Hulk Hogan Has Been Fired From the WWE and Will Not Appear in WWE 2K16

[vtcrb]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Whether he said them in his home or not doesnt matter at all. The minute the tape leaked the comments became public knowledge and reflected negatively on WWE. Where he made the comments no longer mattered after that. WWE didnt have a domestic violence policy when Stone Cold was charged back in 2004. The only recent domestic violence incident since WWE instituted the policy was Kevin Nash when he got in a fight with his son and Nash was temporarily suspended when that occured until the facts came out that it was a mutual fight. People dont usually lose their jobs for DUIs but they do lose them for being one of the faces of the company and saying racist/sexist/homophobic things.

You just made my point for me. What Stone Cold did was in 2004. What Hogan Said was 2006. BOTH are faces of the Company. Both did things in the PAST, but yet Hogan gets fired and Stone Cold has a Podcast and is on the Cover of WWE 2k16?

And yes people lose their jobs for DUIs. Maybe not in the Sports/Entertainment world but in the Real World they do.

In what WORLD does saying something ACTUALLY Hurt someone WORSE than Physically Assaulting someone? Not in My world. BOTH are VERY wrong, and i am not defending ANYONE. I just feel that If we are going to FIRE people for things they did in the Past it needs to be Held to the SAME Standard for EVERYONE.

[Perceptor]

No one is patting WWE or saying they're a great company. At least I'm not. This is about a racist making terrible comments and getting what's deserved.

[Perceptor]

Stone Cold is a jerk, the DUI's are wrong. But this isn't about them. It's about Hulk Hogan and what he did. This is what the thread is about.

[vtcrb]

Quote: Originally Posted by Perceptor

Stone Cold is a jerk, the DUI's are wrong. But this isn't about them. It's about Hulk Hogan and what he did. This is what the thread is about.

Correct. I am just asking where is the Thread titled? "Convicted Wife Abuser will be on the Cover on WWE 2k16" There was no outrage over this or anything.

On a side note, I love Stone Cold and Hogan for what they brought into the WWE Rin and Arenas, Not what they do outside of the Ring.

[King_B_Mack]

Quote: Originally Posted by vtcrb

You just made my point for me. What Stone Cold did was in 2004. What Hogan Said was 2006. BOTH are faces of the Company. Both did things in the PAST, but yet Hogan gets fired and Stone Cold has a Podcast and is on the Cover of WWE 2k16? And yes people lose their jobs for DUIs. Maybe not in the Sports/Entertainment world but in the Real World they do. In what WORLD does saying something ACTUALLY Hurt someone WORSE than Physically Assaulting someone? Not in My world. BOTH are VERY wrong, and i am not defending ANYONE. I just feel that If we are going to FIRE people for things they did in the Past it needs to be Held to the SAME Standard for EVERYONE.

So then you're saying that WWE should have done nothing to Hogan?

[vtcrb]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

So then you're saying that WWE should have done nothing to Hogan?

No. If you read back thru my comments, I am adamant saying what Hogan did is Completely Wrong. And he should be punished. But if you are going to fire him for things in the past, you need to hold your other Employees to the SAME standard and fire them for Past things as well.

Racism, Domestic Violence, among other crimes should NOT be tolerated in this world, much less in the Sports Entertainment Business.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Sheba2011

You need to have a policy to know that domestic violence is bad? Public figures can and do lose their jobs for DUI's.

No one said that.

What I said was that WWE didnt have a policy. Just like other sports leagues didnt have a policy. Back then it was left to solely to WWE's discretion. At that time, they chose to do nothing. In 2015, Austin wouldve been suspended or fired. Times changes. Leagues evolve.

Please identify a public figure who has LOST HIS JOB because of a DUI. Not been suspended. Not multiple DUI's. Not a DUI that lead to a death. Someone who's lost his job because of one DUI.

[Sheba2011]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

So then you're saying that WWE should have done nothing to Hogan?

No what he is saying is why does the WWE care now but still promote Stone Cold. Both incidents happened many years ago. Is racist comments really worse than domestic violence? He is pointing out the same thing I was trying to. Why does the WWE fire one guy but still promote the other. If anything I would say physically abusing someone is much worse than making comments on a video he thought was private.

That doesn;t mean we are defending Hogan as you keep alluding too. Both of us agree what he did was wrong and he should have been fired.