{"id":129467,"date":"2025-01-08T04:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T09:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=129467"},"modified":"2025-01-08T10:04:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:04:21","slug":"hulk-hogan-booed-wwe-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/08\/hulk-hogan-booed-wwe-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"Hulk Hogan Booed Out of The Building on WWE Monday Night Raw&#8230;Its About Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 1996, he ushered in a new world order in wrestling. Nearly 30 years later, fans saw Hulk Hogan booed out of the building during his Netflix debut. This historic WWE Monday Night Raw has been widely touted as the &#8220;Netflix era,&#8221; with the promotion&#8217;s flagship programming now being exclusive to the streaming giant and available at any time to a staggering amount of fans, new and old. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What it really is, and was destined to be from the moment the deal was announced, is another new world order in wrestling. Like the last one, some of the most revered relics of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/02\/17\/end-to-the-nostalgia-return-in-wwe\/\" target=\"_self\">past will fade<\/a> into obscurity. This includes the architect of the first and once lovingly deemed immortal, Hulk Hogan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hulk Hogan BOOED During WWE\u2019s Netflix Debut\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tr8CPW8zFCI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hulk Hogan as The Light Beer Salesman<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This episode of Raw was a massive commercial for the concept of wrestling and, of course, for Netflix. Stars under Netflix contracts were in attendance. Some of them, like Richard Gadd, seemed to be there only due to his contract. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE brought out lots of old stars to really sell the show. John Cena started his retirement tour by declaring for the Royal Rumble. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Undertaker gave the new Women&#8217;s Champion, Rhea Ripley, his endorsement. Only two of WWE&#8217;s icons, The Rock and Hulk Hogan, didn&#8217;t appear in support of a current star or story. The Rock did his actual job. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hogan tried to sell his new &#8220;Real American Beer&#8221; after it became an official <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/06\/wwe-hulk-hogan-promote-real-american-beer\/\" target=\"_self\">sponsor of WWE<\/a>.\u00a0 That is the seg<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ment where Hulk Hogan was booed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BIG NEWS, BROTHER! We\u2019re officially part of the WWE family. For the first time, WWE Raw will go global on Netflix, and Real American Beer will be right there for every leg drop, body slam, and high-flying moment. Stay tuned for more on this epic partnership! <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWE<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@netflix<\/a>\u2026 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XhxO4w3Emo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XhxO4w3Emo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real American Beer (@realamerbeer) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realamerbeer\/status\/1876274973779640415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson is a famous pro wrestler. He is also a member of the TKO Board of Directors and just received even more stock in the TKO Holdings Group, which is now worth a total of $41 million. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This is to say that he is the most public face of the company, even in the character role of the evil boss on television. His promo did create some potential issues for future programming, but spokespeople have to speak to investors. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hulk Hogan did not need to talk to a live audience about his beer. It added nothing to the show but a 2-minute bathroom break and an admittedly catchy entrance theme. Social Media and commercials would have been more than enough to sell his fans on the partnership and his beer without the need to cut into WWE programming. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Why Might Hulk Hogan Get That Reaction?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The story is live on several sites, even those with limited wrestling coverage. Many of those stories point to Hogan&#8217;s strong endorsement and eventual campaign surrogacy of WWE Hall of Famer and President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 elections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It isn&#8217;t a bad thought, either. Picking a side politically is a recipe for about half of a room to hate you. Especially if the room is representative of the country at large in any way. Raw is also not the first time the ageing Hogan has appeared on WWE shows. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While his days of commanding massive applause are gone, the booing has never been this loud, and some cheers are usually audible if he isn&#8217;t met with silence. This includes an embarrassing number of appearances after making racial remarks on two occasions, including in a leaked sex tape. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mick Foley on The Undertaker, Trump and the 2024 Election (CNN | Laura Coates Live | 10\/28\/24)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gf2pGTn6dBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While it seems like the political element is the only one to have changed, it doesn&#8217;t explain the reaction. The Undertaker <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/06\/undertaker-marks-return-to-wwe-as-american-bad-ass-on-raw-on-netflix\/\" target=\"_self\">was not booed<\/a> and endorsed the same candidate in the same election, even hosting him on the Six Feet Under podcast. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE&#8217;s Head of Creative, Triple H, has a mother-in-law who will likely be a United States Cabinet Secretary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The founder of WWE is also a political donor, in addition to being under investigation and enhanced scrutiny for harassing and assaulting a subordinate while fostering an unsafe work environment. The reason Hogan specifically isn&#8217;t welcome back today is less about what he has done and more about how he has done it. