Hulkamania is dead.

[Fygee]

https://www.tmz.com/2025/07/24/hulk-hogan-dead/

Cardiac arrest brother.

Absolutely legendary wrestling career and (almost) always entertaining to watch.

Also an absolutely shit human being who lied as easily as he breathed while hurting the careers of many of his fellow wrestlers to his own benefit.

 

[fickmichcommander]

terrible person, terrible wrestler, terrible actor

 

[StevenK]

terrible person, terrible wrestler, terrible actor

Dinohulk

 

[Gentlegamer]

HULKAMANIA IS ETERNAL BROTHER

 

[Taiso]

If you'd have told me Ric Flir was gonna outlive Hogan five years ago, I've have doubted your sanity.

RIP Hulkster. A very flawed man and an illusionist without peer, but his impact on the business is undeniable.

EDIT: And yeah, Hulkamania will live forever. In a world where people still defend Vince McMahon, Hogan is going to have his vocal supporters.

 

[Fygee]

terrible person, terrible wrestler, terrible actor

Terrible wrestlers don't have the career he had. The character, the personality, the promos, the "moichendising", and the in-ring chops were all there. He certainly was no Bret Hart or Mr. Perfect when it came to technical skills, but he definitely wasn't the Ultimate Warrior either.

Kids and adults the world over loved him in his 80s WWF prime, and his 90s heel turn in WCW to start the NWO was probably the best ever. Anything from the 2000s on was super lame, but that's usually how it goes with wrestlers as they age into their 50s and beyond.

Terrible person though? Absolutely. Richard Belzer had him pegged long before many of us knew.

I look forward to what Cornette has to say about his passing.

 

[fickmichcommander]

The in-ring chops were not there. What the fuck are you talking about? He was 100% look and charisma, he could barely fucking reverse a wristlock. There's a reason he only did four moves and it's because he sucked.

And lots of guys that couldn't wrestle had huge careers. Bill Goldberg, Ultimate Warrior, even John Cena is just a more mobile version of the same archetype.

 

[wyo]

Ozzy and Hulk gone this week, truly a sad time

 

[Fygee]

By in-ring chops I mean he was able to perform and sell his moves in a manner that was convincing, dramatic, and entertaining. Especially true with his target audience of mostly kids and teens who were the bread and butter audience of WWF in the 80s and early 90s who didn't know any better regarding actual wrestling skill. It looked good and felt good. That's what's was and still is important.

You can be a technical expert all day long, but if you can't sell your moves or those of your opponent in a way that's exciting and engaging, the audience isn't going to care.

 

[Average Joe]

Being a great wrestler isn't just about the technical aspect of the physicality, because if you can't sell your gimmick/character then you're just not going to get to that level of greatness.

Hulk Hogan is a GOAT contender on his character persona/personality alone and it's silly to think otherwise due to the sheer impact he had on American culture.

 

[Gentlegamer]

 

[Dr Shroom]

A stunning tribute from Hulk Hogan to Hulk Hogan.

Hate to say this, but I have to agree with fami: terrible wrestler, terrible person.
Macho was always better in the ring but never received the recognition he deserved.

 

[Tarma]

Ozzy and Hulk gone this week, truly a sad time

Tell me about it. My illicit narcotics business has taken a right hit. Lucky for me Keith Richards is still alive.

 

[Taiso]

By in-ring chops I mean he was able to perform and sell his moves in a manner that was convincing, dramatic, and entertaining. Especially true with his target audience of mostly kids and teens who were the bread and butter audience of WWF in the 80s and early 90s who didn't know any better regarding actual wrestling skill. It looked good and felt good. That's what's was and still is important.

You can be a technical expert all day long, but if you can't sell your moves or those of your opponent in a way that's exciting and engaging, the audience isn't going to care.

This. Professional wrestling is more about the characters and the drama than it is about work rate. Of course, you want someone that can do it all but in ring ability only gets a guy so far in a business that evolved into a TV model. Wrestling is still for children, even overgrown ones like us.

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

 

[mainman]

Fuck Terry, he was a racist piece of shit and Ido not mourn him.......fuck him

 

[max 330 megafartz]

On the bright side, my No Holds Barred laserdisc just went up in value. On the negative side, now a laserdisc of Suburban Commando is gonna cost me more.

 

[smokey]

I will watch the exclusive Thunder in Paradise episode on the CD-i tonight... or not .

He lived to long so we could all see with a shithead he was but he was the entertainment of our youth.

 

[pixeljunkie]

Jesus, all this Hulk hate. He was an icon and mythological throughout my childhood. Sad day.

 

[BeefJerky]

Hulk Hogan Sex Tape (Short 2012) ⭐ 7.9 | Short, Adult

30m

www.imdb.com

 

[Average Joe]

Macho was always better in the ring but never received the recognition he deserved.

Also:

 

[Taiso]

Hogan rustled a lot of jimmies

 

[Taiso]

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Another notorious politician with a massive driniking problem. He once shat all over Bad News Brown during a wrestling match, although it was more because he was old and when he sat down on him, he had some Bad News for Bad News Brown.

 

[max 330 megafartz]

When Andre the giant would wrestle in Japan, he couldnt fit in their tiny bathrooms so he would just drop a mammoth shit on the hotel room coffee table and leave it for the maid.

 

[mjmjr25]

People tuned in to watch Hulk Hogan, not Dean Melenko. Wrestling is maybe 10-15% "in-ring chops".