‘Who let him walk around like this?’ Hulk Hogan’s new look on talk show raises eyebrows
Some Hulk Hogan fans were probably adjusting their TV screens Thursday morning.
The wrestling legend looked a little, um, different while appearing on “Fox & Friends.”
The 71-year-old was telling the panel about his new league featuring freestyle wrestlers, which is targeted to a more mainstream audience.
“Our goal is not to be competitive with Dana White and the UFC or the WWE,” he said, “but to be just as big or bigger because this is an underserved market.”
The Clearwater resident’s signature blonde mustache was there, but surrounded by a thick, distracting five o’clock shadow.
Under the cable news show’s X post sharing a clip of the chat, commenters expressed their confusion over his new look.
“WTF is that beard?”
“Dude, wash your face!”
“What in the fresh hell is going on with his face?”
“Hulk is unrecognizable!”
“Who let him walk around like this?”
Thankfully, a few folks with archival knowledge of the popular sport cleared up the matter. Hogan’s facial hair is a throwback to his days when he played a villainous character with a pro wrestling group dubbed the New World Order in the 1990s.
“The amount of dumb people that do not understand that Hogan has dyed his hair black to bring nostalgia to his NWO days is laughable.”
The first competition in Hogan’s league is set for August in Cleveland, Ohio. The match can likely expect a decent crowd now that Hogan’s publicity stunt went viral.
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This story was originally published May 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM.
