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

08:18 PM - July 24, 2015 by Steve_OS

The WWE has terminated Hulk Hogan and erased all records of his existence on their website, following leaked audio of a racial tirade he had 8 years ago.

2K Sports has confirmed with Polygon that he will not appear in WWE 2K16.

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	Hogan will not appear in WWE 2K16, a 2K Sports representative told Polygon this afternoon. "We are highly respectful of the way that our partners choose to run their business and manage our partnerships accordingly," the spokesperson said. "We can confirm that Hulk Hogan will not appear in WWE 2K16." Asked about whether 2K Sports plans to remove Hogan from any previous WWE video games, the representative called it a "fair question," but said 2K Sports has "no other comments at this time.

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# 41 TripleCrown9 @ 07/25/15 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by cadalyst17


	ho let things What guy? a realist. My friend, I am black and I have seen our society become so self righteous. I watch my people become hypocrites when we say "N" word or when we call white people names and receive zero retribution. Our culture is so oversensitive and double standard. I miss when men were men :-(

I have absolutely no idea what this means.

# 42 aholbert32 @ 07/25/15 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by cadalyst17


	ho let things What guy? a realist. My friend, I am black and I have seen our society become so self righteous. I watch my people become hypocrites when we say "N" word or when we call white people names and receive zero retribution. Our culture is so oversensitive and double standard. I miss when men were men :-(

"Become self righteous"? Because people are OK with an admitted racist losing his job? How does that make me less of a man?

# 43 J_Posse @ 07/25/15 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	Firing him isnt pushing the issue under the rug. Making him go through counseling and doing public speaking IS. By firing him, WWE is make a clear stance that we arent going to employ people who hold those beliefs and we arent going to have people who affiliated with the company who are known to have those beliefs. Also it hits him in his wallet and he is seen as a pariah for a while. As a black man, I'd rather see that then him go through bull**** counseling and get championed as a changed man once he's through with that. Hogan is a 50 yr old man who has interacted with thousands of minorities during his career either as fans or colleagues. If those interactions arent enough to sway him from using bigoted/racist terms...counseling wont either.

I'm not racist so I don't know what can cause change in their thought pattern, but I do know that racists can be reformed. People may take the apology and rehabilitation as disingenuous or bull****, but then again what about people like Michael Vick and Riley Cooper?

Aren't "awful" people offered a second chance throughout the history of our culture? Again, Hogan is a despicable person for saying such vile things about African American men/people but that doesn't mean he can't change. Or that he can't help someone else heading down a similar path of thought.

# 44 aholbert32 @ 07/25/15 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by J_Posse


	I'm not racist so I don't know what can cause change in their thought pattern, but I do know that racists can be reformed. People may take the apology and rehabilitation as disingenuous or bull****, but then again what about people like Michael Vick and Riley Cooper? Aren't "awful" people offered a second chance throughout the history of our culture? Again, Hogan is a despicable person for saying such vile things about African American men/people but that doesn't mean he can't change. Or that he can't help someone else heading down a similar path of thought.

I think Riley Cooper is still a racist. I dont recall Vick doing anything racist (it was all dogfighting I though).

There is actually a difference between Cooper and Hogan imo. Cooper's comments were brought on by anger. He wanted to get backstage at a concert, was drunk and a black security guard wouldnt let him backstage. So he flipped out and called the security guard a racist slur.

Hogan was at home and relaxing with a woman he was sleeping with. What he said and the way he said it was matter of fact. It wasnt emotional. He was describing the situation with his daughter and he was stating an opinion.

Neither situation is right and neither is really forgivable in my opinion. Its been two years since the incident and you wont catch me wearing a Riley Cooper jersey. Just like I wont buy a Hulk Rules shirt.

Finally, I just find it hard to believe that a 50 yr old man with as much life experience as Hogan is all of a sudden going to see the light and not harbor those thoughts anymore.

