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00:00:21We all live in manufactured realities.

00:00:25As soon as I look in the mirror, I go, who the hell's that?

00:00:30We all follow some sort of a script.

00:00:33Close breaths.

00:00:34It's kind of going to look like we're working out or something.

00:00:39All of us, in a way, have a performative life.

00:00:44As a father, I am performative.

00:00:48And in your own wedding, you are performative, and on and on and on.

00:00:52And it's part of human nature, of the human experience.

00:00:57There's nothing wrong about it.

00:00:58All right.

00:01:00Three, two...

00:01:01Oh, you know something, maniacs?

00:01:04I'm all pumped up about main event karaoke tonight, brother.

00:01:08I was walking down the meet...

00:01:09Three, two, one.

00:01:11Well, in case of Hulk Hogan, it would be interesting to look into the performer

00:01:15and into the real Hulk Hogan, if he still exists.

00:01:21You know something, Hulkamaniacs?

00:01:23I was all pumped up about Hogan's main event, karaoke tonight, 8 p.m. at Hogan's Hangout.

00:01:29When I was strolling down the beach in my banana hammock earlier today, they were posing out in the parking

00:01:35lot.

00:01:36They were posing on the beach.

00:01:37Does he lift the illusion himself of being this character?

00:01:44But let me tell you something, brother.

00:01:46Hulkamania is still running wild.

00:01:48Now you know what it's all about, brother.

00:01:49So what you gonna do when all my locals start singing and they tear the house down just for you,

00:01:57brother?

00:01:59We have to know, is there something authentic, something real, something truthful about it?

00:02:06That was harder than the workout.

00:02:08Okay.

00:02:09We'll see you guys down the road, man.

00:02:11I'll follow you in just a little while.

00:02:12How much has he adopted the role of Hulk Hogan in his own private life?

00:02:20Do you know his real name?

00:02:22Hulk Hogan?

00:02:23Yes.

00:02:23Oh, I don't even want to know his real name.

00:02:26No.

00:02:26Keep it your secret.

00:02:28No.

00:02:41It's an awesome shirt.

00:02:42It's actually a small one.

00:02:44Mm-hmm.

00:02:46Oh.

00:02:46All along the top of it, you have penalty.

00:02:54Drop your head back, Jerry.

00:02:55Good.

00:02:56Drop it down.

00:02:56Excellent.

00:02:59I'm gonna break you and turn up the electricity on this side.

00:03:01Just let me know in.

00:03:02That hip on that side hurts stuck.

00:03:06At this point, you've done so much, and here you are.

00:03:11Just to get out there, you gotta go through this.

00:03:15You're a complete circle, brother.

00:03:17It's, uh...

00:03:20The job's not done yet, man.

00:03:22You gotta make sure.

00:03:24This is an art form that, uh, if you love it, it's in your blood.

00:03:28How do you need a pair of boots from Santa for Christmas, you know?

00:03:33Following WrestleMania 18, Vince was back in love with Hulk Hogan.

00:03:39And it was like, hey, we're gonna jump back on the Hulk Hogan train.

00:03:42And all of us were like, no.

00:03:44Like, this isn't...

00:03:45He got a nostalgia pop.

00:03:47This thing will be dead in three weeks.

00:03:53I actually should have quit back about 90.

00:03:58I could have really ramped up the movie stuff and the TV stuff.

00:04:02But instead, I kept going back again.

00:04:06So...

00:04:06You see Hulk Hogan beating up the people!

00:04:09Beating up the maniacs!

00:04:1520, you know, thousand people roaring.

00:04:21There's nothing like that.

00:04:23You're walking that tightrope.

00:04:25Beating up the Hulk of Maniacs!

00:04:27This business is so tough to leave.

00:04:30And, you know, they know I'm a step slower.

00:04:33You know, they know...

00:04:34You know, I'm...

00:04:36You know, I'm bonus time here and I love it.

00:04:38And they respect that, you know?

00:04:40I'm the last of a breed, you know?

00:04:43And, uh...

00:04:44The respect they show me...

00:04:47If I die, I hope I die out there.

00:04:53Everybody always says,

00:04:54If you could do it over again, would you?

00:04:57I would change one thing.

00:04:59I started dropping the leg when I was in Japan.

00:05:04My arms used to be really huge.

00:05:06So why would you jump up and drop the leg

00:05:08and land on your tailbone every night for 40 plus years

00:05:10when you can use the sleeper hold

00:05:12and not take any bumps?

00:05:14One thing about this business,

00:05:16no one leave unscathed.

00:05:18Every time Hulk Hogan did that leg drop,

00:05:21come pounding on his back.

00:05:22Every time.

00:05:25Those were the small things over years and up.

00:05:29You know, I kind of, like, kept rolling, you know?

00:05:31But I wouldn't have been like this now.

00:05:34You know, I would have been like a normal 17-year-old guy

00:05:36that I could walk around and wouldn't be limping.

00:05:41The back surgeries, the knee replacements,

00:05:43the shoulder replacements, the hands and everything.

00:05:46I was supposed to get three epidurals a year.

00:05:51I was going to get three a week.

00:05:54But of course, that's the price you pay.

00:05:57You know, it would be different.

00:05:59I'd be completely a different person.

00:06:00But would you give up the other stuff?

00:06:02No.

00:06:04Mm-mm.

00:06:05Yeah.

00:06:07Nope.

00:06:08Yeah.

00:06:09Mm-mm.

00:06:10When you look at Hulk Hogan, he went an extra lap.

00:06:17Hogan at this stage of his career is incredibly limited.

00:06:19He's old.

00:06:21He's beat up.

00:06:23Shawn Michaels has their sharks here on Hulk Hogan!

00:06:26Shawn Michaels was making fun of how old I was

00:06:28and how beat up I was.

00:06:31Get an old, brother.

00:06:32But I got news for you.

00:06:34I'll be 102 years old, brother,

00:06:36by the time I step into the ring at SummerSlam.

00:06:38And then for SummerSlam,

00:06:40he went out and oversold to make it a joke.

00:06:49It's on Shawn to make the match exciting.

00:06:55Even if you're a giant Hulk Hogan fan,

00:06:58you start to wonder what he's still doing there.

00:07:00A year later,

00:07:02I wrestled Randy Orton.

00:07:03So I had no idea that was going to be the last match in the WWE.

00:07:24And you relied on your physical body and performance for a long time.

00:07:28And was that hard to not be able to lean on that again?

00:07:31Well, it's still hard.

00:07:33You know, it's still hard because you step back into the real world.

00:07:37Ooh, hi.

00:07:39Jesus, what a short night.

00:07:41What did Santa Claus bring to you, huh?

00:07:45What's up?

00:07:47You know, you have your highs and your lows,

00:07:49and you have family issues,

00:07:51and Linda was on her own there for a long time.

00:07:55That was his life.

00:07:58He was out of the house more than he was home.

00:08:02I've been gone so much.

00:08:05My family,

00:08:07my marriage was already

00:08:09pretty much in shambles already at that point.

00:08:13And he would just sit there on the couch.

00:08:14He liked to watch a lot of movies.

00:08:16Just kind of quiet.

00:08:17He didn't like to make a lot of conversation at dinner.

00:08:19He really wasn't like Mr. Personality at home anymore.

00:08:24When you're a celebrity,

00:08:25you belong to the public.

00:08:27And I'm like,

00:08:27don't you have somewhere to be?

00:08:30We forgot cookies and milk.

00:08:32We forgot gas, please.

00:08:34Well, go get it.

00:08:35Dad got a Segway.

00:08:41I woke up one day,

00:08:42and I was an old man.

00:08:43Didn't even know what happened.

00:08:47I had missed the family unit,

00:08:50the connection that me and Terry had.

00:08:54I'd say,

00:08:54all right,

00:08:54let's at least do something nice

00:08:56as a family with the kids.

00:08:58Just have fun.

00:08:59Again,

00:08:59let's just do something as a family.

00:09:03Look back at me, guys.

00:09:06Oh, we're not.

00:09:10And then one day,

00:09:12I got a call from VH1

00:09:15about doing a reality show.

00:09:17Linduce.

00:09:18And he called me Linduce,

00:09:19which means little Linda.

