While I don't like or respect the man himself anymore because of his more recent actions, I can still greatly respect his wrestling career, and say he was one of the first to truly make the WWE popular.
3 months ago | 6
Like you said he had his faults definitely but to a 6 year old kid from Tacoma Washington he was Santa Claus Jesus Christ and He-Man all wrapped up into one he sparked my love of wrestling which continues to this day I hope he can find some peace in the afterlife because the last few years of his life apparently we're not so great and I believe in karma and I would not wish that upon anybody.
3 months ago (edited) | 3
Even as someone who wasn’t around when he was huge, he was still the icon of pro wrestling to my generation, ask anyone to name one pro wrestler and they will name hogan. RIP brother.
3 months ago | 0
So true man his legacy is the character in the ring. It was its own entity and for that I salute him
3 months ago | 0
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My thoughts on the passing of Hulk Hogan.
Even when I was a kid, at the true peak of Hulkamania, Hulk Hogan was never my favorite wrestler. Outside of the von Erichs in WCCW, I leaned toward the heels. First Jake "The Snake" Roberts and "Macho Man" Randy Savage, later "Ravishing" Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, and The Undertaker, just to name a few. But to say anything less than Hogan being the fault line that created the WWF mountain, at least onscreen, is sheer lunacy. If professional wrestling still exists a hundred years from now, he will still be the name most synonymous with it.
Those of us who are wrestling fans know the stories of Hogan using his backstage power and influence for his own benefit. Others not as intensely involved know of some of his personal scandals. The fault line analogy was chosen with purpose. The man had faults. As do I. As do you. But to define his life by those faults would be disingenuous. He didn't bring evil upon the world, he didn't take lives, he didn't create starvation. He screwed up sometimes. The spotlight shone on his screwups more than your normal person because he wasn't normal. He was Hulk freaking Hogan, a household name similar in stature to Michael Jackson.
A man who has had a tremendous impact on the world, the majority of which was positive, has passed away. The impact of his loss will be felt by so many who never knew him, but especially by those that did know him and knew him best. If I created a list of my 100, 200, maybe even 500 favorite wrestlers of all time, he probably doesn't make it on. So what. He was a fabric within the quilt of Americana. Still is. Many loved him. Many hated him. Now that he has left us, many will mourn him. I know I will. Thank you... brother.
3 months ago | [YT] | 41