Topic: Is Hulkamania Finished?
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Wed 09/02/15 10:17 PM
Edited by Lpdon on Wed 09/02/15 10:23 PM
What you gonna do when the Hulkster runs wildly racist on you?

If you'��re WWE, you'��re going to fire the company'��s most iconic pro wrestler.

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan was body-slammed by WWE on Friday when it was revealed he went off on a racist tirade in his infamous sex tape that's at the center of a lawsuit with Gawker, according to reports.

Hogan is heard spewing hate speech in a conversation about his daughter, Brooke, and her African-American boyfriend, sources told Radar Online and The National Enquirer:

"��I mean, I'��d rather if she was going to f'k some n'��-r, I'd rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n'��-r worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player! I guess we'��re all a little racist. F'king n'-r."

WWE has scrubbed Hogan from several online platforms, according to a report by Wresting Inc.: His profile was removed from the Alumni section of WWE'��s website, related merchandise was removed from its online shop and Hogan was removed from the cast listing for Tough Enough, a WWE-produced reality series.

"WWE terminated its contract with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan), said a statement from WWE." "��WWE is committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide."

Hogan followed with a boiler-plate apology later Friday morning.

"��Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation. It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it,"�� Hogan said in a statement given to People magazine.

"This is not who I am. I believe very strongly that every person in the world is important and should not be treated differently based on race, gender, orientation, religious beliefs or otherwise. I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs."

Hogan first alluded to the discord with a cryptic tweet posted early Friday:

The backdrop for this controversy is the ongoing lawsuit in which Hogan "�� call him Terry Bollea in court, please " is suing Gawker Media for $100 million for invasion of privacy, after the website published a clip from the 2006 sex tape allegedly featuring Hogan and the then-wife of his then-best friend. The trial was set to start July 6, but was postponed with an October hearing and no new trial date.

Friday'��s reputation-puncturing revelations about Hogan �� whose stage persona exhorted kids to say their prayers and take their vitamins �� surely help Gawker'��s defense.

Hogan has a history with the n-word. Online wrestling forums dusted off a years-old radio interview on DJ Whoo'��s SiriusXM show in which Hogan uses the slur several times in telling a story.

DJ Whoo Kidd asked: "You'��ve been saying brother�� for years. Any black guy ever say, "��Yo, you my n—-r, you my n—-r, Hulk��?"

Hogan replied: "Well, Booker T [a black ex-wrestler] used to say that to me on TV, and, you know, every time I pull up YouTube there'��s that famous thing that Booker T �� goes, "��I'��m coming for you, my n—-r."

"��They'��re all calling me n—-r, and then I started saying it and you know, I always said it, but now all of a sudden I get heat when I said it."

http://nypost.com/2015/07/24/why-is-wwe-frantically-scrubbing-hulk-hogan-mentions/

Yup, I think he is finished. It's sad too because this guy was a role model for me when growing up. sad Say it isn't so Hulk!

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Wed 09/02/15 10:39 PM
ya seen the interview the other night,he didnt really say anything racist,think he just used the n work,and as he said,as growing up he said it to his black friends,as thay said it to him,it wasnt in a racist thing,its just the way thay talk,i here these young kids talk like that all the time at the gas pumps to each there,black and white kids. just the wresling ppl geting way to PC,and think thay need to go way over board,IDK,grew up watching him,and think he a man with a lot of problems,,,,JMHO

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Thu 09/03/15 12:09 PM

ya seen the interview the other night,he didnt really say anything racist,think he just used the n work,and as he said,as growing up he said it to his black friends,as thay said it to him,it wasnt in a racist thing,its just the way thay talk,i here these young kids talk like that all the time at the gas pumps to each there,black and white kids. just the wresling ppl geting way to PC,and think thay need to go way over board,IDK,grew up watching him,and think he a man with a lot of problems,,,,JMHO


I think he is done. WWE has already scrubbed every Hulk Hogan mention from their website, pulled his merchandise from their store (which was the top selling products).

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Thu 09/03/15 02:39 PM
In the past how many times has Hogan been fired & re-hired by the wwe accompanied by major drama? spock

Vince & Hogans relationship goes back a long way & beyond the wwe...the two are actually good friends in reality behind all the Media hype.
It wouldn't be a surprise If vince has used this for publicity coz it was a similar scenario in the past...Hulkamania comes into the Limelight, Hogan has his say & Vince fires him with a vengeance & cuts all ties laughlaughrofl

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Thu 09/03/15 02:51 PM
Hulk Hogan, is what?
Pushin' 70?

Might be time he considered retiring from wrastlin' anyhow.

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Thu 09/03/15 07:57 PM

In the past how many times has Hogan been fired & re-hired by the wwe accompanied by major drama? spock

Vince & Hogans relationship goes back a long way & beyond the wwe...the two are actually good friends in reality behind all the Media hype.
It wouldn't be a surprise If vince has used this for publicity coz it was a similar scenario in the past...Hulkamania comes into the Limelight, Hogan has his say & Vince fires him with a vengeance & cuts all ties laughlaughrofl


In the past the WWE hasn't scrubbed themselves clean of Hogan or stopped selling his merchandise.

Yea, Vince set up a sex tape situation and setup for Hogan to spend millions of dollars in legal fees in court over this incident. slaphead

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Thu 09/03/15 07:58 PM

Hulk Hogan, is what?
Pushin' 70?

Might be time he considered retiring from wrastlin' anyhow.


He is 62. He was set up to have one more title run with the WWE and be the main event at the next WrestleMania.......