[BONUS] Video Killed The Radio Star (2025) Review | DOUBLE SHOT

Dec 18, 2025

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Enjoy this free preview from the POST Wrestling Café — John Pollock and David Bixenspan review Video Killed The Radio Star, covering the sex tape scandal involving Bubba the Love Sponge and the late Hulk Hogan.

They discuss the sex tape scandal involving Bubba the Love Sponge and Hulk Hogan, the legal fallout, Bubba’s rivals in the Tampa radio market, and how the documentary presents Bubba’s side of the story.

The landscape of the Tampa radio scene and Bubba’s role
The rise of Bubba the Love Sponge and his popularity peak
Leaving terrestrial radio for Howard 101
Hogan’s usage of Bubba’s platform and how often he was calling in
Bubba’s explanation for so many cameras around his house
The circumstances of the sex tape getting out
The biggest omission throughout the doc
Who are painted as the culprits?
The FBI sting operation in December 2012
Gawker’s role and its demise after the trial
Tying Bubba to Donald Trump and a victim of cancel culture
Bubba’s theory of why those responsible were not prosecuted
What happened in the last 90 minutes?

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Synopsis:

“When a sex tape featuring Hulk Hogan and the wife of his best friend —radio shock jock Bubba the Love Sponge® Clem—was leaked online, it ignited a media firestorm. You’ve read the headlines. Bubba recorded it. Gawker published it. This shocking documentary unpacks the lies, the betrayals, and the lawsuit that rewrote the rules of privacy. But the resulting fallout had much greater consequences than just Hogan crushing Gawker. You think you know the real story. You don’t know anything.”

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