8 Wrestlers You Didn't Know HATE Each Other For Real

8. The Undertaker & Hulk Hogan

In the wake of Terry Bollea's passing, conversation moved to the all-too-familiar tone of how easy it was to separate the art from the artist and all that trite language, when really it was rooted in deciding how much the man's racism counted against Hulk Hogan's on-screen legacy.

Had Bollea's bigoted views not been made public, his death might have included instead a bit more discussion on his outrageous falsehoods - one of which was whispered directly to The Undertaker at the climax of the latter's biggest moment. It created a rift that was never truly healed, and extended to a match a decade later that did nothing to bring the disparate figures closer together.

From the mouth of 'The Deadman' himself, Hogan said "You got me there, brother" almost immediately after 'Taker had delivered one of the safest looking Tombstones in history to win the WWE Championship at the 1991 Survivor Series. It being wrestling, the work allegedly made it backstage, with Hogan loudly gesturing for people to call his family and let him know he was okay.

A farcical lie and set of circumstances, then, and one that repeated itself somewhat when the pair of them made an absolute mess of their Judgment Day 2002 rematch. From build to contest, the whole thing was a business-exposing sham with failing bodies that highlighted the decade's rigours, and badly constructed bells and whistles to boot. 

As recently as 2025, 'The Deadman' was asked if he felt bad for Hogan getting booed out of the building during the Raw Is Netflix special at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, He deadpanned a "No", and can be found using Hogan's 1991 words against him in gags at 'The Hulkster's expense.