HULK HOGAN HAS PASSED

[THE PILGRIM]

RIP Hulk.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

I would have liked to have met him.

In the last decade of his life he became a skilled fretless bass player and played with several bands in Clearwater, FL.

Believe it or not, that's how Terry Bolea got his start. Bass player in a rock band. Started wrestling as "Terry Golden"...was a bad guy most of the time before his WWF start.
Considering his lifestyle and his vocation I'm actually surprised he made it this far. A lot of wrestlers punch out early. While the show is scripted...the injuries and their results are not. I worked with a guy who was a professional wrestler years back and the only injury he DIDN'T have was death....he was in constant pain and popped and pinged like on overwound clock when the weather changed.

 

[venomballistics]

When Ozzy passed, I figured it was a rematch with the bat ... now with this news.... How bad was ozzy tearing things up in the afterlife that Hulk Hogan was called in for reinforcements

 

[lihpster]

Believe it or not, that's how Terry Bolea got his start. Bass player in a rock band. Started wrestling as "Terry Golden"...was a bad guy most of the time before his WWF start.
Considering his lifestyle and his vocation I'm actually surprised he made it this far. A lot of wrestlers punch out early. While the show is scripted...the injuries and their results are not. I worked with a guy who was a professional wrestler years back and the only injury he DIDN'T have was death....he was in constant pain and popped and pinged like on overwound clock when the weather changed.

I remember an interview with Jesse Ventura I saw once. He was talking about when Dennis Rodman wrestled in a match once. Once. Afterwards he was telling Jesse that he was beat up. As sore as he'd ever been. Mind you this is Dennis Rodman, enforcer for his team and a defensive specialist who banged with the big boys every game. After he was done complaining about his one match, Jesse told him that he had wrestled over 150 days straight before.
They give NFL players a week off between games. Imagine playing offensive line at game speed every day for nearly half a year. That's incredibly rough on the body. Add in steroid usage, pain pills and extracurricular substances, and it's amazing any of them hit the half century mark.

 

[robvious]

R.I.P. Big guy... thanks for the memories..

 

[oberon]

He was a true patriot.
RIP Hulk.

 

[ditrina]

R.I.P.

 

[Revoman]

Hulk Hogan Makes His First Appearance | Carson Tonight Show​

May 15th, 1982


RIP, Hulk

I remember when late night TV was good.

Saw Hulk fight Andre as a kid a few rows back on the floor. Some things you never forget.

Rest in peace

 

[duke2002]

I met hulk and macho man working at an areana when i was in college. Both were down to earth decent men. Thanked me for working asked what i was going to college for. Not just the hand shake and walk away.

 

[CamW]

I worked on this TV commercial with him back in the late 80's.
I remember he was a good guy.
Someone from the ad agency asked him not to wear his cross and he refused to take it off.
Said something about he didn't care who he offended.

 

[OutAtTheEdge]

Been a bad week for celebs. Ozzy, Hulk Hogan, and George Kooymans (Golden Earring) all dead in the past couple days.
R I P to all of them.

And of course Chuck Mangione.