I still get chills hearing Hulk Hogan’s speech at the RNC.

It’s exactly what is missing today. Pep talks from real coach drill sargeant type men. Did you know that used to be kind of common in boomers and prior? Some flat top buzz-cut will tell you to get in line. You can see it in the old JFK fitness clips, too. There used to be masculine efforts in the nation. They took those away and then, try to blame the youth for the lack of provided structure in their lives.

Glad you are posting here, as I’ve liked your posts and my feedback is only really my own thoughts.

I did reflect back on this speech and how big Hulk Hogan was in the 80s and how it all just kind of came together for him. He had that preacher pastor kind of style of promo where he advocated Prayers, Training and Vitamins and he always tried to inspire the little ones. Guys like him, Sly, Arnold, Jack Lalanne, and other fitness legends were normal back then. Not to say that there are not good ones now, but it’s not the same.

Hulk Hogan has that song, Real American, that was actually used for another tag team, but somehow, he used it and it just fit with his character and brand and it just really took off. Everything was about muscles, fast cars, rock music, the beach and just getting hyped and inspired in the 80s. The whole decade was like that, but will say, that I think Hulk Hogan was one of the key figures that made that decade what it was.

What I liked was that kind of underground feeling that he was some kind of Evangelical. He was just hyping the crowd for the events, but there was this feeling that he was ready to get on a soapbox or a pulpit and start some fire and brimstone preaching. Trying to think of other figures, like maybe Tom Landry or the other healthy and hearty figures that would really impact masculine energy. I never read it until recently, but I guess that book Elmer Gantry was kind of an attack on that kind of male character, which was kind of a jock with a letterman jacket, so a fitness type of preacher. Hulk Hogan’s character tapped into those deep roots, like a modern day Billy Sunday.