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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.
06:40The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:41The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:42The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:43The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:44The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:45The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:46The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:47The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:48The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:49The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:50The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:51The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:52The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:53The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:54The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:55The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:56The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:57The Hulkamania will live forever.
06:58The Hulkamania will live forever.
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