{"id":63067,"date":"2018-07-15T16:47:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T21:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=63067"},"modified":"2018-07-15T17:16:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T22:16:58","slug":"hulk-hogan-wwe-suspension-lifted-after-three-years-announces-wwe-hogan-meets-with-wwe-locker-room-this-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/07\/15\/hulk-hogan-wwe-suspension-lifted-after-three-years-announces-wwe-hogan-meets-with-wwe-locker-room-this-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Hulk Hogan WWE suspension lifted after three years, announces WWE, Hogan meets with WWE locker room this afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4175405887\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE announced this afternoon that his three-year suspension from the WWE Hall of Fame has been lifted. Hogan subsequently has met with the WWE locker room and Tweeted about it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just met with the WWE\u00a0Superstars and on all levels the volume of love and support was overwhelming,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019ve been praying for this day and I finally feel like I made it back home. Only Love 4 the WWE Universe,\u00a0brother HH.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just met with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a> Superstars and on all levels the volume of love and support was overwhelming. I\u2019ve been praying for this day and I finally feel like I made it back home. Only Love 4 the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEUNIVERSE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEUNIVERSE<\/a> brother HH<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HulkHogan\/status\/1018589061852917766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: After a three-year suspension, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HulkHogan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HulkHogan<\/a> has been reinstated into the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a> Hall of Fame.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SxwUms9Yet\">https:\/\/t.co\/SxwUms9Yet<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1018567979221573633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>WWE disassociated with Hogan and deleted references online to him being a Hall of Famer when, in 2015, stories surfaced of racist comments by Hogan when he was in his mid-50s. He is now 64.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/hulk-hogan-bigoted-rant-revealed-new-sex-tape-audio-article-1.2601524\">New York Daily News<\/a>\u00a0characterized his comments as \u201cabhorrent racial slurs.\u201d They were uttered when his guard was down in 2007 during what he thought was a private situation. He said to friends during a sexual situation in a bedroom, \u201cI am a racist, to a point, f\u2014 n\u2014\u2014.\u201d When discussing his daughter\u2019s boyfriend, he said:\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t give a f\u2013k if she (INAUDIBLE) an eight-foot tall basketball player. If we\u2019re gonna f\u2013k with n\u2014\u2013s, let\u2019s get a rich one!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another instance of racially charged comments came out when a transcript was released, also in 2015, of Hogan telling his son Nick in a 2008 conversation when his son was in jail that if he and his son were reincarnated, \u201cI just hope we don\u2019t come back as a couple, I don\u2019t want to say it, blizz-ack gizz-uys, you know what I\u2019m saying?\u201d A more detailed transcript\u00a0was reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2015\/7\/28\/hogan_jail_calls_.html\">BayNews9<\/a>\u00a0in 2015.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RELATED STORY:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/05\/18\/hogan-says-he-forever-sorry-to-the-few-fans-who-feel-hurt-by-what-he-calls-misspoken-racist-words-ten-years-ago-wants-back-in-wwe\/\">Hogan says he is forever sorry to the \u201cfew fans who feel (hurt)\u201d by what he calls \u201cmisspoken\u201d racist words ten years ago, wants back in WWE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We ran a poll for PWTorch readers two months ago. 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