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Hulk Hogan Will Not Appear in WWE 2K16

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Hulk Hogan will not appear in the next version of the 2K's professional wrestling franchise, WWE 2K16.

Hogan made headlines earlier this week when the WWE severed ties with the wrestler for allegedly using "racial slurs in a conversation caught on a sex tape." (via CBS News)

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A representative from publisher 2K wrote in a statement to GameSpot, "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.”

The WWE has since removed Hogan's photos, articles, and merchandise from its website.

In a statement to People.com, Hogan offered up an apology for his behavior, stating, "It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it."

Hogan's earliest video game appearance was the Commodore 64 game MicroLeague Wrestling in 1987. However, he is probably better known as the cover star of the first officially licensed WWF game, WWF Wrestlemania for NES in 1989.

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fine with me put in jimmy superfly snuka then

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Well there's good and bad to every story, personally I think Chump Hogan is the most overrated wrestler ever. He should go back to making movies , lol

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@Deathstalker83: Oh, god, please no. No more movies. We've been punished enough. Why do you hate us?

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You hear that folks? Youre not even safe to speak freely in the privacy of your own home or while having sex. Everyone acts like a douche around their buddies when youre not out in public, only difference is he got blackmailed with a sex tape he didnt know was recorded. Lets totally ignore the invasion of his privacy and cry about his poor choice of words WHILE HAVING SEX IN WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A PRIVATE ENVIRONMENT. The mindless crusade continues.

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@coop36: I know right. Im always shouting racist remarks when having sex. We all do dont we

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@poopenshaft_v2 said:

@coop36: I know right. Im always shouting racist remarks when having sex. We all do dont we

Hell, sometimes coop36's mom requires me to do so during sex, and frequently.

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@coop36: like

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Hogan beat's people up for his job....He should swear like a sailor and have no regrets. People need to stop getting offended at words....

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Sad that Hogan did this, but totally right to kick him out of WWE.

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Cutting out a person from the game for a racial slur on a sex tape? How pathetic of you, WWE.

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@RC-Sev: Not a person - a persona - Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea from Georgia- from Georgia!), and not his first persona or character either, also Terry does not own the persona in licensed games or merchandise.

It would be as if Goofy in Disney World was caught masturbating - you have rights to masturbate as much as you want, but not on the company dime, wearing the goofy costume.

I also hope I have not added to your, 'world is ending' by letting you know that Goofy is not real, it will be all right......., you will somehow get through this............ we love you .... well not me, but I am sure you mother does..... maybe.

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@jenovaschilld: Dude. You are strange.

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@RC-Sev: pathetic? Kids watch WWE and these guys are considered role models to them, would you want your kids role model to be a racist?

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@normanislost:

How many kids are watching sex tapes, especially of Hulk Hogan??

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@suprsolider: Kids don't have to watch the tape to know what he said. That's the point!

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@normanislost: One slur doesn't make a person a racist (and I hardly believe you understand what the word "racist" means), but nobody cares.

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@RC-Sev: you think this was just a one time crazy moment of racist maddness after a sex romp? haha

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@RC-Sev: how many slurs does it take then? two? three? four? frankly once is enough and even worse is when you do it on camera where there's a chance others will see

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@normanislost: If you ask me this is not a big deal. I am not a racist ,but this is funny let's not forget Vince is not a great person either ,but you still play WWE and probably watch it. Probably he will be back.

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@alien-ouy: I haven't watched WWE in 16 ish years (it was still WWF when I watched it)as for playing it i think the last game I played was when it went smackdown vs raw. Vince was scripted to be an ass hat that was the whole point of his character to get the crowd riled up

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@normanislost: He just have its own style the displease many , for example having Cena so many years on the top without pushing other talents.

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Can't say I didn't see this coming lol. Poor Hogan, maybe now, I'll go back to TNA.

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@davillain- said:

Can't say I didn't see this coming lol. Poor Hogan........

Wait you foreseen a time when Hulk Hogan would make not only a sex tape, but also one where he spouts out racial slurs and refers to himself as racist and the world goes ape shit because WWE removes its persona from its merchandise. You saw that coming !!

MY god! you must be a soothsayer of unimaginable skills, please tell what you see for the future of Middle East geopolitical policies.

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@jenovaschilld: To be fair, he's getting the Chris Benoit treatment and lesson hear is, never say something unless its something your cool with it getting out, as chances are you were recorded/heard and it could be used agaisnt you later.

