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re: Hulk Hogan; Real American Documentary on Netflix
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:17 am to SUB
Posted on 5/2/26 at 9:17 am to SUB
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Loved it, and I was only a very casual wrestling fan in the 90s, until the NWO era. EVERYBODY at school was watching WCW. Monday Nitro was like 3 hours long and I often watched it start to finish every week. Then they came out with Thursday Thunder, and that was a usual watch. I sort of got into the attitude era, mainly because my friends and I would constantly be doing the "suck it" hand chop motion constantly at school and everywhere else.
My son was in middle school during that period. Monday and Thursday nights we watched WCW. We taped RAW and watched it in between.
I remember attending a couple of live Thunder events in Oklahoma City. I don't recall Nitro ever coming here.
Also attened some WWE house shows. We went to one on a Sunday afternoon. The next morning I had a 6 am flight to Dallas. I got on the plane and the Undertaker was sitting in first class with his hat on and head down. As I walked past, I told him I had been to the show the day before and really enjoyed it. He lifted his head up, gave me the death stare, and just said "Thanks" in a really deep voice.
Marke Mero and Sable were on the same flight, but they were sitting in coach.
When I got to Dallas, the first thing I did was find a pay phone, called home and told my son "I met the Undertaker!" That was in the days before cell phones.
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Posted on 5/2/26 at 12:16 pm to Canon951
Good documentary. To me it was a lesson in knowing when to walk away. He had like 3 perfect moments to ride off into the sunset but he just couldn’t stay away.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 7:05 pm to BlackAdam
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My top five would be Londos, Hogan, El Santo, Rikidozan, and Andre the Giant with Londos and Hogan as 1 and 1A.
That's a solid list.
My Top 10 would consist of Thesz, Londos, Hogan, Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Flair, Andre, Frank Gotch, Bruno Sammartino, Rikidozan & El Santo. Buddy Rodgers would narrowly miss the cut.
i rank Thesz #1 due to his unparalleled technical mastery, legitimacy as a "shooter" (real fighter), and record-setting 10+ year combined tenure as NWA World Heavyweight Champion. He defined the "hooker" (submission expert) era, dominating from the 1930s to the 1960s while legitimizing pro wrestling globally and innovating foundational moves like the German suplex and powerbomb.
Many fans have the false belief that pro wrestling was never popular until Hulk Hogan, and that's just not accurate. As you said, Londos drew gigantic crowds both in the US and overseas, even during the Great Depression. Others were also major draws in the days when there was no television, only print media and word of mouth.
This post was edited on 5/3/26 at 12:20 am
Posted on 5/3/26 at 8:01 pm to Stat M Repairman
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Hogan wasn't a household name when Rocky III came out. Always assumed the other way around because by the time we saw Rocky III on some shitty VHS the hulk was huge and all over the place.
Same here. Good job by the rocky casting/production team to identify a guy that would go on to be the biggest wrestling icon of all time.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:23 am to Cash
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There is not a more bitter wrestler alive than Bret Hart. frick that guy.
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I’m Team Vince on the Montreal screw job. You leave the company you have to drop the strap first. It’s a small world. Swallow your pride and don’t burn that bridge.
The Montreal Screw Job was not the topic.
Bret expressed bitterness about having to drop the strap at WrestleMania IX when Hogan returned from a steroid-induced leave of absence.
Bret was actually very complimentary of Hogan earlier in the interview session.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:29 am to BabyTac
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I remember when his family had the reality show on MTV or something. It didn’t end well, but even then he seemed like a great dad and good guy.
He is on record as having said that he wished he had divorced Linda right after Nick was born. All those family videos were fraudulent.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:41 am to LasVegasTiger
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I forgot about Hogan Knows Best and Linda was banging a 19 year old.
I knew almost nothing about his personal life until I watched this documentary. In the documentary, Hulk claimed that Linda's boy-toy was only 18.
Also, they completely skipped over that fact that he was married to someone else for 11 years after his divorce from Linda. They went straight from Linda to Sky. He was married to Sky for only 2 years. Then he died.
