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Rob Van Dam Doesn’t Get Why Fans Booing Hulk Hogan WWE Raw’s Netflix Debut Is Big News

January 18, 2025 | Posted by Andrew Ravens
Hulk Hogan WWE Raw Netflix debut Image Credit: Netflix

On the latest episode of 1 Of A Kind, Rob Van Dam talked about Hulk Hogan being booed by the fans in LA at the WWE Raw on Netflix premiere and more. You can check out some highlights below:

On the backlash: “Of course, I did see video of Hulk Hogan’s part of the show on every single website and news platform that there is online. Everybody picked that up, and they still are. Why is that such big news? ‘Pro Wrestler is booed at a wrestling event.’ I understand why it’s so hot. And I mean, Hogan, he’s controversial and quite possibly the most recognizable celebrity on the planet, so I get where that’s hot.”

On Hogan’s rollercoaster reputation: “They light him up, and they let him cool down, light him up. Lights himself up, he cools down. He goes through cycles and always seems to dig himself back out mostly, and then bury himself again. And this one, I’m trying to figure out why everybody is so into this moment that Hulk Hogan got booed.”

On whether fans might be overanalyzing the situation: “I think maybe, one factor that I suspect — but I don’t know. Everybody wants to fake-ify wrestling so much. People don’t like to feel like they don’t understand something, anything really. But they want to believe that they do have an understanding of how everything works. And I think that people — maybe one of the reasons that it’s such a big topic is because people are thinking, ‘This wasn’t their plan. WWE didn’t want people to boo him. Hulk didn’t want people to boo him. He was supposed to get big cheers, and the people doesn’t like him, so they booed him.’”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit 1 Of A Kind an h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.

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