Hulk Hogan and UFC boss promote Trump's 'fighter' image at Republican convention | BBC News

Dana White, the UFC chief, introduced the former president after wrestling legend Hulk Hogan earlier ripped off his shirt and told Americans to embrace "Trumpamania.”
Trump has embraced White, one of his most outspoken supporters outside of politics, and the hugely popular combat sports franchise he manages, gracing several of its live events over the past year while grappling with court battles.
No stranger to controversy, White admitted last year to slapping his wife after a drunken altercation at a New Year's Eve party was caught on video.
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[@jm78593]

I was waiting for the light to go off and come back on with Undertaker standing next to Biden

[@jadepixie2719]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tonyuluva9537]

​😂😂😂​

[@DilPlay-A]

😂😂😂

[@MikeFinch]

😂

[@jameschou888]

Undertaker supports Trump too

[@smallies7154]

Hulk went right back to 1995 lol

[@aqx1545]

More like 1980s

[@oui2611]

why specifically 1995 when he was at WCW? why not the 1980s when he was at WWF slamming andre the giant and fighting macho man

[@sks4728]

It was nice that he switch his alter ego and speak from the heart😊

[@Stephan__ox.]

Hulk hogan just topped it off as an entertainment stunt

[@davidknight2104]

What's a stunt?

[@bigballer6666]

A convention? Yeah that’s the whole point. That’s why Democrats have Beyoncé and a parade of Hollywood actors come speak at theirs

[@Rockyphilly94]

Well, if they're dumb enough to like this open racist and to be a wrestling fan, they're definitely dumb enough to vote for someone with double standards who didn't hold any of his election promises.

[@Jonny-uu7wf]

Make America smart again.

[@mk22vids37]

lol very smart

[@thomscott1247]

Why does the BBC not show Kai Trumps heartfelt speech ? Now,.....There's a lovely and extremely 'smart' young Lady !

[@Oneironaut9]

How about wise? The Left knows nothing, nor could care at all about wisdom.

[@Rebel-pt1se]

@@Jonny-uu7wf this should show American has the worse education system in the world

[@Rebel-pt1se]

@@gordontariang8738 god has nothing to do with this

[@justinmorrison3219]

He stole the show Hulk Hogan was their best speaker

[@vortexsharadle9875]

Well he was the best Entertainer in the 80s

[@Igetmoney07]

Best promo in WWE history 😂

[@BIX-18827DCM]

i love this, what a great break of comedy and truth in the midst of the RNC

[@okpedanieliro6249]

America is not serious anymore 😂😂😂

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

We are refreshed from the darkness of the last 4 yrs, and there is a light showing now finally...where darkness is not overshadowing the light..and evil is not said to be sweet, and good is not bitter anymore..the light always wins in the end.

[@FirstyPaul]

Says someone from a country without electricity 😂😂

[@Joe-ru7jl]

@@FirstyPaul facts!

[@BladeRunner-2211]

Coming from you who uses American social media platforms and Microsoft operating system in order to survive otherwise your economy will crumble within seconds.

[@LenOliver-yz6os]

Not with Joe in there but! with Trump back in office and Hulk Hogan by his side nothing can stop america.

[@myself3209]

That might be the most american thing ever

[@LenOliver-yz6os]

Hard damn facts!!!!

[@RandomGuy-pi5zl]

What timeline am I in... 💀

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

Back to the future...

[@alevyts3523]

In cacotopia

[@jackmeowmeowmeow2177]

This is clearly the ultimate timeline of ultimate destiny.

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

@@jackmeowmeowmeow2177 This IS a timeline, it is a turning point..i can feel something is coming.

[@jibod7358]

We are living in a bad 80s movie

[@AIMEE911]

😂😂😂😂😂 the cameos

[@suxess619]

Idiocracy

[@ibtunesoriginals2629]

We're living in an episode of The Boys

[@mr80s-on6qr]

Better then living with your like

[@ibtunesoriginals2629]

@@mr80s-on6qr indeed I don't like living with my like

[@e4t662]

Idiocracy complete.

[@volumedealer2716]

Thanks , Captain generic F--k

[@ordinarryalien]

You can't make this up!

