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Hulk Hogan RIP

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  • #2
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,089 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Dead at 71 following a heart attack. Like him or loath him, probably the biggest wrestling star of all time.



  • #3
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,100 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Shocking news RIP Hulkster

    Looking past all the issues and incidents of the recent past. The man changed the world of pro wrestling and it would not be what it is today



  • #4
    The White Wolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,562 ✭✭✭The White Wolf


    Whatever he's done and said, he deserves a monumental week of tributes. RIP Hulk.



  • #5
    paulie21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,753 ✭✭✭✭paulie21


    Ozzy and Hulk in the same week. A legend that moved wrestling into the mainstream arena. May he RIP



  • #6
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 92,178 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Wow it is true then

    RIP

    He was a pioneer, a icon, the first "celeb" wrestler, actor, loved his theme song, for sure changed the landscape

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



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  • #7
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    I loved Hogan when I was a kid, he was the peak of wrestling when I was young.

    This is pretty sad news, RIP.



  • #8
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,233 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    RIP

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGwHxpdYskE&list=RDqGwHxpdYskE&start_radio=1&ab_channel=Nalinho


  • #9
    briany
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,385 ✭✭✭✭briany


    Hogan to the Grim Reaper: "Ohhhh. You got me, brother. You got me."

    But, yeah, it's never news you expect to hear, somehow, yet inevitable. A challenging legacy he will leave. Possibly the greatest American wrestler of the modern era, or in the top 5. Had a lot of personal baggage backstage, though, so will be interesting if wrestling pundits double back on years worth of comments, or double down.



  • #10
    standardg60
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,867 ✭✭✭standardg60


    WrestleMania and all the characters involved was the absolute highlight of my 10 year old life.

    RIP Hulk.



  • #11
    Necro
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 57,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Jaysus whatever about now, he was absolutely a cultural icon in the 80s and 90s and probably THE reason WrestleMania (and by extension the WWE) exists today.

    Moderator: Current Affairs/IMHO, Soccer, Pro Wrestling, State Benefits



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  • #12
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,233 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    By a mile the biggest name ever in wrestling



  • #13
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 53,809 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123666512#Comment_123666512

    giant haystacks was bigger! by 4".



  • #14
    Necro
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 57,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123666500#Comment_123666500

    I think the next week will have a lot of tributes to his legacy, which is how it should be.

    After that I'd be interested to see what comes out of the woodwork. The last decade or so he's been very problematic for anyone who employed him (and that's not even going into the backstage stuff back in the day) so it's a complicated one surely.

    Moderator: Current Affairs/IMHO, Soccer, Pro Wrestling, State Benefits



  • #15
    B.A._Baracus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,248 ✭✭✭✭B.A._Baracus


    Hulk hogan is dead?!

    Wtf.



  • #16
    CastorTroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,348 ✭✭✭✭CastorTroy


    RIP.

    Though I know he was controversial lately, it's kinda sad knowing the reaction he got for his last ever WWE appearance.

    Wonder how this will affect the new promotion.



  • #17
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,402 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    RIP to the character Hulk hogan because even though I was never the biggest fan of his, I can acknowledge his massive impact of the business of pro wrestling.



  • #18
    The Nal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,233 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Hulkamania will live forever.

    What a pop.

    https://youtu.be/sZY20PUK03Y?si=6eTeFy7DKzYDjW7U


  • #19
    black & white
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭black & white


    Sorry to hear he’s gone, I thought he would have been older for some reason.



  • #20
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,460 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Wow I seen things in the past few days from different sites Hulk had been taken into hospital very hush hush, the man was iconic Macho Man Piper and Ultimate Warrior now have a fourth for a tag match.

    that is awful to see him and Ozzy Osbourne gone in the same week



  • #21
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 92,178 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123666518#Comment_123666518

    Paved the way for The Rock and others etc.,

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



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  • #22
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,105 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    If ever there was going to be a celebrity to upstage another famous entertainer's death, it would have to be Hogan! Two huge cultural icons gone in quick succession between himself and Ozzy. Two performers who will still be influencing their respective arts for generations to come.



  • #23
    callaway92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,194 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Hard to have sympathy here lads

    He’s a complete scumbag factually. Can’t be doing all the revisionist nonsense of ‘ah sure he was one of the best wrestlers ever’



  • #24
    jimmyendless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭jimmyendless


    Just putting on my geo-politics hat for a second, I think Hulk Hogans death could be the opening Putin has been waiting for.



  • #25
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123666716#Comment_123666716

    Hogan also the most successful of the people who followed Ozzy into the late career family reality show scene.



  • #26
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,005 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    Absolute shocked by the news

    Without him WWF/WWE wouldn't have grown into the juggernaut but it all went downhill after that reality show and he's never recovered from it.

    A deeply flawed individual but his WWF/WCW run is historical in wrestling



  • #27
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,213 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Whatcha gonna do, when hypertrophic cardiomyopathy runs wild on YOU brother?!

    1000037901.gif


  • #28
    murdoc88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 3 ✭murdoc88


    RIP Hulk,can't wait for the Jim Cornette podcast on this.



  • #29
    ebbsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,260 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    WM 6 - Biggest Wrestling match I have ever seen.

    People forget that Hogan actually dragged a decent match out of Warrior.



  • #30
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,100 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Can't forget his theme which was a banger (didn't the guy who done that pass away this year too ?)

    Will WWE pause SD storylines tomorrow night for a tribute show ?

    Hard to believe Ric Flair would outlive him



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  • #31
    Officer999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭Officer999


    His return to WWE in 2003 at No Way Out was so surreal for me at the time. Everyone knew who he was but when I started watching wrestling for the first time he wasn’t around. So to see him return was so amazing. Still think Rock Hogan at Wrestlemania that year is my favourite match.



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