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Chris
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Juju
What up dog?
Chris
You like the bill's new red helmet?
Juju
Oh yeah, I like that they got a blue one actually that they, they're waiting to debut.
Chris
Like a new blue.
Juju
Like that one better? Yeah, it's a blue one with the pants.
Dave
Juju, what I like so much about the the red helmet is they're going to use it with their current uni set and they have that red alternate so it'll make some sense. But I mean, Dave's not wrong when he said their uniforms were bad when they had the red helmet. But, but the Yeezy uniforms are good and I like the alternate look.
Juju
Yeah, that white helmet gets a little stale. Just like, come on guys, what are we doing? It's 2025.
Dave
Yeah, I mean initially I was against all these teams having alternate helmets because that is what is so identifiable with this sport. I liked having consistent looks. But once you open the Pandora's box, like let's get all these additional looks out there so some of these uniforms.
Chris
Can make sense when college football does that a lot. Like basically every team has at least three different helmets or three different colors of the same helmet. It's, it makes the sport more entertaining to watch because you have all sorts of different cool uniform combos.
Dave
I could talk uniforms with Dave literally until my life's end.
Chris
Juju. I have a direct message chain with multiple people from UCF where we were just predicting what the uniform sets for each game are going to be next year. And it was the best day. What a terrible group chat. Oh, it's called Drip U. It's incredible.
Dave
Boring.
Dan
Juju. What were the reactions of our football Americans to Dave Damoshek's maiden voyage here with Metal Arc before we debut his show? Because I think thought he was very funny.
Juju
Yeah, he was hilarious. I didn't know he was that funny. I to from the right side. I don't know if you guys could see it. He looks a little bit like Pablo Pascal. Pedro Pascal.
Dan
Zazlo said the same thing. And I'm like, zazzle, why didn't you tell him this? It's like the greatest compliment you can give a a person right now physically. A man. A man. There's no greater compliment. So can we turn damage? Can we turn him into beefcake? Can we turn him into soda drinker's body? Dan in this, in the sex symbol like that.
Dave
He didn't up. You know why? You know, if the light catches him just right on the zoom, he looks like the sexiest man in America.
Juju
Yeah. Also soda drinkers body. Another one nomination. Travis Barker. I think he has a soda drinker's body in the other way.
Chris
That's such a perfect, perfect, perfect way to play Dr. Juju.
Dan
Another good way to play it is put it on the poll, please. Juju. When you're done updating the polls, does Damek look like if Pedro Pascal got really, really sick? I'm just saying.
Chris
Okay, now we're talking.
Dave
Lord. Like he had to be hospitalized for pneumonia, but he bounced back.
Chris
Okay, all right.
Dave
It was like three weeks ago and he's bouncing.
Dan
All right, put add this as well. Does Damoshek look like he was hospitalized for pneumonia? And then just end the. Like Pedro Pascal was hospitalized for pneumonia and end the question there.
Dave
No, but like three weeks ago. Now he's on the road back.
Dan
No bouncing back. Just hospitalized for pneumonia because that makes.
Dave
It seem like he looks bad.
Dan
The Pascal family still worried he's not going to make it. He's been hospitalized.
Dave
He's got like three weeks of having solid food.
Dan
The Pascal kids are really. They're worried about the tubes. No, no. He's gotten really, really sick.
Dave
I loved his riff on the Raiders logo.
Dan
I can't believe I hadn't noticed that. About the dolphins. How is it that I had not thought for a moment about the. Just the irony, the comedic cosmic universe irony of Tua's helmet needs more helmets. And the dolphin on the helmet doesn't have a helmet.
Dave
But then it's helmet ception. Because the dolphins wearing a helmet inside of a helmet inside of a helmet. Even though the Dolphins wearing a helmet that the team has never worn before.
Chris
Maybe the reason they got rid of it was because it was such a hypocrisy to have the helmet that had the M on it on the dolphin. So they get rid of the helmet with the M so that this way they can just put the logo on the helmet.
Dave
The hypocrisy is it's not a leaping dolphin, but there's a sun behind it. How.
Juju
We are back, Chris. Take it away.
Chris
Thursday. Hit Thunder. Presented by DraftKings. DraftKings. The crown is yours.
Dan
Did you win one? Did you win one?
Juju
No, absolutely not, Dano.
Dave
But the segment is back, man.
