Currently, there is a lot of speculation regarding Hulk Hogan’s status as a WWE Hall Of Famer following an alleged racist tirade that resulted in him being fired from the promotion.

Hogan is currently not listed in the Hall Of Fame section of the official WWE website, however that is because WWE officials ordered the website to be scrubbed of all Hogan mentions.

According to the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, as of Friday afternoon, a decision had yet to be made regarding Hogan’s WWE Hall Of Fame status. It was also mentioned that Vince McMahon will likely change his mind about certain things as time goes by, and that time may heal some of the wounds.

It’s worth noting that Hogan may not have seen the worst of things yet, as The National Enquirer is promising that more comments from the video will be released in the near future.

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Last night Ring Of Honor Death Before Dishonor XIII took place at the William J Myers Pavilion in Baltimore, Maryland on iPPV.

If you’ve not  had the chance to witness the show for yourself then head on over to the Ring of Honor website at this link and order the event.

Check out the results below:

• Donovan Dijak (w/ Truth Martini) defeated Takaaki Watanabe (Dark Match)
• Silas Young defeated Will Ferrara
• Cedric Alexander defeated Moose
• The Briscoes (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) defeated Roppongi Vice (Baretta and Rocky Romero)
• Adam Cole defeated Dalton Castle
• Adam Page defeated ACH in a No DQ match
• The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian) (c) retained the ROH World Tag Team Titles after defeating reDRagon (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly), The Kingdom (Michael Bennett and Matt Taven), and War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe)
• Jay Lethal (c) (w/ House of Truth) and Roderick Strong ended in a draw after the match went 60-minutes. Lethal therefore retained the ROH World Championship.

– The Thursday, July 23rd edition of WWE SmackDown scored a final cable rating of 1.79, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 1.79 final draw marks an increase compared to last week’s 1.63 rating. Thursday’s SmackDown averaged 2.35 million viewers, which was also up from last week’s show, which scored 2.153 million viewers.

– NXT Champion Finn Balor celebrates hs 34th birthday today. Balor, real name Fergal Devitt, was born on July 25, 1981.

– Pro wrestling veteran Al Snow will be the guest on Jim Ross’ “Ross Report” podcast, which drops next Tuesday night at PodcastOne.com. The official description for the episode reads: “Al Snow, gifted trainer, broadcaster and wrestler talks about his unique career and the wrestlers that he’s trained and the 30+ year career that he’s still enjoying. Talks Smoky Mountain Wrestling, ECW, WWE Attitude Era, TNA and much more. Super show if you want to be in the wrestling business.”

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In light of the fallout surrounding Hulk Hogan’s racist comments that leaked online on Friday and made headlines worldwide, Hogan’s lawyer David Houston spoke to FOX 411 and was asked if he thinks Gawker released the sex tape transcript to damage Hogan’s image and sway the jury in their ongoing $100 million lawsuit. Houston said:

“I have my suspicions, as you can imagine. If I can find out it is Gawker who leaked the transcripts, we will bury them.”

“Hulk Hogan has only one person to blame for what he said and no one from Gawker had any role in leaking that information.”

Houston said that Hogan is devastated by those comments being released to the public and defends that his client is not a racist.

“He sincerely apologizes to his family, friends and fans.” Houston added, “He is not a racist. His history defines him as something different.”

Yesterday the world was talking about the news that Hulk Hogan had made racist remarks which were published online and led to the release of Hogan from his WWE contract.

This has also led to him being removed from the WWE website, the WWE Shop and his replacement for Tough Enough is being discussed throughout social media.

