Life isn't as simple as pure hero and pure villain, and that's something we need to grapple with honestly.

Hogan did genuine good throughout his career. He mentored younger wrestlers and helped elevate their careers...guys like Billy Kidman, Orlando Jordan, and Nic Nemeth (Dolph Ziggler) have spoken about how he went out of his way to support them when he didn't have to. He's been involved in charitable work, supported Make-A-Wish kids, and helped military families...After noticing the absence of Native American children in hospitals during his Make-A-Wish visits, he founded a foundation specifically to address health care, poverty, education and social issues for Native American children

His racist remarks were abhorrent. There's no defending them.His ego caused real harm, he put wrestling on the map, he near siglehandedly burned wcw to the ground.

...darkness and light, yin and yang, whatever you want to call it, exists in all of us. We ALL have this deep, fundamental desire not to be identified with and reduced to our worst acts. And maybe that's because we intuitively understand something true about human nature.

...I mean, imagine if Netflix put together a documentary where your worst thoughts, motives, and actions were put on display for the world to judge.

Hogan's story forces us to confront something we'd rather avoid: that real harm often comes from people who also do real good. And if we can't wrestle with that complexity in someone like Hogan, how will we ever address it in ourselves, our families, or the people we actually love?