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fans of Hulk Hogan Booed Him Too<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In this writer&#8217;s opinion, using Hogan&#8217;s real name, Terry Bollea is a misnomer. Bollea ruined one of the greatest names in wrestling history on the industry&#8217;s biggest night in decades. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I could be wrong; I often am, but I do know that WWE fans have broadly forgiven racism, sexism, harassment, and even some criminality. Some people probably still forgive that, although they certainly did not go to the Intuit Dome. Even Pat McAfee, who works for WWE, took a shot at Hogan. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">No, I believe the fans booed him for his unoriginality and his crass abuse of a beloved Hulk Hogan brand. He speaks at political rallies like Hogan, down to the shirt rip. He sells beer like Hulk Hogan, down to the shirt rip. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He even talks about his faith like Hulk Hogan, with an occasional shirt rip. Everything Bollea does is hidden behind the Hulkster.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LADIES AND GENTLEMEN..<\/p>\n<p>WE HAVE A LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE HULKSTER \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#PMSLive<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xz3J0tJU2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/xz3J0tJU2f<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3obbAaZOG0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3obbAaZOG0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatMcAfeeShow\/status\/1876679976914977083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At some point, every fan, even younger fans like myself, watched Hogan&#8217;s matches\u2014not just the good ones, either, but all of them and sometimes even in order. Hulk Hogan was and is a name still synonymous with pro wrestling, but Terry Bollea is not. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Having no credentials or meritorious attributes, he has co-opted Hogan. He used this character, which belonged to fans and history, to enrich himself and espouse his beliefs. Rick Derringer proclaims that the &#8220;Real American&#8221; Hulk Hogan &#8220;fights for the rights of every man.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hogan himself told kids to eat their vitamins, say their prayers, and tell the truth. A historically prolific liar, Hogan is now selling you vitamins and products, telling you the prayers to say, and, yes, deciding whom every man applies to.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Life after Hulk Hogan for WWE Fans<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Anyone being honest will say that WWE has never been better. Many people would say that it is the best overall wrestling product available, although that depends mainly on personal preference. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nobody five years ago would have thought that a Vince McMahon-less WWE would survive. Sure, there was a secret hope, but it was always entirely plausible to most fans that as Mr. McMahon went, so went the WWE. Thankfully, that has not been true. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In part, it is because we didn&#8217;t lose Mr. McMahon, a clearly different entity than Vince. The evil boss isn&#8217;t the same as the person bombarded by allegations. People may not like Undertaker&#8217;s beliefs or his Hot Ones appearances, but Undertaker doesn&#8217;t do that; Mark Calloway, the retired wrestler, does. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fans want <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/01\/new-year-changes-2025-wwe\/\" target=\"_self\">this new era<\/a>, the new world order of wrestling, to leave those men behind but not their place in the broader WWE history we still care for. Nostalgia as a draw is waning, but that doesn&#8217;t mean older fans want to forget what they loved as kids. Hulk Hogan is, like all of us, a flawed human. He is incredibly flawed, but the sentiment stands. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">he<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> removed who he was and co-opted his character, he enraged, over a decade almost, a fan base that had been calling for change. Bollea made a bet that those fans needed Hogan more than he did. He wanted to come along for the ride as a package deal. I speak for myself, and I bet a fair number of fans from the Los Angeles area when I say that doesn&#8217;t work for me, brother.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h2>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013<\/span><\/em> <em>Stay tuned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out WWE programming on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a> (Raw), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Network<\/a> (SmackDown), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The CW<\/a> (NXT), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a> (archives and premium live event streaming). You can follow WWE on social media and relive top moments on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WWE\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1996, he ushered in a new world order in wrestling. Nearly 30 years later, fans saw Hulk Hogan booed out of the building during his Netflix debut. This historic WWE Monday Night Raw has been widely touted as the &#8220;Netflix era,&#8221; with the promotion&#8217;s flagship programming now being exclusive to the streaming giant and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4470,"featured_media":129483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2192,25,4],"tags":[587,9106],"class_list":["post-129467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-wwe","tag-hulk-hogan","tag-raw-on-netflix"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129467"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129495,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129467\/revisions\/129495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}