Fellow Hall of Famer Jim Ross took to his blog (jrsbarbq.com) last night to share his thoughts on the Hulk Hogan situation with the world, you can read the post below:

Biggest news story of the day is the Hulk Hogan racist remarks controversy. I’m not sure what I’m expected to say about this sad and unfortunate matter except that there is obviously no place in our world for racism or racist banter. Hulk made a grievous error in judgment, a major mistake, that he will have to live with this rest of his days. One can only hope that every one who this matter touches can learn from it and move forward in a positive manner. The WWE acted quickly and decisively in this matter to which they are to be commended.
In any organization, there should be zero tolerance for matters such as this along with domestic violence and, to a large degree, drug policy violations, as well. The only way changes that are needed in our society can evolve is to penalize the offenders as severely as the law will allow so that those that follow think twice or three times before traveling down the same road.

It will intriguing as to how Hogan will attempt to rehabilitate his damaged image and what the future holds for him. We live in a forgiving society when those that want forgiveness and hopefully that will be the case here over the course of time. No one should celebrate the misery of others nor can these transgressions go unaddressed. Being human, we all make mistakes and all we can hope to accomplish from those errors is to never make them again and to learn from them as well. Hopefully, after his long and memorable career within the squared circle, Hulk Hogan’s lasting legacy will not be that of his actions that have come to light in the past several hours

Following the news that WWE had requested all partners remove Hulk Hogan from any upcoming projects 2K have confirmed that the superstar has been removed from WWE 2K16.

WWE 2K16 is due to be released later this year and will feature one of the biggest rosters ever including cover superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin.

The decision to remove Hulk Hogan follows the news yesterday that he had made racist remarks which ultimately led to the termination of his contract from the WWE.

2K posted a statement confirming that he had been removed from WWE 2K16, it reads:

“We are highly respectful of the way that our partners choose to run their business and manage our partnerships accordingly. We can confirm that Hulk Hogan will not appear in WWE 2K16.”

Shortly after WWE had issued their statement regarding the termination of Hulk Hogan’s contract, he also released a statement to People Magazine which can be read at this link.

Boxing legend George Foreman came to the defense of Hulk Hogan regarding the racism controversy surrounding the WWE Hall Of Famer today.

Foreman, the former boxing heavyweight champion of the world, spoke to TMZ about Hogan, noting that he has known “The Hulkster” for over 20 years and says, “he is no racist.”

“I have known Hulk Hogan for well over 20 years,” Foreman said. “I do not condone the language he used, but he is no racist, he is a good guy.”

Foreman concluded, “He is a friend of mine. We have hung out together and we have even been in the ring together. I consider him a friend.”

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Brooke Hogan wrote a poem on Facebook in response to the controversy surrounding her father’s Hulk Hogan’s racist comments:

~If You Knew My Father~
By Brooke Bollea

If you knew the dad I knew,
you’d know his tender heart.

He’d never want to hurt his fans,
or family from the start.

If you knew my father,
you would know how hard he fought…

and the way it brought a smile to people light, medium and dark.

We always fight a battle
that people never see,

and sometimes when you’re hurting, you don’t think logically.

Human isn’t perfect,
and perfect is not he,

but I can tell you one thing, it’s just not what it seems.

Cause If you knew the dad I knew,
you’d know he raised me well.

He taught me folks are so much more
than shades could ever tell.

And If you knew my father,
you would know he’s down to earth.

He may have slammed the giant,
but remembers life’s true worth.

If you knew my father,
if you just walked in his shoes…

then you would know that microscope that comes with yellow boots.

If you knew my father,
you would see your own in mine.

And if he was your father, you could never find divide.

Cause me- I bet your father
or someone that you love

Maybe regrets something
they wish they’d never done.

So if you know my father,
remember he’s a man,

and you would crave relief if people judged everything you did.

The lord says to forgive them,
don’t be the one to stone…

so please remember his strong arms when you were all alone.

The lives he’s changed, the friends he’s made,
the people he’s inspired…

It makes me sad to see my dad
defeated and so tired.

If you knew my father,
you would know just how he’s hurting…

For he loves every one of you, regardless of your story.

And if you met my father,
I know he’d give you love!

He’d lift you up, apologize and give you all a hug.

For those who think you know my father,
remember who you are.

We all can make mistakes and carry ugly scars.

