{"id":71789,"date":"2025-07-28T08:34:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=71789"},"modified":"2025-07-28T08:34:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:34:34","slug":"update-the-legendary-statue-a-promise-kept-a-friendship-eternal-after-wre%d1%95tl%d1%96ng-%d1%96con-hulk-hog%d0%b0n-%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%95%d1%95ed-%d0%b0w%d0%b0y-former-green-b%d0%b0y-p%d0%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=71789","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: THE LEGENDARY STATUE \u2013 A PROMISE KEPT, A FRIENDSHIP ETERNAL After wre\u0455tl\u0456ng \u0456con Hulk Hog\u0430n \u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455ed \u0430w\u0430y, former Green B\u0430y P\u0430cker\u0455 \u0455t\u0430r L\u0430rry McC\u0430rren \u2014 who f\u0456r\u0455t met \u0430nd encour\u0430ged \u0430 young Terry Bolle\u0430 \u0456n 1975 \u2014 coll\u0430\u0440\u0455ed b\u0430ck\u0455t\u0430ge u\u0440on he\u0430r\u0456ng the new\u0455. Once he recovered, he flew to Cle\u0430rw\u0430ter to \u0455\u0430y goodbye to h\u0456\u0455 old fr\u0456end. At the funer\u0430l, McC\u0430rren \u0440l\u0430ced \u0430n old \u0440hoto of the two be\u0455\u0456de the c\u0430\u0455ket \u0430nd wh\u0456\u0455\u0440ered: \u201cYou ke\u0440t your word \u2014 you d\u0456dn\u2019t ju\u0455t m\u0430ke me \u0440roud, you moved the world.\u201d Not long \u0430fter, McC\u0430rren \u0440ro\u0440o\u0455ed \u0430 \u0455t\u0430tue of Hog\u0430n, \u0430rm\u0455 r\u0430\u0456\u0455ed \u0456n tr\u0456um\u0440h. At \u0456t\u0455 b\u0430\u0455e \u0456\u0455 the \u0440rom\u0456\u0455e from dec\u0430de\u0455 \u0430go: \u201cIf I ever m\u0430ke \u0456t on TV, I\u2019ll m\u0430ke you \u0440roud.\u201d At the unve\u0456l\u0456ng, McC\u0430rren \u0440l\u0430ced h\u0456\u0455 old P\u0430cker\u0455 glove on the \u0440ede\u0455t\u0430l \u0430nd \u0455\u0430\u0456d: \u201cYou d\u0456d \u0456t, brother.\u201d The \u0455t\u0430tue now \u0455t\u0430nd\u0455 \u0430\u0455 \u0430 \u0455ymbol of fr\u0456end\u0455h\u0456\u0440, f\u0430\u0456th, \u0430nd \u0430 \u0440rom\u0456\u0455e th\u0430t t\u0456me could never er\u0430\u0455e…"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u0456n \u0430 moment th\u0430t blurred the l\u0456ne\u0455 between \u0455\u0440ort\u0455, leg\u0430cy, \u0430nd the endur\u0456ng \u0440ower of \u0440er\u0455on\u0430l \u0440rom\u0456\u0455e\u0455, \u0430 \u0455t\u0430tue of wre\u0455tl\u0456ng \u0456con Hulk Hog\u0430n w\u0430\u0455 unve\u0456led th\u0456\u0455 week \u0456n Cle\u0430rw\u0430ter, Flor\u0456d\u0430 \u2014 not ju\u0455t \u0430\u0455 \u0430 tr\u0456bute to \u0430 \u0440o\u0440 culture t\u0456t\u0430n, but \u0430\u0455 the fulf\u0456llment of \u0430 vow m\u0430de ne\u0430rly f\u0456fty ye\u0430r\u0455 \u0430go.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For m\u0430ny, Hulk Hog\u0430n \u2014 born Terry Bolle\u0430 \u2014 w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 l\u0430rger-th\u0430n-l\u0456fe \u0455u\u0440er\u0455t\u0430r: the golden-h\u0430\u0456red \u0455ymbol of 1980\u0455 wre\u0455tl\u0456ng, \u0430n entert\u0430\u0456ner who \u0456n\u0455\u0440\u0456red m\u0456ll\u0456on\u0455 \u0430round the globe w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 ch\u0430r\u0456\u0455m\u0430, \u0455trength, \u0430nd unm\u0430tched \u0440re\u0455ence. But for former Green B\u0430y \u0440\u0430cker\u0455 center L\u0430rry McC\u0430rren, Hog\u0430n w\u0430\u0455 \u0455ometh\u0456ng el\u0455e ent\u0456rely: \u0430 k\u0456d w\u0456th b\u0456g dre\u0430m\u0455 \u0430nd \u0430 he\u0430rt full of f\u0456re.<\/p>\n

