Holy Fucking Hell: Video of John Graziano’s Injuries
June 22nd, 2008 by Evil Beet
I guess the Graziano family was so pissed off about Hulk Hogan’s remarks about their son’s condition being “God’s will” that they released this video of a typical day in John’s life.
The video is after the jump and it’s very disturbing. He literally has a huge hole in the top of his head. If this video had been released by someone other than the family, I probably wouldn’t have run it. But if they wanted the public to see this, then fine, I think the public should see it.
I’m personally not about to comment on what is or is not God’s will, but I think I’d be completely enraged if my son looked like this, and the father of the kid who made him this way implied that it was in any way acceptable. This is so tragic.
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I didn’t think I could hate the Hogan family even more, but clearly I was wrong.
This is just awful.
The Hogan family better be paying every single cent of his medical care, because the aftermath of their stupidity has seriously taken a toll on someone who had the misfortune of befriending Nick. That footage alone makes me want to go through law school just so I could take them to court. My thoughts are with John and his family…. :(
so very sad. excellent point beetjockin’.
Unless God bought that ridiculous car for Nick, ignored his speeding habit and bought him alcohol, I don’t see how God had anything to do with this tragedy. I do, however, see a giant fucking HOLE in the head of a young veteran, and can only imagine the unending suffering of his family.
No, this is not God’s work. This is the work of evil. Unrepentant, egomaniacal, spoiled rotten EVIL – named Bollea. May they all burn in hell for this.
Oh. My. Goodness. That looks hella painful. How is he even alive with that much trauma to the skull. Thats a freaking miracle in himself. I can’t believe the Hogan family is trying to pass it off as “no big deal” and “god’s will”. No, it was your sons idiocy… nobody’s will.
ok.. sorry, but i’m having trouble believing that anyone can exist in that state.. where’s his brain; there’s no room left for it..
it seems a bit far-fetched, even for the medical science field as it is now, to be able to support any form of life as damaged as that presents..
I dont even have words… Nick will get what he deserves; maybe not now, but he’s obviously a believer in Gods wrath, so one would think he would be crapping his pants right about now, not talking crap about his victim.
The brain stem (at the base of the skull in the back) is what controls breathing, heart beat, etc. The frontal lobes, which control cognition, higher thinking, personality, etc., have obviously been obliterated. That poor guy and his family–and to hear the asshole that bought the beer for his son that day acting like it’s “God’s will” is just unbelievable. Thankfully, what Hulk said on tape, or no one would believe it.
Well, good thing he’s so “philosophical,” because a karmic storm must be heading his way. When someone in his family gets killed, perhaps by the guy leaving threatening messages, we can rest assured that he’ll be okay with it. After all, they’re heartless, so they must deserve it.
omg….its amazing how he is alive.
..hoogan family suck balls
nearly 3 months too late for an april fool’s, beet, but seriously, tell me this is a joke, please.
I just cannot understand to why he is being kept alive, indeed what has happened is a tragedy, but the guy is a vegetable, why have him and his family go through this every day? What is the point in this exsistance and suffereing?
^ I agree w/ u and didn’t have the guts to say it.
omg wow fuck the hogans for being such assholes
I don’t think “Hollywood Horror” could ever make anything look so tragic…with all their blue screens, make-up, photoshop, computers, trillions of dollars for cutting edge technology,etc…. all it takes is one selfish, spoiled, egotistical, redneck with a “GOD complex” who was never taught the words ” I messed up and I am SORRY”…Infamously nick hogan( I don’t feel he even deserves capitals in his name) has become everything I despise most in a person….. “incapable of taking responsibility for his own actions and heightened sense of entitlement”!!!!!
That is truly sad, I also agree with other commenters, its unbelievable that he survived with those injuries, but why does his family continue to keep him living like a vegetable. I don’t think it is fair to keep him suffering like that. =( I had a family friend who went through the same thing, and it is really tough but you need to really think for the person who is suffering. Would they want to live the rest of their lives in the hospital being fed through a tube? not being able to function at all?
