Hulk Hogan 'devastated' by boos during final WWE appearance
Late wrestler Hulk Hogan was "devastated" when he was booed by the crowd during his final WWE appearance before his death last month, according to his longtime friend and manager Jimmy Hart.
Hulk Hogan was "devastated" when he was booed by the crowd during his final WWE appearance before his death.
The wrestler - real name Terry Bollea - passed away on July 24 at the age of 71 just six months after he took to the stage at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California in January to make a guest appearance in Netflix's WWE series Raw - and now his his longtime friend and manager Jimmy Hart has revealed Hogan was surprised by the negative reaction from the crowd and it "bothered him".
During an appearance on the Stories With Brisco and Bradshaw podcast, Jimmy explained: "We go out and we had a mixed reaction. You can have 500 people cheering you and one person booing you, but I’ll be darned if that one person doesn’t outshine [the people cheering].
"It’s a mixed reaction, but it’s a little bit more boos than anything. That devastated him."
Jimmy suggested the crowd's reaction was linked to Hogan's support for US President Donald Trump after previously appearing at the Republican National Convention last year to back the reality star's to return to the White House.
He added: "We got in the back and he said: ‘What do you think happened?’ I said: 'Hulk, it’s simple, blue state, red state. Boom' ...
"But that bothered him because of that ... Then the next week we’re in Texas, and it’s all cheers, you know, but that always bothered him. It sure did."
Hogan's appearance at the event was part of the celebrations marking WWE's move to Netflix and he was seen ignoring the jeers and telling the crowd: "In the past, I’ve had a whole bunch of partners down the line.
"I had incredible partners, like the Macho Man Randy Savage. I’ve had giant-sized partners like Andre the Giant.
"But the greatest partner the WWE has ever had, is the fact that tonight, we’re making history, and the WWE has tag teamed up with Netflix, the greatest tag team partner of all time."
Hogan died in July after suffering an acute myocardial infarction - more commonly known as a heart attack - and documents obtained by the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column also revealed he had secretly battled cancer in the past.
The publication reported Hogan had a history of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), a type of cancer affecting white blood cells, though this was never made public.
