Dwayne Johnson ha reso un omaggio emotivo a Hulk Hogan.
Giovedì, un rappresentante per l’icona della WWE Hogan – vero nome Terry Bollea – ha annunciato la sua morte. Aveva 71 anni.
Seguendo la tragica notizia, l’attore e il wrestler professionista Johnson, noto anche come “The Rock”, ha portato su Instagram per onorare l’eredità di Hogan.
“Rest in Peace, Terry Bollea aka The Immortal Hulk Hogan,” Johnson iniziò. “To millions of little kids you were a childhood hero – myself included.”
La star di Moana ha quindi raccontato un caro ricordo d’infanzia di catturare una fascia di Hogan quando il wrestler l’ha gettato tra la folla.
“In 1984, I gave you your HULKSTER headband back, in the locker room in Madison Square Garden – I was the lucky kid caught it when you threw it in the crowd,” Ha scritto. “You were wrestling ‘Mr Wonderful’, Paul Orndorff that night in the main event. You were shocked and so happy after the match because you told me that was your very last headband and if it weren’t for me, you’d have no way of getting that exact one made again.”
Johnson ha condiviso che Hogan aveva “promised” per prenderlo un altro fascia per la testa come regalo di ringraziamento.
“A month later in Madison Square Garden, you did just that,” ha continuato. “You kept your word, with a handshake and a ‘thanks kid’. And that meant the world to that little 12 year old boy.”
Johnson ha continuato a riflettere su un momento fondamentale nella sua carriera di wrestling: stare sul ring con Hogan.
“Just 17 years later, and still a kid at the age of 29 years old – I’m standing in the middle of the ring and facing you – one of my wrestling heroes in the main event of WRESTLEMANIA,” Ha condiviso. “The match was to decide who would go down in history, as The Greatest of All Time.”
Riflettendo sull’evento, ha scritto Johnson, “I’ve never felt anything like that in my entire wrestling career. It takes two to tango, but that historic crowd reaction was all for you.”
L’attore ha concluso l’omaggio scrivendo, “From deep in my bones, and on behalf of this wild and crazy world of professional wrestling that we love, I say to you now, and forever…Thank you for the house, brother.”
