Former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan and singer Kid Rock were among the celebrities who took the stage to fire up the audience on day four of the Republican National Convention before former President Donald Trump’s spoke and accepted the GOP’s presidential nomination.
Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, delivered an energetic speech that leaned heavily into the style of his pro wrestling promos as he referred to Trump as his “hero” and a “gladiator.”
The former WWE wrestler expressed outrage about the assassination attempt against Trump over the weekend, saying “they tried to kill the next President of the United States,” before ripping his shirt off and saying: “Enough was enough, run wild brother, let Trump-a-mania rule again.”
Musician Kid Rock took the stage later in the evening and began singing “fight, fight, fight,” a reference to what Trump shouted at his supporters after Saturday’s assassination attempt, before performing a slightly tweaked version of his song “American Bad Ass.”
Rock’s altered rendition replaced a few lines from the original with references to Trump, and the singer ended his performance by calling Trump the “most patriotic, badass on earth.”
After the performance, Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White took to the stage to introduce Trump, who he said he has been friends with for 25 years, before calling him “the toughest, most resilient human being that I’ve ever met in my life.”
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In his speech, Hogan dusted off a few lines from his famous WWE promos while attacking Trump’s opponents and said: “So all you criminals, all you low-lives, all you sc*mbags, all you drug dealers, and all you crooked politicians need to answer one question, brother. What you gonna do when Donald Trump and all the Trumpamaniacs run wild on you, brother?”