[@secularmeditation]

If you are a russian shill, for the first time in my life, i agree with you 😂

[@Garmonbozia-nc7mm]

Really? Censoring me for saying,” Lighten up. It was almost a tragedy.” ?

[@volumedealer2716]

P***y

[@nous100]

this convention was so badass 😂❤

[@modernlegacy5555]

I didn’t know what to expect but Hulk did his thing. Had me pumping my fists while reliving my childhood.

[@GabrielFlies]

Trump appeared in WWE many times so he has personal connections there, just FYI

[@jadilsondanielkapewadaniel7123]

Pura verdade. Até simulou algumas lutas. É bom de ver.😊 Reconhecimento.

[@Triplezero13999]

I always liked Bret Hart better.

[@pavma7]

Idiocracy is just a documentary at this point😂

[@STANDYOURSHORTYBULLS]

Trump has been on the WWE a few different times FYI

[@nirins1]

Better than dumbocrats ...crybabies

[@Raider19D]

This was crazy to watch.

[@3joewj]

USA...🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Francesco_Zeta]

Idiocracy advances by leaps and bounds

[@canadianbakin1304]

wow its like Idiocracy has come full circle

[@LenOliver-yz6os]

Coming from someone who voted in the worst president of all times i give clueless Joe falling down putting america last Biden.

[@Alex-the-hobbit]

And the rest of the world is supposed to take America seriously…

[@treebeard....................1]

😂😂😂

[@skipper4126]

well with a president like joe.. how can you?

[@Nicolai-ho5bc]

Yeah. We are just looking at from the outside like: holy cow, what is going on over there😂 granted though we have done that since 2016….

[@RPKGameVids]

It's a bit of fun.

[@ibtunesoriginals2629]

America is a meme

[@devilmyke]

To see hulk hogan still going large in 2024 is amazing lol

[@Duckfisher0222]

Idiocracy in real life.

[@joelhungerford8388]

Coming from someone who can't differentiate a man from a women

[@Rebel-pt1se]

@@Duckfisher0222 I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed

[@rhysperegrine5100]

@@joelhungerford8388 You're so stupid you can't even understand high school-level concepts about gender without resorting to clueless strawman.

[@masonictrucker8031]

You literally just found out what that word meant 24 hours ago 😂

[@LenOliver-yz6os]

Here we go again woke far left ass clowns using big words that they made up that has no true meaing to them.Vote Trump save america.

[@Munchausen45]

Getting some serious president, Camacho vibes… #idiocracy

[@edwsc3]

TOTALLY

[@blauewaffel1469]

Camacho was based and Terry Bollea is cringe

[@MistaJG]

Better than a weekend at Biden’s lol

[@wdp7128]

Hogan forgot to put an oversized bandage on his right ear like Trump did. 😂😂😂😂

[@harrygooch834]

That’s small actually

[@FirstyPaul]

Best convention ever and I’m not even a Trump supporter

[@LenOliver-yz6os]

Crack heads for Joe.

[@dabblerdeluxe775]

Sponsored by Brawndo: Its got Electrolytes

[@micahjohansson7573]

Brought to you by Carl's Jr.

[@richyfletcher273]

lol wtf

[@darksider9534]

All those og 80's hulkmaniacs are gonna cream their pants! 😂

[@Virgo-zx3ez]

This is so weird…

[@3joewj]

How?

[@ruthwikgiri2277]

yes for your woke little head

[@anyaprado]

word

[@Orion-ox3hb]

Camacho 2024

[@Rebel-pt1se]

This was a joke right, I thought I was watching a circus.lmao

[@jrn-mariustyrsett6058]

Love Hulk Hogan

[@thomscott1247]

Why does the BBC not show Kai Trumps heartfelt speech ? Now,.....There's a lovely and extremely 'smart' young Lady !

[@nyangab]

I also thought she was amazing, especially considering her age

[@krisbedi]

Hell yeah brother bring WWE into the elections 😂😂 What a joke

[@user-dn8nt3py3i]

You are, fake people.

[@tealeafandco]

Lol so glad i don’t reside in the US 😂

[@whateverfuckyou4840]

Glad you aren't here either

[@crusader1p548]

America is coming Back Brother! Hogan is Far too American for democrats.

