(24 Jul 2025)
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Cleveland – 24 July 2025
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Zachary Marich, Hulk Hogan fan:
"He was an icon. He really meant something that like people like the just the, the drama king. They had, they had it locked down on the entertainment. And then, that, you know (unintelligible). And then Macho Man, remember him? They were, they were the cream of the crop."
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Clearwater, Florida – 24 July 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rich Null, Hulk Hogan fan:
"We’d be in here, you know, he recognized us. He knew who we were. So, always, I mean we weren’t like close friends, but I went up to his house. I seen some of his cars."
Reporter: "So you’ve known him for a number of years then."
Null: "Actually, I met him when I was a freshman in high school in St. Louis. My baseball coach was a referee for wrestling at the Chase."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rich Null, Hulk Hogan fan:
"I mean, I grew up with him as a wrestling idol, you know, because I was big into wrestling, you know, the WWF and all that. And then when I finally got to meet him and got to meet him as a person, you know, 30 minutes into our workout in the gym, he said, cut the Hulk Hogan crap, call me Terry. You know, and you know, he just, he was a really super nice guy and we’re really gonna miss him."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Unidentified, Hulk Hogan fan:
"Well , Hulk is the best. I met him at CVS (drug store). And I said to him, ‘Hulk.’ I said ‘Hulk, How you doing?’ I was afraid to say hello to him. I was so nervous."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Unidentified, Hulk Hogan fan:
[UPSOUND] Reporter: "Tell me how you feel about him today."
Fan: "Very depressed."
[UPSOUND] Reporter: "Why is that?"
Fan: "Because there’ll never be another Hulk. And I met him in person at CVS. I had my picture taken with him."
STORYLINE:
Pro wrestling fans across the nation reacted Thursday to the death of Hulk Hogan, and iconic figure in the entertainment sports world.
Hulk 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.
"He was an icon. He really meant something that like people like the just the, the drama king. They had, they had it locked down on the entertainment," said Zachary Marich in Cleveland.
In Clearwater, Florida, fans went to some places where they’d initially met Hogan, like Rich Null.
"We’d be in here, you know, he recognized us. He knew who we were. So, always, I mean we weren’t like close friends, but I went up to his house. I seen some of his cars," Null said.
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