Hulk Hogan was a frigging legend and was quite possibly one of the biggest stars of the 80’s and captivated a generation of kids growing the wrestling business like no one else before or after.
Terry Bollea on the other hand was a vile racist prick. Regardless, he was a husband, father and grandfather so there will be family members grieing this news.
RIP
That may not be the compliment you intended it to be.
Sheiky Baby’s gonna have him in an eternal camel clutch.
Very likely wrestlers would have had unionised healthcare and generally better working conditions without his ‘influence’, for example.
That said , I really wouldn’t care if the likes of Terry Bollea and Vince Mcmahon died
Probably would have been better. Less chance of people doing the roids in the bid to become the next Hulk Hogan (Especially with Vince’s fetish of the big man)
Would have been safer with a union etc. Better working conditions.
His penchant for refusing to do the job is there for all to see
Trump supporter.
Vile Cunt.
That assumes heaven exists for the likes of him.
I’m talking more in terms of how he was a big part in bringing the product into the mainstream, obviously there are a number of examples of where he likely held others back and played a part in stopping what could have been positive change. I do think it’s a bit wide of the mark to try and blame him for wrestlers using steroids and not unionising given it’s 30-40 odd years later and neither of those things have changed.
I was listening to a radio comedy where they compared it with British wrestling before the US version took off. Dickie Davies with World of Sport on ITV introducing household names such as Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks. Essentially morbidly obese men knocking each other over to amuse yer Nan on a Saturday afternoon.
You can see why the American version appealed more.
Non are appealing, just good choreography to shit music xxx
Never got Wrestling at all.
But the thing about Hulk Hogan was - even if you had zero interest in Wrestling…you knew who Hulk Hogan was.
Larger than life figure who did more than most to grow wrestling. I’m sure many more people made a lot more money after Hulk Hogan than before. So in a sense he helped the tide to rise and more boats were lifted.
But the story is never straightforward. There’s plenty there with the man that is disagreeable. Like people are saying, he could have done more to formalize wrestling and make it better that way. And as a man his personal views on a few things were dubious to say the least.
Still, he’s a figure from sports-entertainment and so giving a serious, in-depth analysis seems a bit misplaced, as I’m not sure what sort of expectations we have of such people.
RIP.
I expect anyone, no matter what their field, but especially those in the public eye, to be a decent human being.
This person wasn’t.
In fact, an enormous piece of shit. I am not one for dancing on people’s graves, but also find it distasteful that we are supposed to accept the hagiographic response we often see of people in the public eye upon their death.
Jazz singer, Cleo Laine, has died aged 97. She always seemed to be a fixture on Pebble Mill At One when I was a kid.
It’s probably why it’s taken about 40 years for Ventura to feature on a video game.
Though as with Chyna that’s probably more to do with Vince. It’s a bit of my childhood gone but someone like Bret Hart would probably hit more.
A fellow Hitman fan…
Yeah Bret Hart for sure.
Even maybe guys like the Undertaker.
About Hulk Hogan, He was just lucky to be chosen by Vince. Clearly modelled his appearance on Billy Graham. Not that great a wrestler in the ring either. If he wasn’t there, Vince would have picked someone else to make into a star. He might have even picked a guy with better morals (but seeing as it’s Vince).
He was influential in getting pro wrestling into the mainstream and no doubts that helped quite a lot of people earn some extra money down the road. But if it wasn’t him, it would have been someone else. The show anyway would have moved on.
Hulk Hogan?
Better people have died with a lot less attention.
Exactly