00:09:20And we were all in the family room,

00:09:22and he's like,

00:09:22hey,

00:09:23I got a proposition for you guys.

00:09:25Do you guys want to do

00:09:26a reality TV show?

00:09:28And of course,

00:09:29the kids are like,

00:09:29yes!

00:09:30You know,

00:09:30because we saw,

00:09:31you know,

00:09:32the Osbournes,

00:09:32and Jessica Simpson,

00:09:34and Brooke was all,

00:09:35you know,

00:09:35about that.

00:09:35She's like,

00:09:36yeah,

00:09:36that would be cool.

00:09:37Oh my God,

00:09:38Mom.

00:09:39I'm going to cry.

00:09:40Uh-oh,

00:09:40she's beginning to tear.

00:09:42That was a pretty exciting thing.

00:09:43Mom,

00:09:44why didn't you get this back?

00:09:46You know,

00:09:46I think it was exciting for Terry.

00:09:48Yeah.

00:09:48He wanted that platform.

00:09:50I explained to Linda

00:09:52that my prayer was

00:09:53that it would bring,

00:09:55you know,

00:09:55Linda and I together

00:09:57on some form or another

00:09:59to have something

00:09:59in common

00:10:01where we could,

00:10:01you know,

00:10:02be excited about something

00:10:03and move forward.

00:10:06We're in business.

00:10:08Fuck it.

00:10:09All right.

00:10:09I'm down with that.

00:10:10Yeah,

00:10:10let's do it.

00:10:11I can't believe my dad said yes.

00:10:13Like,

00:10:13I'm just praying to God.

00:10:14I'm like,

00:10:14please don't let me wake up.

00:10:16Please don't let it be a dream.

00:10:17Brooke always wanted to be a singer.

00:10:19She wanted to be the next Britney Spears.

00:10:21And he was like,

00:10:22they want to make it

00:10:23like a stage dad thing.

00:10:25Is that okay?

00:10:25That works for Nick.

00:10:26Yay!

00:10:28Hogan knows best

00:10:30to help Brooke

00:10:31with her singing career,

00:10:32to help Nick

00:10:33establish himself,

00:10:34you know.

00:10:35So one day,

00:10:36he wouldn't have to be called

00:10:37Nick Hogan

00:10:37or Brooke Hogan.

00:10:38They could be the Bolleas

00:10:39and have their own career.

00:10:41You know,

00:10:42I think Linda,

00:10:43let's see.

00:10:44How do you work my camera here?

00:10:46Always wanted to be

00:10:47in front of the camera

00:10:48instead of behind the camera.

00:10:49Okay, cut.

00:10:53And I said,

00:10:54some of the things

00:10:55that are going to happen,

00:10:56you'll be thrown

00:10:57into the celebrity world

00:10:58if the show does good.

00:11:00And life,

00:11:01as you know,

00:11:01it will cease to exist.

00:11:03It's the palm before the storm.

00:11:06Like he said,

00:11:07just make sure you guys

00:11:08fully are aware

00:11:09of what we're getting into.

00:11:11And I said,

00:11:11hey, I'm down.

00:11:12Let's go.

00:11:18Where is everybody?

00:11:24Hogan knows best.

00:11:29She is really dangerous.

00:11:30Wow.

00:11:31There was two months

00:11:32of having black

00:11:33all over our windows

00:11:35and people running

00:11:36through the house,

00:11:37a big crew

00:11:38like 28 people

00:11:39in the crew.

00:11:40Eventually,

00:11:40we took the kids

00:11:41out of school

00:11:41because it's just

00:11:42too much time.

00:11:47they took the credit

00:11:48for your second symphony

00:11:51rewritten by machine

00:11:52on new technology.

00:11:53I realized,

00:11:54oh my God,

00:11:55I'm a celebrity.

00:11:56I'm always used to

00:11:57getting out with my dad.

00:11:59It's weird for him

00:12:00to have gone through

00:12:01his whole life

00:12:01being the icon

00:12:02that he has become.

00:12:04Suddenly,

00:12:05it's happening

00:12:05for my kids.

00:12:07People are asking me

00:12:07for my autograph.

00:12:09We thought it was

00:12:10a really cool thing

00:12:11for all of us

00:12:11to be a part of

00:12:12because this was

00:12:13kind of the first thing

00:12:14for us as a family

00:12:15to participate in.

00:12:17Terry loved it.

00:12:17We all loved that show.

00:12:21The Hulkamaniacs,

00:12:22you know,

00:12:22I was back here

00:12:22getting my hair

00:12:23straightened out

00:12:23using the pink brush.

00:12:25Hulkamaniac would be over.

00:12:28VH1 was very,

00:12:29very excited.

00:12:30They were just stoked

00:12:31that the numbers

00:12:32went through the roof.

00:12:33Your show

00:12:34did phenomenally

00:12:35last season

00:12:36and now you're back

00:12:36for a second season

00:12:38of The Hulkamaniac.

00:12:39VH1 killed the radio star.

00:12:42VH1 killed the radio star.

00:12:43I know it was a huge upside

00:12:44to helping Brooke's music career.

00:12:46She was so close

00:12:47to, like,

00:12:48really making it.

00:12:49We thought this will really,

00:12:50you know,

00:12:50tip the scales

00:12:51and really get her out there.

00:12:53It didn't really

00:12:55do anything for Nick

00:12:56except paint him

00:12:57in the corners

00:12:58as a Dennis the Menace

00:12:59type kid.

00:13:00They'd film me

00:13:01doing these, like,

00:13:0312-year-old antics

00:13:04when really

00:13:04I was, like, 16

00:13:06and I was going to,

00:13:07you know,

00:13:08work on a car

00:13:09with my friends

00:13:10or produce music.

00:13:11You know,

00:13:11if the day was a little slow,

00:13:12hey, Nick,

00:13:13go fill some water balloons

00:13:14up and go across the street

00:13:15and throw them at people.

00:13:17And next thing you know,

00:13:18the cops grabbed Nick.

00:13:20Look, dude,

00:13:21I mean,

00:13:21I busted my ass,

00:13:22you know,

00:13:23together so we could

00:13:24be comfortable around here

00:13:25and you guys are spending

00:13:25this money like it's water.

00:13:27I love you, girl.

00:13:28Thanks for doing

00:13:28everything good.

00:13:29That was really nice.

00:13:30It's tough

00:13:31as a parent

00:13:32to see your kids grow up.

00:13:33Seems like it was yesterday

00:13:35when they were just

00:13:36hanging out at the beach

00:13:37in the pool with us

00:13:38and drinking chocolate bottles.

00:13:40I was working so much

00:13:41the last 15 years

00:13:43I've missed the whole

00:13:45angelotic.

00:13:45They show the soft side

00:13:46of Hulk.

00:13:47He just has a good heart

00:13:48and I love that about him.

00:13:52And he was good

00:13:53with the kids like that.

00:13:56Are you listening?

00:13:57No kissing.

00:13:58This is serious.

00:13:59The really great stuff

00:14:00was the fact that,

00:14:01oh my gosh,

00:14:02he's a father

00:14:03and a husband.

00:14:05He's got problems

00:14:06with a wife.

00:14:06What's up?

00:14:07He's just like us.

00:14:08I know what boys

00:14:09are thinking about

00:14:10and I was one

00:14:11and the boys' hormones

00:14:13are going crazy

00:14:13and all they can think

00:14:14about is sex.

00:14:16The audience changed.

00:14:18There became

00:14:18a huge female demo

00:14:20that was attracted

00:14:21to Hulk because

00:14:22there was a father

00:14:22and a dad

00:14:23and a husband.

00:14:24Is that a miniskirt?

00:14:26Yeah.

00:14:27Hmm.

00:14:27Think miniskirts

00:14:28are good to ride

00:14:28on roller coasters?

00:14:29How old's Adam?

00:14:30Just turned 22.

00:14:3222?

00:14:33It kind of like

00:14:35made things a little lighter

00:14:36than,

00:14:36hey,

00:14:36let me tell you something,

00:14:37brother,

00:14:37and it's a screaming maniac.

00:14:39The version that you saw

00:14:40of Terry was,

00:14:41in my opinion,

00:14:42Terry.

00:14:43It was what I lived with.

