• bizarroland
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    715 months ago

    Kind of makes me wonder what hulk Hogan was doing at that time to make Andre so upset with him.

    • [email protected]
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      1065 months ago

      Probably the same things he’s doing today- lying, stealing, shit talking, and engaging in casual bigotry.

    • The Quuuuuill
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      575 months ago

      Hulk Hogan was close personal friends with someone that raped Andre the Giant’s best friend. Also keyfabe got Andre needing to say the thing because that’s how the business works. But also its easier to make your keyfabe hatred of someone believable when you actually factually hate that person. Which in this case Andre the Giant did

      • @WaxedWookie
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        255 months ago

        There was also the fact that Hogan ratted out the wrestlers attempts to unionise, leading directly to the terrible working conditions that persist to this day… All because he liked being paid the most.

        There’s a lot more to it, but these examples should begin to paint a picture of the kind of guy he is.

        • The Quuuuuill
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          35 months ago

          Fair enough. I wasn’t including the unionization efforts because I thought that was after Andre’s time, but it was a couple years before his retirement

          • @WaxedWookie
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            25 months ago

            Yeah - fair. As I said though, it all speaks to the kind of scumbag the guy is.

        • @[email protected]
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          95 months ago

          There are some times when i believe i’m only as old as i feel. And there are other times when i realize i’m actually just Abe Simpson with an onion still on my belt yelling at clouds.

        • Cadeillac
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          35 months ago

          See my above reply if you are actually curious

      • Cadeillac
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        65 months ago

        This definitely feels kayfabe with some shoot undertones

        • Track_ShovelOP
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          75 months ago

          You keep using that word, and [I’m] not sure [I] what it means!

          • Cadeillac
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            145 months ago

            Kayfabe means scripted or in character, or ‘fake’ as people like to say. Shoot means off script, or it is real. Shoot fight means the guys in the ring actually started throwing blows. Shoot interview would be a wrestler speaking their mind off script and out of character