Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan, born Terry Gene Bollea in Augusta, Georgia, on August 11, 1953, was an American professional wrestler and media personality who died on July 24, 2025. He began training in 1977 with Championship Wrestling from Florida and became a global star after joining the World Wrestling Federation in 1983. His heroic all-American persona helped drive the 1980s wrestling boom, and he headlined eight of the first nine editions of WrestleMania. His first reign as WWF Champion lasted 1,474 days, and in 1990 and 1991 he became the first wrestler to win back-to-back Royal Rumbles. After moving to World Championship Wrestling in 1994 he reinvented himself as the villainous Hollywood Hogan and led the New World Order. He was a six-time WWF/WWE Champion, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005, and also appeared in films such as Rocky III and television shows such as Hogan Knows Best.