00:14:45It was the guy

00:14:45that was not in the red

00:14:46and yellow boots,

00:14:47not putting on a performance

00:14:49for the people.

00:14:50They realized that

00:14:51Hulk Hogan was Terry

00:14:52and I was a normal dad

00:14:54and a normal person,

00:14:54so there was a lot

00:14:56of good things

00:14:56that came with that,

00:14:58but also,

00:14:59you know,

00:15:00the mistakes

00:15:00and the disagreements

00:15:01and the drama

00:15:03of trying to live life,

00:15:05you know,

00:15:06shown through.

00:15:08You're 22.

00:15:10Still with you.

00:15:11That's because I love you.

00:15:13I love you too.

00:15:14I would marry you again

00:15:15if you asked me to.

00:15:16Would you marry me again?

00:15:18Mm-hmm.

00:15:18Really?

00:15:19Mm-hmm.

00:15:20Would you sign a prenup?

00:15:21What would you put

00:15:22in your prenup?

00:15:23I don't know.

00:15:24There's no reason

00:15:25for a prenup.

00:15:25I know.

00:15:27If you divorce me,

00:15:28I'll kill you.

00:15:29I don't really care.

00:15:29Oh, wow.

00:15:31Being together

00:15:3124 hours a day,

00:15:34seven days a week,

00:15:35the reality show,

00:15:36Hogan Knows Best,

00:15:37was kind of like

00:15:38a recipe for disaster.

00:15:40Everybody in this family

00:15:41has got that same attitude.

00:15:42I'm tired of it.

00:15:42No, I don't.

00:15:43So where was I?

00:15:45Right where you started.

00:15:46Nowhere.

00:15:47Having your personal problems

00:15:50with your family

00:15:51being aired

00:15:53for public consumption

00:15:55caused all kinds of turmoil.

00:15:56Yo, Linda!

00:15:57How many times

00:15:58have I told you

00:15:59I don't want the maid

00:16:01in my closet?

00:16:02Whatever.

00:16:03Why don't you just

00:16:03put the stuff back

00:16:04when you're done with it?

00:16:05I'm so sick of this.

00:16:09It put everyone

00:16:10as a family

00:16:11in a very intense situation.

00:16:14And then

00:16:15when real issues

00:16:16start to come up,

00:16:18you know,

00:16:18you don't really have time

00:16:20to address them

00:16:22the way that you

00:16:22naturally would.

00:16:23We could use the money.

00:16:24You could always use the money.

00:16:25No matter how much money I make,

00:16:26it still isn't enough.

00:16:29You know,

00:16:30I would, you know,

00:16:32come home with a check,

00:16:33a seven-digit check,

00:16:35and hand it to her.

00:16:36And she'd take the check

00:16:37and throw it back in my face.

00:16:38Was that all you got?

00:16:39It wasn't the old Linda,

00:16:40the happy one, you know?

00:16:42It was definitely

00:16:43a different person.

00:16:44Toward the last season,

00:16:46things were weird.

00:16:48He wasn't my soulmate.

00:16:50I want to thank

00:16:51the Master of the Universe

00:16:52for agreeing

00:16:53to let me come along.

00:16:55You're welcome.

00:16:55After she abruptly

00:16:56changed her mind

00:16:57and said she didn't want

00:16:58to be around me anymore,

00:16:59so thank you very much.

00:17:01I just remember

00:17:02not even being there

00:17:03because I was just going

00:17:04through so much stress

00:17:04with my family

00:17:05and it was just

00:17:06so insane.

00:17:07I think when,

00:17:08you know,

00:17:09you have fame

00:17:09and you go through

00:17:10struggles and hard times,

00:17:11it's almost like

00:17:12a higher rise

00:17:12and a harder fall,

00:17:13you know?

00:17:16Toward the end,

00:17:16it was like,

00:17:17uh,

00:17:18no more cameras.

00:17:19I need a break.

00:17:21It'd take me

00:17:21about two seconds

00:17:22to pack up

00:17:22my friggin' closet

00:17:23and be gone.

00:17:24Again?

00:17:25Yeah.

00:17:25Again?

00:17:26For good.

00:17:27When we went

00:17:28into the couples therapy,

00:17:29you know,

00:17:29that was all kind of,

00:17:30like, real.

00:17:31Some of our arguments

00:17:32have been so intense

00:17:33that Linda's verbally

00:17:34suggested maybe

00:17:35we should go

00:17:36our separate ways

00:17:36or maybe you should

00:17:37get a lawyer

00:17:38and maybe we should

00:17:38just be divorced.

00:17:39So the words

00:17:40were spoken?

00:17:42Yeah.

00:17:43Are you kids nervous

00:17:44about your parents

00:17:44getting a divorce,

00:17:45possibly?

00:17:46No.

00:17:46No, even if it did happen.

00:17:48They love hard,

00:17:49fight hard,

00:17:49and it just wouldn't,

00:17:50it's not gonna happen.

00:17:51They're too scared.

00:17:52You know,

00:17:53I don't,

00:17:53I'm not worried about it.

00:17:54I don't think

00:17:54it's gonna happen,

00:17:55but even if it did,

00:17:56I mean,

00:17:57we're so close,

00:17:57I think that we'd all

00:17:58stick together anyways.

00:18:00Are you 100%

00:18:01in your mind

00:18:01out of this marriage?

00:18:02Who, me?

00:18:03Yeah.

00:18:03No, I'm not out of it at all.

00:18:04When do you think

00:18:05you'll be out the door

00:18:06if this continues?

00:18:07I'll probably be dead

00:18:08when it's over.

00:18:10I always thought that,

00:18:12you know,

00:18:12it could be fixed

00:18:13for better or worse,

00:18:14you know.

00:18:16I needed to hang in there.

00:18:17I really don't understand

00:18:19at all how we got here,

00:18:21why we loved so much

00:18:22and still might fail.

00:18:25Out of touch,

00:18:26out of love,

00:18:26and out of place,

00:18:28losing you would be like

00:18:29living without ever

00:18:30seeing my children's face.

00:18:32I stand here before you.

00:18:39Everything is just ripped,

00:18:41wasted.

00:18:42It is definitely a mess.

00:18:44It's just gonna take forever

00:18:46and clean everything up.

00:18:48I do know that he loved me.

00:18:50I know that he loved me.

00:18:51I know.

00:18:51I know that he did,

00:18:52and he was crazy about me.

00:18:53Because being in love with you

00:18:55only if for a second means

00:18:57I'll never live to regret it.

00:19:06He was hiding something,

00:19:08you know.

00:19:08He just wasn't acting like himself,

00:19:09and I knew something was up.

00:19:11My housekeeper came to me,

00:19:12and she said,

00:19:13is this yours?

00:19:14And it was a little gold hoop.

00:19:16I was like, no.

00:19:17And I go, where was it?

00:19:18In my bathroom, where was it?

00:19:19She goes, in your bed.

00:19:22Well, Hulk Hogan's daughter

00:19:23might want to run her father

00:19:25over with a tank

00:19:26after he reportedly slept,

00:19:27get this,

00:19:28with one of her close friends.

00:19:30She was a person I was dating.

00:19:31who was part of the record company,

00:19:34almost like a chaperone for Brooke.

00:19:35Brooke Hogan says

00:19:36her friend started having

00:19:37whoopee with the huckster in 2006

00:19:40while he was still married

00:19:41to her mother.

00:19:42I'm out of here.

00:19:48I was with him

00:19:49from the time I was 22 years old

00:19:51to the time I was 49 years old.

00:19:58And that's half of your life.

00:20:03I didn't know, you know,

00:20:05why he cheated on me.

00:20:07I'm kind of scared to be out here.

00:20:08I really shouldn't be out here.

00:20:09And I just felt like

00:20:10a complete failure.

00:20:12But when you get to that point

00:20:13where you're not really sad anymore,

00:20:17you're just kind of more mad.

00:20:19You're in self-survival mode now.

00:20:23I came back from wrestling

00:20:25from Germany one time

00:20:26and the house was completely cleaned out.

00:20:29You know,

00:20:29safes were ripped out of the wall.

00:20:31Everything was gone

00:20:32except my clothes.

