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New Day and Titus O’Neil Releases Statement Regarding Hulk Hogan’s Reinstatement to the Hall of Fame

As I stated on my Twitter, I agree 100% with the New Day’s statements. Although I do not think that it is necessary to keep Hogan out of the Hall of Fame more work needs to be done to rectify his actions. I grew up a huge wrestling fan and to think that one of our heroes of wrestling feels like that about US, breaks my heart.

While his efforts so far have been ruled insufficient, I also know that most people do not possess the rhetoric to address these types of actions. At the same time, this rhetoric needs to be learned and adapted. I hope that WWE works with him so that he can learn not only learn the rhetoric but also appropriate steps to rectify the situation.

Let’s be clear, he didn’t just say the N word. He said the N word in such a manner and with such a context that it was devastating to any black man, black person and any other socially conscious fan who thought that Hogan was their hero.

I think he deserves to be back in the Hall of Fame as his contributions to the wrestling industry are undeniable. He revolutionized wrestling in the 1980s and helped Vince McMahon take WWE to the next level. For that, he belongs. This is not withstanding his numerous contributions in the 1990s in WCW with the NWO.

While I don’t believe Hogan is a racist as many black wrestlers’ state they never got that vibe from him. My dad even met him about 10 years back and said that Hogan was such a nice guy. However, I think there are underlying prejudices there that need to be addressed and worked through. I know this is a learning process and I hope that he continues to learn and grow from his statements.

It is an unfortunate situation that hopefully he and other wrestlers learn from. The support for him from wrestlers of his generation in my opinion reveals an underlying sentiment that probably existed across talent. I hope that WWE works to rectify this so that not only Hogan can be completely accepted but also so that fans can be healed from their broken hearts.

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