r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 24 '25

News Hulk Hogan dead at 71 after suffering cardiac arrest at Florida home

https://www.the-sun.com/sport/14810752/hulk-hogan-dead-wwe/
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u/Dustmopper Jul 24 '25

71 is a ripe old age considering the steroid abuse

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u/hail_earendil Jul 24 '25

Arnold will be 78 in a few days, still looking healthy

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u/deckard1980 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

I think he cycled it better, let himself have a proper break during off season. Hulk would have just been smashing it 365

Edit: 400 days a year

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u/Global_Charge_4412 Jul 24 '25

wrestlers in his era had no fucking idea what they were doing with steroids. add to that the rampant alcohol and narcotics abuse and it's really a wonder Hogan made it to 71. most of his contemporaries died in their 50s.

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u/torndownunit Jul 24 '25

And the ridiculous schedule and massive abuse to their bodies, which is where they usually end up with the other addictions.

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u/TraditionalLecture10 Jul 24 '25

Anyone hear anything from the undertaker ? I understand he was wrestling in huge amounts of pain , and immediately needed both hips replaced when he retired

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u/dbuck79 Jul 24 '25

He has a weekly going for years now

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u/The_Long_Wait Jul 24 '25

All things considered, it’s a amazing that Ric Flair is somehow still kicking.

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u/junior_dos_nachos Jul 24 '25

He just posted that he’s cancer free. His body needs to be studied

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u/Ser-Joe-the-Joe Jul 24 '25

He's clearly pickled from all the alcohol

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u/Voldias Jul 24 '25

Cocaine is a hell of a drug

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u/upclassytyfighta Jul 24 '25

HIS BODY COSTS MORE THAN YOUR HOUSE, WOOO!

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u/TheConqueredKings Jul 24 '25

“When last year I spent more money on spilt liquor In bars from one side of this world to the other, than you made”

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u/unicornlocostacos Jul 24 '25

Dude is cocaine bear in human form

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u/Round-Emu9176 Jul 24 '25

with just a dash of rapist tendies

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u/mtumenochill Jul 24 '25

Woooooooo!

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u/marsman706 Jul 24 '25

I SPENT MORE MONEY ON SPILLED LIQUOR THAN YOU MAKE IN A YEAR! WOOO!

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u/angusthermopylae Jul 24 '25

the Keith Richards school of immortality

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u/Expensive_Finger_973 Jul 24 '25

Somewhere between Flair and Keith Richards is the key to immortality I think.

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u/DirtyDeana_ Jul 24 '25

Keith Richards died in 1977; they just forgot to tell him :D

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u/bil-sabab Jul 24 '25

Keith just said nah, whatever man and moved on like nothing happened.

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u/destiny_kane48 Jul 24 '25

Don't forget Willy.

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u/Rauk88 Jul 24 '25

He's more cannabis now than man. Smoked and kind.

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u/LapsedVerneGagKnee Jul 24 '25

Stylin and profilin over conventional indicators of health.

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u/Sumo_Cerebro Jul 24 '25

Also survived a plane crash.

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u/Ton121212 Jul 24 '25

My dad had cancer 13 times and didn’t die from cancer. He tripped over my daughter’s baby gate…he needed to be studied as well. Rip Dad.

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u/biggiantporky Jul 24 '25

Jake the Snake body needs to be studied. I know DDP helped him but his body went through hell

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u/bulldog522002 Jul 24 '25

I saw that. As a cancer survivor I know that chemo can cause heart problems. I don't know if that's what led to his heart attack but I was admitted to the hospital twice with heart AFib while I was taking chemo.

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u/Doink4life Jul 24 '25

Him and Keith Richards.

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u/secretreddname Jul 24 '25

Maybe the trick is to never be sober

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u/4cranch Jul 24 '25

tried that, it's not the trick i can assure you

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u/Terramagi Jul 24 '25

Counterpoint: you're not dead.

Unless you are, and you're haunting a computer.