# 45 oneamongthefence @ 07/25/15 05:00 PM

I can't blame wwe for letting him go but it's also the most cultural insensitive companies of all time. Hassan and Daivari. Hornswaggle. La resistance. The boogeyman. And those are the last decade.

This is not a test.

# 46 aholbert32 @ 07/25/15 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by oneamongthefence


	I can't blame wwe for letting him go but it's also the most cultural insensitive companies of all time. Hassan and Daivari. Hornswaggle. La resistance. The boogeyman. And those are the last decade. This is not a test.

Akeem. Slick, Kamala....

But thats also one of the reasons why the WWE had to fire Hogan. Can you imagine the backlash if they wouldve kept Hogan given its history.

# 47 ZB9 @ 07/25/15 05:13 PM

Hogan was in the middle of one large narcotics binge when he said those things. That is not an excuse however. Let this be a lesson to you kids, stay away from the narcotics mmkay.

but maybe it was Thunderlips who said those things and not Hulk?

# 48 ZB9 @ 07/25/15 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	There is actually a difference between Cooper and Hogan imo. Cooper's comments were brought on by anger. He wanted to get backstage at a concert, was drunk and a black security guard wouldnt let him backstage. So he flipped out and called the security guard a racist slur.

I dont know how to compare it to Cooper, but Hogan had just gone through a bad divorce. His family was falling apart and he became addicted to drugs and alcohol. He was supposedly suicidal during 2008 and was not exactly mentally healthy during that particular time. He has stated repeatedly that he has since given up alcohol and drugs, found Christianity and has been trying to clean his life up. That is not an excuse for Hogan, he still has to answer for his actions, but i dont see how Cooper's actions are more forgivable than Hogan's.

# 49 J_Posse @ 07/25/15 05:24 PM

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	I think Riley Cooper is still a racist. I dont recall Vick doing anything racist (it was all dogfighting I though). There is actually a difference between Cooper and Hogan imo. Cooper's comments were brought on by anger. He wanted to get backstage at a concert, was drunk and a black security guard wouldnt let him backstage. So he flipped out and called the security guard a racist slur. Hogan was at home and relaxing with a woman he was sleeping with. What he said and the way he said it was matter of fact. It wasnt emotional. He was describing the situation with his daughter and he was stating an opinion. Neither situation is right and neither is really forgivable in my opinion. Its been two years since the incident and you wont catch me wearing a Riley Cooper jersey. Just like I wont buy a Hulk Rules shirt. Finally, I just find it hard to believe that a 50 yr old man with as much life experience as Hogan is all of a sudden going to see the light and not harbor those thoughts anymore.

I can respect that you, on an individual level, aren't a forgiving (or easily forgiving) person but as a whole society can't operate that way.

And much like Michael Vick - the level of animal cruelty he displayed during that period of dog fighting (which is illegal) can't be dismissed- and (again) Riley Cooper or John Rocker, Hogan should try and rehabilitate his image while also seeking counseling to figure out why he has such deep seeded hatred of Black people.

We as people can either accept the apology or not. We'll have to see how it goes from here and how much worse the other video recordings are.

His legacy is severely tarnished by all of this and many, many people will never, ever either respect or like him as person or wrestler. Yet, his accomplishments can never be truly "erased" because he essentially was the WWE during the 1980's. Like I stated earlier, I'm disgusted and saddened that a childhood hero could say such vile things and harbor these sort of feelings.

He owes every person he's ever worked with in or outside of the ring of Black descent a sincere and heartfelt apology. Not some bull**** statement read to the media.

# 50 redsox4evur @ 07/25/15 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by oneamongthefence


	I can't blame wwe for letting him go but it's also the most cultural insensitive companies of all time. Hassan and Daivari. Hornswaggle. La resistance. The boogeyman. And those are the last decade. This is not a test.

What's wrong with The Boogeyman and Hornswoggle? I see those as fictitious characters the boogeyman and a leprechaun. Never really thought those were racist.

