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#HulkvsGawk: Live coverage from the Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker trial (with live stream)
Terry Gene Bollea (a.k.a. Hulk Hogan) is looking to win $100 million in damages from Gawker, a New York-based news website, for publishing an excerpt of his sex tape in 2012. At its core, it's a case about whether Gawker's decision to publish one minute and 41 seconds of a roughly 30-minute sex tape violated Bollea's right to privacy.
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Hulk Hogan attorney asks if he was athletic as a child? No, he says. He was a large son. #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 6:31:16 PM -
Hulk Hogan is talking about his childhood. When he was 11, he weighed 196 pounds and was six feet tall. He "ate a lot of junk." #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 6:32:36 PM -
Hogan: "When I was 11yo, I weighed 196 lbs. I was about 6ft tall, but it wasn’t distributed very well, I ate a lot of junk.” #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:32:52 PM -
"Were you very athletic growing up?"
"I wasn’t very athletic, I was a bit fat" -Hulk Hogan is on the stand, #HulkvsGawkby Kara Smoke via twitter 3/7/2016 6:33:14 PM -
More about Hulk: he played guitar in local Tampa clubs. #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 6:34:16 PM
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Hogan tried community college, took classes in finance and music. Never got his degree though. #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:34:38 PM
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“Before I became a wrestler, my main focus was music.” #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:35:16 PM
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Before Hulk became a wrestler, he was in the laborer's union and also worked on the docks at the Port of Tampa. #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 6:35:48 PM
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Hulk, on seeing wrestling when he was a boy: "The first time I saw it, I just fell in love." #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 6:37:12 PM
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“I loved it. My father took me to the wrestling matches." He struggles to remember the name of the Tampa Armory. #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:37:14 PM
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Hogan describing the differences between wrestling today and back when he started. #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 6:39:16 PM
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Wrestling was different back in the day, Hulk explains #HulkvsGawk #hulktrialby Kara Smoke via twitter 3/7/2016 6:40:00 PM
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Was wrestling portrayed as a legit sport back then? "Yes, sir, it was," Hogan says. #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 6:40:56 PM
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The first day he got in a ring, he broke his leg, Hogan says. Says becoming a wrestler in the 70s was harder than today. #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:41:10 PM
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Hogan: "It’s very physical. In 25+ years, I’ve had two knee replacements, two hip replacements, nine back surgeries." #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:42:10 PM
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Hulk Hogan is talking about his past injuries, surgeries. #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 6:42:14 PM
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Hogan: "The word fake doesn’t really describe it...It's very physical." He's had multiple back surgeries, teeth marks in arms. #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 6:42:48 PM
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This is basically a history lesson of the roots of Florida wrestling. #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 6:43:08 PM
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When he was just starting out, Hogan was paid $20 -25 a match. "Even back then it wasn’t enough money." #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:43:28 PM
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While pursuing his dream of wrestling, Hogan slept in his car in Alabama. #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 6:44:52 PM
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I guess I'm learning a lot about what it was like for an aspiring wrestler in the 1970s.....#hulkvsgawkby Kara Smoke via twitter 3/7/2016 6:46:28 PM
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Hogan slept in his car, drove thousands of miles to wrestle in TN, AL, other territories. Finally got a call to audition in NY. #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:47:44 PM
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We just made it to '79 and the origins of WWE #HulkvsGawkby Kara Smoke via twitter 3/7/2016 6:48:39 PM
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"I started as the Super Destroyer. Then Terry Boulder." Then Terry the Hulk Boulder. Then a promoter suggested Hulk Hogan. #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:48:40 PM
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Prior to being Hulk Hogan, he was called "Super Destroyer," "Terry Boulder" and "Terry The Hulk Boulder" in the ring. #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 6:48:51 PM
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Hogan recalling traveling around the south to wrestle. He was about to quit -- and then got a call from Vince McMahon Sr. #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 6:49:15 PM
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Hogan making frequent eye contact with the jury in his responses. #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 6:50:06 PM
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"And I was supposed to wrestle another guy named Jesse Ventura…” #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 6:51:39 PM
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"And I was supposed to wrestle another guy named Jesse Ventura…” #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter retweeted by annamphillips 3/7/2016 6:52:11 PM
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References to Jesse Ventura and Sylvester Stallone, along with his appearance as "Thunder Lips" in Rocky III. #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 6:52:21 PM
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Hogan defied Vince McMahon's order to not do Rocky 3. McMahon fired him, but Hogan returned with even greater fame. #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 6:52:53 PM
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Hogan just used his Hulk Hogan voice. Growled "hey brother" at the jury. #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:53:48 PM
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This testimony is familiar to anyone who listened to Hogan's interview with @BillSimmons last year #hulkvsgawk grantland.com/the-triangle/b…by Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 6:54:27 PM
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Hogan seems to be having a pretty good time recounting his career. We're on to "this horrible character the Iron Sheik." #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:55:09 PM
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He's now talking about the Iron Sheikh and the Eye of the Tiger song. #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 6:55:13 PM
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"You know who’s going to win or lose," Hogan says. #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:58:05 PM
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Hogan jokes to attorney: "You don't want me going off the top rope on you." #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 6:58:17 PM
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"That’s when it really took off. When we quit trying to insult the public’s intelligence. It’s just to entertain.” #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:58:21 PM
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"Oh, gosh, the Hulk Hogan character is the just all American goog guy, sometime loud, sometime not loud..." #HulkVsGawkby Kara Smoke via twitter 3/7/2016 6:59:41 PM
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Hogan: “Oh my gosh, the Hulk Hogan character is the all American good guy, loud...but always in character.” #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 6:59:41 PM
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"The Hulk Hogan character is an all-American good guy, fighting for the rights of every man." #hulkvsgawkby Tamara Lush via twitter 3/7/2016 7:00:09 PM
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Hogan and his attorney methodically walking jurors through his career. At this rate, we might make it to the 2000s by 5. #hulkvsgawkby Tom Kludt via twitter 3/7/2016 7:00:51 PM
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Hogan: “They would tell us what they wanted us to say.” Says he was in character during the show, wasn't the real him. #hulkvsgawkby Anna Phillips via twitter 3/7/2016 7:30:40 PM
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