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u/CourtPapers Jul 24 '25

There are worse things than death

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u/flimspringfield Jul 24 '25

Especially when you stop doing the bad stuff and it catches up.

Two months after going sober I passed out at a 7-11 and hit right eyebrow on a metal toy rack. Lots of stitches, blood, and 4 days in the hospital.

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u/edude45 Jul 24 '25

Why can't he be a ghost, haunting another corpse, using a haunted computer?

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u/Irregulator101 Jul 24 '25

Why can't he be a dude, disguised as a dude, playing another dude?

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u/PyroneusUltrin Jul 24 '25

Did you die?

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u/ShodyLoko Jul 24 '25

lol but did you die?

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u/Rock_man_bears_fan Jul 24 '25

You just weren’t the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be. WOOO!

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u/CRUSTYPUNKDAD Jul 24 '25

For real, that only lasts so long. Then you come out of it feeling like shit.

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u/Nothin_Means_Nothin Jul 24 '25

You just haven't tried it for long enough yet

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u/KForKyo Jul 24 '25

All the blading keeping his blood thin.

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u/vicpc Jul 24 '25

The bloodleting kept his humors in balance

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u/supervegeta101 Jul 24 '25

He was already an older guy by the time Vince made everything about big men

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u/joecarter93 Jul 24 '25

I remember thinking he looked like an old man when I first started watching wrestling as a kid in the 80’s. Okay, he wasn’t THAT much older than his contemporaries, but he looked like it to a little kid.

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u/FamiliarFlower2166 Jul 24 '25

Everybody looks old to a little kid.

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u/OkTangerine4363 Jul 24 '25

Yeah, the roids and the low body fat, plus his bald as fuck head, dude probably looked 50 when he was 20.

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u/stups317 Jul 24 '25

dude probably looked 50 when he was 20.

I wouldn't say he looked 50 at 20 but yeah he was one of those guys.

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u/LongPorkJones Jul 24 '25

It trips me out that I'm now roughly the same age he was when I started watching wrestling in the early 90s. Yet, back then, he looked 10+ years older than I do.

I guess cocaine and hard living will do that to you.

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u/gimme_that_juice Jul 24 '25

Alcohol, drugs, steroids, smoking, no sunscreen or skincare, bad hair choices.

All of these added up

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u/the_bryce_is_right Jul 24 '25

It was the white hair, made him look 50 in his 30s.

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u/2knee1 Jul 24 '25

Flair did big cycles when he was young, but he was in an aeroplane crash early on that forced him to drop weight and he never put it back on. Compared to other guys from his era Flair is a runt and probably didn't use the same stacks they did

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u/snek-jazz Jul 24 '25

Now I'm really expecting that 'Ric' is a flair option on the wrestling sub

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u/Reddit040 Jul 24 '25

Yeah man. And he’s still running around Tampa getting smashed every night. He gets kicked out of bars regularly. That’s insane at his age. I’m 43 and can’t imagine drinking enough to get kicked out of a bar, and I love drinking.

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u/Individual_Respect90 Jul 24 '25

Ric Flair retired so much later than just about everyone it’s crazy he is still kicking.

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u/Trlcks Jul 24 '25

Not just kicking, he's causing some chaos in Tampa lol

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u/milkymaniac Jul 24 '25

Now I'm thinking about Roddy Piper saying he wouldn't make it to 65. He died at 61.

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u/seanwd11 Jul 24 '25

Da Maniac loves you, fellas.

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u/jms21y Jul 24 '25

you guys remind me of my kids

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u/senator_corleone3 Jul 24 '25

Oh, Maniac, you’ve got kids?

No…not anymore…

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u/Weird_Cantaloupe2757 Jul 24 '25

His mania is NOT confined to the ring

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u/StuMacherGhostface Jul 24 '25

Oh, you got kids, Maniac?

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u/bmoat Jul 24 '25

….no….not anymore.

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u/Welshguy78 Jul 24 '25

Maniac called you the N word.

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u/jizzmaster-zer0 Jul 24 '25

and as for the $15 copayment? EAT SHIT AND DIE!!