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@davillain-: Sadly, you just described 1984. Whilst it is very true that with the digital age and global social networking that anything you do in public or even private may at some point be leaked and if you're anyone of import then it will probably ruin your life.

Hell, I know there's plenty of photos and videos of me out there that should I ever become more than an average white-collar worker with a penchant for playing video games, will inevitably result in a massive public outcry when someone tries to make money off some stupid things I did when I was younger.

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He is being replaced by Stevie Richards.

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@mjc0961: YEA and the games are bad anyway. xD

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@alien-ouy: so bad bro lol.

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@mjc0961: you cared enough to come here and leave this highly intelligent comment.....

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@normanislost: I made one as well . I can leave another one for you if you like.

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@alien-ouy: you can leave as many as you like the difference is you didn't start your comment with "who cares" which negates the whole comment because he cared enough to come here and comment

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@normanislost: haha we are all curious like cats sometimes ! =^.^=

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I often speak out against the current politics and lack of true discourse. However, this situation is cut and dry. The WWE is a private organization and can do as they see fit. The fact that they had Terry around for this long speaks of the decline of that organization. They can ill afford the negative press associated with keeping him around now. I'm sure these things have been said in many private homes, but who in their right mind would say these things being taped for God's sake. He deserves this for his stupidity alone. They may be doing him more of a favor than anything, this man needs to get out of that business. I won't worry to much about him, think about the fanbase of WWE, I'm certain that some will still embrace him regardless of the incident in question. The whole Gawker issue is a separate one. I too hope they get whats coming to them for their generally one sided narrative and what I perceive to be smear campaigns.

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who cares what he said my god

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You people are passionately defending and arguing about a fake person Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea from Georgia- from Georgia!) being removed from a fake hall of fame, removed from a video game about a fake sport, and who's image and merchandise has been removed from a business selling fake shit. Really?

I believe anyone has the right to say any dumb, racist, crazy crap they want to - but they also have the right to face the consequences. Hulk is an actor, representing a character in a show that hocks the worst of human behavior, in a candy coating of steroids, violence, and sexist stereotypes to be sold to children and children of all ages it would appear. That business that sales 'pro wrestling' has a huge black audience, who I am sure would find HH tirade offensive. So of course that business that employees tens of thousands of people, and is worth 100's of millions of dollars is going to protect it self by removing images of its fake character, whois actor in real life has been put into the lime light for racist comments.

If Hanna Montanna started a anti-Semitic tirade that got into the press or Bob the Builder was found to express NAMBLA membership rights- then yes a business is going to have to protect itself. And the argument of too much Political Correctness is ruining this country so much so that Scrappy Doo cannot express their true feelings about radical Muslim religious teaching. There are people posting below that Political Correctness is effecting 'their' video games ... Oh God, no wonder people want to strap on bomb vests.

I wish people were as passionate about Human Trafficking as they were about a cartoon characters right of freedom of bigotry. But what can you expect of People who's child hood hero, is a fake Wrestler, in a fake-sports entertainment, targeted to brain dead man-childs of Meth addicts, in between episodes of Cheaters and Maury Povich DNA results-- perfect demographic.

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@jenovaschilld: I wonder if the term political correctness was replaced with something more fitting... like common decency, if people would be so quick to say it's ruining the nation.

Thumbs up to your comment man..

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@jenovaschilld: "But what can you expect of People who's child hood hero, is a fake Wrestler, in a fake-sports entertainment" interesting comment from the guy with bender as his avatar

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@normanislost: Bender: "And so I ask you this one question. Have you ever tried simply turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them?"

Because I like an animated tv show, I must also believe Wrestling is real?

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@jenovaschilld: So much use of the word fake in that post, and was posted by someone who's using a fake name :P

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@i_p_daily: Hey Sephiroth is real and so is Bender's shiny metal ass, but both are wildly anti-Semitic, what can you do?

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OHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOO BROTHERRRRRRRRRRR!!!

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jackie chan be next for saying. "Whats up me N***A" in Rush hour. lol.

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@skipper847: That's ok because Chinese people are an oppressed minority.

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@skipper847: The scene was totally awesome LOL . I miss this movie now !

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He said he'd only be happy letting his daughter get with a n***** if he brought $100,000,000 to the table.

So he's disgusted enough by black people, but not so much that you couldn't pay him not to be.

Classy.

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