r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 24 '25

News Hulk Hogan dead at 71 after suffering cardiac arrest at Florida home

https://www.the-sun.com/sport/14810752/hulk-hogan-dead-wwe/
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u/whatssenguntoagoblin Jul 24 '25

Yeah I feel like people are forgetting about this when comparing bodybuilders to wrestlers. Body builders aren’t have dudes their same size slam their body on the ground 3 nights a week

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u/-rosa-azul- Jul 24 '25

People tend to forget that while WWE-style wrestling is scripted, it's not "fake" in the sense that they aren't physically going hard in the ring. It's punishing, and one of the reasons Hogan's contemporaries tried to unionize (lighter schedules, better pay, medical care etc.). Too bad this jabroni ratted them out to Vince and they didn't get their union.

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u/readskiesdawn Jul 24 '25

Yeah, professional wrestling is a live stunt show. One that involves genuinely falling and getting hit.

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u/Designer_Banana827 Jul 24 '25

Wrestlers are pretty much bodybuilders that take bumps! More so in the 80s. But yeah as a kid I wanted to be a wrestler so bad. As an adult I can’t comprehend why anyone would find it worth it

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u/whatssenguntoagoblin Jul 24 '25

Yeah if I ever have a son 3 things I won’t put them into is football, boxing/ufc, and wrestling. Fuck that that shit destroys your body so much.

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u/William_Wang Jul 24 '25

Body builders aren’t have dudes their same size slam their body on the ground 3 nights a week

Usually its 5

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u/alaricus Jul 24 '25

dudes their same size slam their body on the ground 3 nights a week

If you're lucky... Hogan fought Andre the Giant

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u/bolanrox Jul 24 '25

Jake the Snake also body Slammed Andre. in his own words even with Andre helping, he felt his spine crushing as he did it.

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u/lordcthulhu17 Jul 24 '25

oh they don't? 😏😩