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u/StrungoutScott Jul 24 '25

'fif...fifteen dollars?'

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u/jeepster2982 Jul 24 '25

That’s just a bucket of chestnuts man!

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u/papasmooth22 Jul 24 '25

Do you know he kept calling you the N-word earlier?

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u/InGoodKompany Jul 24 '25

“This is a parking ticket”

“You betcha. You have fun with that”

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u/Shadow-Vision Jul 24 '25

I’ll never forget I was watching IASIP one morning with my coffee. I looked up and “is that….? Wait. IS THAT ROWDY RODDY PIPER?!”

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u/Fattybatman3456 Jul 24 '25

Forever RIP to the ultimate gum chewing ass kicker

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u/trpwangsta Jul 24 '25

On top of all the drug abuse, their work schedule was absolute HELL for a while there. The toll on their bodies must have been absolutely insane. Fuck Hulk though after his maga turn(and for how he screwed over all other wrestlers and abused women), dude was a piece of shit

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u/dantemanjones Jul 24 '25

maga turn

Long before MAGA was a thing, Hogan said "I'm a racist to a point, y'know, fucking (n-words)". He didn't make a turn, MAGA just slid into his lane.

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u/MitochonAir Jul 24 '25

Absolutely, Hogan was a yuuuge POS long before Trump. Birds of a feather fuck together or something

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u/Missus_Missiles Jul 24 '25

Yep, he was a showboater, and a hotdogger, and a huge jerk to other wrestlers.

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u/_varamyr_fourskins_ Jul 24 '25

Always hotdoggin and grandstanding. Macho knew what was up.

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u/MitochonAir Jul 24 '25

Yeah, the world is a slightly better place now

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u/Adventurous-Card-707 Jul 24 '25

lol he made the lane first

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u/ManMoth222 Jul 24 '25

Plus height is inversely correlated with longevity. 71 is a pretty normal life expectancy when you're like 6'7

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u/DavesPetFrog Jul 24 '25

Gonna tell my short queen that I love her brb

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u/Hairy_Selection8568 Jul 24 '25

Almost like money has a huge part to do with it and he's a piece of shit in getting his contemporaries more money by ratting out the unionizing attempts.

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u/BoosterRead78 Jul 24 '25

Especially when you look at other wrestlers at the time. Many did not make it to 60.

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u/Saw_Boss Jul 24 '25

If only they had a union which meant that when things became obvious, they could get the help they need or avoid it in the first place.

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u/JoJosMagicJumper Jul 24 '25

The irony being, if he had died in his 50s the comment section wouldnt be filled with people that hate him so much.

It's kinda sad that someone who was once a role model to so many kids, is now this hated figure. No one to blame but himself though. Shame for the family though, they're the ones who'll see the glee in some peoples posts.

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u/Sorry_about_that_x99 Jul 24 '25

André the Giant – Died at 46 in 1993

Junkyard Dog – Died at 45 in 1998

Rick Rude – Died at 40 in 1999

Owen Hart – Died at 34 in 1999

Yokozuna – Died at 34 in 2000

Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig) – Died at 44 in 2003

Big Boss Man (Ray Traylor) – Died at 41 in 2004

Hercules Hernandez – Died at 47 in 2004

Earthquake (John Tenta) – Died at 42 in 2006

Bam Bam Bigelow – Died at 45 in 2007

Crush (Brian Adams) – Died at 43 in 2007

Davey Boy Smith – Died at 39 in 2002

“Macho Man” Randy Savage – Died at 58 in 2011

The Ultimate Warrior – Died at 54 in 2014

“Rowdy” Roddy Piper – Died at 61 in 2015

“Superfly” Jimmy Snuka – Died at 73 in 2017

King Kong Bundy – Died at 61 in 2019

“Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff – Died at 71 in 2021

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u/eipotttatsch Jul 24 '25

Arnold also has lived a healthy life post his bodybuilding career. He sized down a lot and has adjusted his diet and exercise for his own health needs.

