While appearing in Netflix’s docuseries “Hulk Hogan: Real American”, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque talked about several topics. One of the highlights was his revelation that he was the one who called the late WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan to inform him that the company was terminating their relationship after Hogan’s racist comments emerged in 2015.
This is what Triple H said, “At that point, there was still a relationship business-wise between Hulk Hogan and WWE. When all the stuff came out, I’m the guy who had to call and say, ‘We can’t move forward, Terry. We’re done.’ Hogan is one of the biggest legends in the history of this business, that’s undeniable. I didn’t fire Hulk Hogan. I fired Terry Bollea.”
The incident began when a tape emerged featuring Hulk Hogan making racist comments from his 2007 sex tape. As a result, Hogan was removed from the WWE Hall of Fame and all of WWE's digital platforms. He was later welcomed back to WWE and reinstated into the Hall of Fame in 2018. Hogan was also inducted into the Hall of Fame again as part of the nWo. This year, his iconic match against Andre the Giant at WrestleMania III was recognized as the Immortal Moment. Hogan passed away in July of last year.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