Oh my God, that is just terrible.
I cannot believe he is still alive – is there any chance of recovery? INOAD but I wouldn’t have thought so.
He needs to stay in jail, for a LONG time.
If you and your friend were in an accident together because you were in the same car, and your friend got really hurt, would you think you’re totally to blame and that you’re absolutely evil just because you happened to be the one driving it!
Am I missing something here? What the hulk said wasn’t right, but damn, Nick poor kid! I’ll bet you would all still think of a way to blame Nick if it was Graziano driving and Nick with the injury because you hate the family. I feel terrible for Graziano and his family, but I feel terrible for the Hogans as well.
I think it’s more about the Hogans’ attitude to the whole thing. If it had happened and they were truly sorry and were doing everything they could to help Graziano and his family, it would be different – I would feel some sympathy for Nick because his guilt would be overwhelming. But the fact that they’re acting like somehow it wasn’t Nick’s fault, that they’re so unwilling to take any responsibility for it, even when someone has been hurt THIS badly and all they can do is try and cover their own asses, it makes me think that why should they even be allowed out on the streets. It’s inhumane.
What kind of life is this poor guy leading? No kind of life, and then all this bullshit from the family whose son is responsible?
The poor kid goes to war and comes back fine and dandy, gets into a car with a rich spoiled little fuckin brat and and now look at him,but Nick thinks he has it bad because he doent have a window in his cell.Poor freakin nick…Makes me want to go find this nick bastard and put a hole in his head..Hope he gets gang raped in jail!!!!
Oh my gosh. If I got my friend in a car acciedent. and this happened to him, I would be devesated, and Id do everything I could to help him. And I dont see the Hogan family doing shit! It amazing that hes still alive. But the thing is, why keep him alive? To put him through all this pain and suffering, his life will never be normal again.
I had no idea this was the state the guy is living in. That’s worse than anything I can imagine. I’m very glad Nick’s going to jail. I’m so sorry for Graziano family. Jeez.
I don’t understand why everybody so made at his dad? That was God’s will. Just like children who have cancer and die. It’s very sad, yes, but it’s still God’s will.
I’m certainly not saying that it’s Gods will, or that it doesn’t suck, but this guy’s injuries are not completely Nick’s fault, so I’m not sure why the logic is “this sucks = hate Nick.” I mean, did this guy not climb in the car with his best friend, knowing (because they were best friends) the stupid shit his best friend did? This dude was into street racing too, and might have even been encouraging Nick. Also, he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, which obviously contributed to the seriousness of his injuries. So yeah, the whole situation is a tragedy, and obviously Nick was at fault more because he was driving, but I don’t think that necessarily makes him the monster and this guy the saint.
@teaganc
I agree.
The Hogan’s are the scum of the earth for the way they are handling this tragedy.
the Hogans truly represent what this country has become
I’ve only seen tidbits of the video, but it looks a lot like what a friend of mine went through after a surfing accident eight years ago that has left him paralyzed from the neck down.
I hate that the media is giving the Hogans any type of exposure, just based on the crap they have seemed to pull since the accident. I’m not jumping on the whole “whose fault is it” train, because it really doesn’t matter. There are better and more mature ways to handle a situation like this rather than point fingers at each other (both families) while someone is semi-conscious, living in a hospital.
And to Kayla above:
A lot of people thought my friend wouldn’t make it after his accident, but today he is back in school, living his life. Yeah, he has nurses and family members and friends who have to take care of him, but he has come a loooong way. He can’t do all the things he used to, but he can do a lot of things he never even thought of before. He didn’t give up. If there’s a chance of a decent recovery, and I’m assuming John’s drs have said he has a good one, then let him have it. Semi-conscious is better than unconscious. Normal to you may be a miracle to someone else.
@teaganc…I think what is making people say the Hogans/Bolleas are “evil” is the fac t that they are rationalizing amongst themselves that this accident was “God’s Will”…
Yes, that Graziano dude did get into the car with a wreckless and most-likely drunken Nick, yes, he didn’t have a seat belt on, BUT Nick was driving at insane speeds and he is the one who crashed the car…now after the fact, easing his own conscience by discussing with his father how this was God’s will and it was essentially what Graziano had coming to him? That is just SICK.