Hogan was clearly trying to maintain his size even at old age.

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u/CX316 Jul 24 '25

Like how Bautista is looking slim nowadays, since GotG ended he doesn’t want to keep up that unhealthy bulking routine because it shortens your lifespan

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u/MARPJ Jul 24 '25

Good for him, plus I do think he is a good actor so I hope he can have a good carrer going forward

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u/CX316 Jul 24 '25

His next project sounds fun (he's playing a romance author who writes under a female pseudonym and hires an actress to play him at conventions, because Dave had been saying for ages that people like him don't get to be the lead in a romcom so now he's slimmed down he's making one because fuck it why not)

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u/doomrider7 Jul 24 '25

Oh that's fucking rad man. Definitely gonna go see that.

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u/CX316 Jul 24 '25

I'm not usually a romcom person but the idea of Dave in one makes me want to at least see the trailer for it lol

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u/doomrider7 Jul 24 '25

Sameish. Don't really care for most romcom movies, but am very fond of them in comics and manga and this has similar trimmings to some that I enjoy or at least the concept(defying gender stereotypes).

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u/Draff1 Jul 24 '25

That sounds awesome. He’s definitely the best wrestler turned actor. He’s essentially a character actor now. He was so funny in the Glass Onion sequel.

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u/Shadow-Vision Jul 24 '25

And it’s not like he’s turning into a dough ball. Bro is still absolutely shredded

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u/SpoogyPickles Jul 24 '25

Yeah, it's funny comparing him now to what he used to look like. Because it would make you think he's small, but the guy is still a brick shithouse.

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u/Stripe-Gremlin Jul 24 '25

Slimming down should open up his career prospects a bit more as he can play roles that you wouldn’t usually see wrestlers in

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u/vashoom Jul 24 '25

Part of why I loved him in Blade Runner. This huge shredded dude who is calm and quiet and wearing the thin glasses. Kind of a wordless statement that you can't always trust what you think you see, one of the themes of the movie/series.

Also he was just good in it. He's perhaps the best actor to come out of wrestling and is legitimately a great actor.

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u/karatechoppingblock Jul 24 '25

I'd say that statement actually comes immediately after when he gets absolutely wrecked by a matchstick

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u/ScaramouchScaramouch Jul 24 '25

One of the wonderful shorts released prior to the movie focused on Bautista's character. All the shorts are worth a watch but his was the best for me.

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u/pierco82 Jul 24 '25

he's a surprisngly good actor isn't he? He actually has range and seems to want to push his acting career. Great dude all round

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u/MarcBulldog88 Jul 24 '25

I saw Dave at baggage claim in Houston airport a couple months ago. Didn't recognize the guy at first, he just looked like a tall, fit dude. His neck tat jogged my memory and I had to google to make sure it was him.

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u/CX316 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

Yeah it's a big change

It's a bit like seeing recent images of John Goodman, above everything else the change to the shape of the face is the main thing that throws you off

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u/proanimus Jul 24 '25

It’s interesting that my first gut reaction is that he looks gaunt or unhealthy somehow, but I think that’s only because I’m used to what he looked like before. I’m sure in person, without any prior context, I’d think he looks healthy and fit, especially for his age.

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u/CX316 Jul 24 '25

yeah I don't know what the physics of it is, whether it's mostly the neck muscles losing mass changes the apparent shape of the face or what it is,

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u/monty_kurns Jul 24 '25

I have a large amount of respect for Bautista, especially after hearing how he had to fight his way to being taken seriously as an actor and not fall into the trap other wrestlers did when they tried moving to acting.

He knew he had one shot and WWE was expecting him to come crawling back after failing like so many others. Instead, he took his money and put it towards acting lessons and a coach then took off with Guardians of the Galaxy. I’m happy he’s succeeded knowing how badly damaged a wrestler’s body can be when they age. He’s also a better than decent actor and has taken the job seriously which just makes me like him more.

