Vince McMahon defended his decision to bring Hulk Hogan back to the WWE after the late wrestling star was exposed for using a racial slur in 2015. McMahon, 79, addressed the controversy surrounding Hogan's comments during a new special on the late WWE star, who died July 24 after suffering a heart attack at his home in Clearwater, Fla.

Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon is looking back at the late Hulk Hogan’s racism scandal in 2015, insisting that, at heart, Hogan wasn’t a racist. “It was unforgivable. And I was, like, aghast. What happened?

Vince McMahon defended his decision to bring Hulk Hogan back to WWE in 2018, three years after the company severed ties with him once it was revealed that the pro wrestling icon had used a racial slur.