Because I know my father,
I can promise this-

Just like you and I, things we don’t mean can sometimes slip.

We all continue learning.
This life can be so rough…

So if you know my father, please try not to be tough.

My father has a daughter,
and I have feelings too.

And if I knew your father, I would do the same for you.

WWE Chairman Vince McMahon reportedly views WWE Tough Enough as such a priority that he has skipped every WWE SmackDown television taping since the show premiered so that he could be live at Full Sail University in Florida.

Generally speaking, McMahon attends every Tuesday night SmackDown television taping, however he, along with longtime WWE Executive Producer Kevin Dunn, have made Tough Enough a priority over the show for the past few weeks.

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(Credit: PWInsider.com)

WWE Hall Of Famer Roddy Piper, who is one of Hulk Hogan’s biggest career rivals, spoke with Rich Eisen about “The Hulkster’s” racism controversy on Friday.

After dancing around the question and talking about some of the racially-driven controversial moments throughout his own career, “Hot Rod” finally addressed the Hogan situation.

“With Hulkster, I don’t agree with all his choices, you know what, I don’t hear people saying all the great things he does,” said Piper. “When he was on the Wheaties’ Box, all those kids that said their prayers and took their vitamins. I don’t hear them saying that. They just want to nail this.”

Piper concluded, “I just think it is a little… I think everybody needs to get a life. I don’t think that anybody should just go to hurt your feelings for no reason.”

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WWE Superstar Mark Henry has issued a statement regarding the racist comments made by Hulk Hogan that were posted online on Friday morning:

“Unfortunately, I’m getting hounded today by media regarding my thoughts and experiences with Hulk Hogan. I’d prefer not to be thrust into this, but as the requests have been significant I feel I have a responsibility to make a statement of some sort. At a minimum to ease my personal burden regarding this topic.

We all know that we have history as it relates to the company, me and this unfortunate subject matter of racial slurs and prejudices. I don’t want to and will not re-hash that, but I do want people to know that I do not condone racist behavior or speech of any manner. Again, I do not plan to speak on what happened in the past, but I would like to offer this statement about the current situation and events that hit the news today.

I’m disappointed in the comments made by Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan). I’ve known Terry a very long time as both a work colleague and as someone I consider a friend. I’m hurt and offended that he expressed his feelings in the manner and tone that was presented on the tape. I am however, pleased that WWE took swift action in response to his comments and I support the position the organization is taking on this matter: a no tolerance approach to racism.”

More on the ongoing Hulk Hogan saga:

• Hulk Hogan Issues Apology Statement
• Booker T Reacts To Hulk Hogan’s Racist Comments
• Daniel Bryan Reacts To Hulk Hogan’s Racist Comments

Following this week’s SmackDown after Neville defeated Adam Rose, Stardust appeared on the tron and cut a promo telling him to “embrace the strange.”

After Stardust made his comments Stephen Amell, known for playing “Arrow” on The CW decided to hit back.

Below is what was said between the recent encounter between Stardust and Stephen Amell:

You can't have a Superhero without a Supervillian! #BeMyHero #SmackDown http://t.co/XFO6H6xgrE

— WWE (@WWE) July 24, 2015

https://twitter.com/amellywood/status/624381589208731648

During this year’s San Diego Comic Con Amell appeared on stage dressed as the Arrow and tweeted afterwards that he had just cut a WWE style promo.

https://twitter.com/amellywood/status/620373671853424640

It’s believed that this may lead to some sort of an encounter between the pair at Summerslam which will take place on August 23 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

On a recent episode of The Steve Austin Show – Unleashed! Lucha Underground star Johnny Mundo (formerly known as John Morrison and Johnny Nitro) was featured.

The former WWE Superstar spoke about moving to Lucha Underground, his experience on the third season of Tough Enough and much more.