Juju
Tonight we are going going with my sister Natasha Howard for over 10 points. Caitlyn Clark is still out and the Indiana Fever need pieces to step up and she is one of the biggest pieces over there in Indian. Moving on, we're going with Aaliyah Boston for over 7.5 rebounds tonight. She's going up against Asia Wilson, South Carolina versus South Carolina. So she's gonna get in that paint and get on them boys tonight. Last leg in the same game, we're going with Nelissa Smith for over six points. Her ex team, the Indiana Fever coming into town, she's going to want to shut them down. Lock it in.
Dan
People. This is what I'm telling you and I will continue to tell you this. Juju cares way too deeply about these things that he is telling you to do and they are most often right. They are two thirds of the time right. We need them to be 100% right and they are almost always 2/3 of the way right. So I recommend to you, if you're not a parlay person, bet them individually and juju will have won you a great deal of money by now.
Dave
Just don't get it, do you?
Dan
I'm just saying, you just don't get it. I feel like yeah, it's.
Dave
It's a parlay and we're going to hit it. All right. All right. You know, you don't get it.
Dan
You can also bet them individually though.
Dave
You can admit that it's a part.
Dan
Like let's play the sound I referenced four hours ago and never got to of Jeff Teague accusing LeBron James of using steroids. What do you say he since he since walked that back slightly.
Jeremy
Which Brown was better? Miami.
Dave
Heat.
Jeremy
Brown. Miami. Heat. Browns. Miami. I'm going this cast bra because this cast. Brian had a three, man. Y' all crazy. He was on steroids, bro. He had to sit out. He was on Steroids. For real? It was on steroids, bro. Allegedly. But, like, he had to sit out. But y' all remember when they told him, like, they don't remember that, though. No, but it was like, he got everybody. They started testing for hgh and they was like, yo. And he had to sit out. Like, he said his back was hurt, and he sat out for, like, three weeks, and he came back skinny. This is just. I was in the league.
Juju
I remember.
Dave
We got to interrupt this real quick. Shocking breaking news, and this is going to be a complicated one. I hate that I'm delivering this news to you, but hit it. Well, I guess we should have. No, you know what? That's in poor taste. Hulk Hogan has died at the age of 71. There were really concerning reports. Bubba the Love Sponge, complicated relationship there. His show was reporting on his health, the fact that he hadn't been speaking in several weeks. Hulk Hogan is now dead, according to TMZ, at the age of 71.
Chris
Cardiac arrest, according to TMZ.
Dan
So it is a little bit difficult to go from that particular breaking news to the rest of what we're doing without eulogizing, at least for a moment, one of the most famous athletes in the history of the world who had.
Dave
To deal with a public reckoning for his past. Yeah, it really complicated legacy. There are a lot of wrestlers inside the WWE now that feel a certain way about him. WWE fans have had the opportunity to voice how they feel about Hulk Hogan because of the tapes that have him saying the N word on them. But if you could cast that aside. I'm not telling you to, but I'm asking you if you could. At his peak, very few people were more famous than this one person. And every point throughout our adult lives and childhood, Hulk Hogan did mean something and was identifiable. And hopefully in death, people can find those connection points, too, because he certainly represented a lot to a lot of different people.
Dan
Okay, but let's go ahead and do this correctly, and we can do it as a trilogy instantaneously without having to varnish it up in the way that people do when folks die. When you say the complicated legacy of Hulk Hogan, it includes being involved in the middle of a sex scandal, betrayal, alleged betrayal with Bubba the Love Sponge. That also includes the use of the N word. That also includes Gawker Bankrupting dead spin by Peter Thiel. Yeah, Deadspin really chronicles in the ushering of billionaires who have a lot of power and don't like to be outed by the media, corporate media, any kind of media. And want their power back and don't want to be told what to do. So they bankrupt Gawker through Hulk Hogan funding. Hulk Hogan, who at the time they got him, had a little bit of disgrace on him and a little bit of has been on him, but had been at one time in the world the most famous athlete at the time who might not have been like Muhammad Ali. And we're talking about worldwide fame. You can connect with. You don't need to understand the language. This is a quote unquote sport that people are growing to embrace. And it is led by this one guy who was the Rock before the Rock, nationally and internationally. And he built that sport into everything that it is. And his relationship with other wrestlers was complicated because it was filled with lies and steroids and fights and everything that made wrestling what it would become, the way that UFC grew up right before our eyes. And Hulk Hogan over the last five years, maybe 10, has torn down almost everything that he once built being a multivitamin salesman on behalf of America's kids because he wore the yellow shorts and he told you how to be healthy. And he really reached Americans and he reached the world through his talent, through his speech, through his showmanship, and through being a great athlete with an extraordinarily limited wrestling ability.