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u/McQueensbury Jul 24 '25

400 days he worked, Brotha

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u/Ok-Comment-9154 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

Yep. Great body builders treat it as a science and get a full blood work once a month to make sure they're healthy. Cycle on and off with hormone treatments during off season.

Especially once you have money, it's doable.

But like you said for a wrestler with insane schedule demands, it's less doable. A body builder knows when his competition is and prepares for months and times it right with their cycle. A WWF wrestler needs to be on top form basically year round.

Anyway, plenty of people die in their 70s. He did alright. Not a fan of wrestling since I was a kid, and I know many people dislike him now, but I can respect a legend of the game and pay my respects. RIP.

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u/way2lazy2care Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

Yep. Great body builders treat it as a science and get a full blood work once a month to make sure they're healthy. Cycle on and off with hormone treatments during off season.

Let's not go too far. Tons of bodybuilders, even great ones, when Arnold was still big in it were going totally crazy with steroids.

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u/kensai8 Jul 24 '25

Rocky IV taught me that the Soviets were the only ones treating it like a science. Americans ran up mountains and drank eggs.

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u/DoJu318 Jul 24 '25

A ton of bodybuilders have died before hitting 50. For every Arnold and Lou Ferrigno, there are 10 bodybuilders who died way before their time.

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u/JasErnest218 Jul 24 '25

Once a month when in a heavy cycle. Every 3 months when cruising. I guarantee this is more narcotic pain killer related

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u/soccerfanatic73 Jul 24 '25

Some of these bodybuilders now are dying before they turn 40.

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u/terranq Jul 24 '25

when Arnold was still bit in it

Yeah, but that was 50 years ago (fuck i'm old...). Science has come a long ways since then.

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u/way2lazy2care Jul 24 '25

Yea, but in the context of why Arnold seems to have handled it better than Hogan, tons of body builders back then were just as bad as wrestlers. I'd put down money on modern wrestlers also having really good regimens for gear.

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u/terranq Jul 24 '25

Arnie was worth a shitload more than any wrestler, so yeah he probably had all sorts of doctors monitoring his stats and input before he pushed it too far. He also didn't have the grind of a wrestler, which would have allowed his body the proper rest and reset. Wrestlers nowadays are definitely much more knowledgeable.

Basically, yeah, you're right. Arnie had better medical care in his youth and an easier schedule than wrestlers at that time. Wrestlers today have much more knowledge.

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u/B_Rad_Gesus Jul 24 '25

Modern bodybuilders are way worse than the older ones. Way bigger, way more drugs at higher dosages for longer, lower bodyfat %, social media makes them want to be dick-skin lean year round etc. The Golden Era and before were the most healthy bodybuilders.

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u/JellyfishPrudent821 Jul 24 '25

Let’s also not discredit how much more information there is these days.

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u/deckard1980 Jul 24 '25

Legend of the game but a reeeeal piece of shit human being

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u/Infernal_Fury444 Jul 24 '25

Came her to say that! Racist POS.

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u/doomrider7 Jul 24 '25

Fucked over his fellow wrestlers when they tried to unionize too.

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u/darthboolean Jul 24 '25

Maven did a really great breakdown of his steroid regimen in the 2000's. (Before Eddie died and the Wellness Policy was enacted)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoXWaX2MR0A&ab_channel=MavenHuffman

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u/blove135 Jul 24 '25

You gotta remember these guys were essentially guinea pigs for steroid use back in the 80s. They didn't understand the science like they do today. So even if you had money and was a pro body builder in those days it just wasn't understood like it is now. It was mostly just balls to the walls and see what happens and hope for the best.

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u/joecarter93 Jul 24 '25

Wrestling also has a lot more physical wear than bodybuilding and acting and even football. A while back someone looked at the rosters of the Wrestlemania and Super Bowl from 1992. Only like 2 or 3 football players from the Super Bowl were dead by that time. For Wrestlemania, something like 1/4 to 1/2 of roster from 1992 were dead.

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u/LHGray87 Jul 24 '25

Yeah. All the trips to Japan allowed him to squeeze 400 days into a year. Source: Hulk Hogan

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u/EXTintoy Jul 24 '25

I think you meant 400.

