If you'��re WWE, you'��re going to fire the company'��s most iconic pro wrestler.
Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan was body-slammed by WWE on Friday when it was revealed he went off on a racist tirade in his infamous sex tape that's at the center of a lawsuit with Gawker, according to reports.
Hogan is heard spewing hate speech in a conversation about his daughter, Brooke, and her African-American boyfriend, sources told Radar Online and The National Enquirer:
"��I mean, I'��d rather if she was going to f'k some n'��-r, I'd rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n'��-r worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player! I guess we'��re all a little racist. F'king n'-r."
WWE has scrubbed Hogan from several online platforms, according to a report by Wresting Inc.: His profile was removed from the Alumni section of WWE'��s website, related merchandise was removed from its online shop and Hogan was removed from the cast listing for Tough Enough, a WWE-produced reality series.
"WWE terminated its contract with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan), said a statement from WWE." "��WWE is committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as demonstrated by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide."
Hogan followed with a boiler-plate apology later Friday morning.
"��Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation. It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it,"�� Hogan said in a statement given to People magazine.
"This is not who I am. I believe very strongly that every person in the world is important and should not be treated differently based on race, gender, orientation, religious beliefs or otherwise. I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs."
Hogan first alluded to the discord with a cryptic tweet posted early Friday:
The backdrop for this controversy is the ongoing lawsuit in which Hogan "�� call him Terry Bollea in court, please " is suing Gawker Media for $100 million for invasion of privacy, after the website published a clip from the 2006 sex tape allegedly featuring Hogan and the then-wife of his then-best friend. The trial was set to start July 6, but was postponed with an October hearing and no new trial date.
Friday'��s reputation-puncturing revelations about Hogan �� whose stage persona exhorted kids to say their prayers and take their vitamins �� surely help Gawker'��s defense.
Hogan has a history with the n-word. Online wrestling forums dusted off a years-old radio interview on DJ Whoo'��s SiriusXM show in which Hogan uses the slur several times in telling a story.
DJ Whoo Kidd asked: "You'��ve been saying brother�� for years. Any black guy ever say, "��Yo, you my n—-r, you my n—-r, Hulk��?"
Hogan replied: "Well, Booker T [a black ex-wrestler] used to say that to me on TV, and, you know, every time I pull up YouTube there'��s that famous thing that Booker T �� goes, "��I'��m coming for you, my n—-r."
"��They'��re all calling me n—-r, and then I started saying it and you know, I always said it, but now all of a sudden I get heat when I said it."
http://nypost.com/2015/07/24/why-is-wwe-frantically-scrubbing-hulk-hogan-mentions/
Yup, I think he is finished. It's sad too because this guy was a role model for me when growing up.

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Lpdon
on Wed 09/02/15 10:23 PM