CountAntonius
Member
Disappointing but not surprising that so many of these guys are really troubled or fucked up individuals.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Hulk Hogan sex tape included racist tirade - WWE cuts all ties
- Thread starter hitme
- Start date
- Status
Disappointing but not surprising that so many of these guys are really troubled or fucked up individuals.
Dagobert Duck
Member
What really? Has that happened before???
A two decade ESPN investigation found that all of Hulk Hogan's wrestling bouts were rigged.
In the very least in context that's based on comedy. WWE isn't shy of racism by any means, but Hogan must've said something really awful to get blacklisted like that.
lmao
For sure. Sounds closer to a racist rant. Maybe even against some wrestlers.
Probably not, considering Ric Flair and P.S. Hayes have said and done much, much worse.
You might not see him for awhile though!
aGuyInaBearSuit
Member
Not as far as I know.
The only full blacklisting WWE has ever done that I know of is Chris Benoit.
Shamrock7r
Member
Poor Curtis Axel
BadAss2961
Member
No matter what happens, he's still the GOAT along with Flair.
Can't erase history.
Can't erase history.
This. Grew up watching him man. To find out he was a racist all along? A piece of me died inside.
True but neither are on record like this could be.
Strangelove77
Member
I don't quite understand, so is all hogan content from the wwe network going to disappear now? I can't imagine that being the case, but you never know.
ElRenoRaven
Member
aGuyInaBearSuit
Member
LOL, I hadn't even thought about that.
Poor guy had finally found something that works and this happens.
BUNTING1243
Banned
man I really wish gawker had gotten that scoop.
They didn't erase Benoit from the Network (you just can't search for him) and he did something much worse than Hogan potentially did. POTENTIALLY, we still don't know if he really said that.
WWE is in the business of erasing history. And they are very, VERY good at it.
Shamrock7r
Member
Unfortunately if true, we gotta take a stand, it don't help to hide
serenewarfare
Banned
No. Benoit's stuff is all still there. If his stuff is on there, they'll never remove someone's stuff.
Guess I'll wake up tomorrow and shit will just be on fire.
It shouldn't affect the network. They're just not actively promoting him anymore. Hell, even Benoit is on the network still.
Probably what they did with Benoit matches and just remove the fast seek flags on the videos.
I am really curious to see what happened. I mean, like others have said - this sex tape has been around for awhile, and Sunny is still on there and she almost qualifies as cam girl at this point.
mgs2master2
Banned
haha holy shit. golden.
Dagobert Duck
Member
Wow, he must have really really fucked up...
Just flicked through the Hall of Fame on WWE.com and Ric Flair cleary isnt the real ric flair in his picture
Looks so fake, that they really should induct the Underfaker into the hall of fame maybe the year before they induct the Undertaker or well induct them togetherWWE is run by sociopaths. They don't give two shits about what happened, they care immensely about their PR and how they are perceived as a company.
Hayes says some racist shit backstage? Nobody cares because it's not a national story. Hulk Hogan gets caught on tape dropping N-bombs? They're done with him for good.
They'll celebrate murderers, both in the act and by association, but if you fail a drug test with marijuana in your system? Permanent mid-carder.
funkystudent
Member
Make Mr America the new coach of tough enough
They'll just make it so that it's not easily accessible and probably not tagged very well.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Yeah, i imagine they will probably remove any Hogan specific shows and specials too.
he's an old white guy.
i think it would be more surprising if a few of them weren't racist
serenewarfare
Banned
If I was guessing, I'd say Ric replaces him on Tough Enough, but maybe not.
WhateverItTakes
Banned
The real tragedy of this peice. I wouldn't be surprised if on next week's raw he morphs into a new character with no explanation. If he's lucky enough to get TV time after this.
Man, this'll hurt Sandow too...
illmatic22
Banned
Well he hurt our friends and he hurt our pride. We've gotta be men, we can't let it slide.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
What if he's been saying brother all these years to hide his uncontrollable needs to say the n word?
I'd be surprised if they go full Kojima/Konami like that. Hogan is still extremely popular and I think they might try and keep that stuff around and get away without trying to release any explanation that'll get people too mad.
I don't know. Still not fully aware of what's going on here.
Too risky.
Kibbles
Member
National Enquirer? Really?
ElRenoRaven
Member
Yup. You can tell he knew he'd fucked up. No doubt this is true based off that tweet.
I'd go with Mick Foley or something.
serenewarfare
Banned
As long as you keep him away from the sauce, Ric isn't nearly as volatile as it seems.
mgs2master2
Banned
who knows maybe they will in the morning when more facts come out.
maybe WWE bought Gawker.
I just spat coffee all over my screen lmfao.
I doubt that's happening after he shat on the entire show when Patrick was eliminated.
A tape is a tape. Does it really matter who actually got their hands on it?
Shamrock7r
Member
That...makes sense
ElRenoRaven
Member
Mick isn't too happy with Tough Enough. More so after Patrick got voted off. He said he was done watching it after that.
- Status