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Hulk Hogan had a figure larger than life and left an indelible mark on the professional struggle industry during his career extending over several decades.
Hogan died on Thursday after the first stakeholders came to a call for cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater, Florida.
He was 71 years old.
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Hollywood Hulk Hogan puts a strangulation on the neck of the Utah Jazz Karl Malone basketball star in an à la carte struggle on July 12, 1998, in San Diego. (APTO Photo / Lenny Ignilzi, File)
The star of the professional struggle Aron Stevens, who performs in the National Wrestling Alliance, remembered Hogan in a declaration to PK Press Club Digital. Stevens also played WWE as Damien Sandow.
“Hulk Hogan is someone he woven in Americaa’s fabric. He embodied all the principles and ideals that were good for America,” said Stevens. “And when he took importance for the first time in the 80s, it was a time when, as a country, we were not as divided as we are now.
“Everyone was proud to be an American, and Hulk was the personification of this. From his battles with the Sheik of Iron to the SGT. Slaughter during the Iraqi war, Hulk was someone that everyone could encourage because he represented, with regard to his character in the ring, the best of what this country is.”
Stevens, whose real name is Aron Haddad, recalled the appearance of Hogan to the National Republican Convention and a rally at Madison Square Garden and how he won one of the greatest pop of these events.
Aaron Stevens manages a blunt trauma (NWA / HIBAN HUERTA)
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He also noted the impact Hogan had about young fans.
“When you look back on his life, every sick child whom he made to smile and made them forget that they were sick, every child he inspired to live a better life, to do the right thing, every adult he inspired, everyone is something that most people, I don’t think they think enough,” he said.
The death of Hogan has shaken the world of sports and entertainment. He was about to launch a real American freestyle to help put the wrestling on the map.
Donald Trump and the wrestler Champion Hulk Hogan in Wrestlemania VL at the Hall Convention in Atlantic City, NJ, March 29, 1987. (Images Jeffrey Asher / Getty)
“Obviously, he will never be forgotten, but he was a pioneer,” said Stevens. “He was really the first of his kind, and I don’t think we will never see another person like Hulk Hogan again in the struggle. So Hulk rests in peace.”
