Hulk Hogan has passed at age 71
 

Did not expect this news today....

https://nypost.com/2025/07/24/sports...nd-dead-at-71/

That doesn't work for me, brother

Wonder if Heenan will meet him at the pearly gates and tell him he needs to go down south

Or maybe he can only pass through if he allows Sheik to fuck him in the ass and make him humble

Mr. America couldn't take Hogan knowing his true identity any longer and finally snapped and turned heel. I'll be a son of a bitch.

Geez I forgot Sheik passed :(

Not a great week for WWE Hall of Famers :(

There a point in time he was the most famous person on the planet

There's a reason they included him in that Radio Shack Super Bowl ad where all the '80s icons come back.

Not a great week for dads on television reality shows that aired on MTV and VH1 in the 2000s

Chrisly better watch out.

I guess he took one for Bischoff - so that he can get out of the R.A.F still born promotion.

This may be the greatest bit of news I've ever woken up to. Finally, that piece of shit shuffles off this mortal plane. I'm like the dog that finally caught the tire. I don't know what to do.

Anyway, I'll be in the can.

LOL, even my mom messaged me about this. :lol:

https://i.imgur.com/837xb4F.jpeg

Always funny to stumble upon New Japan footage of Hogan and remember he was actually perfectly capable of having an athletic, technically sound match.

To his credit he realized very early on that he doesn't need to do all of that to get over in the west, especially in that era. It was all about crowd control, participation, and making the moves matter. As much as I enjoy guys going balls out there's something to be said about doing more with less and pretty much nobody's ever epitomized that better than Hogan.

There's a lesson to be learned there. Preferably with less racism.

There's two Hogan matches I'll always remember fondly:

-Hogan vs. Goldberg on Nitro was pretty much THE match of my childhood/early wrestling markdom. Hated Hogan, loved Goldberg. Knew nothing about backstage, how the business works, work rates etc. It was just a guy I loved beating a guy I hated for the title and I got to see it on free TV and I thought it was awesome. Knowing later on that it's one of the worst business decisions of all time makes it funnier, because I can't ever take away how it made me feel as a kid.

-Hogan vs. HBK: watching the result of two grown men just completely refusing to be professional. The comical overselling, Hogan's confusion, the announcers trying to explain it away and make excuses. Fuck it, this ruled.

Hogan/Sting from Starrcade 1997 always felt and still feels to me like the "most hyped match ever". We all know how it turned out, but to this day I can still watch those entrances and get chills. When Sting is entering and they do those little half dissolves with the music to Hogan's face.... chef's kiss.

I don't think I've ever said a single good thing about Hogan, and yet, this is still sad news. Especially just days after Ozzy. Two, huge pop cultural icons who transcended their recognized fields, passing within days of each other. :(

That Hogan/HBK match is the one from Summerslam isnt it?

It sure is lmao Im dying

Hulk Hogan to be cremated because he still refuses to be buried.

RIP.

Goat.
Legend.
Icon.

In one of Jericho's books he said Hogan talked to him at Owen's funeral and asked him directly if he was leaving to go work for Vince. When Jericho said yes, Hogan said "take me with you".

That's always been a funny what-if to me. Hogan's red and yellow return that happened in the summer of '99 happening in WWF instead. My brain really can't even begin to compute the visual of that Hogan being dropped into the middle of the Attitude Era. Surely he would've looked hokey and ridiculous.

You mean even more than usual?

I wonder if Death no-sold the leg drop, popped up to his feet, Deathing up, then pointing his finger at Hogan before wagging it.

:lol:

Does get me into EWR mode. If forced to try to book Hogan in that era the only plausible way I could see making it work would be Vince bringing Hogan in as his hand-picked corporate guy. Have him keep the 5 o'clock shadow from his Hollywood look but go back to a red and yellow color scheme and play it up by having Hogan be thoroughly confused as to why everyone now hates him.

But even after all of that, outside of the obvious "print money" Hogan/Austin match you're left with Hogan being awkwardly shoehorned into a ton of Attitude Era feuds and surely it would be terrible.

Someone said Hogans grave should be a gender neutral bathroom and I think that's just a beautiful idea.

"I CHOPPY CHOPPY YOUR PYTHON!"

I'm ready for my pee to run wild on it.

Reddit/Twitter jerking themselves off calling Stone Cold a wife beater since hogan died saying they both should be canceled.

I feel like if Hogan went to the WWE in 1998 it would do nothing but hurt the product. I dunno if WCW wins the war but WWF would be sandbagged

cancel culture is trash but at least be consistent with it not be a hypocrite like so many people are with who they choose to cancel

Fake

Found it funny in the Hogan remembrance package his last title win over HHH was not included and it was also edited to make it look like he beat Rock at WM18. :lol:

so Jimmy Hart was the one leaking info to Bubba the Love Sponge

"I'd rather be dead than push Real American Freestyle" - Hulk Hogan July 2025