# 51 countryboy @ 07/25/15 05:55 PM

Whether Hogan is in the game or not, I could careless as I've never been a fan of his. The only thing I hope is that his music is somehow still in the game, although I highly doubt, since I have a created wrestler that uses his music.

# 52 TripleCrown9 @ 07/25/15 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by redsox4evur


	What's wrong with The Boogeyman and Hornswoggle? I see those as fictitious characters the boogeyman and a leprechaun. Never really thought those were racist.

In the sense of the way they use/used Hornswoggle, it was insensitive to the Irish.

# 53 aholbert32 @ 07/25/15 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by J_Posse


	I can respect that you, on an individual level, aren't a forgiving (or easily forgiving) person but as a whole society can't operate that way. And much like Michael Vick - the level of animal cruelty he displayed during that period of dog fighting (which is illegal) can't be dismissed- and (again) Riley Cooper or John Rocker, Hogan should try and rehabilitate his image while also seeking counseling to figure out why he has such deep seeded hatred of Black people. We as people can either accept the apology or not. We'll have to see how it goes from here and how much worse the other video recordings are. His legacy is severely tarnished by all of this and many, many people will never, ever either respect or like him as person or wrestler. Yet, his accomplishments can never be truly "erased" because he essentially was the WWE during the 1980's. Like I stated earlier, I'm disgusted and saddened that a childhood hero could say such vile things and harbor these sort of feelings. He owes every person he's ever worked with in or outside of the ring of Black descent a sincere and heartfelt apology. Not some bull**** statement read to the media.

Why cant the black community (the community thats been offended) operate that way? Why do we have to forgive Hogan or Rocker or Coope?. Honesty, I dont think the black community has forgiven Rocker or Cooper at all. They are still used as examples of racist athletes. No one references their apologies or rehabilitation.

Now their black teammates may have forgiven them but they kind of have to because they want to keep their jobs. Just like I'm not in the position to quit my job just because one of my co-workers is racist.

# 54 LingeringRegime @ 07/25/15 06:07 PM

I don't know what is more sad, Hogan himself in being a racist, or people here defending his actions.

I grew up during Hogan's popularity height, but what the dude said is absolutely inexcusable. He needs to disappear with Donald Sterling.

# 55 ZB9 @ 07/25/15 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	Why cant the black community (the community thats been offended) operate that way? Why do we have to forgive Hogan or Rocker or Coope?. Honesty, I dont think the black community has forgiven Rocker or Cooper at all. They are still used as examples of racist athletes. No one references their apologies or rehabilitation. Now their black teammates may have forgiven them but they kind of have to because they want to keep their jobs. Just like I'm not in the position to quit my job just because one of my co-workers is racist.

Rocker didnt say anything about blacks though.

# 56 ZB9 @ 07/25/15 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by LingeringRegime


	I don't know what is more sad, Hogan himself in being a racist, or people here defending his actions.

Who has defended his actions? example

# 57 mercalnd @ 07/25/15 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by aholbert32


	Finally, I just find it hard to believe that a 50 yr old man with as much life experience as Hogan is all of a sudden going to see the light and not harbor those thoughts anymore.

I agree with you 100% but I'd like to point out that he's actually 61. That in no way alters the point you're making but it sures makes me (and others I'm sure) feel like I'm getting old.

# 58 aholbert32 @ 07/25/15 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ZB9


	Rocker didnt say anything about blacks though.

He called teammate Randall Simon (who is from Curacao but resembles a black man) a "fat monkey".

# 59 aholbert32 @ 07/25/15 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mercalnd


	I agree with you 100% but I'd like to point out that he's actually 61. That in no way alters the point you're making but it sures makes me (and others I'm sure) feel like I'm getting old.

LOL. Thanks. Makes me feel old as hell too. If anything him being a decade older makes it less likely that he would change.

# 60 LingeringRegime @ 07/25/15 06:15 PM

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	Who has defended his actions? example

Just read the first page in this thread.

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