5 wrestlers who can't stand Hulk Hogan, and 5 who are his friend.

The Immortal Hulk Hogan
The Immortal Hulk Hogan

Friends with Hogan: Hacksaw Jim Duggan

Hoooooo!  Hacksaw Jim Duggan
Hoooooo! Hacksaw Jim Duggan

Why they are friends: Hogan helped Duggan with his backstage influence in WWE, and Duggan has been supportive of Hogan in controversy.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan rarely encountered Hogan during their early years in the sport. Hacksaw was more involved in the southern promotions, while Hogan tended toward the west and north.

When both were hired by the WWE, however, they struck up a friendship. Duggan is known as a very down to Earth person, and is not the type to constantly bug the management of a promotion for a bigger push or title reign.

Hogan, for his own reasons, respected Jim Duggan. Possibly it was because Duggan was another big, burly bruiser like Hogan, or possibly it was because they came into the sport in the same generation. Regardless, Hogan used his influence in the WWE to help Duggan become, in many ways, the king of the midcard in WWE. While he held no official titles, he did win the title of King of Wrestling from Harley Race, and defended the crown for over a year until Haku won it off of him.

Later, Hogan would see to it WCW hired Duggan when the Hulkster began his career with that promotion. Since then, Duggan was one of the few voices speaking out in favor of Hogan after his unfortunate leaked video.

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