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OT: Dead hard rockers week

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Hulk Hogan, the wrestling icon and actor who became the most recognized star in the sport, has died. He was 71.

According to the Clearwater Police Department in Florida, Hogan died Thursday morning due to cardiac arrest. He was treated by a rescue crew before being taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Hogan, born Terry Gene Bollea, grew up in Florida. The WWE Hall of Fame wrestler, known for walking out to his theme song “Real American,” represented national patriotism within the wrestling world. He soared to fame in the 1980s after winning against the Iron Sheik and cementing “Hulkamania” momentum in one of the most culturally impactful matches of his career. That fight made him the World Wrestling Federation’s heavyweight winner.

 
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RIP Hulk Hogan he was instrumental in taking wrestling from a regional event, to mainstream sporting entertainment, yes never my favourite wrestler but a key to how the business worked.
Then reinvented himself when he switched companies to WCW years later and was able to become a fan favourite with NWO.
RIP Hulk Hogan, without you a question will always be asked would wrestling be where it is today ?
 

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I was an Iron Shiek, Nikolai Volkoff kind of a guy.

The Shiek was robbed.

The Hulk was good for wrasslin' but he was never a fav of mine.

RIP Hulk.

Gee the old heart failure takes out a lot of Wrestlers. Ummm is it the roids maybe.
 
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I was an Iron Shiek, Nikolai Volkoff kind of a guy.

The Shiek was robbed.

The Hulk was good for wrasslin' but he was never a fav of mine.

RIP Hulk.

Gee the old heart failure takes out a lot of Wrestlers. Ummm is it the roids maybe.
I became a Hulk guy more when the people turned on him at WCW, when he was NWO.
Hulk was key in what sporting entertainment is today, that is what you see.
Not just wrestling but so many sports you see NRL & NFL players doing poses when they score, without Hulk this may never had happened.
 
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