Speculation on Hulk Hogan's WWE Status After Merchandise and More Removed

[Jacob Fox]

Honestly, why couldn't it be someone like Cena or Triple H that were caught saying racist shit on tape instead?

I'd imagine it was because they didn't say something racist like that on tape and Hogan did (and that's not me calling him racist, I am talking about the statement) .

Honestly though, you'd think a Hulk Hogan sex tape would be the safest place to say something you never want anyone to hear because... well... it should be obvious.

And no disrespect to my black friends (I actually have black ancestry myself) but the thing that disturbed me most was: A Hulk Hogan sex tape. I'm sure I'd heard about it before and blocked it's existence from my mind, but *shudder*

I can just see it now :

Hulk: How are you liking that, brother?

Woman: Don't call me brother, I'm a girl.

Hulk: Sorry about that, Jack!

Woman: Are you about done?

Hulk: Whatcha gonna do when... damn it, I wanted to finish asking the question first...

Woman: Sigh.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Hulk: How are you liking that, brother?

Woman: Don't call me brother, I'm a girl.

Hulk: Sorry about that, Jack!

Woman: Are you about done?

Hulk: Whatcha gonna do when... damn it, I wanted to finish asking the question first...

Woman: Sigh.

Jesus Christ. lmao

 

[Wacokid27]

I do just want to say, the entire "that's not me" defense is often used when people who are closely associated with a character say something that is ostensibly in-character which they wouldn't say themselves if they were out of character.

I'm not saying this to suggest that Hogan isn't full of shit, that he doesn't believe what he said, or that he didn't mean what he said. I'm just pointing out the thought process behind that sort of statement.

On the other hand, lots of people who've worked in every industry have been racist or sexist biggots. The "Benoit treatment" is what doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I'm not the one who runs the WWE.

wk

 

[Stopspot]

Especially since WWE's track record with race isn't anywhere near flawless. How long ago was it that the New Day was just a gospel choir?

 

[Tgmiveld]

I hate Hogan, all furcoat and no knickers

But let him say what he wants. If he wants to say these things, let him. At the end of the day, lets not be self rightious.

 

[Wacokid27]

Especially since WWE's track record with race isn't anywhere near flawless. How long ago was it that the New Day was just a gospel choir?

Well...if you're going to have a group of black guys who are in a stable together, they've either got to be a gospel choir, a group of militant "Nation of Islam"-style members, or a couple of "gangstas" who constantly steal things.

hyeah:

wk

 

[Wacokid27]

I hate Hogan, all furcoat and no knickers

But let him say what he wants. If he wants to say these things, let him. At the end of the day, lets not be self rightious.

In all seriousness, he has the right to say what he wants.

And WWE, as his employer, has the right to distance themselves how they want to from his comments.

Nobody is arguing his right to have (or express) his opinions, but WWE is a business that is trying to make money. If they think something might cause them to not make money, they will do what it takes to stop that.

wk

 

[Stopspot]

Let's not forget Vince's treatment of the Asians....INDEED

 

[Wacokid27]

And we've got two guys of a Latino heritage (I know, they're Puerto Rican, but everybody in American thinks they're Mexican), so we'll make them....bullfighters!!!!

wk

 

[Stopspot]

Which is mainly connected with Spain (although there is bullfighting in Mexico as well). So Vince isn't even getting his stereotypes right

 

[Kuolema]

He'll either do the good ol' ''muh twittah was hacked'' ''it wasn't me it was my friend'' or ''I was drunk'' bullshit or start rambling about ''muh freedums of speech brother'' ''dis is a free country''

 

[Jacob Fox]

Especially since WWE's track record with race isn't anywhere near flawless. How long ago was it that the New Day was just a gospel choir?

And naming Dusty Rhodes' black female manager "Sapphire" was blatantly bad race wise.

 

[Messiah1]

He'll be back in WWE again once all this blows over. Hogan is a legend, the biggest name in history. WWE is just doing damage control right now, since this is a hot topic they want to distance themselves from him for the time being.

 

[Zany Clowny]

You can't erase a guy like Hogan from history. You can barely get away with erasing Benoit. Without Hogan's name in the books, how the hell does anything make sense? And besides, the man can be a racist in his own home, shouldn't lead to him being completely removed from human history. That being said his name is his brand and if his name is associated with racism, well, that's on him.

 

[Koko B.]

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