To listen to the podcast in full, you can do so by clicking this link. Below are just a few of the highlights:

On his fitness routine, which is something he has created:

“I have a whole fitness product that I created, it’s called Out of Your Mind Fitness, it’s a functional training regiment, it’s a lot of body weight exercises using weight equipment for assistance rather than resistance. And I’d say I do that exact program six days a week for an hour to an hour and a half, it’s like resistance training like lifting weights. In addition to that I usually do some kind of skill based training five times a week, like boxing, MMA. I train sometimes downtown with your buddy Josh Barnett.

So usually the weight training and some kind of skill based thing, and the skill is more like training cardio so if it’s MMA or boxing or parkour or some kind of stunt cardio, that’s usually just what happens based on my schedule.”

On transitioning to the Lucha style of wrestling:

“It wasn’t that different from the way that I worked in WWE. I mean, my first match, when MNM debuted in 2005, our very first match was Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio, we won the tag championships. I had the chance to work with Rey, maybe not a hundred times but a lot with WWE and we had feuds with the Mexicools and Super Crazy and Psicosis and Juve so I had some experience, so it wasn’t like I was venturing off into uncharted territory.

I definitely learned quite a bit, I think the language barrier is a little difficult sometimes and the difference in psychology is hard, and sometimes instead of completely adapting to Lucha, what I think makes Lucha Underground unique and different is blending American psychology with Lucha psychology and getting some of the moves to mean more.”

On his experience on the third season of Tough Enough:

“When I got there I felt like it was perfect for me because I was a fan of the business, I had all this gymnastics training and all these ideas and all this energy and it was an opportunity to learn from the best and it was Al [Snow], Bill [DeMott] and Ivory were the trainers on that season of Tough Enough.

For where I was on Tough Enough, Bill was perfect, I mean he’s a hard ass and he’s aggressive but he makes sure you have respect for the business. And on that show of Tough Enough, that’s what you need because there’s a bunch of kids, some are respectful, some aren’t but everyone is green as grass and you need somebody like Bill, and you need somebody like Al and everybody has got a role, everybody is there for a reason and I thought that, I still think my season was the best season, probably because I was on it.”

Following the news that Hulk Hogan had made racist comments which ultimately led to him being fired from the WWE, it appears that the company isn’t stopping there.

It all began when Hulk Hogan was removed from the WWE website, his merchandise was removed from the WWE Shop and he was also removed from the Tough Enough page, among others.

PWInsider has since reported that the WWE have now gone on to inform partners and the like that all references to Hulk Hogan should be dropped immediately.

This includes all images of Hogan, all current and planned projects that have been licensed and goes as far as action figures and streaming music.

It’s understandable why WWE want to distance themselves from Hogan considering the amount of interest the story has gathered – and will continue to do in the coming days.

This morning the news broke that Hulk Hogan had been removed from the WWE’s website, Shop and Tough Enough site following alleged racist comments.

Several hours later and a transcript of the comments made by Hulk Hogan were released online (seen at this link) and WWE released a statement confirming they had terminated his contract.

Booker T, who featured in a video several years ago where he used the “N” word took to Twitter to share his thoughts on Hogan and what was said:

20 years ago I made a huge mistake by saying something I shouldn't have on National TV.

— Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) July 24, 2015

It's 2015 and the n-word should be eradicated from the English language in my opinion.

— Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) July 24, 2015

I am shocked by the statements made by Hulk Hogan. It's unfortunate, but that's something that he's going to have to deal with.

— Booker T. Huffman (@BookerT5x) July 24, 2015

Global Force Wrestling issued a press release on Friday to reveal the announce team for their GFW Amped television tapings, which are scheduled to begin tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada.

GFW sent along the following:

Global Force Wrestling will round out its announce team for its “Amped” TV tapings on Friday at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas with broadcasting veteran Cyrus Fees.

Fees, who will handle play-by-play duties, joins analyst and MMA legend Chael Sonnen, who was announced on May 6.

