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MICK FOLEY, FRED OTTMAN ON HULK HOGAN'S PASSING AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2025-07-26 13:29:00

WRAL TV in North Carolina featured comments from Mick Foley on Hulk Hogan's passing.

Nashville's News Channel 5 featured Fred "Typhoon" Ottman's comments on Hogan's passing at this link.  "My son was the first one who got ahold of me," Ottman said. "'Dad, you just hear? Hulk died.' To lose somebody like that who you broke bread with and traveled with, it's an emotional deal.  It was all these great guys along with a great leader. It was amazing working with him."

PBS covered the passing of Hulk Hogan at this link.

The Associated Press featured a piece on how black wrestling fans are reacting to Hogan's legacy given the racist remarks he was caught saying while he didn't know he was being recorded on the tape that became the center of the Gawker lawsuit.

The New York Times featured a piece on how monumental Hulk Hogan's WCW heel turn was in 1996.

Alaska News Source featured the reaction from local independent stars on Hogan's passing.

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