Posted on 7/27/125 by Colin Vassallo
AEW paid tribute to Hulk Hogan last night on Collision.
It was Tony Schiavone, who worked with Hogan a lot in WCW,
who honored him during a short break from regular
programming.
With the camera focused solely on him, Schiavone spoke to
the AEW audience watching on television.
“It was quite a week for all of us who have been in
professional wrestling for a long time with the unexpected
death of Hulk Hogan,” Schiavone said. “Hulk Hogan was the
man who brought professional wrestling into the mainstream
of the 80s and in the 90s right here on this network, right
here on TNT almost 30 years ago. Hulk Hogan lit the fire
that began the Monday night wars and he also put WCW on the
cable TV map right here on TNT.”
He continued, “You know, sometimes we take a look at these
stars that are bigger than life, and we forget that they are
just like us… humans. And we forget they have families that
care about them. Our condolences go out to Hulk’s family,
children Brooke and Nick, his wife Sky, and if you’ve never
lost a member of family you have no idea what the pain they
are going through right now…and believe me, it is intense.”
Schiavone ended his tribute with condolences from all of
them at All Elite Wrestling.