Friday, July 25, 2025

Terry the Giant Irishman again?

Hulk Hogan, whose real name was Terry Gene Bollea, died yesterday. There was a /pol/ thread complaining about the media badmouthing him after his death, and I saw this:


Hogan is referred to as "a man named Terry," and two comments down it is mentioned that he was "baptized." This made me think of "Terry the giant Irishman critiques my supposed literary preferences" because Bill guessed that the Terry in my dream might represent John the Baptist and might dislike me because I do baptism wrong.

Then I realized that the ring name Hulk Hogan corresponds to Terry's title "the giant Irishman." Hulk refers to "a big, clumsy person," like a giant, and Hogan is an Irish name.

The article they were complaining about compares Hogan to another person who's been in the sync stream. Hogan is said to have "developed a genuinely Jay Leno-like reputation for the viciousness in which he protected his top spot in World Wrestling Entertainment."

3 comments:

Ra1119bee said...

 William,

In 1977 there was a very popular TV show
titled The Incredible Hulk. 
The actor Bill Bixby played Dr. David Banner,
 copy and paste: asterisks mine
"In the series, Dr. David Banner, a widowed physician
and scientist who is presumed dead, travels across the United States
under assumed names and finds himself in positions
 where he helps others in need despite his terrible secret:
Following an accident that altered his cells, in times of extreme
 anger or stress, he transforms into a huge, savage,
 incredibly strong***** green-skinned***** humanoid,
who has been named the Hulk."
~~~~~~~~
The color green having an Ireland shamrock connection.

Although I can't find if Terry Gene Bollea adopted
his professional boxing moniker after the Incredible Hulk
'coincidently' however Terry started his boxing career in
the same year as the Incredible Hulk 
TV show which was 1977.

What's interesting about Hulk Hogan was his bright
colors  of yellow and red , which recall my many comments
about the International Maritime Signal Flags
O for Oscar meaning Man Overboard. 
The colors of the flag being yellow and red.

Yellow and red when mixed produces Orange. Hulk Hogan was
a strong supporter of Donald Trump: Orange Man bad.

https://flagdom.com/o-oscar-code-of-signals-flag

Ra1119bee said...

William,
I forgot to add that The Incredible Hulk is yet
another Transformation connection,
as Dr. Banner 'transforms' into the Green Man Hulk.

Here is the trailer of The Incredible Hulk.
Listen to reference of 'still waters' run deep.

The Incredible Hulk (1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHaxyPfJPEE

Wm Jas Tychonievich said...

Good catch on the Hulk green Irish connection.

In most versions, the Hulk’s alter ego is called Robert Bruce Banner. Robert Bruce is one of the three kings in a rug.

Speaking of banners and maritime flags, that Billy Joel song is from an album with a maritime signal flag on the cover.

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