WWE remembers Hulk Hogan - WWE

Cricketer Boys

7/26/2025

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00:00I just love the business there's nothing else like it it's just magic this is the

00:11most exhilarating experience you'll ever have

00:30i'm gonna be fighting for all my hulkamaniacs what are you gonna do when hulkamania runs wild on you

00:39hulk hogan defines sports entertainment hulk hogan is sports entertainment with hulkamania

00:47running wild i feel like a hundred supermen the bronze physique the 24-inch pythons the bandana

00:54the training saying your prayers and eating your vitamins is definitely the right way to live

00:59power personality persona he was a box office attraction a global icon but before all that

01:08he was terry in 1953 terry gene balaya was born in augusta georgia he loved sports and he played

01:18the bass guitar while chasing his musical dreams 1976 i was playing in a rock and roll band i said

01:26i'm quitting i'm gonna be the greatest professional wrestler that ever lived

01:30he was first known under a mask as the super destroyer in 1977 he made his wwe debut in 1979

01:40hulk hogan you are looking at the new king of professional wrestling hogan's allure grew

01:48from shea stadium to hollywood where he got his big break in rocky 3 looking at the size of your arms i don't believe this

01:57i know sooner or later my time is gonna come then this at madison square garden on january 23rd 1984

02:08the day hulkamania was born he dropped the big leg on him he's got a mystery made in madison square garden

02:17i feel the energy hulkamania is running worldwide hulk hogan was woven into pop culture

02:27mr hulk hogan he was a slice of americana right here on mtv just being here with all the rock and

02:35rollers rock and wrestling the grammy saturday night live

02:39mr t and hulk hogan and the grandest stage of them all wrestlemania

02:46unbelievable pandemonium here in the garden

02:49then in 1987 at wrestlemania 3 hogan did the unthinkable

02:55the irresistible force beating the unbelievable object

02:59look at this

03:00greatest moment ever in my life as far as my career it has to be that wrestlemania without a doubt

03:09his rivalries became stuff of legend roddy roddy piper macho man randy savage the ultimate warrior

03:22by the early 90s hollywood came calling again there were tv series and more movies

03:29before a shocking arrival in wcw from the ultimate hero the hulkster to the worst villain hollywood

03:38you can call this the new world order of wrestling brother

03:44the new world order

03:48he turned the business upside down

03:51hogan hogan oh come on out here here's the nwo

03:57there's no yellow there's no red he's wearing black nwo for life brah

04:07hogan came home in 2002 and there was only one man to mark the occasion and match his stardom

04:20history in the making now this is a wrestlemania moment many of the crowd chanting for the rock

04:26many in the crowd chanting for hogan

04:31oh my god what you gonna do rock

04:35hollywood hope hogan give you all he had

04:38three years later in 2005 hogan was inducted into the wwe hall of fame

04:47andre the giant kicked my ass every time i got in the ring with him he developed something in me

04:52called character a love for this business that'll never die in the years that followed hogan never

04:59left the spotlight across decades and so many changes to the business

05:05i never knew 30 years later i would have a love affair with the maniacs of madison square garden in

05:11this town like i have somehow hogan's charisma and connection to the audience always remained

05:19while his steps slowed his work ethic never did and his influence never wavered

05:30he loved his fans thanks for making my childhood buddy from young to old hogan was the ultimate hero

05:40even till the end

05:41on july 24th 2025 surrounded by family and friends terry hulk hogan belaya passed away

05:56he was 71 years old but hulkamania will live forever you develop a love for this business

06:06it's something that's in your spirit it's something that you can never lose it's something that will

06:15stay with you till the day you die as it will with me when you get a dose of hulkamania it is the

06:25ultimate natural high it's something that you can't shake it's something that makes you shake in your seat

06:29and it's something that you can't beat daddy and hulkamania will live forever

06:37gone but not forgotten the incredible hulk hogan

WWE remembers Hulk Hogan - WWE

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