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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHulk Hogan's Death Plunges Hooters' Future Into Uncertainty
The death of WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan on July 24, 2025, has wrestling fans around the country mourning the loss of an iconic legend. Some may be aware that outside the ring, Hogan (whose real name is Terry Bollea) launched a beer company in summer 2024, dubbed Real American Beer. The company had been successfully expanding its footprint in the light beer sector until the Hulkster passed away at the age of 71. It has been so successful, in fact, that it was even considering treading into the restaurant industry by acquiring the failing Hooters chain. However, with RAB suddenly finding itself without its co-founder, those plans are up in the air.
Hooters announced that it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2025. The company had been in financial hot water for some time, leading some to wonder how Hooters is still open anywhere. Still, the business was trying to right the ship with its move to file for Chapter 11. Real American Beer first wanted to buy the company's intellectual property but eventually opted to make a bid to purchase every Hooters restaurant worldwide, possibly saving the chain from financial ruin. However, without Hogan at the helm, it is uncertain whether those plans will ever come to fruition.
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I thought the headline was interesting. Hulk Hogan and Hooters seem made for each other...Both rose to fame in the 80s. Both are very 80ish. Both are raunchy. Hulk Hogan likely only stayed relevant because of Trump. Hooters just isn't relevant.
genxlib
(6,086 posts)Seems out of place here.
BOSSHOG
(44,738 posts)I got a free lunch at Hooters on Veterans Day. The only day of the year I went there. Wife and I had a nice time. And the interior was covered with gigantic TVs. Never a fan of Hulk Hogan. Or those like him.
Blue Owl
(58,180 posts)Henry203
(870 posts)They do have great wings.
Xolodno
(7,315 posts)You have Tilted Kilt, Twin Peaks and some raunchier ones like Bombshells. Hooters was first on the market and enjoyed that success. However, now even their competitors are closing stores as the market is just too saturated.
That's why they call it capitalism.
LudwigPastorius
(14,198 posts)I'd never heard of Bombshells. A war-themed breastaurant is pretty sick when you think about it.
They feature "The Fatman...This pizza is the bomb!". Nothing quite so hilarious as an entree named after a weapon that snuffed out 50,000 people in an instant.
John1956PA
(4,839 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,198 posts)Let me guess, only pale ales, no dark beers allowed.
Jack Valentino
(4,381 posts)and much of that imported (Guiness) (still liked Michelob Amber, which used to be called Classic Dark or something like that....)
Unfortunately I am reduced to buying the cheapest pale American beers that I can afford
(mostly Milwaukee's Best Ice in 24s, and Bud Ice 24s, from The Dollar General...
which is within walking distance!)
Jack Valentino
(4,381 posts)then you really have fucked up in the restaurant business---
possibly because all you could see were the boobs
(Sort of like Trump's casinos going bankrupt, in a business where the house mostly wins)
LeftInTX
(34,015 posts)Too much competition. Too many breastaurants out there now.
Jack Valentino
(4,381 posts)They banked on the boobs.... but as far as that goes,
one can see all the boobs they want on the internet now
(without them being covered up)---
and hell, you can order food to your internet location,
if you don't feel like driving out to pick it up....
Yeah, outdated business model
(OH, Hooters is the only 'breastaurant' that I ever heard of...
possibly I don't get out enough--- but they all liked to do it
even without the name)
LeftInTX
(34,015 posts)Jack Valentino
(4,381 posts)but not as a restaurant--- guess we don't have "two many" of them in Michigan....
Abolishinist
(2,888 posts)
LeftInTX
(34,015 posts)Jack Valentino
(4,381 posts)Must be a 'bigger' photo out there somewhere,
perhaps you didn't look hard enough...