Hulk Hogan's Reason For Why He Got Booed On Raw's Netflix Premiere Is INSANE (WWE News)

Hulk Hogan attributes WWE Raw boos to "riding dirty" with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in the nWo.

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Hulk Hogan believes that "riding dirty" with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in the 1990s was the reason he was booed during WWE Raw's Netflix premiere on 6 January.

Interviewed on The Pat McAfee Show, Hogan effectively attributed his Raw jeers to the New World Order, the WCW stable he formed with Hall and Nash in 1996. The 71-year-old said that the last time he was in Los Angeles, he was a heel as Hollywood Hogan, while acknowledging that his political alignment may have played a role.

Hulk was a vocal public supporter of current United States President Donald Trump during his 2024 re-election campaign. As was The Undertaker, who was cheered heavily that same night.

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"You've got to realise, the last time I ran hard in LA, I was a bad guy, I was Hollywood Hogan," said Hulk, who claimed he expected to get booed on 6 January. "I was riding dirty with the boys. You know, Nash and Hall, and we're spray-painting people and we're crotch-chopping everybody. It started out with the Too Sweet stuff. So the last time I was there, I was a heel, but I think the politics had a whole lot to do with it, like you said."

When McAfee stated that some "other stuff" may have contributed, Hogan replied: "Yes, of course, you do slip and fall a couple of times."

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"Other stuff" likely refers to Hogan's use of racist language, including the N-word, in a 2007 sex tape leaked in 2015. And yet Hulk believes a 28-year-old wrestling stable that much of WWE's current audience wasn't alive to witness in the moment was the reason he was booed.

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Hogan's 6 January appearance followed news that WWE had signed a long-term sponsorship agreement with his Real American Beer brand, bringing its logo to the ring canvas. Hulk's likeness then featured heavily in promotional materials for the 25 January episode of Saturday Night's Main Event, though Hogan dropped out of a planned appearance on SNME, with "family commitments" cited.

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