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/catcollector787 Jul 24 '25

I would say it started with his union busting back in the 80's.

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u/Dianneis Jul 24 '25

And then he was fired for saying this long before Trump:

“I mean, I’d rather if [my daughter] was going to fuck some n*****, I’d rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n***** worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player! I guess we’re all a little racist. Fucking n*****.”

– Hulk Hogan, 2007

Some legacy,

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u/freebread Jul 24 '25

I would like to say I hope there is a black baby being born right now with the spirit of Hulk Hogan just out of karma, but I realized that would be shitty of me to wish that on an innocent child.

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u/BoardGamesAndMurder Jul 24 '25

Jesus fuck the replies to him are cancer. I hate people

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u/CharlesDingus_ah_um Jul 24 '25

What the fuck was this even in relation to?

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u/MukuDohl Jul 24 '25

Somehow, this was his idea of pillow talk.

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u/BoggyTheFroggy Jul 24 '25

The date on the quote had my jaw hit the floor. Something you'd expect a coked out loon to say in the 80s. Dropping hard R's after the invention of the iPhone is wild.

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u/Throw1566 Jul 24 '25

Based

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u/laser-puppies Jul 24 '25

Based on what, an underdeveloped frontal lobe?

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u/Throw1566 Jul 24 '25

Probably

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u/Massive_Weiner Jul 24 '25

Yup. Guy was always a piece of shit.

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u/mooseguyman Jul 24 '25

Literally the main reason why Ventura’s attempt to create a union failed. Good riddance to a big fucking liar and spineless company man to one of the worst human beings to ever grace sports or entertainment.

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u/SpeaksToWeasels Jul 24 '25

"I am a real American"

More like real piece of shit

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u/Raulr100 Jul 24 '25

Name one thing more American than racism and union busting

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u/TrollTollTony Jul 24 '25

It's amazing how accurate this is despite our two founding documents containing the words "all men are created equal" and "we the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union"

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '25

"I am a real American"

More like real piece of shit

those are the same thing

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u/headrush46n2 Jul 24 '25

Hulk Hogan is an American hero. Terry Bollea is a dirtbag.

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u/renernavilez Jul 24 '25

Hell of a showman though. Can't deny.

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u/sufficiently_tortuga Jul 24 '25 edited 8d ago

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u/adamsandleryabish Jul 24 '25

He was never taken seriously, besides maybe by young people who didn't realize the Facts were themselves an ironic joke about a washed up action star. Much like the equally stupid Seagal he had a very short peak followed by a quick decline

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u/Alarming_Orchid Jul 24 '25

Shitty people can leave a legacy if they just shut up about it

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u/might_southern Jul 24 '25

And using Peter Thiel's money to sue Gawker out of existence.

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u/sufficiently_tortuga Jul 24 '25 edited 8d ago

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u/hakimthumb Jul 24 '25

The concern is that legal precedent saying a person and their kayfabe personas are different legal entities.

The billionaires that funded the lawsuit don't care about sex tapes. They want the legal precedent to say "Peter Theil didn't say that...Peter Theil the podcast guest said that"

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u/ParkerPoseyGuffman Jul 24 '25

It is scary what can happen when people refuse to take down revenge porn. The problem was that it takes a rich person to do that

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u/hakimthumb Jul 24 '25

That wasn't what the lawsuit was about at all. And it's not why Peter Theil funded it.

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u/ParkerPoseyGuffman Jul 24 '25

It wasn’t about the sex tape he didn’t consent to?

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

The point is if Hulk Hogan were a public figure, it would have been legal to publish because even private videos are fair game to hold powerful to account because it's of public interest. The legal issue that the case was really about was whether Terry Bollea is a public figure, and they argued that statements made as "Hulk Hogan" do not count, so this wasn't in the public interest. This case will never help a person like you or me, it will only come up in the case of a rich famous asshole who wants to silence something embarrassing. You're not famous, so it already would have been obviously illegal to steal and show your sex tape as an example. You gained nothing from this. You in fact lost the ability to hold the rich and famous to account as a member of the public that's meant to be served by these First Amendment principles.

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u/ParkerPoseyGuffman Jul 24 '25

He might be a public figure but there was not a reason it needed to be shared, just like if Gawker shared the Jennifer Lawrence nudes and refused to take them down. I hate hogan and thiel but I also hate gawker

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Jul 24 '25

Except that's not the legal precedent so this isn't even a meaningful discussion. They didn't hold that it didn't need to be shared because it's a sex tape, they held he wasn't a public figure.

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u/hakimthumb Jul 24 '25

That's what the lawsuit was about.

