>Claims that he was offered to play bass for Metallica
>Claims that Elvis was a Hulkamaniac
>Hulk Hogan only started wrestling a month before Elvis died
>Claims that he turned down the lead role in The Wrestler
>Darren Aronofsky said Hogan was never considered
>claims he was almost cast as The Terminator before Schwarzenegger
>no source confirms this
>also claims he was offered the lead in Highlander
>claims Thunder in Paradise beat Baywatch in ratings
>Baywatch had much higher ratings
>Claimed Rocky III producers told him they had to “tone him down” because he was overshadowing Stallone
>claims he was supposed to be the representative/sponsored in a series of Grills that were going for sale. But he missed the call, and it was George Foreman who they called next that they got ahold of
>Claims he carried André The Giant to the ring when he was hurt
>claims Mike Tyson was too scared to work with him in WCW. And had to cancel a program with him in WWF when Tyson lost a boxing match
>claims that he supposed to be part of this young brand new company back in the day when it launched called “UFC”
>Said he wrestled 400 days in one year
>Told people he once ran four miles every morning with a broken back
>Said he was a black belt in karate
>Said he doesn’t own a TV
>then described TV shows he watched recently.

>>17986268 (OP)
>claims he was supposed to be the representative/sponsored in a series of Grills that were going for sale. But he missed the call, and it was George Foreman who they called next that they got ahold of
This is the only one that I think has some truth to it, mainly due that shitty home grill that he did infomercials for years after Foreman's grill became mega-popular
I can see Hogan still seething that he didn't get that opportunity when it came so close to him, so he jumped at another home grill opportunity out of pure desperation
What I don't believe is the excuse he gave for not getting the deal. Over one missed phone call? kek

>>17986268 (OP)
All true

>>17986268 (OP)
>Said he doesn’t own a TV
>then described TV shows he watched recently.
Literal power move.

>>17986544
We need a year for when he made that statement
Depending on the year, it COULD be technically true
I haven't had an actual television since like 2010, but I've streamed a lot of TV series on my laptop (wrestling included)

>>17986268 (OP)
People don't seem to understand that is the litany and breadth and insanity of Hogan's many lies are the reason he is largely hated today. People wanna narrow it down to 1 easy answer like his politics/marketing etc but the largely the reason is that he's just such a bullshitter. That people became exhausted of him. It morphed into go away heat.

>>17988136
I really think his lies are at the bottom of the list for why he's so hated now
If I had to put in order the reasons why so many turned on Hogan in recent years, number one being the biggest reason, the list would be:
1. being open with his MAGA/Republican beliefs, in an era where being MAGA = le evil Nazi. This to me was Hogan's biggest mistake, he should have kept his political beliefs private if he wanted any reasonable chance of rebuilding his image after his leaked tape scandal
2. leaked audio of him saying the word in private, which is an unforgivable crime in this era
3. just general asshole shit that he said and did over the years, e.g. saying "God laid down some heavy shit on him" about the guy who got killed from his son's shitty driving, and saying be careful not to get caught while apologizing to wrestlers about the leaked audio
4. years of big-leaguing other wrestlers and holding them down, also being openly disliked as a shoot by many of the biggest names in wrestling
5. being a bullshitter/lying-ass motherfucker. If all of the other above reasons weren't true and Hogan's only issue was his lies, I think most people would excuse it since he's still a wrestling GOAT. Unfortunately he has many more strikes against him besides that

>>17988136
>>17988254
Point 1 & 2 are the only things that even remotely matter about public opinion and the gamer word stuff was years ago and blew over. It’s just that he did the RNC with Trump. Some faggot will inevitably say
>but akshully Drumpf did Undertakers podcast and he doesn’t get the same heat
No one watches or listens to Taker’s YouTube channel or whatever the fuck it was. Everyone in the western world saw Hogan bring out Trump, it was the number 1 news item for an entire week of the cycle. No one gives a fuck that Hulk is a pathological liar. Anyone that knows that finds it almost charming at this point or funny at the least. It is fucking funny that the guy claimed to wrestle 400 days in a year because he crossed the international date line and crossed over into the speed force and found 10 extra weeks in a year. They’re booing him in California because of Trump.