Why Hulk Hogan’s WWE Raw Backlash Is Self-Inflicted

Hulk Hogan (Photo Credit: Mike Kalasnik/Flickr)For the uninitiated, a “heel” in wrestling spaces is someone who generates negative emotions from the crowd during a match.Every Generation X wrestling fan remembers everything about wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, from when he picked up and slammed Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania to orchestrating the formation of pro wrestling’s most iconic faction, the New World Order (NWO), his match with The Rock, and everything in between.Unlike WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, Hogan, unfortunately, sees color.Due to Hogan’s real-life heel turn, which includes racist incidents, his wrestling-adjacent persona took a nasty hit earlier this week during the most important moment in wrestling history when WWE debuted “Raw” on the streaming service Netflix.When Hogan’s “Real American” theme song rang out as he entered the arena, fans booed him with the type of heat he’s probably never heard. Hulk Hogan getting boo’d out of the arena