Dave
Right.
Dan
Because there wasn't very much wrestling famously.
Chris
Like the worst finishing.
Dave
Yeah, yeah. I mean, but the charisma was off the charts. And in our lifetime, there are very few, either athletes or people that are associated with a brand, like you play under a brand. The PGA Tour Tiger was bigger than the PGA Tour. Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan was bigger than the NBA. Hulk Hogan bigger than professional wrestling. And say what you will, you can have your own rankings. If there is one singular face that you attach to sports entertainment and professional wrestling, it is Hulk Hogan, for better or for worse. And like I said, there are a lot of children. He was playing a role. And the message when we were growing up was, eat your vitamins, say your prayers, represented America. And there'll be a lot of that nostalgic stuff too.
Dan
I do need to say though, because I've noticed in the last couple of days and where the generations gap are, Generation gaps are on Ozzy Osbourne. Jeremy, what do you know about Hulk Hogan? Given that your childhood to adulthood has him as has been.
Chris
Yeah, I mean, look, I'm also admittedly not a wrestling guy, so I. I never would have probably been introduced to much, but like, for me, in the same way, same way we were talking about Ozzy Osbourne, like I knew Hulk Hogan first for his VH1 show, Hogan knows Best.
Dave
Sitcom dad.
Chris
Yeah. And, you know, wasn't a huge fan of that one. And the character that was there as much as I was with Ozzy Osbourne, who was, like, tremendous. And then all I've known of him is when I was, what, 20 years old, the tapes came out of him using slurs. So, like, I've never really had this connection point that I'm sure so many people do. But for me, I've always just. I've kind of only known the negative as someone who recently turned 30.
Dave
Well, people are complicated. People are onions, layers to them. And you're not your worst moment. You're certainly not your best moment. You're certainly not a character that you play on television. I will say I'm friends with another very complicated person from professional wrestling and Ric Flair. And I will say that the kindness that Hulk Hogan showed Ric Flair while he was going through his health troubles was so shocking and uncommon to me that it really took me aback and made me view his kindness through a different prism. It's, you're not all bad. You're not your worst moment. He was capable of very decent things, too. I know from secondhand accounts, wrestlers would.
Dan
Tell you that he is more responsible for building the sport than anyone ever. And they would also tell you that his self interests were such that he was everything from a liar to a snitch to a person who was only interested in making sure that he got over in wrestling and he got all of his. Like, this is.
Dave
That's not going to work for me. Yeah, that's not going to work for me, brother. Had creative control, didn't necessarily do like, what Ric Flair did, which was put other people over, handed over to the other generation. Hulk Hogan didn't necessarily get down like that, but that adds to the lore. That's my biggest reference point to Hulk Hogan is the word brother. Yeah, right.
Chris
Like, I never watched wrestling cupping your hand to your ear, brother.
Dan
He told the story on Highly Questionable. I would love for you guys to get it since we were talking about Andre the Giant. They flew across the country together, were drinking the entire flight. They got to Japan, Andre the Giant slams, Hulk Hogan, lands on him. And because they drank so much the night before, Hulk Hogan simply, immediately upon, you know, Andre the Giant landing on him, shit his yellow shorts, just shit them like, it's. So Andre the Giant lands on him and it's so heavy that Hulk Hogan, who's not small, whatever it is, was inside him. Just shot out of the one orifice available into the famous Hulkamania yellow shorts because of how. How giant Andre the Giant was. Not again. This isn't Andre the Giant shitting in a bathtub. We bring closure to all of this by saying this is Hulk Hogan shitting in his pants because the guy who landed on him was somebody so large that he had to shit in a bathtub.
Dave
I think we did a good job trilogizing Hulk Hogan juju. What do you think?
Juju
Yeah, I mean, as one of the negroes on the show, I think there's a. There's definitely a moment that we don't like. But like you said, you're not your worst moment. Growing up, he was the Hollywood Hulk Hogan. The NWO with the. With the black and the gray, so. And Thunder in paradise. Oh, wow. Great show. So I grew up loving the man, you feel me? It's unfortunate what happened later on in life and then like you say, man, like we can't always. I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna worst moment him out right now. You feel me? I'm just gonna salute the man's life and his legacy. Great man. When he was great to most of us. And rest in peace, brother.
Dave
I. I know wrestling fans especially are heavily opinionated when it comes to Hulk Hogan's legacy, but it. It is sad and it is a reckoning with what he did at his last moment in front of a WWE audience. He got booed out of a building.
