The Sports Lunatics Show
Shawn Lavigne, a longtime Toronto radio producer, and Howie Mooney, Ottawa television sports personality and author, discuss sports and sports history and delve into why what happened in the past is relevant today. Fun sports talk, lively interviews and always a good time.
The Sports Lunatics Show
July 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering Hulk Hogan
Terry Bollea, also known as Hulk Hogan, by the end of his life, was hated by many and loved by many. By 2025, his life and the way he was perceived and portrayed, was complicated. But as media personality and wrestling fan James Cybulski posted on Twitter, "To say Terry Bollea the person was an incredibly flawed individual would be an understatement, but the character Hulk Hogan is one of the biggest reasons wrestling is what it is today." indeed, there was a time when he was an absolute cultural phenomenon. In this edition of The Sports Lunatics Show, Shawn and Howie try to look at the life of Hulk Hogan through this complicated historical lens.