00:20:38It's hard to, you know,

00:20:40have all your skeletons,

00:20:41you know, pulled out of your closet

00:20:42and just waved in front

00:20:44of everybody's face

00:20:44and humiliated the world.

00:20:46And then our family

00:20:47just go through all this stuff.

00:20:50Coming and going

00:20:51from the courthouse

00:20:51for their bitter divorce,

00:20:53the Hogan's rarely

00:20:54shy away from cameras.

00:20:58That's not the same person

00:20:59I married.

00:21:00She's, uh,

00:21:00we pray for her every night.

00:21:01It was terrible.

00:21:03It was a very, very tough time.

00:21:05It was to the point

00:21:06where we literally

00:21:07didn't speak to each other

00:21:08anymore at all.

00:21:10And so everything

00:21:11had to go through lawyers.

00:21:12Listen to me, Mr. Balea.

00:21:14Mr. Balea.

00:21:15Mr. Balea.

00:21:16Are you going to wrestle

00:21:17with me here?

00:21:18Are you going to come

00:21:19across the cameras?

00:21:20You had your time to talk.

00:21:21You're done.

00:21:22You are the person

00:21:23that has caused this issue.

00:21:24It made it incredibly

00:21:26difficult for the kids.

00:21:28I tried to call the kids

00:21:29for a couple months

00:21:30and couldn't get them.

00:21:31Nobody would answer.

00:21:34I don't know if I really

00:21:35want to get into this stuff

00:21:36for this.

00:21:37I just, I don't know.

00:21:39Hogan's lawyers say

00:21:40the $40,000 a month

00:21:41Linda is currently getting

00:21:42in alimony is too much

00:21:44and they want that

00:21:45amount reduced.

00:21:46They brought a slew

00:21:47of witnesses to the stand

00:21:48to try and prove Linda

00:21:49is blowing all her money

00:21:51on drugs, fancy clothes

00:21:53and her much younger

00:21:54boyfriend.

00:21:56She was, you know,

00:21:58bouncing around,

00:21:59flying all over

00:22:00with her boyfriend

00:22:02who actually went to school

00:22:04with Nick and Brooke.

00:22:06And we were talking

00:22:07and I asked him

00:22:07how old he was.

00:22:08He said he was 25.

00:22:08I was like,

00:22:09oh, okay, fine, great.

00:22:11He's young,

00:22:12but what the heck,

00:22:13you know,

00:22:13let's go have a margarita.

00:22:15We dated, I don't know,

00:22:16for like a couple weeks

00:22:18and then we went somewhere

00:22:19and I was like,

00:22:19do you want beer

00:22:20or something like that?

00:22:20And he's like,

00:22:21I'm not really 21

00:22:22and I'm not 25.

00:22:24I go.

00:22:25Now I really have fallen

00:22:27for this guy.

00:22:27I'm like, oh my God,

00:22:28well, how old are you?

00:22:29He goes, I'm 19.

00:22:31Are you not lying about that?

00:22:33Because if you're lying

00:22:34about that,

00:22:34we got problems,

00:22:35you know?

00:22:37The judge wouldn't let me

00:22:38live in my big house

00:22:39or my little house.

00:22:41So I had nowhere to go.

00:22:44I rented an apartment

00:22:45and it was like

00:22:46in the top of this building

00:22:48where I could see

00:22:48down the beach,

00:22:49where I could see

00:22:50my beach house.

00:22:51It was tough

00:22:52because I could hear

00:22:53my cigarette boots

00:22:54start up in the morning

00:22:55and Linda's 18-year-old boyfriend

00:22:56would back it out.

00:22:58Well, I see something

00:22:59so cute.

00:23:00It is a gorgeous day.

00:23:02And I thought,

00:23:03you know,

00:23:03he's not going to know

00:23:04how it feels

00:23:04until he sees it happen to me.

00:23:06He'd come by me

00:23:06and he'd stop

00:23:07where my apartment was.

00:23:08He'd sit in my boat

00:23:09and snuck a joint.

00:23:10And I'd go,

00:23:10that's Terry.

00:23:11Drive by.

00:23:12Go in close.

00:23:13Go in close.

00:23:13You know,

00:23:14I was making all over Charlie

00:23:15and I'm like,

00:23:16you know,

00:23:16just driving in circles.

00:23:18I was like,

00:23:18see,

00:23:19how do you feel about that?

00:23:20It hurts, right?

00:23:21Ouch.

00:23:23And I didn't mean

00:23:24to be such a catty,

00:23:26you know,

00:23:26rub it in,

00:23:27but I thought

00:23:28a little bit wouldn't hurt.

00:23:31It was like

00:23:32throwing it on my face big time.

00:23:33I would have trouble

00:23:34with a guy

00:23:3430 years younger than me

00:23:35because I'm afraid

00:23:36he's going to yell out

00:23:36mommy during sex.

00:23:40Isn't that so wrong?

00:23:41No,

00:23:41I'm just kidding.

00:23:43I've had it.

00:23:45It's as bizarre

00:23:46as it is shocking.

00:23:48Hulk Hogan

00:23:48in the middle

00:23:49of a bitter divorce,

00:23:50telling Rolling Stone

00:23:52he now understands

00:23:53O.J. Simpson.

00:23:54The magazine says

00:23:55Hogan is so bitter,

00:23:56he sounded homicidal,

00:23:58saying, quote,

00:23:59I could have turned

00:24:00everything into a crime scene

00:24:01like O.J.

00:24:02cutting everybody's throat.

00:24:04But Hogan says

00:24:05the quote

00:24:06is taken out of context.

00:24:08I spent three days

00:24:09with Rolling Stone,

00:24:11you know,

00:24:11and I thought

00:24:12the guy was my friend.

00:24:13And he warmed up to me,

00:24:14we became buddies,

00:24:15you know,

00:24:16and all of a sudden,

00:24:17you know,

00:24:17we're sitting on

00:24:18my back porch

00:24:19and drinking beer

00:24:20on the beach

00:24:21and had a little buzz on.

00:24:22He would ask me

00:24:23about O.J. Simpson.

00:24:25I said,

00:24:25wow, brother,

00:24:26you know,

00:24:26I've been that jealous

00:24:28and that mad

00:24:28at a girl

00:24:31that I completely understand

00:24:32how he flipped out.

00:24:34Of course,

00:24:34you know,

00:24:35there's that male instinct

00:24:36that you'd love

00:24:36to get him in the ring.

00:24:37I could have even went out

00:24:39and been like O.J. Simpson,

00:24:40but I chose not to.

00:24:42But I would never do that.

00:24:43I would never go there.

00:24:45I wish I'd have never done

00:24:46the interview

00:24:46with Rolling Stones.

00:24:48His wife's attorney

00:24:48says Linda canceled

00:24:50her flight home

00:24:50to Clearwater

00:24:51and is now in hiding.

00:24:52And it's terrifying

00:24:54to my client.

00:24:55Did you hear what he said?

00:24:56Oh, yeah.

00:24:56About how he understands

00:24:57what O.J. was feeling?

00:24:59You know, I'm happy.

00:25:00I'm 5,000 miles away from him.

00:25:03I went home

00:25:04and I started drinking

00:25:08and, you know,

00:25:09started eating pills

00:25:10and I just went down

00:25:12this rabbit hole

00:25:12for a couple of days

00:25:13and next thing I know

00:25:15I'm sitting in front

00:25:15of my bathroom

00:25:16with a gun in my mouth

00:25:21and not knowing

00:25:22what I was doing,

00:25:24you know.

00:25:27He was down

00:25:28and he was hurting

00:25:30and I was probably

00:25:32not the only person

00:25:33he could talk to

00:25:33but one of the ones

00:25:34he felt most comfortable.

00:25:36talking to at that time

00:25:38and I told my wife,

00:25:40I said,

00:25:40I think I'm going to go

00:25:41to Florida for a while

00:25:43and just hang out.

00:25:44So when he comes back,

00:25:46I said,

00:25:46I don't know.

00:25:54He was in the darkest,

00:25:56most devastating part

00:25:57of his life

00:25:57up to that point.

00:25:59Your wife's divorcing you

00:26:01and your doctor's giving you

00:26:02fistfuls of pills

00:26:04that would kill a horse

00:26:05and you're chasing it down

00:26:06with a quart of vodka a day.