Dan
Not quite. Not quite Ozzy's ending.
Dave
No, not quite Ozzy's ending, that's for damn sure.
Dan
We will get to some of the things here that we were going to get to with juju as awkward transition, but because we usually wait and we close the file on people, but because this happened during the show, I do think it honors Hulk Hogan to tell what I believe to be his most famous story told to us. He was on with us a handful of times and I think, Jeremy, you tell me if I have this right. By the time we finish playing the. I think Pablo Torre finds out, took the fun out of this story by saying that this story's not actually true. But I want to tell it anyway. And it kind of fits. As Hulk Hogan's legacy ends, just end it with a lie and his revisionist history and we'll remember it fondly. Who's the truth?
Dave
He's got a great story.
Dan
He's got a great story. Look at the end. Hulk Hogan just had a story that was interesting. Is it true that. That you Passed on the George Foreman Grill idea.
Hulk Hogan
No, that's not true. I missed the phone call.
Dan
What happened? Tell me the story.
Hulk Hogan
Well, I mean, you know, I. George Foreman and I had the same agent. And my kids were complaining that I was always towards the end of the line picking them up at school. They would get out of school at 3 o' clock and these soccer moms would start lining up their minivans and talking shop, you know, and so I would come a quarter to three, 15 minutes before my kids get out of school. And I was at the back of the bus, so I went to McDonald's early, got diet Cokes and got the burgers and the fries. It was a big surprise. I get to the school about quarter after two. I was the first one in line. My kids came out, they were all excited. I had the drinks and the hamburgers and stuff, and we went home and I checked my answer machine and my answering machine. My agent called me, goes, hey, Hogan, I'm calling you. I got two things. I got a grill and I got a blender. I got these two choices for you and George. So when I called him back, my agent says, well, I called you first and I figured you'd take the grill, but you weren't home. So I called George and he took the grill. So 400, $450 million later, we've got the George Foreman Grill in every size and color you can imagine. And I got the blender that you put 8 ounces of water, a scoop of protein, and a double a battery in it. It'd spin three times and fart and cut off.
Dan
Great story. Unfortunately. Who cares if it's true? It's totally untrue.
Chris
Totally untrue. That's legacy, per the grill inventor and also his agent for his legacy.
Dave
You can say that about him. Great story. Who cares if it's true?
Dan
Well, I care about the one story, whether or not it was true.
Chris
This one. This is why we hate journalism, right? This is why everybody hates Pablo for finding out that that's true.
Dave
Ruined it.
Dan
Ruined it. Top 100 podcast all time.
Chris
Well, so is good hang with Amy Poehler. And that's only been out since March, so I don't know what this list is.
Dave
Maybe next time.
Dan
Juju, what else do we have today that you want to get to before we get to the polls?
Juju
I want to say L. Duncan. Another magnificent performance and an appearance on the show. She broke down the talks like you want them broke down. She made a good point. Why is anyone on the side of not paying Anyone. You know what I mean? Like, everyone out there standing up. What is your reason? I hope everybody gets paid. I hope everybody who I know gets a billion dollars. I don't care if they deserve it or not. Just. Just get it. And also, one mistake that y', all, that she said that whenever the New York fans was saying, hey, girl, whenever they was asking Cat, they wasn't saying, hey, girl. They were saying, oh, my God. Yeah. So they would say, oh, my God. But, yeah, man. Great appearance from L. Once again, we.
Dan
Interrupted because of the breaking news where we were headed with Jeff Teague accusing LeBron of steroid use.
Juju
How.
Dan
How ferocious or how carefully is Teague walked that back?
Dave
Oh, he's walked it all the way back. Y' all are weird. I was just joking about Bron Chill. He was just that dominant. Chill. That was on his iq. He did say allegedly, too, at the end. Yeah. This is allegedly his confidence there, though. That was conviction, right?
Juju
Wow. We weird, y'.
Chris
All. Weird is great.
Dan
You did that. What do we do?
Dave
Your podcast should have added you, Dan.
Dan
Your podcast is very popular.
Dave
I heard it on Levitar Show.
Dan
What? What do you mean he should have added me?
Dave
You famous. You did it first. I don't know.
Juju
That's. Let that be a lesson while you don't put LeBron and steroids in the same sentence. You will get that call.
Dan
If you had to bet and be right.
Dave
Yeah, no, I get it. I get it.
Chris
Nope.
Dan
Never did anything date the polls at LeBatard show. I don't like.
Chris
I don't.
Dan
I don't know.
