For any of the old school WWE (WWF) fans … its just been reported that Hulk Hogun has died aged 71 …
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And nothing of value was lost.
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De mortuis nil nisi bonum…
Humanism is what this world needs direly.
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Hard disagree…
You’re not gonna improve the world by stooping to the level of the people you despise.
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The family of one of my childhood friends worked for WCW and WWF (after the merger) for a very long time. Even as a kid Coop had nothing good to say about Terry. And that was BEFORE we knew about all the scab stuff, among other things.
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Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin- all good people? Ted Bundy?
Ghaddafi? Mubarak?
Where do you draw the line?
If people wants to be remembered fondly, they shouldn’t be harming others, by words, action or inactions. Simple as that.
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Absolutely incorrect. He was an idol and a role model for millions of kids.
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I think you misunderstood what I said, completely. Essentially, don’t **** on someone’s grave, for your own dignity’s sake, not the person’s who died.
My quote was-
I didn’t ■■■■ on anything- just living like Clarence Darrow suggested.
“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.”
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There’s being critical of someone’s countless shortcomings and then there’s calling someone worthless.
He was a racist scab who hated unions.
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Because that absolutely matters to 6 year olds, doesn’t it.
I couldn’t stand the guy, but a lot of children grew up watching hulkamania. It was absolutely phenomenal at the time
I wasn’t into wrestling at all, so I only see him for what he was, not the act he portrayed.
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I agree with you, totally. But i also understand there will be a lot of people incredibly upset by his passing today, because the hulkster died. Not the dude playing him.
My heart goes out to those people, truly.
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That was my point, I knew a lot of vulnerable people growing up, that took wrestling extremely seriously, because they couldn’t understand that it was all an act.
I can vividly remember a downs kid, who was the sweetest kid you ever met (who was as strong as a bloody bulldozer) who absolutely lived it. Loved it.
I am convinced, he wouldn’t be happy at the news of this and that is what makes me sad.
We’ve all seen the video of “its still real to me, dammit” guy. He wasn’t an outlier.
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Bollea was a complicated person. Racist scab? Yup. There’s no denying it. Still, he did put wrestling on the map. We can thank him for those good times. Mourn 80s Hogan, mourn the character he played. The one that coupled so well with Rick Derringer’s amazing anthem.
Think of Hulk Hogan as an ideal, one that Terry Bollea fell so very short of. After all, Iron Sheik played the Iranian nationalist bad guy to delight an (admittedly biased) wrestling audience. In reality, Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri was playing a character and knew it. After all, he never flew the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but that of Imperial Iran. In reality, Vaziri was an American patriot through and through.
I believe the inverse applies to Hulk and Bollea.
The sad reality is that these men are creating and portraying larger than life characters, ones who cast long shadows. It seems every person who cast these shadows have plenty of demons take up space in the shade.
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I didn’t follow wrestling or know much of Hogan other than his celebrity persona, but I do know that labor wars can get really nasty. I went through one and have seen how it can pit brother against brother, end decades long friendships, and wreck families. People take those emotions to the grave, with little forgiveness from either side.
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71 is quite a good run for a pro wrestler considering how many of them died in their 40’s and 50’s from drug and alcohol abuse.