WWE News: Hulk Hogan backtracks on joke about Women’s Royal Rumble

Former WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan seems to have backtracked onhis joke about the Women’s Royal Rumble.Earlier, Hogan sent out a Tweet regarding the Women’s Royal RumbleMatch late Sunday night, however, the post was taken down followingfan-backlash.In case you didn’t know…Hulk Hogan is widely regarded as one of the greatest professionalwrestlers of all time.Game Break: Guess Today’s Mystery Player. Play the BrainbusterGame Now!He has performed for several organizations including the WWE, NJPW,and Impact Wrestling over the course of his long and storied career.

Following his final stint in Impact Wrestling, he returned to the WWE in2014 and worked as an on-screen personality for the promotion untilJuly of 2015, when he was fired from the WWE as they got wind of a fewvideotapes which saw Hogan mouth racist profanities.Nevertheless, Hogan till date, follows the WWE and the sport ofprofessional wrestling closely–often posting his views regarding thesame on social media.

Hogan took to Twitter late Sunday night–the night of the Royal RumblePPV–so as to jest that he wished he was in the Women’s Royal RumbleMatch, as he would’ve thrown all the girls over the top rope. Hogan hassince taken down the post, however, here’s a screenshot of the same(courtesy–@bubblesdelfuego)–

Hulk Hogan’s joke seemed to have struck a nerve with several fans, asthey accused him of directing, what they perceived as misogyny,towards the female talent who partook in the WWE’s Women’s RoyalRumble Match.Do you think Hogan’s joke was uncalled for? Sound off in thecomments!

 

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