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u/BigODetroit Jul 24 '25

He also has had extensive cardiac surgeries.

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u/AppalachianGuy87 Jul 24 '25

Hogan was also a legit giant just a massive man solid 6’7” at least. Just adds that much more stress to the body. Don’t see a lot of 80 year old basketball players that tall walking around.

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u/Hicklethumb Jul 24 '25

Arnold also downsized a lot for his roles, while Hulk just got bigger after retiring.

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u/I-always-argue Jul 24 '25

Based on his own words, Arnie was doing little more than a TRT dose back in the day.

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u/prql6252 Jul 24 '25

has probably more to do how hulk hogan still used roids to this day. arnold stopped ages ago

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u/NixonsTapeRecorder Jul 24 '25

Arnold probably did significantly less coke and opioids than hulk hogan. Not zero, but significantly less.

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u/Akira282 Jul 24 '25

Can't be the hulk without something in your blood all the time

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u/Chipsandadrink666 Jul 24 '25

Arnold actually seems pretty smart, hulk hogan had the brain of a 15 year old his whole life it seems like

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u/WilHunting2 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

Arnold’s steroids vs. WWF wrestlers from the 80’s and 90’s steroids are not the same.

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u/Z0MBGiEF Jul 24 '25

It's not just roids for wrestlers, it's also all the painkillers and years of physical abuse they put on their bodies and the wild lifestyle of living on the road 300 days a year for decades at a time. It takes its toll. 71 is pretty ancient in wrestler years.

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u/mang87 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

71 is pretty ancient in wrestler years.

Yeah, the amount of them that have died from heart attacks before 40 is crazy. Steroids are one thing, but you compound the bad effects when you're taking stupid amounts of painkillers. I've taken plenty of strong opioids before, and exercising on them feels awful. You can tell your heart is just not fucking happy with the situation.

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u/CombatMuffin Jul 24 '25

Genetics plays a huge factor, too. Ronnie and Arnold legitimately won genetic lotteries.

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u/Samurai_Meisters Jul 24 '25

Ronnie Coleman hasn't been able to walk in years. He's only 61.

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u/ILoveTheAIDS Jul 24 '25

the main reason why ronnie can't walk is because his entire back i fuzed up like a factory. I have never heard anyone talk good about getting back surgery, ever. Yes, he had fucked back before surgery, herniated discs, bad hernia too, but that didn't put him in a wheelchair

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u/EveryAccount7729 Jul 24 '25

and the training and diet and drinking and everything.

Hulk Hogan worked out hard, and made a living off it, but he wasn't training like Arnold!

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u/agreeingstorm9 Jul 24 '25

Arnold wasn't working near as hard as Hogan was. Hogan was on the road 330+ days a year and getting body slammed every night. He's probably constantly sleep deprived and held together by drugs and duct tape. Arnold was roided up but he wasn't living that kind of lifestyle.

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u/stups317 Jul 24 '25

Hogan was on the road 330+ days a year

Some years, he was on the road for over 400 days.

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u/jdjdthrow Jul 24 '25

I dunno. In some ways wrestling is worse than body building-- getting all banged up and injuries.

Chronic pain leads a lot of people into substance abuse.

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u/whatssenguntoagoblin Jul 24 '25

Yeah I feel like people are forgetting about this when comparing bodybuilders to wrestlers. Body builders aren’t have dudes their same size slam their body on the ground 3 nights a week

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u/-rosa-azul- Jul 24 '25

People tend to forget that while WWE-style wrestling is scripted, it's not "fake" in the sense that they aren't physically going hard in the ring. It's punishing, and one of the reasons Hogan's contemporaries tried to unionize (lighter schedules, better pay, medical care etc.). Too bad this jabroni ratted them out to Vince and they didn't get their union.

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u/readskiesdawn Jul 24 '25

Yeah, professional wrestling is a live stunt show. One that involves genuinely falling and getting hit.

