Rock pays homage to “Childhood Hero” Hulk Hogan
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Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan He passed away Thursday at the age of 71, and another WWE icon paid tribute to one of his heroes.
Dwayne “Rock” Johnson I posted an emotional ODE expression for “immortal” wrestlers on social media.
“In 1984, I handed me a ‘Hulxter’ headbandback in the locker room at Madison Square Garden. I caught it when I threw it into the crowd.
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Hollywood Hulk Hogan and WrestleMania x8 rock. (George Pimentel/WireMage)
“After the match, you said that was your last headband and there was no way to make that exact thing again if it wasn’t for me, so I was so happy to be shocked after the match. Boys.”
Johnson later recalled in the legendary match at Rogers Center at WrestleMania X8, a match where Johnson said “it was to decide who would go down in history as the greatest of all time.” It is one of the biggest matches ever and defines the history of wrestling.
This post featured a small TV battle reminiscent of those in the late 90s and early 2000s.
Hollywood Hulk Hogan and WrestleMania x8 Lock (George Pimentel/WireMage)
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“If you kick out of the lock bottom finisher – listen and feel the crowd fall into electricity…
All for you. I have never felt that way in my entire wrestling career. Tango takes two, but that historic crowd response was for you,” Johnson wrote.
“From the deepest part of my bones and on behalf of this wild, crazy world of wrestling that we love, I say to you now, and forever… home, brothers, brothers…thank you, thank you home.
Hollywood Hulk Hogan and WrestleMania x8 rock. (George Pimentel/WireMage)
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WWE paid tribute to Hogan in the edition of “SmackDown!” on Friday night. With 10 Bell salutes, many of the current superstars and some of Hogan’s old enemies are on stage.
The tribute included a clip of Hogan decorations Wrestling career And his entertainment went out of the ring. The crowds at SmackDown erupted with applause, and the chant “Hogan! Hogan!” After the video is finished.
Jackson Thompson of Fox News contributed to this report.
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