00:26:08I hit rock bottom.

00:26:10I gave Melinda

00:26:1170% of everything

00:26:12because I just didn't want

00:26:14to ever talk to her again,

00:26:15be with her,

00:26:16never wanted to see her again.

00:26:18So I gave her everything

00:26:19to get rid of her.

00:26:21And after the divorce,

00:26:23I had no money.

00:26:27I was broke.

00:26:30And so TNA saved me.

00:26:36There is no single name

00:26:39that defines an industry

00:26:41more than Hulk Hogan.

00:26:43The man,

00:26:44the brand.

00:26:45Are you Hulkamaniacs?

00:26:48TNA was a deal

00:26:50that I put together for him.

00:26:53Hulk was reluctant to go,

00:26:55but he needed the money.

00:27:00TNA formed after

00:27:01the death of WCW.

00:27:03It was maybe a gnat

00:27:04that was kind of annoying

00:27:05around the face of WWE.

00:27:07Wasn't competitive

00:27:07on a financial scale

00:27:09in any way,

00:27:10but it was another place

00:27:11for guys to go.

00:27:14What's up,

00:27:16TNA Maniacs?

00:27:18When he first came in,

00:27:19I think he was an attraction,

00:27:21a figurehead.

00:27:23Immediately,

00:27:23people are going to want

00:27:24to tune in

00:27:25just to see what Hulk Hogan

00:27:27is going to do.

00:27:28This is TNA's

00:27:29reckoning day, brother.

00:27:31The idea was

00:27:32he's going to wrestle

00:27:33and he's going to be

00:27:34an active member

00:27:34of the roster.

00:27:37But it became

00:27:38very apparent very quickly

00:27:39he was in no shape

00:27:40to do that.

00:27:48my body just

00:27:50had had enough.

00:27:53In the emergency room here,

00:27:57about 3 in the morning,

00:27:58my back

00:28:01went into this major spasm.

00:28:04There were a couple

00:28:05hip replacements,

00:28:06a couple knee replacements.

00:28:09As the surgery

00:28:10started mounting up,

00:28:12I couldn't sleep in my bed.

00:28:14I had to sleep in a chair.

00:28:16You know,

00:28:17and if I just twitched

00:28:19my finger like that,

00:28:20my whole back

00:28:20would spasm and tore.

00:28:22The spine

00:28:23should look

00:28:24like this.

00:28:28And this is your back.

00:28:30So you can tell

00:28:32right now.

00:28:32You know?

00:28:34After back surgery

00:28:35number 3,

00:28:36I can't walk.

00:28:38Surgery number 4,

00:28:40I'll go back

00:28:41and surgery number 5,

00:28:42I'll go back

00:28:43and surgery number 6.

00:28:44Really getting over

00:28:46this crap.

00:28:47Time to come back

00:28:48and take over.

00:28:50I talked to E.

00:28:51He said everything

00:28:51was cool.

00:28:53TNA.

00:28:55It was hard to see.

00:28:56There were times

00:28:57when I felt

00:28:58really shitty

00:28:59about myself

00:28:59for making him do it.

00:29:02He wasn't doing

00:29:03the basic bits

00:29:04of pro wrestling.

00:29:05All he could do

00:29:05was bleed.

00:29:09But there's,

00:29:09obviously,

00:29:10there's a physical

00:29:11limitation to everything.

00:29:12And he showed us

00:29:13those limits

00:29:13in the ring

00:29:14and TNA.

00:29:16Doctors said,

00:29:17oh, you need

00:29:18a spinal cord stimulator.

00:29:20Okay, what is that?

00:29:22They said,

00:29:23it's a battery

00:29:24you're going to put

00:29:24in your back

00:29:25and you have a portable,

00:29:26like a TV clicker

00:29:27in your hand.

00:29:28And every time

00:29:29there's any pain,

00:29:30it shoots an

00:29:30electronical signal

00:29:31to your head

00:29:32and it blocks the pain.

00:29:33It gives you

00:29:34a jolt of electricity.

00:29:37His back

00:29:38was in so much pain,

00:29:39I would literally

00:29:40have to go to his hotel

00:29:41and help him

00:29:42get out of bed

00:29:43to get into the shower

00:29:44to get ready

00:29:45to go to the shoot.

00:29:46I mean,

00:29:47he was contractually

00:29:48obligated to do it.

00:29:48He wanted to do it.

00:29:50I was taking

00:29:5180 milligram fentanyls,

00:29:53two in the morning,

00:29:54stuffed them under

00:29:54my gums here.

00:29:56I had two

00:29:58300 milligram

00:29:59patches of fentanyl

00:30:00on my legs

00:30:01and they gave me

00:30:02six 1,500 milligram

00:30:04fentanyl lollipops

00:30:05to eat.

00:30:06I went to the pharmacy

00:30:07and he goes,

00:30:08you should be dead.

00:30:09We have never seen

00:30:10a human being

00:30:11take this much fentanyl.

00:30:14But he was in

00:30:15so much freaking pain.

00:30:18I mean,

00:30:19is it possible

00:30:20for any of us

00:30:20to have a graceful

00:30:21intake to their career?

00:30:22Doesn't seem like it,

00:30:23does it?

00:30:29We were in a room

00:30:29together alone

00:30:30about to film

00:30:31and he says,

00:30:31hold on,

00:30:31I've got to take this call

00:30:33and I'm sitting

00:30:34five feet from him.

00:30:36Yep.

00:30:38Okay.

00:30:41Silence.

00:30:42Okay.

00:30:42Hangs up the phone

00:30:43and he looks

00:30:45down at his phone

00:30:46and he looks up at me

00:30:47and he says,

00:30:48yeah,

00:30:48I just found out

00:30:49there's going to be

00:30:50a sex tape coming out

00:30:50and I'm in it.

00:30:52Hulk Hogan

00:30:53has been described

00:30:53as the most recognized

00:30:55wrestling star worldwide

00:30:56but the international

00:30:57superstar born

00:30:58Terry Malaya

00:30:59was recently seen

00:31:00by millions

00:31:01in a different light

00:31:02after a tape

00:31:02that he claims

00:31:03was secretly recorded

00:31:04was shared

00:31:05by the popular

00:31:06online media company

00:31:07Gawker.

00:31:10And his legal counsel

00:31:11demanded repeatedly

00:31:12that Gawker

00:31:13removed that video

00:31:14from its website.

00:31:16Gawker refused

00:31:17to do so.

00:31:20Yeah.

00:31:22All good?

00:31:22All comfy?

00:31:23Hold on one second.

00:31:24I got to do one thing

00:31:25out of the way.

00:31:25Ha!

00:31:27Hoa!

00:31:28Hoa!

00:31:28New Zealand!

00:31:30New Zealand!

00:31:31New Zealand!

00:31:32Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma-ma

00:31:35-ma-ma-ma.

00:31:53You know,

00:31:54they had a thing called

00:31:54Gawker stalker

00:31:55where they would find

00:31:56celebrities out

00:31:57and take pictures

00:31:58on whatever

00:31:59and post them.

00:32:00But this was

00:32:01a surreptitious recording

00:32:03of Terry,

00:32:05of Hogan,

00:32:05in a private act

00:32:06in a private bedroom

00:32:07at his best friend's house.

00:32:09Hogan is suing the website

00:32:10for posting a tape

00:32:11with him

00:32:12with the wife

00:32:13of his then-best friend.

00:32:15And Terry simply asked

00:32:16for Gawker

00:32:17to take it down.

00:32:18They refused

00:32:19to take the video down.

00:32:21Gawker's argument

00:32:21was that it was protected

00:32:22by the First Amendment

00:32:23as newsworthy.

00:32:25When they hit the go button,

00:32:26there was nowhere to hide.

00:32:28You know,

00:32:28and now Terry Bollett,

00:32:29the man,

00:32:30wasn't allowed

00:32:31by privacy

00:32:32and behind closed doors.

00:32:34And,

00:32:35you know,

00:32:36that's pretty much it.

00:32:37And there were

00:32:37a bunch of people

00:32:38in the media

00:32:38who saw it as like,

00:32:40oh, you know,

00:32:41look at these

00:32:41First Amendment champions

00:32:42and how dare we

00:32:43interrupt the discourse

00:32:44and dialogue of America.

