Hulk Hogan wasn't just racist. He was so specifically and uniquely racist that after his son almost killed his friend in a wreck, one of Hogan's primary concerns was that he and his family would be reincarnated into a black family due to "karma". This was caught on audio. When…

In the minds of the BBC commissioners — and a decent chunk of the British public — wrestling was the sort of thing they’d seen on “World of Sport”: the cherished British institution which had turned beefy blokes from provincial towns into matinee idols for a Saturday afternoon audience. It was kitsch, yes, but that was how most of us liked it.