Of course, I could never EVER stomach those Hogans anyway…felt it was just an insult to my intelligence to watch that crap on tv and was always astounded when I was assaulted by ads for the shows at how freaking STUPID that whole freaking family was/is….YUK PEW UGH BLECH
Good thing is…they will end up getting what they deserve in the end.
I absolutely loath Nick Hogan. If he died the world would be a better place….but I think that of most people.
@J To answer your question: If I was in an accident with my good friend, wherein 1. I was the one driving, 2. I was drunk, and 3. deliberately driving at a high rate of speed, and I walked away from the wreck but my friend was incapacitated to the degree that John is, yes, I would totally blame myself. I would be doubled over with grief and remorse. My family would, too. And we would do everything in our power, EVERYTHING, to help the family of the victim.
Actually, I wouldn’t even call it an “accident”, since I chose to do the wrong thing at every step of the way. Whenever you have a passenger in your car, you are responsible for their safety. If a semi truck runs a red light and hits you, that is an accident. But if you drive drunk and kill your friend, YOU ARE AT FAULT.
I don’t see that reaction from the Bollea/Hogans. I see a father supplying his son with alcohol. I see both parents turning a blind eye to their son’s repeated racing. I hear all of them plotting to use tactics in court to ellicit sympathy for Nick from the jury, and I hear all of the family smearing the victim with insinuation that in some way, he had this coming!?!
Contributing to the accident, causing the accident, blaming the victim, and washing their hands of his family’s agony, and self-pity, over not having a fucking window. Imho, that is EVIL. As another poster pointed out, the Hogans represent a disgusting part of American life – the inability to accept responsibility for one’s own actions, coupled with immense self-entitlement. Ugly, ugly, ugly.
I am actually nauseous after seeing that!. what a handome young man he was, and It was all taken away so senselessly!!.. I really know now that The Hogans should get NO MORE AIR TIME ANYWHERE!!..we are still watching what that dumb cougar of a mom is wearing and how Brooke is so upset by all the “haters” and how The Hulk is out saying this is “Gods Will” and little spoiled-brat-butt-rape is whining that Jail is too hard.. HA!..seriously, there should be a Hogan strike and there should be a penalty of anyone that interviews ANYONE of them!!!…….we are just feeding into their lies by continuously covering their useless asses!!!!……
Maybe it’s “Gods will” that nick is in a windowless cell in jail
@ BettyCrockerPunkRocker, you really said it best.
As to it being “God’s will,” the hell it is. Nothing is God’s will. The idea of “God’s will” is a cop-out, something designed to excuse your actions and let you walk away from responsibility and face no repercussions.
I find people who hide behind religion to be the dumbest of all the humans.
I guess you can’t hate a guy with a hole in his head so you hate the Hogan’s instead. If that dude parents did their job and taught their son the importance of seat belts and not getting into a speeding idiots car in the first place he would’nt be in this situation. You are responsible for your own choices and this was his!!! God Bless both families, I’m sure no one set out to do this on purpose.
CNN ran a clip this weekend of Nick and dad’s phone conversation. Nick was saying how The Hulk had to come up with some new reality show for him as a “celebrity gets out of jail”. He should never get out. Bars/bartenders have been known to be held responsible for serving drunk people or for allowing them to drive when someone is in an accident. Why isn’t there any action taken against The Hulk for supplying alcohol to under age kids?
Totally agree with persistent cat. Only a fucking MORON would think this was God’s will.
This is not a case of “God’s will” this is the outcome of “free will” and mistakes were made by both boys. If Nick had hurt another driver, would that have been God’s will too? I don’t get that statement at all…Nick Hogan is an immature, spoiled kid (like many others). He’s definetly to blame for the accident, but that isn’t going to change his friend’s health. He’s in jail, as he should be. I don’t think the rest of the Hogans can be any comfort to the Graziano family at this point.
