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Post by ChitownKnight on Mar 23, 2022 20:02:41 GMT -5
Will he be looked at like Warrior? Or will people recognize his career? Even though what he said was behind closed doors, his view points are disgusting and I’m sure offended a large portion of the audience (and rightfully so) and he advised the locker room on not getting caught instead of a genuine apology. Idk if he has changed or not? I know he still says wild shit every now and then but idk whether to blame him or possible Brain trauma. I think the guy was an entertainer character watching wcw 96 right now but as a person I understand why people dislike him
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Mar 23, 2022 20:33:50 GMT -5
He will be remembered as one of the greats
His faults will be there to talk about without question and he has a ton of them but his legacy will be preserved for all time and given its place among the mountain top of one of the best
At this point, the only way to not be recognized in your career even with massive faults is to basically go the "Chris Benoit route" which we can only hope we don't see again
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Mar 23, 2022 20:39:53 GMT -5
Complicated. On the one hand he WAS wrestling for an entire generation but that's now 4 generations ago. He was already losing a lot of his relevance outside of his historical importance and people were already getting sick of him long before the racism came out. It just kind of gave people that last straw where they could finally just ditch Hogan. So I think he'll be thought of as being historically important but he feels more like Bruno than John Cena at this point.
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Post by rnrk supports BLM on Mar 23, 2022 20:48:07 GMT -5
There's a good argument for Hogan as the single most significant performer in the history of professional wrestling. Certainly, if we're just talking about the last 50 years or so, there's no one else who comes close.
So many notable figures in pro wrestling were and still are such loathsome shits that I don't think Hogan's racism will really stand out once he's past the point of being able to make money off our dimes anymore. His reputation's only going to go up once he's too dead for that to be a concern.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Mar 23, 2022 21:13:51 GMT -5
Complicated. On the one hand he WAS wrestling for an entire generation but that's now 4 generations ago. He was already losing a lot of his relevance outside of his historical importance and people were already getting sick of him long before the racism came out. It just kind of gave people that last straw where they could finally just ditch Hogan. So I think he'll be thought of as being historically important but he feels more like Bruno than John Cena at this point. Hogan is WAY bigger than Bruno. Hogan WAS and to many people, still is, pro wrestling. He revolutionized it twice. It gets no bigger than the Hulkster. |
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Post by Cyno on Mar 23, 2022 21:18:19 GMT -5
He'll be remembered fondly for his work in WWF, AWA, and NJPW. Not so much for WCW past 1996 and TNA/Impact as well as his personal failings around that time.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Mar 23, 2022 21:24:01 GMT -5
As the biggest icon the business ever knew.
(Who had a habit of saying and doing stupid shit)
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Mar 23, 2022 21:33:09 GMT -5
Complicated
The racist shit is there, but he's also gonna be remembered as the guy that brought wrestling into the mainstream. A lot of people got into wrestling because of him, and they passed that love of wrestling onto their children. Wrestling is nowhere near where it is now without him.
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Post by doinkmark on Mar 24, 2022 0:46:22 GMT -5
The majority of the general public will remember him as that 'rassler they used to love in the 80s/90s. Therefore his legacy will be mostly positive. Only us nerds will maybe think twice about it.
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Post by Starshine on Mar 24, 2022 0:53:40 GMT -5
Complicated probably is a good word for it.
There is something appropriate about the guy being a physical representation of America, and also a total racist. But he'll die, there'll be talk about how important he was, as well as talk about how awful he was, and heated arguments about whether it's okay to talk bad about the recently deceased in the middle of it all. Once that settles, you'll have more nuanced discussions about who he was, what he meant, and ultimately whether his merits had net-positive effects or not. But by and large, he'll just be known as "oh, that pro wrestling guy(?)" for most of the population who don't care.