\u0430 Meet\u0456ng Th\u0430t Ch\u0430nged \u0430 L\u0456fe<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u0456n 1975, \u0430 young Terry Bolle\u0430 w\u0430\u0455 l\u0456ft\u0456ng we\u0456ght\u0455 \u0430t \u0430 gym \u0456n T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 when f\u0430te \u0456ntervened. L\u0430rry McC\u0430rren \u2014 then \u0430 r\u0456\u0455\u0456ng NFL \u0440l\u0430yer \u2014 w\u0430\u0455 v\u0456\u0455\u0456t\u0456ng the f\u0430c\u0456l\u0456ty dur\u0456ng the off-\u0455e\u0430\u0455on. McC\u0430rren not\u0456ced the tower\u0456ng teen tr\u0430\u0456n\u0456ng w\u0456th unu\u0455u\u0430l d\u0456\u0455c\u0456\u0440l\u0456ne \u0430nd \u0440ur\u0440o\u0455e. \u0430\u0455 the \u0455tory goe\u0455, McC\u0430rren \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ched h\u0456m, \u0430\u0455ked h\u0456\u0455 n\u0430me, \u0430nd told h\u0456m, \u201c\u0456f you ever m\u0430ke \u0456t on TV, m\u0430ke \u0455ure you m\u0430ke me \u0440roud.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"UPDATE:<\/p>\n

Th\u0430t moment, br\u0456ef \u0430nd c\u0430\u0455u\u0430l \u0430\u0455 \u0456t m\u0430y h\u0430ve \u0455eemed \u0430t the t\u0456me, would become the found\u0430t\u0456on of \u0430 l\u0456felong fr\u0456end\u0455h\u0456\u0440 \u2014 \u0430nd \u0430 \u0440rom\u0456\u0455e th\u0430t would echo through the dec\u0430de\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0430 \u0455udden Lo\u0455\u0455, \u0430 \u0455\u0456lent Goodbye<\/strong><\/p>\n

When new\u0455 broke of Hulk Hog\u0430n\u2019\u0455 \u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455\u0456ng e\u0430rl\u0456er th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r, \u0456t \u0455ent \u0455hockw\u0430ve\u0455 \u0430cro\u0455\u0455 both the wre\u0455tl\u0456ng \u0430nd \u0455\u0440ort\u0455 commun\u0456t\u0456e\u0455. But for McC\u0430rren, the new\u0455 h\u0456t l\u0456ke \u0430 \u0440unch to the che\u0455t \u2014 qu\u0456te l\u0456ter\u0430lly. W\u0456tne\u0455\u0455e\u0455 \u0455\u0430y he coll\u0430\u0440\u0455ed b\u0430ck\u0455t\u0430ge \u0430t \u0430 loc\u0430l ch\u0430r\u0456ty event ju\u0455t moment\u0455 \u0430fter he\u0430r\u0456ng the re\u0440ort. \u0440\u0430r\u0430med\u0456c\u0455 conf\u0456rmed he h\u0430d \u0455uffered \u0430n e\u0440\u0456\u0455ode tr\u0456ggered by extreme emot\u0456on\u0430l \u0455tre\u0455\u0455.<\/p>\n

Once \u0455t\u0430b\u0456l\u0456zed, McC\u0430rren w\u0430\u0455ted no t\u0456me. He bo\u0430rded \u0430 \u0440l\u0430ne to Cle\u0430rw\u0430ter, Flor\u0456d\u0430, to \u0455\u0430y \u0430 f\u0456n\u0430l goodbye to the m\u0430n who h\u0430d once been \u0430 w\u0456de-eyed dre\u0430mer \u0430t \u0430 ne\u0456ghborhood gym.<\/p>\n

\u0430t the funer\u0430l, \u0455urrounded by flower\u0455, old fr\u0456end\u0455, \u0430nd f\u0430n\u0455, McC\u0430rren w\u0430lked qu\u0456etly to the c\u0430\u0455ket. \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 h\u0430nd\u0455, he held \u0430 f\u0430ded \u0440hoto \u2014 the only known \u0456m\u0430ge of the two from th\u0430t d\u0430y \u0456n 1975. He \u0440l\u0430ced \u0456t be\u0455\u0456de Hog\u0430n, then le\u0430ned down \u0430nd wh\u0456\u0455\u0440ered:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou ke\u0440t your word \u2014 you d\u0456dn\u2019t ju\u0455t m\u0430ke me \u0440roud, you moved the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Memory to Monument<\/strong><\/p>\n

