Hulk Hogan was “devastated” by the booing he received in his final WWE appearance.
In what ended up being his last time on WWE television before passing away, Hogan was featured on Raw’s Netflix premiere this January, promoting his Real American Beer brand. Hogan was booed by the Los Angeles crowd that night during a brief segment where he appeared alongside Jimmy Hart.
Hart, Hogan’s friend and long-time road manager, paid tribute to Hogan on a new episode of Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw. He opened up about the Netflix premiere, saying that Hogan was affected by the response he received.
Hart was not shocked by the booing and attributed it to Hogan’s support of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, with Hogan having been prominently featured as a speaker at the 2024 Republican National Convention.
“It’s kind of a mixed reaction, but it’s a little bit more boos than anything. But that devastated him. And we got in the back and he said, ‘What do you think happened? I said, ‘Hulk, it’s simple — blue state, red state, [Hogan’s support of] Trump/Vance.’ I mean, really, I said, ‘I’m okay with it.’ He goes, ‘What do you think?’ I said, ‘I’m okay. I felt like I was managing the Hart Foundation against the British Bulldogs or the Killer Bees or somebody,” Hart said.
“But that bothered him because of that. And I said, well, surely people are going to realize what that was for. So the next week we’re in Texas [to promote Real American Beer] and it’s all cheers, you know? But that always bothered him. It sure did.”
Hart said he’s personally not a Democrat or Republican and did not go to the Republican convention with Hogan.
“I’m not a Democrat or a Republican, I’m just a jabroni,” Hart said. “Hulk knew that, okay? So I didn’t go with him to the Republican convention or anything — not because I wanted to hide or wasn’t for Trump or wasn’t for Biden or anybody. I’m just, like I said, a jabroni.”
While appearing on The Pat McAfee Show in February, Hogan discussed the booing he received from the Raw crowd, admitting that the personal scandals from his past may have played a part as well.
“Yeah, of course,” Hogan said. “You do slip and fall a couple times.”
Hogan’s official cause of death was confirmed today with the Pinellas County Forensic Science Center saying that he died of a heart attack. He passed away at 71 years old on July 24 following complications from a surgery that he underwent in May.
WWE has paid tribute to Hogan with 10-bell salutes on SmackDown, Raw, and NXT following his death.
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