10 Wrestlers Who Ruined Their Own Legacy
2. Hulk Hogan
If you went back to 1980s and told a wrestling fan that there would come a time that 'The Immortal' Hulk Hogan was so shamed that the WWE would ignore his existence imagine watching them trying to imagine what it was that he could do so wrong.
Whatever you think of his twilight years in the ring, Hulk Hogan ruined his legacy via some pretty awful comments made in his personal life… a very personal part of his personal life.
In 2015 a leaked sextape hit the web recorded eight years prior featuring the Hulkster and this would be cause for alarm regardless. But Hogan's choice of bedroom conversation was bizarre and horrid, expressing his dissatisfaction that his daughter Brooke was dating a black man and admitted that, in his words, he was “racist, to a point”.
In the fallout, WWE removed all references to him from their website. His position as judge on the upcoming series of Tough Enough was revoked and his merchandise and the WWE 2k15 DLC for the character was taken down from sale.
Three years later, WWE began to rebuild the bridge for Hogan’s return to the company and their history and he’s since hosted WrestleMania and had his second Hall of Fame induction. The damage to his legacy however is still felt, garnering a feeling of unease whenever he’s on WWE TV.