(26 Jul 2025)
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Cleveland, Ohio – 25 July 2025
1. Wide of crowd waiting in line
2. Various of t-shirts being sold outside arena, reading (English): "Hulkamania lives forever"
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kyleena Kendall, WWE event attendee:
"He’s a big part of my childhood. I literally grew up watching him. My favorite wrestler was Shawn Michaels. I remember my first event being Raw, and it was the feud between Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan, and everybody was cheering for Hulk Hogan, and Shawn Michaels was heel for the first time, and it my first time seeing him live, and I was so upset because he was my favorite. But when you’re facing Hulk Hogan, you know what I’m saying? Everybody’s going to cheer for him, of course."
4. Various of Kendall walking into arena
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kyleena Kendall, WWE event attendee:
"It’s hard to support somebody who has such controversial views like that. You know, racism is not okay. And so it’s hard to be like, ‘Oh, I still love him anyways.’ But I still respect him as a wrestler. He’s still one of the greatest ever. You can’t take away his legacy because of his personal views."
6. Mid of people in line
7. SOUNDBITE (English) DJ Digianantonio, event attendee:
"My family, we had all the little wrestling figures and stuff when we were little. We had the pillow buddies and we’d wrestle with that. And Hulk Hogan was definitely one of my favorites growing up."
8. Close of Jayce James holding sign reading (English): "Thank you Hogan! Forever immortal RIP"
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jayce James, event attendee:
"I like his music, his wrestling style, he had lots of good rivals."
10. Various of arena exterior, people outside
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Krista Toutant, event attendee:
"He was so funny. He had such a persona, the brother, and I loved it. He was such a, he loved his country. I love that about him."
12. Various of arena exterior
STORYLINE:
Wrestling fans gathered in Cleveland, Ohio Friday, for a WWE Friday Night SmackDown one day after icon in professional wrestling, Hulk Hogan died.
Hogan, the mustachioed, headscarf-wearing, bicep-busting icon of professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and stretched his influence into TV, pop culture and conservative politics during a long and scandal-plagued second act, died Thursday in Florida at age 71.
Hogan was pronounced dead at a hospital less than 90 minutes after medics in Clearwater arrived at his home to answer a morning call about a cardiac arrest, police said.
Fans said they were excited Friday night’s events, but many had Hogan in mind.
"He was so funny," Krista Toutant said. "He loved his country. I love that about him."
AP Video shot by Patrick Aftoora-Orsagos
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