The Rise and Fall of Hulk Hogan: From Wrestling Icon to His Final Days (1953–2025)

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00:00There's nothing else like it, it's just magic.

00:07This is the most exhilarating experience you'll ever have.

00:12I am a real American, fight for the rights of every man.

00:19I am a real American, fight for what's right, fight for your life.

00:27I'm going to be fighting for all my Hulkamaniacs.

00:30What are you going to do when Hulkamania runs wild on you?

00:34Hulk Hogan defines sports entertainment.

00:38Hulk Hogan is sports entertainment.

00:42With Hulkamania running wild, I feel like a hundred supermen.

00:45The bronze physique, the 24-inch pythons, the bandana.

00:50The training, saying your prayers and eating your vitamins is definitely the right way to live.

00:55Power, personality, persona.

00:58He was a box office attraction, a global icon.

01:02But before all that, he was Terry.

01:05In 1953, Terry Gene Balea was born in Augusta, Georgia.

01:11He loved sports, and he played the bass guitar while chasing his musical dreams.

01:171976, I was playing in a rock and roll band.

01:21I said, I'm quitting.

01:22I'm going to be the greatest professional wrestler that ever lived.

01:26He was first known under a mask as the Super Destroyer in 1977.

01:32He made his WWE debut in 1979.

01:36Hulk Hogan!

01:38You are looking at the new king of professional wrestling.

01:42Hogan's allure grew from Shea Stadium to Hollywood, where he got his big break in Rocky III.

01:50Looking at the size of your arms, I don't believe this.

01:53I know sooner or later.

01:55My time is going to come.

01:57Then this, at Madison Square Garden on January 23rd, 1984, the day Hulkamania was born.

02:06He dropped the big leg on him!

02:08He got him!

02:10Mystery made in Madison Square Garden!

02:13Hulkamania is here!

02:16I feel the energy!

02:17Hulkamania is running worldwide!

02:20Hulk Hogan was woven into pop culture.

02:23Mr. Hulk Hogan!

02:25He was a slice of Americana.

02:28Right here on MTV, just being here with all the rock and rollers.

02:31Rock and wrestling, the Grammy's Saturday Night Live.

02:35Mr. T and Hulk Hogan!

02:39And the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania.

02:42Unbelievable!

02:43Time to vote in here in the garden!

02:46Then in 1987, at WrestleMania III, Hogan did the unthinkable.

02:51The irresistible force beating the immovable object.

02:54Look at this!

02:56Yes!

02:57Greatest moment ever in my life, as far as my career.

03:01It has to be that WrestleMania, without a doubt.

03:04His rivalries became stuff of legend.

03:07Roddy Roddy Piper.

03:09Macho man Randy Savage.

03:12The ultimate warrior.

03:14Hollywood.

03:15By the early nineties, Hollywood came calling again.

03:22There were TV series and more movies.

03:24Before a shocking arrival in WCW.

03:27From the ultimate hero, the Hulkster, to the worst villain, Hollywood Hulk Hogan.

03:33You can call this the New World Order of Wrestling, brother.

03:41New World Order.

03:43He turned the business upside down.

03:47Hulk Hogan, Hulk, come on out here.

03:50Here's the NWO.

03:54There's no yellow, there's no red.

03:56He's wearing black.

03:59NWO for life, brah.

04:03Hogan came home in 2002.

04:08And there was only one man to mark the occasion and match his stardom.

04:15History in the making now.

04:17This is a WrestleMania moment.

04:19Many in the crowd chanting for The Rock.

04:21Many in the crowd chanting for Hogan.

04:26Woo!

04:27Oh, my God.

04:28What you gonna do, Rock?

04:29Hollywood Hulk Hogan give you all he had.

04:33Three years later, in 2005, Hogan was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

04:42Andre the Giant kicked my ass every time I got in the ring with him.

04:46He developed something in me called character.

04:49A love for this business that'll never die.

04:51In the years that followed, Hogan never left the spotlight.

04:56Across decades and so many changes to the business.

05:00I never knew, 30 years later, I would have a love affair with the maniacs of Madison Square Garden in this town like I have.

05:07Somehow, Hogan's charisma and connection to the audience always remained.

05:14While his steps slowed, his work ethic never did.

05:18And his influence never wavered.

05:20From mom on you!

05:23Whoa!

05:25He loved his fans.

05:27Thanks for making my childhood, buddy.

05:29From young to old, Hogan was the ultimate hero.

05:35Even till the end.

05:38On July 24th, 2025, surrounded by family and friends, Terry, Hulk Hogan Balea, passed away.

05:51He was 71 years old.

05:53But Hulkamania will live forever.

05:59You develop a love for this business.

06:02It's something that's in your spirit.

06:06It's something that you can never lose.

06:10It's something that will stay with you till the day you die.

06:15As it will with me.

06:18When you get a dose of Hulkamania, it is the ultimate natural high.

06:21It's something that you can't shake.

06:23It's something that makes you shake in your seat.

06:25And it's something that you can't beat, daddy.

06:27And Hulkamania will live forever.

06:32Gone but not forgotten, the incredible Hulk Hogan.

06:37The Hulkamania will live forever.

06:38The Hulkamania will live forever.

06:39The Hulkamania will live forever.

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06:56The Hulkamania will live forever.

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