Chris
Nope. Definitely not that past and future member of the Miami Heat never did anything like that.
Juju
Right. Also, before I get to the polls, I want to salute the biggest story on the Internet. Yesterday. We didn't talk about, congratulations, Taylor Rooks for tying the knot. She got married yesterday to a brother named Shane. Congratulations. Love is back.
Dave
She married her brother.
Jeremy
Wow.
Dave
That's shocking. That juju. There are moments on Twitter that. That unite us all on that terrible platform. It used to be things like DeAndre Jordan being held hostage by the Houston Rockets, but last night was one of the good ones. Star studded with dudes like Jack Harlow that are still playing the long game.
Juju
Hell yeah. First poll more impressive to win a Pulitzer Prize or two championships. 68% of the audience says two championships. Congrats, Zaslo. Also, more love. We didn't mention Klay Thompson and Meg the Stallion. Bravo. Bravo. In that camp, Most painful place to get a tattoo. The neck, the kneecap, the lip, or the skull, man. This is the closest race ever. But with 29% of the vote, we got Skull as the winner. And, yes, it does hurt. It hurts very much. Kneecap was. I still think the kneecap is the one, though. It's like, until you got a kneecap tattoo, you can't vote on this poll.
Chris
It also would be less. We miss. I think, like, no.
Dave
No one.
Chris
Something about it.
Dave
No one doubts that. Jerry. We know.
Chris
Well, you know, I mean, look. Look at me. I understand, but you thought you brought.
Dan
That one on you.
Chris
I mean, I know. I get it. Look, do the show.
Juju
Last poll. Does Joe Rogan have weird nipples? 95 of the audience says, yes, he does. And those are your polls.
Chris
Good show today. The right and the left fighting over Joe Rogan.
Dave
We had a lot of guests, and we still made it work. And rest in peace, Hulk Hogan. Rest in peace, Hulk Hogan.
Chris
Rest in peace, brother.
Juju
Rest in peace, brother.
Jeremy
I make foul.
Dan
That's the way you do that.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz – Postgame Show: Remembering Hulk Hogan (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Release Date: July 24, 2025
In this poignant and engaging episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, host Dan Le Batard and co-host Stugotz, along with guests JuJu and Dave, delve deep into the multifaceted legacy of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan. Recorded live from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, the episode seamlessly transitions from lighthearted sports discussions to a heartfelt tribute following the shocking news of Hulk Hogan's passing.
The episode begins with a spirited conversation about the evolving landscape of sports uniforms, particularly focusing on football helmets. The hosts debate the merits of traditional designs versus modern, alternate helmets introduced by teams.
They highlight how college football teams often experiment with multiple helmet colors, enhancing the visual appeal and entertainment value of the games.
The conversation underscores the balance between tradition and innovation in sports branding, reflecting the hosts' passion for the game's aesthetics.
At [07:38], the atmosphere shifts dramatically as Dave delivers breaking news of Hulk Hogan's death at age 71, citing TMZ as the source. This announcement sets the stage for an in-depth exploration of Hogan's impact on sports and popular culture.
The hosts engage in a nuanced discussion about Hulk Hogan's legacy, acknowledging both his monumental contributions to professional wrestling and the controversies that marred his career.
They address the duality of Hogan's influence:
Positive Aspects:
Negative Aspects:
The conversation highlights Hogan's role as a cultural icon whose larger-than-life persona both elevated professional wrestling and embroiled him in significant ethical and moral disputes.
In a lighter yet revealing segment, the hosts recount a humorous and fabricated story about Hulk Hogan allegedly passing on the George Foreman Grill opportunity, only to have it debunked later.
The hosts use this anecdote to illustrate Hogan's larger-than-life storytelling ability and the myths that often surround public figures.
This segment serves as a metaphor for Hogan's legendary status and the blurred lines between his authentic persona and the myths he perpetuated.
The episode concludes with interactive audience polls and light-hearted banter, maintaining the show's signature blend of humor and sports commentary.
The hosts wrap up the episode with heartfelt condolences, reiterating Hulk Hogan's enduring impact on fans and the wrestling community.
This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz masterfully balances lively sports discussions with a respectful and comprehensive tribute to Hulk Hogan. By addressing both his triumphs and tribulations, the hosts provide listeners with a holistic view of a complex figure who left an indelible mark on professional wrestling and popular culture.
Notable Quotes with Timestamps:
This comprehensive summary encapsulates the episode's key discussions, insights, and emotional moments, providing a rich and engaging overview for both fans and newcomers alike.