RIP Hulk Hogan

[Gregg]

13 minutes ago, Bray Wyatt said:

Damn.

 

I get there are aspects about Terry Bollea that people dont like, but as for Hulk Hogan the wrestler this is a big loss. He was the first wrestler to cross over from the ring to Hollywood and Pop Culture and paved the way for the Rocks and Cenas of the world. His impact on the business made possible what we have today.

 

Truly an icon and a sad day for me as a wrestling fan.

 

He was a major part of helping the WWE become the giant that it is today. Started in the 80's with the Hulk-a-mania craze and WrestleMania which he was the main draw during the early years of WrestleMania.

[Billsfed1]

I’d argue he did more for wrestling than anybody.  Andre, Flair, Austin etc.  A childhood hero of mine, losing Marv will sting like this one.

[RobbRiddick]

RIP Thunderlips. The ultimate male who once beat the s**t out of the ultimate meatball 

[boyst]

I saw this on 4 chan and thought it was a joke. 😢

[PrimeTime101]

4 hours ago, thenorthremembers said:

Can this week just end already?  I was a little Hulkamaniac.  Dressed as Hogan for Halloween two years straight when I was a kid.   Just like Ozzy, this one is gutting.   Just an absolute ICON.

 

Now I have to read and listen a bunch of sinless people comment on the bad things the guy did in his life in spite of all the good he did. 

 

 

same way for me.. this has been a tough pill to swallow.  

 

real tough.

[HOUSE]

71?

He was just a kid

[Just Jack]

3 hours ago, HOUSE said:

71?

He was just a kid

 

It will be interesting to see what the official cause will be. 

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

10 hours ago, Ned Flanders said:

Add Rochester native Chuck Mangione to the list.

And lead guitarist for Golden Earring …. Certainly no icon himself, but Radar Love is iconic 

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

1 hour ago, Just Jack said:

 

It will be interesting to see what the official cause will be. 

I loved Hulk Hogan. But I have to think decades of steroid use had to pose a lot of health risks. I think I saw he may have died from a heart attack, which is often linked to steroid use.

 

[US Egg]

He was a global icon and Rushmore worthy.
 

Guy couldn’t walk down the streets in Kuala Lumpur without being swarmed.

[aristocrat]

Hulkamaniacs! Rip hulk

[PastaJoe]

Another great entertainer whose personal life decisions ruined his public reputation.

[Fr. Jerk]

68,000 + all re-living their childhood together. Except he lost. Stupid Dwayne.

 

 

Edited July 25 by Fr. Jerk

[Fr. Jerk]

Also, Terry doesn't get the credit, but he was doing his own stunts before Tom Cruise, ya dig?

 

 

[Gregg]

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[Billsfed1]

On 7/25/2025 at 9:48 AM, Fr. Jerk said:

68,000 + all re-living their childhood together. Except he lost. Stupid Dwayne.

 

 

A week later and I'm still bummed over this.  What makes this tragic in my mind is he wasent a super old guy.  It sounds like he got an infection from the surgery and that's what did him in, because he was a healthy guy otherwise.  Had the back issues but he always kept himself in great shape and he was mentally sharp still compared to some athletes his age.

 

He's everything I miss in the past 20 years of pro wrestling.  This match here with The Rock was a work of art, they went into this match with the game plan of The Rock being the current megastar babyface, and Hogan the NWO heel.  It was always Vince's plan to switch Hogan back babyface, but the people here just jumped ahead of it because of the nostalgia effect. 

 

At the beginning of this match the people were with Hogan 100 to 0.  Hogan was doing all the classic heel stuff to get heat (choking The Rock with his wrist tape, biting The Rock, whipping him with his belt etc)...but the people cheered it.  That's how over Hogan was, they were giving him babyface pops for heel *****.  Hogan knew how to work the people, and that's sorely missed in todays product.  The faces, knowing where the cameras are at all times, the in-ring psychology…it's a lost art.

 

The Rock did a wonderful job of that in this match too.  When they locked up and Hogan threw him off and The Rock took that ass over tea kettle bump and looked up with that shocked look, or the look on Rockys face when Hogan was hulking up after the kickout...tremendous.

 

Pat Patterson did a great job constructing this match, nice false finishes.  Rocky getting Hogan in the sharpshooter, Hogan landing the rock bottom on Rocky.  

 

Hogans Wrestlemania 3 match with Andre is still my all-time favourite match.  Their promos and build to the match was excellent, and I love the presentation of that Wrestlemania.  Even tho it was a giant stadium it had the old school look, dark arena, the ring lit up, the classic red, white and blue ropes with the blue turnbuckles and yellow WWF logos...it's the red helmet of wrestling rings.  I wish they would go back to that ring with modern technology so the guys wouldn't get hurt like the did on the old one.  And Andre was the perfect villian for Hogan too, it's the only match I ever thought Hogan could lose. 

 

I don't think we'll ever have another monster babyface like that again because Hulk was such an enormous guy with a great body, not many guys like that around.  Often this is why he preferred to wrestle the bigger guys because there no way for him to get sympathy with a guy half his size like Rody Piper, Jake the Snake, Million Dollar Man, Bret Hart etc.  He needed guys like Bundy, Andre, Mosca, Earthquake, Yoko etc.

 

A few of my favourite Hogan moments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Thursday at 11:48 AM by Billsfed1

[Billsfed1]

 

[US Egg]

Well, now that he’s passed, Hulk was 6’3” not 6’7”.

[Gregg]

6 hours ago, US Egg said:

Well, now that he’s passed, Hulk was 6’3” not 6’7”.

 

Andre was 7'5" and Hulk isn't that much shorter. I would say 6'7" sounds about right.

 

 

[Billsfed1]

My brother met the Undertaker at a con, 2” shorter than billed height.  Hogan was 6-5 legit