The double temple of WWE renown and former Hulk Hogan world champion, whose real name was Terry Gene Bollea, died Thursday at the age of 71, according to Clearwater, Florida, Police and World Wrestling Entertainment.
“WWE is saddened to learn the WWE renown temple, Hulk Hogan has died,” said the company. “One of the most recognizable personalities in pop culture, Hogan helped WWE obtain worldwide recognition in the 1980s. WWE exercises condolences to the family, friends and fans of Hogan.”
The Clearwater police service and the fire service responded to a cardiac arrest just before 10 a.m. and took Hogan to the Morton factory hospital, where he was declared the police.
Terry “Hulk” Hogan likes the Super Bowl XXXV between the Baltimore Ravens and the New York Giants at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
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Hogan began his professional wrestling career in 1977 and presented in good place in the World Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE), the fight of the world championship and the impact struggle, but it took place with WWE in the 1980s which propelled it as well as the Cultural Zeitgeist company.
Hogan is widely credited for having helped to transform the professional struggle of a regional attraction to a consumer phenomenon in the 1980s. In the square circle, he was the larger hulk hogan, the good classic guy, known as a face in the terminology of the struggle, which encouraged children to eat their vegetables and to say their prayers while he was fighting the nasty called heels. He became champion six times with WWE.
“What is Hulkamania is unleashed!” was one of his most popular slogans and he, as “The Hulkster”, would put a hand behind his ear to hear the roar of the crowd.
Hogan, including his signature leg fall and 24 -inch pythons, was synonymous with Wrestlemania, the annual extravagance put by WWE. “The Immortal One” as the character of Hogan was known as the first time on March 31, 1985, alongside his team partner Tag, Mr. T and beat “Mr. Wonderful” Paul Orndorff and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.
The first Wrestlemania led to an infamous confrontation in March 1985 between Bollea and actor Richard Belzer who welcomed “hot properties”. Bollea and Mr. T promoted their next fight and Bollea placed Belzer in a headache to prove that the struggle was not false. Belzer vanishes momentarily and was injured.
Belzer continued Hogan for injuries on the incident. The costume was set in 1990.
Hogan would appear in 10 Wrestlemania games and were eight times in the main event.
In 1985, the file photo, Hulk Hogan posed in Ring in a match.
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Hogan has put its attraction by becoming a cultural icon itself, appearing in television programs such as “Saturday Night Live”, “The Tonight Show features Johnny Carson”, and the short-term series “Thunder in Paradise”, who played his friend and long-standing manager “South Mouth”. He also played in films like “Rocky III” and “M. Nanny”.
Hogan left WWE in the mid -90s and joined the WCW rival promotion. However, fans once worship nicknamed Hulkamaniac began to huer his heroic personality.
Hogan has again changed the industry with its transformation to the character of evil “Hollywood Hogan”. In 1996, for the first time in his illustrious career, the character of Hogan was now a bad guy, the chief of the New World Order faction in WCW.
Hogan returned to WWE in 2002 and clashed against Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in Wrestlemania X8, fans encouraging him again.
Full length image of the American wrestler Hulk Hogan displaying his championship belt. Hogan wears a costume made up of a yellow “hogan” bandana, a yellow muscle top, a weightlifting belt, red spandex pants and yellow cowboy boots. (Photo by Darlene Hammond / Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
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The drop in hogan’s popularity was not limited to arenas. His image took blows in 1994 when the federal government accused the executive president of WWE, Vince McMahon, of having given anabolic steroids on the artists. Hogan testified that he had taken steroids but denied having done it in the direction of McMahon. McMahon was finally acquitted.
Hogan was again in the news in 2012 when Gawker published a sex tape involving Hogan and the then a friend of a friend. Hogan prosecuted for invasion of privacy And won a judgment of 140 million dollars by a jury in June 2016. ruler With the company for $ 31 million.
Hogan was previously involved in another scandal when a recording in 2007 making him racist remarks and saying that the word had not been made public in 2015. Bollea was dismissed from WWE and temporarily withdrawn from the WWE renowned temple.
Hogan apologized for his use of The Slur, saying “Good Morning America” in 2015 that he wanted to forgive his fans.
“I am not racist but I should never have said what I said. It was bad. I am embarrassed”, he saidBut added: “People need to realize that you are inheriting things from your environment. And where I grew up was South Tampa, Port Tampa, and it was a really difficult neighborhood, a very low income. And all my friends, we greeted ourselves by saying this word.”
Hulk Hogan, inducted (photo of John Shearer / Wireimage)
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He was inducted into the WWE renown temple in 2005 for the first time as an individual interpreter and again in 2020 as a member of the NWO.
Despite his retirement, he continued his link with the sport that made him famous. It was reinstated by WWE in 2018 and welcomed Wrestlemania 37 alongside the WWE Titus O’Neil superstar in 2021.
Hogan announced his commitment to the Yoga Sky Daily instructor in July 2023 and the two married in September 2023.
He went on stage at the National Republican Convention in July 2024 to approve President Donald Trump, a longtime friend. He torn his shirt in a famous way and revealed a Trump-Vance 2024 t-shirt below.
“I have known this man for over 35 years, and he has always been the greatest patriot, and he is still,” said Hogan. “He always told you exactly what he thought, and he always does, brother. No matter the chances, he always finds a way to win.”
In this July 18, 2024, the photo of files, the professional artist and wrestler Hulk Hogan tears his shirt while he speaks on stage on the fourth day of the National Republican Convention at the Firev Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Hogan got married three times, first in Linda Bollea from 1993 to 2009. The former couple had two children, Brooke and Nick.
Hogan married Jennifer McDaniel in 2010, but they asked for divorce in October 2021 after 11 years of marriage.
Hogan is survived by his two children and his wife Sky Daily.
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