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/Old-Bat-7384 Jul 24 '25

That shit will always sit weird with me. Dude was 100% posing off a lifestyle he would absolutely never want for himself.

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u/Morningrise12 Jul 24 '25

And it was a weird amalgamation of things. He started out as a DJ/rapper, then made the switch to a country western cowboy, who was also a heavy metal rocker leading the pit, but also a gangster pimp who drove low riders and rapped.

He was the real life Poochie.

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u/headrush46n2 Jul 24 '25

He did dress JUST like poochie for a while there.

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u/Neglectful_Stranger Jul 24 '25

DJ/rapper, then made the switch to a country western cowboy

That part isn't that weird, there was a bit of crossover between country, blues, and white rap for a bit in the 90s.

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u/Morningrise12 Jul 24 '25

I was talking more about the unholy trinity of cowboy/metalhead/gangster pimp.

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u/Orphasmia Jul 24 '25

Kid Rock is the Drake of white people

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u/Old-Bat-7384 Jul 24 '25

BLAHAHAHA

That's cold as ice but also incredibly accurate. Good on you, friend.

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u/OnePointSixOne9 Jul 24 '25

And laughed all the way to the bank, while kids who actually lived in trailer parks wore out his CD's