Hulk Hogan Explains Why He’s Fine Getting Booed — Even in Major Cities

WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan is still seen as a controversial figure by many fans, which led to loud boos during his appearance on the January 6 episode of Monday Night RAW. He continues to get negative reactions at certain events, and he has now addressed getting booed and how he handles them.

While speaking to Alfred Konuwa, Hulk Hogan was asked why he sometimes gets booed during public appearances and if he plans to fix his image for the people who don’t like him and if he has a way to handle them.

Hogan explained that many people forget wrestling is a show. He said even big stars like The Rock get booed sometimes, depending on the city. Hogan said he’s been booed in places like Los Angeles as well, but those moments still get tons of attention online.

Hogan mentioned that lots of people give him advice about why he gets booed or what he should change, but then in other cities like New York or Chicago, the crowd cheers for him. So he wonders if he should ask those same people what to do when the crowd loves him.

“Well, it’s kind of weird, because a lot of people forget that professional wrestling is a work. And so, I’ve seen The Rock in Vegas. I love him to death. I’ve seen The Rock in Vegas, I’ve seen The Rock in LA, and they booed him out of the building. Hulk Hogan goes to LA, they boo him out of the building and everybody, bam, what is it? 3.2 billion interactions or something? Just crazy numbers.

A lot of people have advice and a lot of people have opinions about why I got booed or stuff that I should fix or not fix. But then I’ll go to New York or I’ll go to Chicago and they’ll cheer me out of the building, and I should probably turn to those same people that gave me advice before and ask them, ‘What do I do about people cheering me now?'”

Hogan said he’s used to getting both cheers and boos, and that no reaction at all would be a real problem. He said haters are always going to hate, and he’s changed a lot over time, just like when he joined the nWo. He’s changed how he lives and what he believes in, but there will always be people who criticize him.

In the end, the Hulkster said he’s gotten so used to people talking about him that if they stopped, he wouldn’t feel like himself anymore. He said his whole career has been like this, being both loved and hated.

“So, I’m so used to being cheered or booed, it’s kind of like if you don’t get a reaction, there’s a serious, serious problem.

A lot of the haters are going to hate, brother. And at the end of the day, I switched gears a couple of times, like the nWo. I switched gears with my lifestyle, I switched gears with what I believe in. There’s always going to be somebody that jumps in there.

So, I’m so used to it, that if they weren’t nipping at my heels, I wouldn’t feel alive or wouldn’t even feel relative. So I’m really kind of used to it. My whole career has been like this.”

As reported earlier, on top of the chorus of boos, off-camera chants of “F*** Hulk Hogan” could be heard throughout the arena. In fact, the likes of Seth Rollins also believe that the WWE Hall of Famer deserved all the boos he received in California.

Despite all the boos he gets, the WWE Hall of Famer is still a major name in the world of professional wrestling and that’s never going to change, which is Hogan is simply used to getting booed now.

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