WWE made its debut on Netflix on Monday evening (January 6), and with it got here a bunch of shock returns, some extra welcome than others.
The wrestling franchise’s flagship present, Uncooked, streamed reside from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California, with 18,000 followers in attendance to mark the beginning of a brand new period. The celebratory occasion noticed the return of WWE legends reminiscent of The Rock, The Undertaker, John Cena, and, most controversially, Hulk Hogan.
Whereas the gang was hyped for The Rock, Cena, and The Undertaker, Hogan was met with a a lot icier reception. When he got here out to the stage to ship a promo in entrance of an American flag, the 18,000 robust booed the WWE Corridor of Famer, drowning out a lot of his speech.
Hogan was there to advertise his new beer model, Actual American Beer, which had introduced earlier within the day that it will be an official sponsor of WWE Uncooked. The product’s brand was featured on the ring canvas all through the present, together with ads for Snickers, Fornite, Cricket Wi-fi, and Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season.
Watching Hulk Hogan get booed out of a constructing crammed with 18k folks restored my religion in humanity #WWERAW #RawOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/f8qBP7uILt
— Public Enemies Podcast (@TheEnemiesPE3) January 7, 2025
Followers took to social media to react to the second, with one X consumer writing, “All of us come collectively on at the present time in our mutual hatred of Hulk Hogan.”
“That is the best second in wwe historical past,” stated one other.
“I’ll by no means say something unhealthy about LA once more. I like the west coast. They boo’d the residing s*** outta Hulk Hogan,” added one other.
One other added, “Why would they bring about out Hulk Hogan in LA of all locations. The gang understood the task.”
“Spotlight of my evening. They didn’t wanna hear s*** he needed to say and neither did I,” stated one commenter.
“No one desires to see him anymore it’s time extra on,” one other added.
It’s not the primary time Hogan has been booed by WWE followers. He was unceremoniously welcomed by followers in Tampa, Florida, in April 2021 when he served as a number for WrestleMania 37.
Regardless of his reputation all through the Eighties, Nineteen Nineties, and early 2000s, the times of Hulkamania are lengthy gone. Hogan’s controversies through the years, together with his racist remarks made on a leaked intercourse tape in 2012, have led to many WWE followers turning on the once-beloved wrestling legend.
Final yr, Hogan made headlines when he spoke at President-elect Donald Trump‘s Madison Sq. Backyard rally in October. Throughout his speech, the previous WWE World Champion ripped off his vest and stated, “Let Trumpmania run wild, brother! Let Trumpmania rule once more! Let Trumpmania make America nice once more!”
You possibly can watch the video of Hogan’s WWE Uncooked return within the video above.
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