Fees is an internationally recognized voice of combat sports, including mixed martial arts and kickboxing. He’s the current play-by-play man for South Africa-based Extreme Fighting Championship, UAE’s Abu Dhabi Warriors, and European kickboxing organization SuperKombat Fighting Championships.

“Cyrus and Chael are fresh voices to the wrestling industry, but make no mistake. They are refined, exciting commentators,” GFW founder and CEO Jeff Jarrett said. “We feel that these two have the perfect energy for the Amped product.”

While Fees has established himself in combat sports, his broadcasting roots are in professional wrestling. Fees got his start with the NWA Smoky Mountain Wresting brand, both ring announcing and providing commentary.

“MMA and kickboxing has been my world for the last five years, but my first love has always been wrestling.” Fees said. “I’ve waited on my opportunity, and I consider working with Global Force wrestling a dream come true.”

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Dallas, Texas radio show 105.3 The Fan caught up with WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan on Friday to talk about the ongoing Hulk Hogan controversy.

For those unaware, Hogan was released by WWE after an alleged racist rant he made was caught on tape.

Bryan spoke to the Dallas radio show about the controversy, admitting that it caught him off guard.

“I’ve never seen that side of him and it’s crazy, all this stuff, like I just …the first time I heard about it was an interview about 20 minutes ago, because I’ve been doing book-signing stuff like all day [laughs],” said Bryan.

“Yesterday, I got back to my hotel room at about 10-or-11-o’clock last night and then I woke up this morning just in time to start doing phoners, and everyone is like, ‘Hey! What do you think about this thing with Hulk Hogan?’ I’m like, ‘Wait, what thing? What are you talking about?'”

Bryan concluded, “And like, I had no idea. So, yeah, not in any of my dealings with him.”

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It appears as though WWE Hall Of Famer Ric Flair is the leading candidate to replace Hulk Hogan on WWE Tough Enough.

The news broke this week that Hogan was fired from WWE and removed from Tough Enough after an alleged racist rant from Hogan was caught on tape.

In addition to replacing Hogan on Tough Enough, Flair is rumored to be the man who will replace Hogan on the upcoming WWE tour of Australia.

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Hulk Hogan has broken his silence regarding his racist comments that surfaced earlier today that resulted in WWE terminating his contract and erasing all traces of him from the company website.

Hogan issued the following statement to People.com, apologizing for what he said and explaining that his remarks do not represent who he is.

“Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation. It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it.”

“This is not who I am. I believe very strongly that every person in the world is important and should not be treated differently based on race, gender, orientation, religious beliefs or otherwise. I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs.”

• Read Hulk Hogan’s racist rant: I Am A Racist, To A Point, F*cking N*ggers”

Dolph Ziggler is scheduled to return to WWE television the week before SummerSlam to set up a match against Rusev at SummerSlam.

Ziggler has been off television for several weeks with a “throat injury” to give him time off to film the WWE Studios thriller “6:42” in Vancouver, British Columbia

WWE SummerSlam takes place on Sunday, August 23rd from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

• ANOTHER SummerSlam Match Revealed – Kevin Owens vs. ?

(Source: PWInsider.com)

Bully Ray, who just returned as the new General Manager brought in by Dixie Carter, is already done with the company.

The Former TNA World Champion has not been at this week’s Impact Wrestling tapings from Orlando, where he lives. According to PWInsider.com, Ray told the company he was not happy with the current state of TNA and told them he wouldn’t be making any more appearances.

Bully Ray’s return has been one of the focal points of TNA television over the past week, so it remains to be seen how they will handle the situation.

TNA Wrestling taped several additional matches in Orlando, Florida on Thursday evening. Below are quick spoiler results.

As was the case with James Storm, Austin Aries and others at Wednesday’s tapings, several wrestlers who are no longer under contract to TNA worked the taping.

