The iconic American black wrestler, Virgil seems to be stepping forward to defend Hulk Hogan over his latest racial slurs.
He said that Hogan had been his role model and being white he never showed any signs of racism in all the years that he's known him, TMZ.com reported.
The 53-year-old wrestler added that he was saddened when he got to know about WWE's legendary wrestler's controversy as there had been a reason to believe he was a racist and one could only judge a person based on past experience.
Hogan has been embroiled in controversy over using racist slurs that were caught on tape, although it didn't cite a specific reason.
However, the fighter has since apologised for his comments.
