>>19168558
I was born in 2000 (proto-zoomer) in Ukraine and my intro to wrestling was 2011 WWE slop run on a 3rd rate Ukrainian cable channel.
Fully translated to ukrainian (including all wrestling promos) the channel ran RAW/SMACK episodes 1 week following the US release.
There were language barriers ofc but it was extremely over-the-top and they always kept kayfabe.
With that said, I had heard
of Hulk Hogan well before first learning about wrestling. I always thought he’s some all-American action movie star like Arnie or Chuk Norris, JCVD.
But, having watched parts of his run, I became a HULKAMANIAC for life!
Bro was working the marks on his deathbed peddling stories about slamming Andre lol. True Carny.