Hulk Hogan’s Death & Legacy | Pollock & Thurston

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4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston are joined by David Bixenspan (Between the Sheets) to discuss the life, death, and complex legacy of Terry Bollea a.k.a. Hulk Hogan. We cover the reaction to Hogan’s passing, his controversial lawsuit against Gawker, and how the media has handled the coverage of his death.

Also on the show:

Update on the WWE Ring Boy lawsuit
Vince McMahon involved in major car wreck
Latest on AEW lawsuit filed by Christopher Dispensa

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0:00.0	This month at Post Wrestlingcafe.com, go Excel, and you get live editions of Rewind to Raw,
0:06.2	rewind a dynamite, and rewind a Smackdown, featuring all the news of the day, your questions
0:11.1	and answers, as well as feedback. Post Wrestlingcafe.com. $6 gets you in the door.
0:18.6	Brandon Thurston from WrestleMania is up next, and we're going to follow Brandon with John Pollack from Post Wrestling.
0:26.8	Thank you, Lynn. Good afternoon, everyone.
0:30.1	But we can't ignore the math, okay? We can't ignore the data.
0:35.6	Go on Google Trends, type in your name, then type in mine.
0:39.6	You're a straight line.
0:40.9	I'm a pyramid.
0:42.3	I like the very direct question on that.
0:44.6	Television ratings, downward spiral.
0:47.6	Fire rates, plummeting.
0:49.6	The time is now to turn the math around.
1:00.7	And we are back.
1:05.4	It is Pollock and Thurston here on Wednesday, July the 30th.
1:08.6	I am John Pollock, reporting live from Toronto.
1:12.4	Brandon Thurston from an undisclosed location.
1:13.5	How are you, Brandon?
1:15.0	I'm fine.
1:20.2	I'm in an undisclosed sector of an undisclosed facility and an undisclosed location.
1:21.3	Yes.
1:27.9	You can confirm you are not in the WWE host hotel in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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