00:32:46We weren't doing that, man.

00:32:48This was shitty

00:32:49under any,

00:32:50any evaluation

00:32:51what they did here.

00:32:52Gawker's attorney suggested

00:32:54the tape

00:32:54was a publicity stunt,

00:32:56but the pro wrestler

00:32:57laments

00:32:58it was devastating

00:32:59to his personal

00:33:00and professional life.

00:33:01It was at a really

00:33:03low point in my life

00:33:04when I was in

00:33:05a previous marriage

00:33:06when things were

00:33:07bottomed out completely.

00:33:09Yeah.

00:33:09And I was with

00:33:10some friends.

00:33:11I made a wrong choice.

00:33:13And now,

00:33:14all of a sudden

00:33:15it surfaces,

00:33:16you know,

00:33:16over six years later.

00:33:18He was horrified

00:33:19at the idea

00:33:20of a little kid

00:33:22Googling him

00:33:22and seeing that.

00:33:25Genuinely horrified at.

00:33:26I was completely humiliated.

00:33:29The kids can't separate

00:33:30the character

00:33:30from the real person.

00:33:31Well, let's start

00:33:32with the person.

00:33:33Well, the person

00:33:34is sitting here today

00:33:35under oaths

00:33:35Terry Bollea.

00:33:36Now, as the character,

00:33:38I've body slammed elephants.

00:33:40You know,

00:33:40I've surfed on tiger sharks.

00:33:42The only similarities

00:33:43to me are

00:33:45as I wear a bandana

00:33:46on my head

00:33:46as Hulk Hogan.

00:33:48And sometimes

00:33:48I wear a bandana

00:33:49as Terry Bollea.

00:33:52I think for the first time

00:33:53in probably 30 years,

00:33:55the Gawker trial

00:33:55actually forced Hulk Hogan

00:33:57to think about

00:33:58the difference

00:33:59between Terry Bollea

00:34:00and Hulk Hogan.

00:34:01That the mailman sees me,

00:34:03they don't go,

00:34:03hey, Terry.

00:34:04They go, hey, Hulk.

00:34:04So I have to go,

00:34:05hey, what's up, brother?

00:34:06Give him a little edge.

00:34:07Happy turkey like brother.

00:34:10It really makes me realize

00:34:13the only safe place

00:34:14is in the house.

00:34:16I don't know of anyone

00:34:17who had less privacy

00:34:18than Terry Bollea did.

00:34:20By being a big celebrity,

00:34:21if anything,

00:34:22in those places

00:34:23where you deserve

00:34:24your privacy,

00:34:24it's actually

00:34:25that much more sacred.

00:34:28That's the entire

00:34:29point of our case.

00:34:32An expert claiming

00:34:33Gawker made millions

00:34:34of dollars

00:34:35when it published the tape.

00:34:36So now a Pinellas County jury

00:34:38says Gawker should pay

00:34:39Hogan $140 million.

00:34:44He wanted to send

00:34:46a message back out

00:34:47that like, look,

00:34:47this was wrong.

00:34:48And he wanted to get

00:34:50his integrity back

00:34:51from this.

00:34:51I think we made history today

00:34:53because I think

00:34:54we protected

00:34:55a lot of people

00:34:55from maybe going

00:34:56through what I went through.

00:34:58So we're very excited

00:34:59and very happy.

00:35:00So during the Gawker trial,

00:35:03he wins a giant verdict.

00:35:04But then the transcripts

00:35:07of the tape came out.

00:35:08And it's what we haven't heard

00:35:10on that tape,

00:35:11a racial slur

00:35:12that has caused

00:35:12the Hulkster

00:35:13the most disgrace.

00:35:14A very strong man

00:35:16learned today

00:35:16that his own words

00:35:17can hurt him.

00:35:19Bollea reportedly

00:35:20uses racial slurs.

00:35:24The person that got

00:35:25very mad

00:35:26about a personal situation,

00:35:27I used a word.

00:35:30Yeah, I regretted

00:35:31because even under

00:35:32that heavy, crazy fire,

00:35:34I should have

00:35:34remained still.

00:35:36I kept my mouth shut.

00:35:38But what I said

00:35:39resonates

00:35:39and has an echo effect

00:35:41and keeps vibrating

00:35:42for years.

00:35:44He released a statement

00:35:45saying, quote,

00:35:45it was unacceptable

00:35:46for me to have used

00:35:47that offensive language.

00:35:49There is no excuse for it

00:35:50and I apologize

00:35:51for having done it.

00:35:54Well, I've driven the car,

00:35:55I keep hitting the wall

00:35:56and crashing and burning

00:35:57and saying stupid stuff

00:35:58and messing up.

00:36:01Whenever I say

00:36:02I have regrets,

00:36:02it's because

00:36:05I didn't man up

00:36:06when I said it.

00:36:08I never should have

00:36:09said what I said.

00:36:10It was wrong.

00:36:11I'm embarrassed by it.

00:36:12But a lot of people

00:36:13need to realize

00:36:15that you inherit

00:36:17things from your environment.

00:36:20At that point,

00:36:21there was still

00:36:22a relationship

00:36:23business-wise

00:36:23between Hulk Hogan

00:36:24and WWE.

00:36:26So when all the stuff

00:36:27came out,

00:36:28I'm the guy

00:36:29that had to call

00:36:30and say,

00:36:31yeah, we can't move

00:36:32forward here, Terry.

00:36:33So, you know,

00:36:34we're done.

00:36:36The WWE

00:36:37saying in a statement,

00:36:38we are committed

00:36:39to embracing

00:36:40and celebrating

00:36:41individuals

00:36:42from all backgrounds.

00:36:44Your image,

00:36:45your likeness,

00:36:46your name erased.

00:36:47Yeah, like I've never existed.

00:36:49My whole career,

00:36:49my whole life

00:36:50was like it never happened.

00:36:53Hulk Hogan

00:36:54is one of the biggest legends

00:36:55in the history of his business.

00:36:56That's undeniable.

00:36:59But

00:36:59I didn't fire Hulk Hogan.

00:37:04I fired Terry Balaam.

00:37:17He was at such a low point.

00:37:22But he never told us about it.

00:37:27because he kind of

00:37:28separated himself

00:37:28away from us, too,

00:37:30you know?

00:37:33Everything in his life

00:37:34was falling apart.

00:37:41I had been through

00:37:42so many years

00:37:43of craziness

00:37:44and drama

00:37:45and negativity

00:37:46and stuff.

00:37:47For years,

00:37:48there was so much

00:37:50woe is me.

00:37:51Oh, woe is me.

00:37:52The world sucks.

00:37:53Life sucks.

00:37:54And then you die.

00:37:55And then

00:37:57right when you think

00:37:58you're done,

00:37:59the universe goes,

00:37:59here's something else

00:38:00to be grateful for

00:38:01that you didn't even expect.

00:38:05I was at a local restaurant.

00:38:08I looked up

00:38:09and the whole queue

00:38:09had formed

00:38:10in the corner

00:38:10for people who wanted

00:38:12their picture taken.

00:38:13I was sitting there

00:38:14with a girlfriend of mine.

00:38:15She said,

00:38:16you know,

00:38:16Hulk Hogan's over there.

00:38:17We should go over

00:38:17and get a picture.

00:38:18And I said,

00:38:20I'm not going to do that.

00:38:23I've lived in Clearwater

00:38:24for almost my whole life.

00:38:25So he's been around.

00:38:27I just never met him.

00:38:29So I just,

00:38:29you know,

00:38:30I knew he was a wrestler

00:38:31and I knew that

00:38:32Clearwater loved him.

00:38:33That's what I knew.

00:38:36He looked up

00:38:37and our eyes met

00:38:38and there was just

00:38:39like that zing.

00:38:41And they asked me

00:38:42on a bait.

00:38:43I was just

00:38:44through my second divorce

00:38:46and it was a rough one.

00:38:49I would speak out loud

00:38:50in my house

00:38:51like,

00:38:51why is this happening to me?

00:38:52Why is this still happening?

00:38:53Why is this still happening?