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Post by eudypfohl on Mar 24, 2022 1:08:46 GMT -5
Nothing complicated about it
The greatest wrestler of all time. A national phenomenon who was recognized and loved across the globe. It's with him at the forefront that the 80s wrestling boom happened. He was charasmatic, larger than life, the right man for the right time.
Then in 1996 he does it again, his heel turn makes national news and once again Hulk Hogan ushers in a new wrestling boom era9o
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 24, 2022 1:16:39 GMT -5
One of the biggest stars in wrestling history, who also happens to be a white supremacist.
(It's not that he said the n-word, which wasn't great, obviously, but the context was that he did not want black people in his gene pool or to even be seen dating his daughter. He also was recorded joking with his son about not wanting the two of them to be reincarnated as black people. He is a white supremacist.)
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Mar 24, 2022 1:18:29 GMT -5
Yea, the racist stuff, which he has apologized for, won't even be mentioned that much, if at all.
Mostly people who already hated Hogan, used it to try to get other people to hate. But people ignore the circumstances behind it, and a few other moments that are considered controversial.
As far as wrestling goes, he is the GUY. And noone or nothing, bar a Benoit situation, will take that away from him.
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Mar 24, 2022 1:20:13 GMT -5
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Mar 24, 2022 2:08:39 GMT -5
He'll be thought of as an all time great, with the WWE pushing to make sure the character is all that gets remembered by future generations, and not the person.
Look at how Warrior the person has been forgotten for the most part. Once he passes they will sanitize the heck out of his legacy, even if he continues to spout horrendous hot takes until he dies.
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Post by eJm on Mar 24, 2022 2:21:54 GMT -5
I feel like some people are underestimating how much his words (and the follow up to his apology, which makes the apology look hollow) are going to impact a big group of people and his legacy overall since, well, that stuff is going to be prominently brought up when he does pass.
Complicated is a good word for it.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Mar 24, 2022 2:25:21 GMT -5
The majority of the general public will remember him as that 'rassler they used to love in the 80s/90s. Therefore his legacy will be mostly positive. Only us nerds will maybe think twice about it. Pretty much this. The general public barely knows or remembers the whole sex tape N-word thing, but they still know the name and image of Hulk Hogan in the 80s as the most popular wrestler of all time. To the average wrestling fan, WWE will sanitize the hell out of Hogan's legacy, especially when he's dead and there's no danger he will say any more stupid shit. Even now, Hogan's Beach Shop seems to have no problem staying in business and finding people willing to pay hundreds of dollars for autographs and photo ops with The Hulkster, the biggest icon in wrestling history. It will start to get more complicated the deeper into the bubble of the hardcore wrestling, considering his racism will also be remembered alongside his politics and how he brought WCW to its highest highs and to its lowest lows before leaving months before its sale to the Fed. To say nothing of what he did to TNA when it was under his creative direction. TL;dr. Non-wrestling fans and "casual" wrestling fans will basically deify him, but it won't be too hard to find out about his darkside, but that will depend on how much people want to know or care of it. |
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Post by jimmyjames on Mar 24, 2022 3:28:40 GMT -5
As probably the biggest wrestler of all time. A wrestler who helped bring wrestling not alone back to the mainstream but made it (at the time) arguably the most popular it ever was. As a perosn who was one of the biggest and most popular celebrities of the 80s.
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Post by Andee9001 on Mar 24, 2022 3:37:19 GMT -5
Hulk Hogan will be remembered as one of the greatest of all time who took wrestling to new heights twice.
Terry Bolea will be remembered as a dickhead (putting it mildly)
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Post by Totorob101 on Mar 24, 2022 5:42:41 GMT -5
The man shouldnt be celebrated in anyway despite how popular he was,he was a master politician who kept down lots of far more talented guys then him,a well known liar and cheat and a 100 percent racist. Once he goes maybe a video package would be fine in tribute but no more then that. He will always be remembered as a big star but to many fans and young and older talent an overrated nasty pos racist.
As you can tell I'm not a hulkamaniac!
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