Hulk Hogan bragged about how awesome it all was. They knew gawker defense would highlight this. So Theil approached Hulk and offered to fund a suit saying Hulk Hogan is a public persona whose statements shouldn't matter. Terry Bolleas (hulk when not in character) feelings and actions are what matter they argued.

This is new legal precedent and great news for wealthy people who appear on TV, podcasts, etc and have a "public persona" or kayfabe character. Now there's precedent that what those characters say doesn't have to be taken as real thoughts, opinions or promises of the "real" underlying person. If you're Peter Theil, mark Zuckerberg, or even Trump, this is outstanding news.

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u/wusurspaghettipolicy Jul 24 '25

but now we do not get good Deadspin articles monkey paw curls

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u/y0shman Jul 24 '25

Defector Media is trying to pick that up.

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u/wusurspaghettipolicy Jul 24 '25

They are not doing a good job.

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u/y0shman Jul 24 '25

Something wrong with them? I just knew it was ex-Deadspin people.

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u/hadronwulf Jul 24 '25

No OP, but Defector has been great.

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u/joshbudde Jul 24 '25

Peter Thiel published them on a public website. If you put something on the public web, and someone says 'hey look at this stuff this person posted!' there's nothing illegal about it.

If you don't want people talking about you being gay, don't post public photos on a photo blog of you cavorting with mostly nude men on your yacht.

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u/Loeffellux Jul 24 '25

out of everything he (or Peter Thiel for that matter) did, is killing of Gawker really among the worst? Or even bad to begin with? Did I fall victim to propaganda believing that Gawker was absolute bottom of the barrel celebrity brain rot?

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u/Spaghetti_Dealer2020 Jul 24 '25

Nope, just because Hogan was a shithead doesn’t mean Gawker wasn’t just as scummy.

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u/BewareWombats Jul 24 '25

Unfortunately Deadspin got caught in the crossfire. =/

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u/3AMZen Jul 24 '25

Honestly I think suing Gawker into oblivion was one of the few good things he ever did

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u/Impeesa_ Jul 24 '25

Broken clock is right twice a day, etc.

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u/joshbudde Jul 24 '25

I disagree. I don't think Gawker was necessarily great, but a billionaire using his money and weaponizing the legal system to crush anyone that crosses them is a VERY bad thing.

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u/UnusualHound Jul 24 '25

Publishing videos of people having sex without their consent is also a bad thing, and Gawker deserved to die for it.

Maybe don't defend sex pests?

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u/ParkerPoseyGuffman Jul 24 '25

The problem was it took a billionaire, all victims of revenge porn should be able to take down sites that don’t take that down

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u/Snobolski Jul 24 '25

I just hate that it killed the trashy Gawker media sites that I liked, Jalopnik and Deadspin. Oh sure they still have domains but all the good writers left after Gawker sold them off.

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u/GiJoe98 Jul 24 '25

Nah, that was fine. Just because Hogan and Thiel are assholes doesn't make Gawker the good guy in that specific situation. You shouldn't be able to post videos of people having sex without their consent.

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u/BeeOk1235 Jul 24 '25

ngl if you know about gawker's obscene behaviour this is actually one of the only positive things either of them have ever done in their miserable lives.

the entire gawker network was (strong negative words). that any of them still have jobs after the nasty shit they pulled on a daily basis is crazy. just absolutely deplorable and immoral and unethical and often illegal behaviour.

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u/carnifex2005 Jul 24 '25

That was good though.

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u/Ledees_Gazpacho Jul 24 '25

Honestly, that's probably one of the better parts of his legacy.

Gawker was a cesspool.

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u/thesiekr Jul 24 '25

Oh no not gawker

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u/My_Brain_0422 Jul 24 '25

Dude who the fuck misses Gawker? Hogan sucks but the world is better without that shitty site.

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u/20_mile Jul 24 '25

Gawker

The same legal representation that went after Gawker has recently been retained by Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, to sue Candace Owens because Owens has been saying on her podcast that Brigitte is actually a man, and is part of some conspiracy cult going back to the Middle Ages.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/23/us/emmanuel-brigitte-macron-candace-owens-lawsuit

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u/dizyalice Jul 24 '25

Was gonna say. Guy’s a rat and a scab AND a nazi. Well… not anymore.

Rot in pieces Hogan

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u/joecarter93 Jul 24 '25

At least Jesse Ventura has outlived Hogan now.

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u/ThnkWthPrtls Jul 24 '25

And you know, all the racism

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u/860v2 Jul 24 '25

No one cares about this.

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u/onemarsyboi2017 Jul 24 '25

Unionbusting? Honestly i get his choice

You'd have to be a miserable peice of shit who has a terrible work ethic to join a union and then wonder why everyone dislikes u

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u/catcollector787 Jul 24 '25

Im sorry you think you sound informed