[@bobbyboombatz1489]

Thanks for playing the whole thing complete !

[@dkdk5486]

He must hv constipation 😂

[@leftoflibra]

Fighter image? He looks weak and pathetic

[@ebenezerojo8175]

He is old. Just pretending to be strong.

[@briaredpath9386]

You are describing Taylor swifts music ?

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

Strength is in doing the right thing, in not reacting and paying some1 back for a wrong, strength is not in appearances, its in knowing what is good for others, in treating others as you want to be treated...but this young generation has gone the other way.

[@leftoflibra]

@@user-co2li1vd5d you just described maga lmao

[@leftoflibra]

@@briaredpath9386 nah I described your daddy

[@shaynalynn8666]

Lmfao! What a joke! That man's never been in a fight in his life!

[@PartTimeJedi]

Relax Dude

[@communitychannel6188]

There is nothing wrong with wrestling or sports entertainment. Hogan was loved by millions of kids back in the day.

[@smashishere]

its sad to see a country with so much potential being ruined like this

[@1martinjom]

Too bad this was the only speech you watched. We had three days of this convention with other speakers and you chose this as the highlight. That is selective.😂

[@JJJ-ok7nc]

Awwww 😂

[@paw9213]

smashishere maybe you should focus on your own third world Chinese subsidy instead of pretending to be an American and talkin shit 😂

[@harrygooch834]

By people having fun in the face of relentless degradation ?? I pity your joyless existence

[@harrygooch834]

What people having fun? I’m sorry for your bitterness.

[@treebeard....................1]

Hiring Hulk Hogan for a rally, 😂😂😂 never seen that before 😂😂😂

[@phoebemulube4451]

🔴What is wrong! Every citizen of the US no matter who he or she is has the right to support the Candidate they want to support! Hulk Hogan has that right too!

[@pablo9364]

The difference between the real world and the make out one is reflected in the stupid comments . Trump 2024

[@vickmooredavid9479]

Most stupid comment ever

[@Timetravller1]

Hulk didn't get paid he's simply had enough of watching his country be sold out to the Russians and Chinese

[@donmyers945]

Idiocracy. Forgive us BEEB!

[@blauewaffel1469]

Idiocracy was better. A black guy could still be president, and when he found a guy smarter than everyone else, he chose wisely to put that guy in charge of policy

[@joelhungerford8388]

Tell me... how many genders are there again?

[@joelhungerford8388]

​@@blauewaffel1469 guy?? Wow how transphobic of you...

[@LenOliver-yz6os]

@@blauewaffel1469 🤣🤣🤨😖You need to be drug tested for crack just for saying that crazy bat shit.

[@Jake-ScouserPS5]

TRUMPAMANIA 👊🤣

[@Carini76]

What an embarrassment. Idiocracy came true before Back to the Future. I thought I'd have a Hover Board by now.

[@donmyers945]

It is SO IDIOCRACY. I told my BF it was a black comedy. He watched the film and declared it a HORROR MOVIE!

[@Duckfisher0222]

100%

[@mateusz73]

"brought to you by carl's jr"

[@davidknight2104]

Well bet you are fun at parties 🥳 There were lots of serious addresses if you want to watch over the 4 days

[@FirstyPaul]

Sorry democrats 😂

[@Kevin-be1ou]

This literally made me LOL.

[@lostridinfast7734]

These comments are hilarious. I love seeing the hypocrisy in humans. And how blind they are to seeing it.

[@TIM-O21]

America is back baby! 🇺🇸

[@Delete.9]

Hell yeah brother

[@deanunio]

America and American culture losing respect one failed celebrity at a time

[@LeafWasp]

Failed? didn't see any of them. Lots of multimillionaire if they're failures you must be a billionaire I guess.....

[@Skygrey2943]

​@LeafWasp Not failed but their heyday has passed. Hulkamania was a thing in the 80s. Worst of all this seems more than a little fascistic.

[@LeafWasp]

I saw Dana White there also, Hulk Hogan's legacy still lives on today, if that's failure I'd certainly like a piece of that cake.

[@Skygrey2943]

@@LeafWasp I didn't say it was failure. I said Hogan's heyday had past. Btw Hogan has always been a scabby boot licker.

