Hulk Hogan Tribute: Iconic Moments, Wrestling Legacy & Politics

Ruthless Podcast

News, Politics

4.6 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Join the Ruthless Variety Program crew; Josh Holmes, Comfortably Smug, Michael Duncan, and John Ashbrook, for a heartfelt tribute to Hulk Hogan. Reflecting on his larger-than-life legacy as an 80s icon, from Hulkamania and WWF triumphs to his epic RNC moment supporting Trump, the fellas discuss how wrestling mirrors American politics (shoutout to Vince McMahon's Netflix doc). Packed with laughs: Childhood Hulk sightings, wrestling games, concert tales from Chicago to Fleetwood Mac, Hunter Biden's savage Pod Bros takedown, Dem hypocrisy on Biden's age, and sports blunders like NFL mishaps. Question of the Day: Your favorite Hulk Hogan moment? Subscribe, rate 5 stars, and visit ruthlesspodcast.com for free bumper stickers. Unfiltered fun on politics, culture, and more—stay ruthless! Our Sponsors:➢Pass working family tax cuts. Learn more at https://www.onenationamerica.org/➢Want to make a difference in your community? https://takeonesmallstep.org/ Join AFP's grass-roots efforts at https://afpvolunteer.com/➢Find out the true power of America's oil and natural gas. Go to https://lightsonenergy.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And I said, let Trump a media run wild, brother.
0:05.0	You know my first thought watching that live was,
0:08.0	there's no way you're gonna beat Donald Trump.
0:10.0	I totally agree.
0:11.0	Like, if he has now captured this cultural moment beyond politics
0:15.0	after that assassination attempt at Butler,
0:17.0	that you've got Hulk Hogan,
0:19.0	the childhood hero of millions of Americans.
0:22.9	Right.
0:23.2	They're on the stage ripping his shirt off.
0:25.1	Yeah.
0:25.9	Kamala Harris, you just lost.
0:27.4	I think it's actually interesting.
0:29.2	You can learn a lot about politics by understanding wrestling.
0:31.8	100%.
0:32.4	That was my one takeaway from the Netflix Vince McMahon thing is if you want to understand how we got to this
0:39.2	era in American politics, watch that documentary.
0:41.3	I mean, look no further than WW Hall of Famer, Donald J. Trump.
0:44.9	Right, exactly.
0:46.3	Right.
0:47.3	America is back.
0:50.1	Thanks to President Trump and leader John Thune's working family tax cuts, we stopped the biggest tax hike in history.
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