Fans, wrestlers react to death of Hulk Hogan
HIGHER EDUCATION. THOSE STORIES
AND MORE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR
AS THE ATLANTA. OKAY. THANK
YOU, JERROLD. SO TODAY, PRO
WRESTLING FANS AROUND THE WORLD
ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF FORMER
WRESTLING LEGEND HULK HOGAN.
HOGAN DIED AT HIS CLEARWATER
HOME EARLIER TODAY. HE WAS 71
YEARS OLD. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE. WRAL. SEAN GALLAGHER
IS LIVE AT GALAXY CON RALLY
GETTING REACTION FROM PRO
WRESTLERS IN TOWN FOR THE
EVENT. BUT FIRST, LET'S GO TO
BRIAN SHRADER IN THE LIVE
CENTER. BRIAN, HERE'S WHAT
WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT HULK
HOGANS DEATH THIS MORNING.
POLICE IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
SAY THAT THEY GOT THE CALL
ABOUT A CARDIAC ARREST AT HIS
HOME.
>> AND THAT HOGAN WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL
LESS THAN 90 MINUTES LATER.
POLICE SAY THERE IS NO SIGN OF
FOUL PLAY IN ALL OF THIS.
NOW, OF COURSE, BACK IN THE
1980'S HOLCOMB MANIA TOOK THE
THEATRICAL NATURE OF
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING AND
REALLY PUSHED IT INTO THE
MAINSTREAM LATER IN HIS CAREER,
HE HOSTED THE WAS THE SUBJECT
OF A REALITY SHOW ON VH ONE
WAS A PLAY HIMSELF IN MANY
MOVIES AND TV SHOWS AND HE ALSO
GOT INVOLVED IN POLITICS IN
RECENT YEARS, INCLUDING
APPEARING AT LAST YEAR'S
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.
NOW, AS LENA MENTIONED, THERE
ARE PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS IN
TOWN TODAY AS GALAXY CON GETS
STARTED IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH.
WE SENT WRAL SHAUN GALLAGHER TO
THE CONVENTION CENTER TO GET
THEIR REACTION TO THE PASSING
OF FULL COVID SHOWING.
>> AND BRIAN, THERE WILL BE A
NUMBER OF WRESTLERS HERE OVER
THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. YOU CAN SEE THEIR NAMES
HERE. NORTH CAROLINA'S OWN
PARTY BOYS WILL BE HERE ALONG
WITH A LOT OF OTHER BIG NAMES,
ALL OF AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF
THEIR SUCCESS TO HOLD KOGAN.
NOW HE DIDN'T LIVE A PERFECT
LIFE BY ANY MEANS, BUT HE TRULY
PAVED THE WAY FOR WHAT
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING IS.
AS WE KNOW.
HE WAS AN ICON. HE'S ONE OF
THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE
HISTORY. REST.
>> EVERYBODY LOVED POCO, BUT
NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY.
I THINK WITH OUT THE N WORD
THING THAT HAPPENED WITHIN OR
PEOPLE WHO ARE BLACK, THE WEST
AND FANS LIKE MYSELF.
>> WE GREW UP WITH IT.
IDOLIZING POCO GUN. IT FELT
LIKE A STABBING ABOUT.
>> WHAT HULK HOGANS PASSING IS
SURPRISING TO FANS AND FOES
ALIKE WAS ALMOST SHOT BECAUSE
HE WAS ONE OF THOSE GUYS WHO
WAS LARGER THAN LIFE MAKE FULLY
FACED OFF AGAINST HULK HOGAN
MANY TIMES IN HIS OWN LEGENDARY
PRO WRESTLING CAREER ON.
AND I KNOW NOT EVERYONE LIKED
IT WHEN HOME CAME INTO TOWN,
BUT IT WAS A SENSE OF LIKE A
WHOLE LOT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING
TO GREATER HEIGHTS AND WE EVER
IMAGINED IN THIS IS THE GUY
DOING IT.
>> THAT'S WHAT HE DID FOR US
FROM HANDLEBARS. THE WHOLE
HOGANS LEGACY STILL LIVES ON IN
PRO WRESTLING TODAY. FOLEY SAYS
HE WAS AWAY FROM THE RING WHERE
HIS LEGACY WAS FELT MOST
MEETING WITH CHILDREN FROM THE
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION AND
OTHER CHARITIES. BUT HE WAS HE
WAS GREAT AT IT. HE MADE A LOT
OF PEOPLE HAPPY.
>> ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT HE DID
IN THE RING FOR WRESTLING IN
GENERAL.
>> IT WAS HE WAS HE WAS GREAT
TO US CHILDREN. THAT'S HIS
LEGACY. THAT TO ME, THAT'S HIS
LEGACY BEGINS THERE. IT ENDS
THERE.
>> AND FOLEY TELLS ME HE CAN'T
REMEMBER THE EXACT TIME THAT HE
LAST SPOKE TO HOGAN, BUT HE
SAYS IT WAS OVER THE PHONE AND
IN A WAY THAT ONLY HOGAN COULD.
HE SAID, HEY, BROTHER, WE GOT
TO GO GET DINNER TO DINNER AND
THEY NEVER GOT FULLY WISHES HE
COULD HAVE BACK WITH HIS