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The legend of the Hulk Hogan struggle died Thursday at the age of 71, and another WWE icon paid tribute to one of its heroes.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson published on social networks an emotional ode to the wrestler “The Immortal”, which he called “a childhood hero”.
“In 1984, I gave you your” Hulkster “banner, in the locker room of Madison Square Garden – I was the lucky kid [that] I caught when you threw it into the crowd. You fight “Mr Wonderful”, Paul Orndorff that evening in the main event, “recalls Johnson.
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Hollywood Hulk Hogan and The Rock at Wrestlemania X8. (George Pimentel / Wireimage)
“You were shocked and so happy after the match because you told me that it was your latest banner and if you hadn’t made you a fact that you would not be made and you would give me more hulkster garden as a thank you gift.” Boy. “
Johnson then returned to his legendary match at the Rogers Center of Wrestlemania X8, a match that Johnson said “had to decide who would descend into history, as the biggest of all time”. There remains one of the biggest games of all time and which has defined the history of the struggle.
The post presented the fight on a small television, recalling that of the late 90s and the early 2000s.
Hollywood Hulk Hogan and The Rock at Wrestlemania X8 (George Pimentel / Wireimage)
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Hollywood Hulk Hogan and The Rock at Wrestlemania X8. (George Pimentel / Wireimage)
WWE paid tribute to Hogan during the Friday evening edition of “Smackdown!” With a greeting of 10 beautiful, with many of his current superstars, and some of Hogan’s former enemies, on stage.
The tribute included decorated hogan clips wrestling And its entertainment ventures outside the ring. The crowd of Smackdown broke out in applause and a song of “Hogan! Hogan!” After the end of the video.
