Backstage FURY Over Hulk Hogan RETURN! WrestleTalk News July 2018

More WWE Stars Upset About Hulk Hogan

But Titus situation or not, that doesn’t mean the WWE roster is unanimous in welcoming Hogan’s return. Mark Henry himself, who acts as a somewhat spokesperson for the company, told TMZ:

“It’s 50-50. I’ve talked to guys who were like ‘to hell with him’. And I had guys who were like ‘you know what man, if he’s willing to make a change and try to help out and go and speak up to be a part of the answer thann part of the problem it’s all good’.”

Brad Shepard claims Henry’s comments are just a PR spin on Hogan’s controversial return, though:

“50/50 is not what I’m being told privately. A trusted source said that the roster of black #WWE Superstars are not pleased by this.” 

Shepard’s No Holds Barred co-host Jon Fisher said he’d heard the split is more like “80/20”.

While Shepard doesn’t reveal any names, Kofi Kingston has tweeted a statement on behalf of the New Day suggesting they’re amongst the disgruntled:

“How do we feel? Indifferent. We are not happy, or sad, angry or resentful… We have no problem with his re-induction in the slightest degree.

“On a personal level, when someone makes racist and hateful comments about any race or group of people, especially to the degree that Hogan made about our people, we find it difficult to simply forget, regardless of how long ago it was, or the situation in which those comments were made. But we also do not respond with more feelings of hate. Instead, we just do not associate with the people who convey or have conveyed this negative and hurtful mindset. This instance will be no different. Perhaps if we see him make a genuine effort to change, then maybe our opinion will change with him. Time will tell.”

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