Hulk Hogan Promotes His Beer With Convicted Anti-Semite
Hulk Hogan has sparked yet more controversy.
At a recent promotional event for his Real American Beer, Hulk Hogan was pictured with Anthony Joseph Hammer — a neo-Nazi and convicted anti-Semite. In the image, Hammer is wearing an ’88’ hoodie, and a “Make America White Again” hat while throwing up a white power hand gesture.
Back in 2023, Hammer was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to interstate communication of a threat. The conviction was in relation to an incident in 2021 where he wrote a message on the New York-based Anti-Defamation League’s contact page, threatening to “kill all of you Zionist pigs,” before signing off with “4th Reich soon.”
When his home was searched, numerous items of clothing were discovered featuring Nazi and anti-Semitic slogans.
Meanwhile, an FBI investigation revealed Hammer sent a series of death threats to then-Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and his staff.
In the lead-up to the US presidential election, Hogan found himself back in the headlines after making a series of racist comments about Kamala Harris after endorsing Donald Trump. Of course, this wasn’t the star’s first racism scandal, with a previous incident causing him to be pulled from the WWE Hall of Fame.
In 2015, a tape leaked of Hulk Hogan going on a racist tirade back in 2007 and admitting to being “a racist, to a point” as he used the n-word repeatedly. As a result, WWE ended its contract with him and Hogan was suspended from the WWE Hall of Fame before he returned to both in 2018.
Hulk Hogan Remains Under WWE Contract
During an interview back in September, Hogan revealed he’d signed a new five-year contract with WWE. The comments surprised many as Hogan had been met with split reactions during many of his most recent appearances.
While many presumed the agreement was a Legends deal, Hulk Hogan has claimed this isn’t the case. In a follow-up interview, he suggested there’s “a lot more to it” than a simple Legends contract, noting he’s working on a “ton” of projects with the company.