00:38:54I actually fell asleep

00:38:55in my chair

00:38:55and I heard,

00:38:57I'm putting you

00:38:57through a cleansing.

00:38:58I looked around,

00:38:59there's nobody in the house

00:39:01that actually heard

00:39:02those words.

00:39:03So where they came from

00:39:04or who said them,

00:39:04you got me,

00:39:05but I heard them.

00:39:06He said he swore

00:39:07he would never date

00:39:07another blonde

00:39:08and then he saw me

00:39:09and he goes,

00:39:10oh no.

00:39:11He was just coming

00:39:12out of a divorce

00:39:14and healing from,

00:39:15I think it was his

00:39:1610th back surgery

00:39:17at that time.

00:39:18You know,

00:39:18I was still bah humbug

00:39:20and the woe is me crap.

00:39:22She goes,

00:39:24are you just going

00:39:24to keep complaining?

00:39:28You're right.

00:39:30I'll shut up.

00:39:31Are you going

00:39:32to be grateful

00:39:33for the fact

00:39:34that we're here together

00:39:35and this is such

00:39:35a beautiful day?

00:39:38She invited me

00:39:39to go to church

00:39:40with her.

00:39:42I went to church

00:39:43with her

00:39:46and actually listened

00:39:47to what was being said,

00:39:49you know,

00:39:50that he gave

00:39:51his only begotten son

00:39:52that whoever believed

00:39:53in him should not perish

00:39:53and have everlasting life

00:39:55and I got hooked.

00:39:57Baptized,

00:39:57you know,

00:39:58born anew,

00:40:00forgiven for all

00:40:00all my sins.

00:40:02You know,

00:40:03that was the beginning

00:40:03of me starting

00:40:05my comeback.

00:40:07You know,

00:40:07she's so dialed in

00:40:08with what's important

00:40:09that it rubs off on me.

00:40:11Attitude is everything

00:40:12and everything

00:40:12is attitude.

00:40:13I should be thanking God

00:40:15just to be alive

00:40:15every day.

00:40:17Some of these people

00:40:18have been waiting

00:40:1940, 45 years

00:40:20to meet me.

00:40:22They've like stuck

00:40:23with me

00:40:23through thick and thin.

00:40:24Whether I'm a good guy

00:40:26or a bad guy

00:40:26in the wrestling business

00:40:27or a good guy

00:40:28or a bad guy

00:40:29in real life,

00:40:31they've stuck with me.

00:40:32Oh my God.

00:40:36Look at all the kids

00:40:37that stayed out of school today.

00:40:39You know what, brother?

00:40:40Do a U-turn.

00:40:42Hold it!

00:40:43Hold it!

00:40:44Hold it!

00:40:45Can I get this out of here?

00:40:47We're rolling.

00:40:48I mean,

00:40:49there's two realms

00:40:50that I have to exist in.

00:40:53There's the spiritual world

00:40:54and then this human

00:40:55incarnation

00:40:56to keep on fleeting.

00:40:57Terry Bollea

00:40:57was not the greatest person

00:40:59all the time

00:41:00and the character

00:41:01was impeccable

00:41:01even though I wasn't.

00:41:03I just loved

00:41:03the greatness

00:41:04of the character.

00:41:05I was ready

00:41:06to jump on

00:41:07the Hulk Hogan train

00:41:09once again.

00:41:10Wow!

00:41:11What a good crew this is.

00:41:13Look at him

00:41:14for the Hulkster!

00:41:15Thank you!

00:41:15All right, we got it.

00:41:18He's doing a lot better now.

00:41:19I'm just happy

00:41:20to be here.

00:41:21Hulk Hogan

00:41:21has been reinstated

00:41:23into the WWE Hall of Fame.

00:41:25They invited me

00:41:26back to the WWE.

00:41:28I feel like I'm home again.

00:41:30I feel like I'm still the champ.

00:41:32Hulkamania, run a walk!

00:41:33And the Hulk Hogan brand

00:41:35is still alive.

00:41:38The immortal

00:41:41Hulk Hogan!

00:41:43Instead of, you know,

00:41:44going sitting out

00:41:45and watching the sunset

00:41:46every night

00:41:47and each year

00:41:47being a dog year

00:41:48making me seven years older,

00:41:49I decide,

00:41:50let me go back to work

00:41:51and have some fun.

00:41:52All right, I'm going to get

00:41:53to here with you guys.

00:41:54All right, what's up?

00:41:58Yeah, we're going to get

00:41:59our next one.

00:42:03I love you, too!

00:42:04I love you, too!

00:42:08How are you doing today?

00:42:09What's your name?

00:42:09My name's Lucas.

00:42:10Lucas, I'm going to meet

00:42:11somebody special.

00:42:12Terry Bollea, the man,

00:42:13wasn't as good as the character,

00:42:14but the character

00:42:15helps people.

00:42:16In whatever way

00:42:17it helps them,

00:42:18it helps them.

00:42:18That's all I know.

00:42:22What's up, guys?

00:42:25Thank you for your heart.

00:42:27How you doing?

00:42:29Without you,

00:42:29there's no wrestling.

00:42:31I got remarried.

00:42:32My wife has an 18-year-old

00:42:34autistic son.

00:42:35I fell in love with him

00:42:36and he can't do nothing

00:42:36but tell the truth, man.

00:42:37I love it.

00:42:39Hulk, would you like

00:42:40me to have a picture with you?

00:42:42I wish you would

00:42:44take a picture with me

00:42:46because that'll be

00:42:48history made.

00:42:49So, you know,

00:42:51I want, you know,

00:42:52to be that Hulk Hogan form

00:42:53that they expected to meet

00:42:54whether it's

00:42:56when I was 30 or 90.

00:42:57Nice to meet you, brother.

00:42:59He's got it, man.

00:43:00You're my hero.

00:43:01Thank you, brother.

00:43:02That's very kind of you

00:43:02to say that.

00:43:03I collect the merchandise

00:43:04of you.

00:43:06Well, you know what?

00:43:06As you're collecting

00:43:07that merchandise,

00:43:08I think your brother

00:43:09should pay for it.

00:43:11Okay.

00:43:12Love you, man.

00:43:13I really was here

00:43:14for a reason

00:43:15more than just wrestling.

00:43:17Something's going on here

00:43:18that I haven't figured out yet,

00:43:19but something really big

00:43:21is going to happen.

00:43:22Yeah, there's a shot in here

00:43:24of you and Donald Trump.

00:43:27Staying out of politics

00:43:28has always been

00:43:28as a businessman

00:43:30because my Hulk and maniacs

00:43:31have always been

00:43:32Democrats and Republicans.

00:43:34My arms aren't as big as his,

00:43:35I'll tell you.

00:43:36You ever see anything like this?

00:43:37It's amazing.

00:43:39So he wanted to stay

00:43:40out of politics

00:43:41and when they'd ask him

00:43:42a question,

00:43:43because everything was about,

00:43:44you know, politics, frankly,

00:43:46and he would be sort of like

00:43:49neutral at best

00:43:51and he wanted to be

00:43:52politically correct

00:43:53and, you know,

00:43:53he doesn't want to lose fans

00:43:55and all that.

00:43:55I understand that.

00:43:56Listen, baby,

00:43:57you do it.

00:43:58Okay, we'll give it a shot.

00:43:59You know,

00:43:59I met Donald Trump

00:44:00back in the day

00:44:01in the 80s.

00:44:02He's my friend.

00:44:03A lot of people would say

00:44:04I'm completely crazy,

00:44:05but I know the person.

00:44:06I know him very well.

00:44:08I'm not saying I agree

00:44:09with everything he does,

00:44:12but at least he's honest

00:44:13about who he is.

00:44:16All right,

00:44:17just to be clear,

00:44:18this is going to be

00:44:19a little bit of a zoo.

00:44:212016,

00:44:21I was one of these cowards

00:44:22that voted for Trump

00:44:23that I wouldn't wear

00:44:24the red hat.

00:44:25It's an honor to be here,

00:44:26I can tell you that.

00:44:282020 voted for Trump.

00:44:29I was still the coward.

00:44:31Well,

00:44:31I was afraid to speak out,

00:44:32so I was really afraid

00:44:33to get into politics.

00:44:34And I think he regrets that.