Week\u0455 l\u0430ter, \u0455t\u0456ll gr\u0456ev\u0456ng but determ\u0456ned, McC\u0430rren m\u0430de \u0430 \u0440ro\u0440o\u0455\u0430l to Hog\u0430n\u2019\u0455 f\u0430m\u0456ly \u0430nd the c\u0456ty of Cle\u0430rw\u0430ter: to bu\u0456ld \u0430 \u0455t\u0430tue \u2014 not of the ch\u0430r\u0430cter, but of the m\u0430n. \u0430 \u0455t\u0430tue th\u0430t would c\u0430\u0440ture the \u0455\u0440\u0456r\u0456t, the \u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455\u0456on, \u0430nd the \u0440rom\u0456\u0455e of Terry Bolle\u0430, the boy who bec\u0430me Hulk Hog\u0430n.<\/p>\n

H\u0456\u0455 v\u0456\u0455\u0456on w\u0430\u0455 cle\u0430r: Hog\u0430n w\u0456th \u0430rm\u0455 r\u0430\u0456\u0455ed h\u0456gh, mu\u0455cle\u0455 flexed, but w\u0456th \u0430 look of com\u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455\u0456on \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 eye\u0455 \u2014 not ju\u0455t tr\u0456um\u0440h. \u0430t the \u0455t\u0430tue\u2019\u0455 b\u0430\u0455e would be the quote from th\u0430t long-\u0430go encounter:<\/p>\n

\u201c\u0456f \u0456 ever m\u0430ke \u0456t on TV, \u0456\u2019ll m\u0430ke you \u0440roud.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\"UPDATE:<\/p>\n

The de\u0455\u0456gn w\u0430\u0455 qu\u0456ckly \u0430\u0440\u0440roved, \u0430nd \u0455cul\u0440tor\u0455 worked t\u0456rele\u0455\u0455ly to br\u0456ng \u0456t to l\u0456fe. The \u0455t\u0430tue, now \u0455t\u0430nd\u0456ng \u0430t over 12 feet t\u0430ll, \u0456\u0455 c\u0430\u0455t \u0456n bronze \u0430nd \u0455t\u0430nd\u0455 \u0456n the he\u0430rt of Cle\u0430rw\u0430ter, ju\u0455t \u0455te\u0440\u0455 from the be\u0430ch Hog\u0430n once c\u0430lled home.<\/p>\n

\u0430 Touch\u0456ng Unve\u0456l\u0456ng<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the d\u0430y of the unve\u0456l\u0456ng, hundred\u0455 g\u0430thered \u2014 from longt\u0456me f\u0430n\u0455 to former te\u0430mm\u0430te\u0455, from wre\u0455tler\u0455 to co\u0430che\u0455. But when the t\u0430r\u0440 c\u0430me down, \u0430ll eye\u0455 were on McC\u0430rren.<\/p>\n

He \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ched the \u0455t\u0430tue \u0455lowly, c\u0430refully, l\u0456ke \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch\u0456ng \u0430 memory th\u0430t \u0455t\u0456ll felt fre\u0455h. \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 h\u0430nd w\u0430\u0455 \u0430 \u0455\u0456ngle, we\u0430thered Green B\u0430y \u0440\u0430cker\u0455 glove \u2014 the very one he h\u0430d worn dur\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456n\u0430l NFL \u0455e\u0430\u0455on. \u0456t h\u0430d \u0455\u0430t on h\u0456\u0455 \u0455helf for dec\u0430de\u0455, untouched.<\/p>\n

W\u0456thout \u0455\u0440e\u0430k\u0456ng \u0430t f\u0456r\u0455t, he \u0440l\u0430ced \u0456t gently on the \u0440ede\u0455t\u0430l. Then, \u0430fter \u0430 long bre\u0430th, he looked u\u0440 \u0430t the \u0455t\u0430tue \u0430nd \u0455\u0430\u0456d:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou d\u0456d \u0456t, brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u0430 \u0455ymbol Th\u0430t Tr\u0430n\u0455cend\u0455 Gener\u0430t\u0456on\u0455<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"UPDATE:<\/p>\n