[@blackmatca6277]

You failed when you accept sayin men are women

[@chucky2316]

Lights out meatball 😂😂😂😂😂

[@aaroncunningham8478]

Wow great to see hulk hogan speak out about him

[@Anonymous_0894]

I don't think Americans realise how ridiculous this looks to the rest of the world. 😂

[@bedminstereric]

I don’t think we care.

[@Anonymous_0894]

@@bedminstereric HELL YEAH BROTHER!!!💪💪💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@thefifthdoctor6780]

Nah it was cool, from England.

[@jeagle70]

Can't treat WWE/WWF seriously.

[@Kaipanzer-r2w]

Cope

[@Rebel-pt1se]

If you want to see what a brainless cult looks like, well you just did 😂

[@donttouchyerbumnsniffit]

It's not supposed to be serious so why treat it as such? 😏

[@ElliotPorter65]

Wrestling fan here, we don't claim him

[@Rebel-pt1se]

@@ElliotPorter65 smart man

[@robertovivancosdp]

Idiocracy vibes much?

[@user-hs2qb9qc3o]

Hulk Hogan look sick ripping of his t-shirt 😂😅

[@808zhu]

Let me tell you something, brother: I used to like Hulk Hogan.

[@WhyWorldWet]

Wrestling is fake...just like that presidential "tag team" he mentioned. lol

[@Doz1986]

I also heard a audio clip of him dissing black people and calling them them the N word and saying hes more or less racist. So yeah not a fan anymore myself.

[@slycat956]

I'm fan enough for both of us. Who the fuck likes black people? Not black people ​@Doz1986

[@J10005]

He was always a douchebag behind the ring politics or not

[@myron1231234]

@@Doz1986Cry about it 😂 are you an adult?

[@dianewhalen9721]

What a Gong Show!

[@metal-gods]

Hogan was really struggling with that pre cut shirt rip. Sad.

[@rohanroy6156]

But he looks the same he did thirty years ago. ....which is commendable.

[@jamie.777]

Let's see you at 70, u will never have arms that big

[@jamie.777]

​@rohanroy6156 agreed, hogan looks awesome at 70 and after major back surgeries

[@davidGPS95]

​@@jamie.777 yes those vitamins and Egg Nog drinks are amazing 😂

[@PedroMiguel-if3ll]

American politics are just a big circus. What a joke!

[@3joewj]

We still tell your country what to do😂

[@user-mf9yc6uh7i]

Facts

[@ibtunesoriginals2629]

​@@3joewjwhich country is he from?

[@mansourtarfit906]

​@@3joewjAmerica is telling nothing what to do!time is changing and the world politic is changing.Why should the world look at a MAGA insanity,with lies,guns everywhere?It's a circus,look at the RNC is that normal hhhhhhh

[@Monscent]

Every countries politics is a circus. America's is just the best circus.

[@davidGPS95]

Who will be next to endorse Trump , SpongeBob? 😂

[@JamesNorris-u4o]

We got Hulk Hogan and Donald Trump before GTA 6 😮‍💨

[@jadepixie2719]

Those poor Native Americans their not viewed as true Americans. 😒

[@jaymmycolon7465]

No one said that.

[@christophiluslovingchristb5441]

Actually, I am Cherokee and my ancestors were here before "America" was ever a word.

[@vortexsharadle9875]

America and american is a European descended culture so yeah the native weren't American

[@markmckeown87]

why the fuck have they got cheese on their head

[@saintlouis1087]

They’re from Wisconsin

[@SebCityLife1312]

😂Idiocrazy is coming guys

[@facitenonvictimarum]

Two great fighting images: Hulk at 70 and Mafia Boss Donny-One-Ear at 78.

[@pavma7]

IRL Idiocracy before GTA6

[@npcRegard]

3:18 She had to take a breather after hearing one of the best War cry speeches 💀

[@davidtechau4083]

God help us all.

[@joevaroskovic8475]

What other countries look at us and look at these rock stars in Hollywood elites we look like a joke like we're not serious

[@dianewhalen9721]

Unbelievable they have all gone over the edge!

