Hulk Hogan - RIP - 07-24-25

[ziballz]

[JustPlaneJane]

My Mother and I got to meet him at dinner in Florida years ago.

He came over to our table and introduced himself as “Terry.” He was friendly and really nice to us. Although obviously everyone in the restaurant knew who he was and stared, he didn’t seem at all bothered by the attention. Seemed like a good man and I hope he had a fulfilling life.

[Rambone]

Not if Royalty has anything to do with it!

[Irongrip400]

Looks good there.

He looks decent for a 71 year old but considerably smaller than a few months back for the Trump rally.

[BB]

Looks good there.

Up close he looked worn out -

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His instagram has been recycling old pics. Right before this operation that supposedly help kill him, he was on a multi-state, every day promo gig to promote the beer line and the wrestling venture. He came home tired from that, and went straight into surgery not taking much rest.

Say what you want about the guy, he was a hard worker.

[oldschoolfan]

People forget when hogan was the man he was in the road 330 days a year and if he didn’t sell out arenas and sell merchandise he would not become a millionaire

[SF1900]

I heard when he was in the WWF he was a major asshole to other wrestlers.

[Dave D]

My Mother and I got to meet him at dinner in Florida years ago.

He came over to our table and introduced himself as “Terry.” He was friendly and really nice to us. Although obviously everyone in the restaurant knew who he was and stared, he didn’t seem at all bothered by the attention. Seemed like a good man and I hope he had a fulfilling life.

He introduced himself as Terry? That is borderline shocking. You’re one of the few people that got to met Terry instead of Hulk, brother.

[Lartinos]

that's pretty long age for having juiced for most his adult life. Maybe he could have lived abit longer with some more preventive measures at older age

I think he was drinking a lot beers too for many years too.

[delon]

Hulk with an early run at manscaping

Tesla should license this photo

[sync pulse]

I have never seen this movie, But
a professional wrestler would probably be a good physical comedian...

[Van_Bilderass]

I think he was drinking a lot beers too for many years too.

Lots of drugs too. Lots of pain pills.

I remembered the Juvi Juice, I remember decades past some saying he always had it on him. Renutrient was marketed towards bodybuilders to increase GH and sold as a supplement at regular supp stores.

Warrior claims that one of Hogan's catchphrases back in the day was "A day without smoking pot brother is like a day without sunshine".  He also blamed Hogan for turning guys in WCW onto a substance called "juvi juice" or "rejuvenation juice" that many got high and OD'd on.  As Sean Waltman explains on his blog, "juvi juice" was a legal supplement at the time sold under various names like Renutrient and was a chemical precursor to GHB.  In his blog post Waltman called Warrior a hypocrite for airing Hogan's dirty laundry without mentioning his own, like the rumours that he was once a "gay prostitute" (male escort) in Atlanta and his "prayer sessions" at arenas, which was apparently his own code for smoking a joint

[jude2]

RIP   Hulkamania will live on forever

[Flexacon]

I've just heard his last wrestling appearance he was booed out the building mostly for supporting trump, a shame it ended like that.

He was mostly booed cause all his shady backstage politicking and weasel behavior from the '80s and '90s came to light when all the retired old-school wrestlers started talking about it on YouTube podcasts. None of his peers had anything nice to say about him.

[Royalty]

Not if Royalty has anything to do with it!

You’re damn right

[Kwon]

really i'm shocked with your love of bbing ,he had a horrible build in wwe run,he atually looked his best nwo  lean and had some shape,,i called him bulk hogan then,many many wrestlers were built better.

He was great as Thunderlips in Rocky 3 as well, Big dude, all around Big Dude.

[Sandrock]

He was mostly booed cause all his shady backstage politicking and weasel behavior from the '80s and '90s came to light when all the retired old-school wrestlers started talking about it on YouTube podcasts. None of his peers had anything nice to say about him.

Yeah what he did to Taker was probably the ultimate office politicking of all time(but funny as hell when Taker tells the story) but Hogan still gave a lot of us great memories and created two boom periods.  PIP Hulkster.  That pop when he hit the most muscular against the Rock at Wrestlemania is probably my number 1 wrasslin moment of all time.  Hulk Hogan was truly full of life at that moment.

[JustPlaneJane]

He introduced himself as Terry? That is borderline shocking. You’re one of the few people that got to met Terry instead of Hulk, brother.

He was very polite and seemed to enjoy that my Mom was visiting from Germany. He asked me about work and told us about his daughter.

[Bevo]

Poor Louie. Had the better physique , but had to sell 20 dollar autographs and DVD’s to survive

At least he’s still ticking though

[Bevo]

Hogan is 26 in this photo.  If anybody could’ve beat Father Time, it’d be the Hulkster.

Damn he looks at least 46 there and could pass as 56 too

[Methyl m1ke]

At least he gets his rematch with the undertaker now.

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But was it contrived???

[Van_Bilderass]

It was always hard for me to understand why pro fake wrestling captured any adult audiences. But later I could see some other aspects of it.

It's still real to me dammit!

[Lartinos]

There’s a lot of sad Hulk-a-Manics out there today. 

[Humble Narcissist]

Hulk with an early run at manscaping

Tesla should license this photo

He had a unique look as "Sterling Golden" on Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1979 as well. You could tell his raw potential even when he was just starting out.

[Pet shop boys]

Not if Royalty has anything to do with it!

WoooSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh  lol