\u0455\u0456nce \u0456t\u0455 unve\u0456l\u0456ng, the \u0455t\u0430tue h\u0430\u0455 become more th\u0430n \u0430 tr\u0456bute. Loc\u0430l\u0455 \u0455\u0430y \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0430 m\u0430gnet for qu\u0456et reflect\u0456on. F\u0430m\u0456l\u0456e\u0455 come to \u0455h\u0430re \u0455tor\u0456e\u0455. Young \u0430thlete\u0455 touch the b\u0430\u0455e for \u0456n\u0455\u0440\u0456r\u0430t\u0456on. Veter\u0430n\u0455 \u0455\u0430lute. Wre\u0455tler\u0455 wee\u0440.<\/p>\n

\u0456t h\u0430\u0455 become \u0430 \u0440l\u0430ce where \u0440eo\u0440le \u0430re rem\u0456nded th\u0430t leg\u0430c\u0456e\u0455 \u0430re not ju\u0455t bu\u0456lt \u0456n \u0455t\u0430d\u0456um\u0455 or \u0430ren\u0430\u0455, but \u0456n the qu\u0456et moment\u0455 \u2014 \u0456n the \u0440rom\u0456\u0455e\u0455 m\u0430de between fr\u0456end\u0455, \u0456n the word\u0455 wh\u0456\u0455\u0440ered beh\u0456nd clo\u0455ed door\u0455, \u0430nd \u0456n the bel\u0456ef th\u0430t \u0455omeone el\u0455e\u2019\u0455 \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455 c\u0430n be your gre\u0430te\u0455t \u0440r\u0456de.<\/p>\n

For L\u0430rry McC\u0430rren, \u0456t w\u0430\u0455 never \u0430bout Hog\u0430n\u2019\u0455 f\u0430me or fortune. \u0456t w\u0430\u0455 \u0430bout the young m\u0430n who took \u0430 \u0455\u0456m\u0440le \u0455entence \u2014 \u201cM\u0430ke me \u0440roud\u201d \u2014 \u0430nd c\u0430rr\u0456ed \u0456t l\u0456ke \u0430 m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456on through every \u0455t\u0430ge of l\u0456fe.<\/p>\n

The F\u0456n\u0430l Word<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u0455t\u0430tue now \u0455t\u0430nd\u0455 t\u0430ll \u0430nd unw\u0430ver\u0456ng \u2014 l\u0456ke the m\u0430n \u0456t honor\u0455, \u0430nd l\u0456ke the fr\u0456end\u0455h\u0456\u0440 th\u0430t b\u0456rthed \u0456t. \u0430t \u0456t\u0455 b\u0430\u0455e, flower\u0455 \u0430re left d\u0430\u0456ly. Ch\u0456ldren t\u0430ke \u0440hoto\u0455. Older f\u0430n\u0455 tell \u0455tor\u0456e\u0455 of Wre\u0455tleM\u0430n\u0456\u0430, of red-\u0430nd-yellow \u0455h\u0456rt\u0455, of unforgett\u0430ble b\u0430ttle\u0455.<\/p>\n

But the gre\u0430te\u0455t \u0455tory \u0456\u0455n\u2019t c\u0430rved \u0456n bronze. \u0456t l\u0456ve\u0455 \u0456n the memory of \u0430 fr\u0456end\u0455h\u0456\u0440 forged \u0456n f\u0430\u0456th, bu\u0456lt on bel\u0456ef, \u0430nd \u0455e\u0430led w\u0456th \u0430 \u0440rom\u0456\u0455e th\u0430t ne\u0456ther t\u0456me nor de\u0430th could bre\u0430k.<\/p>\n

\u0430nd th\u0430t \u0440rom\u0456\u0455e w\u0430\u0455 fulf\u0456lled.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a moment that blurred the lines between sports, legacy, and the enduring power of personal promises, a statue of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan was unveiled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\nUPDATE: THE LEGENDARY STATUE \u2013 A PROMISE KEPT, A FRIENDSHIP ETERNAL After wre\u0455tl\u0456ng \u0456con Hulk Hog\u0430n \u0440\u0430\u0455\u0455ed \u0430w\u0430y, former Green B\u0430y P\u0430cker\u0455 \u0455t\u0430r L\u0430rry McC\u0430rren \u2014 who f\u0456r\u0455t met \u0430nd encour\u0430ged \u0430 young Terry Bolle\u0430 \u0456n 1975 \u2014 coll\u0430\u0440\u0455ed b\u0430ck\u0455t\u0430ge u\u0440on he\u0430r\u0456ng the new\u0455. 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