Born Terry Gene Bollea and raised in Florida, Hogan found fame in the 1980s after triumphing over Iron Sheik to become the World Wrestling Federation’s heavyweight winner. The win sparked a phenomenon in the wrestling world known as “Hulkmania,” which he leveraged into a career outside of the sport through which he first rose to prominence.

The pro wrestler, who died on Thursday, leveraged patriotism and a demand for dominance to become a self-spun celebrity whose career catalyzed and mirrored the shifting zeitgeist.

Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan supported US President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign, but an image that appears to show him posing with the American flag at the "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in the state of Florida is not authentic.

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Hulk Hogan, the pro wrestler who became a worldwide pop culture icon, helped take down Gawker and campaigned for President Trump, has died. He was 71.

There is no WWE if Vince McMahon doesn’t pluck Hulk Hogan from the Midwest to make him the centerpiece of his national expansion in 1983.

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has died at 71. From his rise in the WWF to pop culture stardom, we look back on the larger-than-life icon who defined Hulkamania.

Hulk Hogan, the American sports and entertainment star who made professional wrestling a global phenomenon and loudly supported Donald Trump for president, has died at the age of 71, World Wrestling Entertainment said today.

Elijah Wood is remembering Hulk Hogan as a “fixture of pop culture” during his childhood in the 1980s. He and his “The Toxic Avenger” co-star Taylour Paige spoke about Hogan, who died Thursday, at Comic-Con.

The opening chords of Rick Derringer’s hard-rock guitar would play over the arena sound system. Instantly, 20,000 Hulkamaniacs — and many more as wrestling’s popularity and stadium size exploded — rose to their feet in a frenzy to catch a glimpse of Hulk Hogan storming toward the ring.