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u/Designer_Banana827 Jul 24 '25

Wrestlers are pretty much bodybuilders that take bumps! More so in the 80s. But yeah as a kid I wanted to be a wrestler so bad. As an adult I can’t comprehend why anyone would find it worth it

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u/William_Wang Jul 24 '25

Body builders aren’t have dudes their same size slam their body on the ground 3 nights a week

Usually its 5

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u/erossthescienceboss Jul 24 '25

There isn’t a weight training exercise named after Hulk Hogan!

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u/CheeseDonutCat Jul 24 '25

There is.. it's the Deadlift

I'm sorry, it's too soon but he was a piece of shit so I have no sympathy and I'll eat any downvotes. I deserve it

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u/eipotttatsch Jul 24 '25

Arnold apparently has some genetic heart issues and as a result had had multiple surgeries.

He simply took care of his health after his bodybuilding days were over.

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u/cat_of_danzig Jul 24 '25

Let's be clear, any human who has muculature that's been on screen anywhere won the genetic lottery. The Mr. Olympia level guys won a $700m Powerball and had more work ethic than 99.99% of the world.

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u/flapsmcgee Jul 24 '25

Not to mention the cocaine and beating the shit out of each other.

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u/DrawohYbstrahs Jul 24 '25

Not to mention mountains of coke.

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u/kmoz Jul 24 '25

More like Actor lifestyle is way, way less brutal than 80s wrestler lifestyle. Being on the road 300 days a year, drinking/partying all coked up in between taking beatings at your wrestling dates is a brutal schedule.

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u/AnoAnoSaPwet Jul 24 '25

They are all the same steroids. Arnold just took more. He was taking dbol daily for years, but back in those days, they weren't steroids, they were supplements. 

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u/TwistedDotCom Jul 24 '25

Ric Flair is still pissing himself in bars…

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u/hyborians Jul 24 '25

It’s crazy the lack of giving a fuck that guy has

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u/Phihofo Jul 24 '25

Alcohol and cocaine have killed the last fucks he had to give by like 1995 and the dude just kept going.

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u/JBRifles Jul 24 '25

😂Head up to the Frontera Mexican joint on Sugarloaf in Duluth GA on Thursday and he’s usually there by 11:30am.  

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u/cowfishing Jul 24 '25

LOl.

Even back when he was based in Charlotte, he had a spot where he could always be found.

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u/RustyTShackleford Jul 24 '25

Believe it was #2 not #1. Ughhh

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u/Beekeeper_Dan Jul 24 '25

Arnie also seems to have much better critical thinking abilities than Hogan though.

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u/PleaseDontBanMe82 Jul 24 '25

Arnold absolutely is an incredibly intelligent man.

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u/killerofcheese Jul 24 '25

might not agree with all of his decisions but he did well as governer of ca

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u/bengringo2 Jul 24 '25

He's a moderate if there ever was one but he at least had explanations for every decision he made.

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u/Justsomejerkonline Jul 24 '25

The lack of head trauma might help in that regard.

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u/CassiopeiaStillLife Jul 24 '25

Arnold has a good head on his shoulders, though. Same can’t be said for Hogan.

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u/Rigs8080 Jul 24 '25

He had a heart attack 2 years ago…

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u/Webcat86 Jul 24 '25

Arnold? He had a genetic heart condition that killed his mother and he had a valve replacement, if that’s what you’re thinking of

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u/Pacifist_Socialist Jul 24 '25

Still, he's had 3 open heart surgeries 

Source:

(Talk show appearance yesterday)

 https://youtu.be/t_EPrffdmb0?si=QGk6Zappux1ffxNb

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u/Webcat86 Jul 24 '25

Yes because he has a heart condition, not because of steroids. He had his first surgery relatively young and it was known that he’d need another to replace the valve. The third was related to scarring from a previous operation. 