• Bram b Grado
• Austin Aries b Ken Anderson
• Bobby Lashley b Drew Galloway
• Matt Hardy b Robbie E
• Davey Richards d Eddie Edwards
• Bobby Roode b Abyss
• Tigre Uno (without the belt) b Mandrews
• Eli Drake b Jessie Godderz
• Gail Kim b Madison Rayne
• Eric Young b Jamesw Storm
• Aiden O’Shea b Crazzy Steve
• Mahabili Shera b Kenny King
• They announced that at Genesis, which is probably a PPV, that Shera faces Tommy Dreamer
• Bobby Lashley b Austin Aries
• Manik b DJ Zema Ion
• Matt Hardy b Eddie Edwards
• Micah b Crimson
• Davey Richards b Bram
• Drew Galloway b Rockstar Spud
• EC 3 b Ken Anderson

• AWESOME New BIKINI PHOTOS Of The Lovey RONDA ROUSEY [>>]

Global Force Wrestling issued the following lineup and photo of the ring for their “Amped” television taping tonight in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Global Force Wrestling’s first TV tapings take place tonight, July 24th from Las Vegas. Be there for a historic night of professional wrestling action as the TV cameras roll for the very first time!

Here is the card for GFW Amped:

Global Championship Tournament
Brian Myers (formerly Curt Hawkins) vs. Chris Mordetzky (formerly Chris Masters)

Global Championship Tournament
Bobby Roode vs. “The Tollman” Kevin Kross

Global Championship Tournament
Kongo Kong vs. Nick Aldis (formerly Magnus)

Tag Team Championship Tournament
The Bollywood Boys vs. The Akbars

NEX*GEN Championship Tournament
PJ Black (formerly Justin Gabriel) vs. Seiya Sanada

NEX*GEN Championship Tournament
Jigsaw vs. Sonjay Dutt

Women’s Championship Tournament
Christina Von Eerie vs. Mickie James vs. Lei’D Tapa

– Bestia 666, Blood Eagle & Steve Pain vs. Phoenix Star, Zokre & Misterioso Jr.

– Plus, KUSHIDA will be wrestling in a NEX*GEN one on one match!

• AWESOME New BIKINI PHOTOS Of The Lovey RONDA ROUSEY [>>]

WWE has released a statement regarding the ongoing situation with Hulk Hogan.

News broke last night that evidence that surfaced in Hogan’s ongoing lawsuit against Gawker Media showed Hogan making vile racist comments to Heather Clem, the woman involved in the sex tape at the center of the lawsuit.

• Hulk Hogan’s Racist Rant Revealed (NSFW)

After removing every trace of Hogan from the company website, WWE issued the following statement:

“WWE has terminated its contract with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan). WWE is committed to embracing and celebrating individuals from all backgrounds as evidenced by the diversity of our employees, performers and fans worldwide. “

The National Enquirer has published their ‘World Exclusive’ report detailing the racist comments made by Hulk Hogan that has led to WWE severing all ties with him.

The racist comments were made on a sex tape which was entered as evidence during Hogan’s ongoing lawsuit with Gawker Media. Hogan unleashes a rant about his daughter Brooke, who he accused of sleeping with a black man. Hogan drops the N-word and other racial insults multiple times on the tape.

While talking to Heather Clem, the woman involved in the original sex tape that Gawker leaked, Hogan said,

“She is making some real bad decisions now. My daughter Brooke jumped sides on me. I spent $2-3 million on her music career, I’ve done everything like a jackass for her.”

“The one option Brooke had, Brooke’s career besides me, is [to] sell beach records.”

At that point on the tape, Hogan vents his frustrations that a “black billionaire guy” offered to fund her music career.

“I don’t know if Brooke was f*cking the black guy’s son,” Hulk said, the sources add.

“I mean, I don’t have double standards. I mean, I am a racist, to a point, f*cking n***ers. But then when it comes to nice people and sh*t, and whatever.”

According to their sources, Hogan also said:

“I mean, I’d rather if she was going to f*ck some n***er, I’d rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall n***er worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player! I guess we’re all a little racist. f–king n***er.”

Story developing.