11 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Hulk Hogan
Everything, apparently.
Whether his name is on WWE.com or not, Hulk Hogan might be the most famous professional wrestler ever. His career - both as a wrestler and as a pop culture icon - reads like an encyclopedia of success and of industry defining moments. He's been responsible for both the rise and legitimate claim of the WCW and the industry's greatest heel turn, and he deserved his place at the top of the Hall Of Fame. Sadly for his fans, the Hulk is no more. After an extended legal battle with Gawker whose venom now has more of an explanation beyond privacy invasion, Hogan's image is entirely ruined. He might still be a hero in the hearts of WWE fans, and an instrument force in the industry, but the words that will now follow him are far more cutting. Racist. Bigot. Idiot? But even before WWE made the dramatic decision to cut him out of history, Hogan's professional record was far from unblemished. In fact, there are a number of moments that WWE would never heavily promote actively, and those they would actively seek to suppress, beyond those personal moments like his messy divorce, his crazy ex-wife, his son's car accident, the reality shows or the weird ways that he rubs lotion on his daughter in public...