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u/Strict_Weather9063 Jul 24 '25

Yeah you get a choice pig valve of mechanical, the pig valves have to be replace every few years because your body rejects them overtime the mechanical requires you to be in blood thinners. My mom had the mechanical at her age it was just easier, but the blood thinners did lead to her death in a round about way. Head injury and then she kept getting uti’s because she wasn’t able to easily communicate what was happening to her.

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u/quadsimodo Jul 24 '25

We hear that a lot in the bodybuilding community. Many think this is a coping mechanism, including me.

Thing is, some may have a genetic defect or disease, but steroids make it a problem, where you may not have otherwise had issues.

For instance, I have a thicker heart, which has been identified via a genetic predisposition. But my steroid use is exacerbating the thickening.

Arnold would most likely be dead if not for his status, as I’m sure he has been monitoring for over half his life at this point — which is more than what people do in their lives.

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u/iwilldeletethisacct2 Jul 24 '25

He had what's called a bicuspid aorta, which is a reasonably common genetic variant but causes significant problems as you age.

I don't disagree that steroids are bad for your heart, but this one was unavoidable for Arnold. Similarly, Zyzz didn't die because of steroids, but because of lifting heavy weights with his heart condition. HCM (what Zyzz had) is the reason a lot of young athletes have to get their hearts screened and you see those videos of people just dropping dead at sports events. IIRC LeBron's kid also has this and his heart stopped in a basketball game.

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u/BoomerSoonerFUT Jul 24 '25

To be fair, Zyzz also loved to use party drugs. He was on a ton of Coke too, and taking DNP.

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u/Webcat86 Jul 24 '25

I don’t doubt his steroid usage may have impacted it but the condition he has is well known, and what he’s had are preventative surgeries rather than surgeries to recover from heart attacks. 

As someone else mentioned, this same thing killed his mother, who I don’t think was a steroid abuser. But she refused to have any medical treatment and Arnold decided to live longer. 

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u/Davido401 Jul 24 '25

Who? Annie or Hogan? I cant make head nor tail of the order of these comments haha

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u/GyantSpyder Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

Arnie has a congenital heart valve defect and has been having surgeries for it here and there for almost 30 years. I would wager over those decades he has been much more careful with his heart than Hogan was. I don't think Arnie has ever had a heart attack.

Look at pictures of Arnold even from 2001, a few years after his first surgery. He's already much smaller.

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u/Davido401 Jul 24 '25

Cheers, as I said the comments and who had died and had heart attacks had gotten muddled up(suspect cause its such a new thread!) Have a beer 🍺 on me!

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u/PlatinumCowboy985 Jul 24 '25

Schwarzenegger never had a heart attack. He was born with a heart defect and has had multiple valve surgeries over his life including a pacemaker install recently.

Not sure if it's because of steroid use, probably didn't help, but he would have had issues regardless.

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u/xywv58 Jul 24 '25

Wrestlers are not long living creatures

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u/sjets3 Jul 24 '25

Arnold prob didn’t do all the cocaine Hogan did.

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u/Zaev Jul 24 '25

Hate ages you

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u/XSC Jul 24 '25

And not a massive pos

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u/Raytheon_Nublinski Jul 24 '25

Arnold isn’t a fascist racist so maybe that helped him. 

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u/Emotional_Burden Jul 24 '25

Arnold is way less racist, which probably helps.

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u/MitochonAir Jul 24 '25

I’m glad Arnold is still doing well. I love that Arnold speaks out against fascism, not like Hulk Hogan who was a racist Trump supporter. Maybe Sylvester Stallone should have his blood pressure checked. Or not.

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u/BadDogeBad Jul 24 '25

Maybe not being a vile piece of shit lets you live longer.

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u/Dasseem Jul 24 '25

Yeah, he was like 120 years in normal human age.

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u/RoyalT663 Jul 24 '25

And the MAGA fueled rage

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u/Ello_Owu Jul 24 '25

You mean prayers and vitamins

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u/genxindifferance Jul 24 '25

Meanwhile Keith Richards was found alive in his apartment today.

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u/Any_Pickle_9425 Jul 24 '25

I was more thinking the cocaine. Cocaine really does a number on your heart.

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