were saying that as well back in 2016. RIP to a lot of celebrities, for both times
The number of celebrities has grown exponentially over time. Pretty soon, we’ll be seeing multiple “famous people” dying every day.
Im sure there's going to be a lot of grave dancing due to him supporting Trump. Also apparently he was a 'racist'.
Didn't take long for such comments to be made on r movies and others. At this point I want to deport the hundred+ million Americans who bogeyman racism and facism, no inclination to entertain the strengths and weaknesses of the latter. Sowell can provide a clean typography for racism, and regular ass apes are too into superstition and herd mentality.
Not allegedly, the entire reason he sued Gawker was because of the leaked video, and the case wasn’t about whether or not the leak was fake, it was about whether or not Gawker did or did not leak video
I think the point is being caught saying nigger once doesn't make you a racist.
Unfortunately to most of the normie sphere the Left has convinced them all that it does.
Yea that is so absurd. They acted like what he did was worse than Benoit
Yea I remember the lawsuit. Although I’ve made racist statements in the past that I repented for and all I can do is hope he was serious when he apologized. Acting like he is the worst person ever over that is silly. Still my favorite wrestler. Don’t care for some of the backstage stuff but great character
No kidding. I’m on a mixed friends group chat and many are virtue signaling about how great he was til he “turned”
I also hated when he joined nWo.
I was going to quip that Trump being a Zionist shill traitor of a POTUS, takes another scalp.
I bet the mofo is fingernail raking Andre and Macho right now. Hulkamania is running wild in heaven brother!
This shit legit bummed me out, he's a lying piece of shit who fucked up so many promotions with his antics but you still gotta love the character.
That, and he sued Gawker and gave a banger speech at the RNC so there's that. I'm gonna pop into r/sc and see what those miserable people are saying.
edit: Humblebrag, haven't been on SC in years and doesn't even autofill on my device. Some wishywashy well wishes and a lot of Hulk is in hell comments. Stay classy faggots.
I’ll be watching matches and promos this weekend. My favorite wrestler. Yep. Hogan vs Savage again
Mega Powers arc was so good! Don't click if you're watching Summerslam '88 Mega Powers Vs. Mega Bucks
Rest of you, enjoy.
OSW Review had a good recap of PPVs from that era and I laughed my ass off when they talked about this incident, but can't go looking for that clip atm.
I'm just gonna get some beer and enjoy some WWF and WCW Hogan era matches and promos. And end things with Joker Sting and Hogan's redemption arc from TNA.
Not a bad plan. When he turned heel and joined NWO I was 15. Didn’t like it but had to admit it was cool. Loved when he came out in red and yellow again on that Nitro. The raw after his match with the Rock was epic
I'll still mark out when watching it.
Same here
Can verify OSW is fantastic, a favorite channel of mine.
I only got ONE QUESTION FOR YOU BROTHER!!!!!
whhhaaa baaaarre are you?
I am a Hershey's Desert Bar from a K-mart clearance bin in the 1990s.
It was wonderful, but at the same time, the roar Heel Hogan got at WM18 when he tossed The Rock, and his visible elation at an untarnished Hulkamania is still one of my favorite moments in wrestling.
Absolutely. When he hulked up it was great to see
Well, shit. RIP, brother.
Theo Huxtable, Ozzy, and Hulk Hogan all in the same week. Damn.
And Ghislaine Maxwell scheduled soon. RIP
She will be missed!
Randy Savage will meet him for a epic rematch!
Fucking hell! First Ozzy now Hulk Hogan!
Requiescat in pace, you did brighten my childhood watching you perform.
The Hulkster seemed like a decent Christian even if he made some mistakes over the years. RIP HH
71 is actually a pretty good run for a pro wrestler, unfortunately.
Hulkamania has officially ended. Rip.......my last wife beater tonight in his honor
Truly
RIP to this Big Guy
Responsible for 2 wrestling booms and possibly the greatest wrestler of all time. Him slamming Andre is probably the most recognized wrestling moment ever. Professional Wrestling in North America wouldn't be/ have been the juggernaut it is without him.
On the other hand, all the politicking he did behind the scenes has, to me, tarnished an otherwise incredible career.
Hope they don’t try a 10 bell salute because you have some very stupid younger fans who think saying the n word is worse than Charles Manson murders
An Armcannon tribute to better times:
https://armcannon.bandcamp.com/track/hulk-hogan-shawn-michaels
I didn´t know he had married such a beautiful lady, the article has a picture of his wedding. Rest in peace.
We already know what heaven's playing when he comes through the gate.
F
This one hurts
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TnbSRUCcrcQ&pp=ygUfVGhlIHZvbiBlcmljaHMgcnVubmluIHdpbGQgc29uZw%3D%3D
Despite their issues Taker had a nice tribute