[@scipioafricanus4875]

Ridiculous this is what we have to look forward too

[@bettysproul5045]

How much was this fool paid

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

Probably not as much as Robert deniro...

[@user-dn8nt3py3i]

Their are not like your father, you down down.

[@edwardburroughs1489]

Nothing, probably.

[@masonictrucker8031]

He did it for free because he’s not a flapjack like you.

[@davidGPS95]

2 hookers and a bag of Charlie 😂

[@shanedraper240692]

If only he had the real American music it would have been perfect

[@Ellesar925]

He did at the beginning.

[@joevaroskovic8475]

There's time for entertainment but I thought this was disrespectful it's kind of embarrassing for America

[@dcsteele]

Finally, Peter Thiel found a place where Hulk Hogan can say the n-word without criticism

[@kendallbald]

These are the kind of Americans that scream “hell yeah” “USA,USA,USA” and “thoughts and prayers”

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

Dems are jealous in the comments cause they wish their party was this entertaining lol

[@ordinarryalien]

Why, Hogan, why?..

[@user-co2li1vd5d]

He is a Christian, you cant be a Christian and be against israel...its as simple as that.

[@davidknight2104]

He's very patriotic 🇺🇲🙂

[@everready800]

He's probably sick of establishment politicians aka yes men

[@sirbarnabyst.johntoffingto9017]

Hulk Hogan has lost his nut BIG TIME!! Guy's done gone full blown loony tunes!!

[@redlinetelevision]

Because biden is the worst president ever and trump is the best

[@xXtoyhippieXx]

id endorse trump if he gave me money..jk i wouldnt this is a DAMN southpark episode

[@aidaruiz957]

yes am a trumpamania bother u are so amasing brother we love u too

[@Monscent]

Damn, Dana White gives a hell of a speech.

[@jadepixie2719]

This is getting weird, Tramp turned into a reality tv show Jesus Christ for the Republicans after the failed assassination while Hulk Hogan preaches on like a priest.

[@vortexsharadle9875]

Did you not see the other 3 days?

[@-1Patroit.]

Never thought the bulk would turn out to be a commie

[@Trumpulator]

Violent language and hate towards half the country.

[@jerryskid420]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6WuZqtmlNSpbdUsi=tIfDK1L0IgMlMshZ

[@jerryskid420]

Please refer to that when you're talking about what hulk Hogan said in a private conversation

[@jaymmycolon7465]

Violent language?

[@davidknight2104]

From Hillary Clinton calling anyone supporting trump deplorables, racists, sexist etc or msnbc constantly calling trump Hitler......

[@davidknight2104]

​@jaymmycolon7465 these people think facts are violence

[@sachin5151]

This is great.. Hulk still has it...

[@JETFORCEJUN0]

Hulk Hogan has definitely never, ever used the n-word. Ever.

[@Delete.9]

We all have brother

[@davidGPS95]

Keir Starmer should have got a fat wrestler to endorse him 😂

[@dfraser4855]

USA USA USA 🇺🇸

[@lassiterdominguez2879]

The leader of 12 yr old adult narcassists.😂

[@LenOliver-yz6os]

Crack heads for Biden.

[@jeffreycheng5984]

Another WrestleMania advert!😁

[@jeffreycheng5984]

"Politics is now and always has been just the clever and deceptive art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism, and fear-mongering in order to dupe average people like you and me into accepting and demanding the chains of our own enslavement."- Larken Rose. The Dangerous Superstition.

[@hourbee5535]

Propaganda 😂

[@WhyWorldWet]

Kid Rock, Hulk Hogan, UFC boss...this party sounds like a 90's college frat party lol. If it weren't so cringe all the time, they might have a better image to run with. It's so so hard to get behind this party. And of course, all the deceitful lies etc don't help.

[@geoffbirchall7552]

Well I am convinced, totally legitimate. 🙄

[@LimeGuy101]

"Trumpites" Should have said "Trumpeteers"

[@matthewcoreyhall]

I love the 80s 😂

[@RAJ-Jamcal]

When the presidency becomes a tv ahow instead of competency

[@JulioHernandez-nn8oz]

😂😂😂 yeah after trying to kiil competence 🤡

[@kingofthescorpio5648]

Sad….trust no man, Trust in Jesus