• “I won’t be celebrating the death of anyone” – AEW Wrestler On Hulk Hogan’s Death
AEW wrestler Lio Rush, who also had a run in WWE, tweeted the following about Hulk Hogan’s death:
“I’m not going to jump in on the hate train. It doesn’t fulfill me in anyway. I won’t be celebrating the death of anyone. It’s lame. If you have a personal opinion strong enough that you feel the need to share with the world on a day someone lost their life while family and friends mourn, that’s on you.
If you were a kid watching hogan, you were dropping the leg, hulking up, waiving the finger, ripping off a shirt your parents bought you or playing air guitar to NWOs music.”
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• Adam Pearce Fires Back At Fans For Posting Negative Comments About Hulk Hogan
As previously reported, WWE RAW General Manager Adam Pearce issued the following statement on Hulk Hogan’s death:
“I grew up in Chicagoland watching the AWA pre-cable via tin-foiled rabbit ears. The Incredible Hulk Hogan vs. the World Champion Nick Bockwinkel with Bobby Heenan. Original Hulk-a-Mania. Magic. I loved it.
Fast forward a million years. April 4, 2013. Jonesboro, Arkansas…
I’m working the first of two dates for TNA. Trying to get hired on as an agent (thank you again, Bruce Prichard). Wrestled a match against a talent I really liked and that they wanted to hopefully feature. It didn’t go well. I took the blame because I was senior…
I sit down to watch the rest of the matches, and Hulk sits next to me. Eric Bischoff next to him. Hulk asked me what I thought. I answered honestly.
He told me what he thought. I’ll always appreciate his words…
Over time people do many things, become loved and hated, rinse-and-repeat for those things, and if we’re all being honest, the emotions are warranted…
It is impossible to overstate the impact that Hulk Hogan had on our industry and the countless people that got into it because of him. In a roundabout way, I’m one of them. Heenan was my idol, but when he was opposite Hogan it was the magic I fell in love with…
Godspeed, Hulk Hogan. Thank you for all of the good. Thank you for your candor in a moment where I doubted myself. All love to his family, friends, and those lives he touched along the way. Rest well, sir.”
When Pearce’s post got negative comments from fans, Pearce wrote:
“If you’ve come here to post negativity about Hulk Hogan on the day of his passing, you’ve missed the point of my page.
If your opinions are hate-filled or fueled by vitriol, and you’re wholly entitled to have whatever opinion you want, save it for YOUR platforms.
We all feel how we feel, we’re human. And we all see things the way we choose, it’s our personal choice. I’m not telling anyone how or what to feel. Location I have some say in.
I don’t care if you hated him or loved him, both emotions were earned. That said, this is NOT the location for the placement of negativity. Respect it.
Thanks,
-AP”
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