Persistent Cat Says:
Just b/c something is God’s will (which it is) doesn’t mean you don’t take responsibility for it. It’s the exact opposite. You obviously know nothing about religion.
I’m Catholic, our whole religion is designed to believe something is the will of another and that we should feel guilty for everything.
How the hell is every little thing God’s will? No one could micro-manage that much.
That was awful – very horrific. A tragedy – my heart goes out to johns family. if i was nick hogan or any of the hogan family i wouldnt be able to sleep at night because i would be haunted by those images. I think Hulk Hogan is a totally irresponsible parent – nick had been previously caught dangerous driving and nothing was done to change him. Im just so sorry for johns family it had to end this way insted – and to say its gods will in an absoulte cop out. I find it so FUSTRATING they can’t just admit it was their fault.
My heart is ith the Graziano family, my prayers are with John, yet how is it posible that doctors left what appears to e such an open wound, maybe we can’t see the closures…. such a wound would be at such risk to infection, can we get more details?
This is absolutely awful. Why on earth does he think its “gods will”? absolute idiot. He has plenty of money he should be paying for the best doctors to do whatever they can for him.
Whoever made whatever stupid decisions, this is such a tragedy. To think that someone who would willingly have given his life in combat has ended up in this situation through a series of idiotic choices is so sad.
Oh my God! Ok I feel terrible for the Grazziano family, I can’t even think the daily suffering they must go through every single day of John living like this.I can almost fucking guarantee you that stupid asshole Nick will come out with his fucking retarded reality show and he’ll live a ‘normal’ life as this guy who’s biggest mistake was to hang around with such a moron will have all sorts of difficulties for living a ‘normal’ or at least average life. I still have some faith that Nick will eventually get what he really deserves because jail, my friends, is not even close to make him pay this…
He was not wearing a seatbelt. He got what he had coming to him. He was not some kid. A grown adult. Old enough to serve in the war yet stupid enoigh to refuse to wear the seat belt. Simple. His problem. Should have worn a seatbelt. No where does it prove that hogan bought beer for his kid. Never been proven. Never. Get your facts straight.
This is so sad. I hope with the law suit they take everything from them.(Hogans) It wont bring their son back, but life should ot go on life as usual for the Hogans. And Hulk grow some damn ballz, maybe if you man up your son might learn too.
i agree with sid. you guys act like nick did this directly. yes, he was driving, yes, he had previously been drinking. notice nick had no serious injuries, at least he had the sense for the seat belt. just because you hate the family, don’t act like he doesn’t feel awful for what happened. also, i think it is an abomination that the PD released tapes of phone convos. I hope the Hogans sue the hell out of them.
I don’t think Nick did it on porpouse, it was an accident, BUT that’s exactly why your parents should teah you to prevent them. I guess Hulk’s parents were just as stupid as he is, and didn’t tell him that you shouldn’t buy alcohol for your underage kids, let alone give them a fancy car if they are not responsible enough, and then let them speed and drink at the same time.. That is just too bad.. I’m not saying it is all Nick’s fault though, the victim knew Nick was drunk and that he liked to speed too, they were best friends before the accident, yet he still went into the car with Nick, so it is his fault too. BUT i totally disagree with all the stupid comments from Hulk Hogan, how can he even mention God when he’s speaking? i don’t understand. It’s got nothing to do with God, at all. They are responsible for the medical care and all the bills that other poor family have to put up with, nothing and nobody could ever mend their hearts, but at least they should be trying to help, instead of making it worse. And Nick, he just pisses me off, crying for a window, tv and a phone in his cell, jail is suposed to be hell, that’s why they send people there, and they are just not thinking about the other famil, look at his son, and then tell me if it was YOUR son, that you wouldn’t be blaming the Hogan family..
I hope, that the Hogan’s will get what they deserve, and that the other family keeps being strong, to be able to deal with a situation like this. My prayers are with them only.
omg… is he gonna live? where’s his brain??
what did they do for him to look like this??