Wiki says that he left everything to Nick. Sky and Brooke got nothing.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:56 am to moontigr
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That's a solid list.
Where does Rowdy Roddy Piper fit on your list?
Watching the documentary, I was reminded that Piper was part of the WrestleMania I main event with his partner, Paul Orndorff.
In my opinion, Piper was great at selling and getting people over. And he was unmatched on the mic.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 10:57 am to TulsaSooner78
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He is on record as having said that he wished he had divorced Linda right after Nick was born.
I don’t recall that. He’s been very vocal on multiple occasions that he got addicted to the fame, and his life really turned the wrong way when he didn’t just stay retired after the first couple of times. Going back to wrestling at an old age and the reality show really destroyed his family.
It’s amazing how destructive reality shows are most to people’s lives.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:35 am to UnluckyTiger
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A lot of his hate towards certain wrestlers is warranted though, like that no talent arse clown Goldberg for example.
I watched the WWE Legends episode for Goldberg last week and Hart did not hold back at all in his interview.
Hard to blame him though, since Goldberg cost him a year or two physically and ultimately led him to his first retirement.
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Hogan put over Warrior and Warrior was utter trash.
I'll never forget the WWF came to Baton Rouge at the Centroplex and the main event was the Ultimate Warrior against Andre the Giant. And like 10 year old me in my Ultimate Warrior t-shirt was fricking JACKED.
And the Ultimate Warrior runs out, runs around the ring a little, then gets in and hits the rope a few times, then clotheslines Andre like 3 or 4 times, then splashes him and pins him, then runs out the ring. Whole thing lasted maybe 30 seconds.
My mom was furious and wanted her money back.
Looking back as an adult, I realize it was because Andre was so frail at that point and could barely move. But man, we were both so pissed and I was on the verge of tears I was so disappointed. Pretty sure this is either the clip, or a very similar match between the two:
FB link.
Actually, I think this is the entire thing (or exactly how the match we were at went): LINK
This post was edited on 5/21/26 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:42 am to Canon951
No doubt Hogan/Terry was a flawed man...everyone is, no matter what we want to remember of our childhood fandom.
As far as the wrestling industry, I think the best analysis came from a shoot interview with the late Bobby Heenan (available on You Tube). We all know the "character" Bobby Heenan hated Hogan, but the real guy stated a very big truth: You wanted to work with Hogan because you made money. With the exceptions of Bret and Savage (and maybe a few others that escape me at the moment), most of the people that had bad things to say about him were jealous because they were never good enough to share "top heel" status against him for big angles and big money. Hogan was the draw, and you wanted to follow him to the bank.
As far as the wrestling industry, I think the best analysis came from a shoot interview with the late Bobby Heenan (available on You Tube). We all know the "character" Bobby Heenan hated Hogan, but the real guy stated a very big truth: You wanted to work with Hogan because you made money. With the exceptions of Bret and Savage (and maybe a few others that escape me at the moment), most of the people that had bad things to say about him were jealous because they were never good enough to share "top heel" status against him for big angles and big money. Hogan was the draw, and you wanted to follow him to the bank.
Posted on 5/21/26 at 11:49 am to CocomoLSU
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And the Ultimate Warrior runs out, hits the rope a few times, clotheslines Andre like 3 or 4 times, then splashes him and pins him, then runs out the ring. Whole thing lasted maybe 30 seconds.
I think a lot of kids got a rude introduction to WWF when they went to a non-TV taping or a taping for one of the less promoted shows.
I remember going with a couple of friends to the old Omni in Atlanta, we were like fourth row seats, and Hogan was there. He makes his big entrance, does his hand cupping his ear, all of the Hogan theatrics. He rips his shirt off and everyone is waiting for him to toss it out to the crowd.
Instead he walks over to the ropes and just drops it by the side of the ring. Match goes on, Hogan wins and leaves. Someone from WWF walks up, picks up the torn up shirt and carries it back up the walkway to the dressing room. I remember hearing this one kid, on the brink of tears, pleading with one of the security people that Hogan's shirt was right there and begging to be able to get it.
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