00:44:39Perfect.

00:44:41I was going to vote

00:44:42for him this next time,

00:44:44and I want to keep

00:44:45a low profile,

00:44:47but they tried to kill Trump.

00:44:53When they tried

00:44:54to shoot him the other day,

00:44:55that did it for me, man.

00:44:56That.

00:44:58I was done.

00:45:00I was pissed.

00:45:02I told my wife

00:45:04this might be a deal-breaker.

00:45:05That's something

00:45:06I have to do.

00:45:07Knowing that if I spoke up,

00:45:10that it could jeopardize

00:45:11everything from my businesses

00:45:12to my life.

00:45:14Coming forward for Trump,

00:45:15as an entertainer,

00:45:16you divide your audience,

00:45:19and he was nervous

00:45:20about that.

00:45:21Hey, sir.

00:45:21Mike Johnson,

00:45:22Speaker of the House.

00:45:23Good to see you.

00:45:23I've been a fan of you

00:45:24my whole life.

00:45:24Thanks so kindly

00:45:25for all those wonderful memories.

00:45:27It was a lot of fun.

00:45:28Oh, man.

00:45:29Hulk was always

00:45:30very controversial,

00:45:31and that's okay.

00:45:32I'm fairly controversial.

00:45:34I think I've become

00:45:35less controversial

00:45:36over the years,

00:45:37but I'm fairly controversial, too.

00:45:39But I don't think

00:45:40Hulk cares about that,

00:45:41and I don't care

00:45:42about that either.

00:45:43Okay, we're walking.

00:45:44Here we go.

00:45:55USA!

00:45:57USA!

00:46:01Well, let me tell you

00:46:03something, brother.

00:46:08You know something?

00:46:10When I came here tonight,

00:46:11there was so much energy

00:46:13in this room.

00:46:14I felt maybe

00:46:15I was in Madison Square Garden

00:46:17getting ready to win

00:46:18another world title.

00:46:25But what I found out

00:46:27was I was in a room

00:46:28full of real Americans, brother.

00:46:32And when they took a shot

00:46:34at my hero,

00:46:39and they tried to kill

00:46:41the next president

00:46:43of the United States,

00:46:46enough was enough.

00:46:48And I said,

00:46:49let Trump

00:46:50and maybe

00:46:51run wild, brother.

00:46:54USA!

00:46:55USA!

00:46:58USA!

00:46:58He did the shirt ripping.

00:46:59He did the whole thing,

00:47:00and the place went crazy.

00:47:02I hear 20,000 people

00:47:03just explode.

00:47:06USA!

00:47:07USA!

00:47:09USA!

00:47:14USA!

00:47:15USA!

00:47:17USA!

00:47:19USA!

00:47:22USA!

00:47:23USA!

00:47:24USA!

00:47:24He tore his shirt off

00:47:26just like it was 1985

00:47:28all over again.

00:47:29And I'm sure having that crowd

00:47:31go wild probably felt like old times.

00:47:34What you gonna do

00:47:35when Donald Trump

00:47:37and all the Trump-a-maniacs

00:47:39run wild

00:47:40on you, brother?

00:47:41USA!

00:47:42USA!

00:47:43USA!

00:47:51Hulk is your all-time

00:47:52favorite president,

00:47:53and I just want to tell you

00:47:54you were unbelievable

00:47:56at the convention.

00:47:58I like the talk of the town,

00:48:00and we had,

00:48:01by the way,

00:48:01I don't know if you heard

00:48:02like the biggest ratings

00:48:03they've ever had

00:48:04for any of these things

00:48:05by far.

00:48:05Fox had the biggest ratings

00:48:07they've ever had,

00:48:09and you were the star.

00:48:10Nobody could do

00:48:11what you did

00:48:12and entertain.

00:48:13and we love having you

00:48:15on our side.

00:48:16You're a winner, man.

00:48:17You're a champ

00:48:17and a winner.

00:48:19And I think it was really good

00:48:20for you, too.

00:48:21I have to tell you,

00:48:21everyone was really impressed.

00:48:23Take care of yourself.

00:48:24Thanks.

00:48:25Bye.

00:48:39For a lot of wrestling fans like me,

00:48:41it was like Hulk Hogan should be bigger than politics, right?

00:48:46I mean, like Superman is bigger than politics, right?

00:48:49Because now he's just politics.

00:48:51Uh-oh.

00:48:52There you go, big man.

00:48:53Boxer, and I could not appreciate you enough

00:48:55for what you did for Trump, too, man.

00:48:57We got him in, didn't we?

00:48:58We got him in, brother.

00:48:59In this new chapter of his life,

00:49:01he wanted to be as authentic and true to himself,

00:49:04not just the Hulk Hogan character.

00:49:06And, you know, it wasn't without some backlash.

00:49:08We did get death threat letters,

00:49:10but, you know,

00:49:11for the overall pro-America brand,

00:49:14it was great.

00:49:17Wow!

00:49:19Wow!

00:49:20I cannot believe after 45 years,

00:49:24all you Hulkamaniacs are still with me.

00:49:30And I hate to go there,

00:49:32but we got our country back, thank God.

00:49:39So, if anybody here wants one free real American beer,

00:49:45give me a Hacksaw Jim Duggan.

00:49:47Yo!

00:49:51They said,

00:49:51you can't put your picture on the can.

00:49:53Nobody does that.

00:49:54Jordan clearly doesn't do it.

00:49:56I said, B.S., watch me.

00:49:59Love you, too, big dog.

00:50:00Thanks for coming out.

00:50:04Thank God he wanted a lot out of the prison.

00:50:06Me, too.

00:50:10No matter what side you're on,

00:50:12there's 50% of the population

00:50:14that's on the other side.

00:50:15I don't believe in discussing politics and religion.

00:50:19You keep your political beliefs to yourself,

00:50:22or you alienate 50% of your audience right off the bat.

00:50:27I can see this place.

00:50:31So, here's the entrance here.

00:50:36As you look behind you, all people.

00:50:38Brother, how you doing?

00:50:40Good, good, good.

00:50:41Netflix was sort of a coming out party for us.

00:50:45We had just signed a monumental deal to be on that platform,

00:50:48so we wanted to blend past, present, and future of WWE.

00:50:54It was important to see people like Hogan there.

00:50:58Welcome to Monday Night Raw!

00:51:10It's a special night.

00:51:18Monday Night Raw in L.A.

00:51:22Netflix premiere.

00:51:26I was very stoked to see Hulk Hogan,

00:51:29and he gave me a giant duffel bag of the beer.

00:51:33It stung a little to feel that he wasn't as well-received

00:51:37as previously.

00:51:45When it comes fresh and dying,

00:51:48it hurts inside.

00:51:50Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

00:52:17Well, let me tell you something, brother.

00:52:24I was backstage, and I was like, holy shit, Hogan's getting booed out of the building.

00:52:28Did I think he was going to get booed out of the building?

00:52:31Probably.

00:52:33Especially in L.A., where I like this, just a different vibe there and a different mentality there.

00:52:45You know something, maniacs?

00:52:47Yes, I've been in this business for over 40 years.

00:52:53You know, I said, Jimmy Hart, did you hear all the boos?

00:52:55Oh, no, baby, they didn't boo you, they didn't.

00:52:56I said, Jimmy.

00:52:59The people booed me like crazy.

00:53:04I could have L.A. hate me if I went on Jesse Waters three times a week.

00:53:09Get your Trump pump on, everybody.

00:53:11Great to see you, Hulk.

00:53:12We'll see you at the ball.

00:53:13This is politics.

00:53:15Don't hate the player, hate the game.

00:53:17We're going to a damn blue state.

00:53:19I went, okay, I'll let it ride, because he saw Hogan.

00:53:23People were saying, oh, it's because of his affiliation with Trump, but I don't know.

00:53:27I felt like I knew why.

00:53:28He's made a lot of mistakes.

00:53:30For some people, he hasn't necessarily always atoned for those mistakes, or even the apologies

00:53:39were seen as hollow.

00:53:40So many people couldn't look past that, and he's just got a polarizing presence.

00:53:46Those people were waiting on Hulk Hogan to come out and make any kind of statement, just

00:53:52so they could let him know how they really feel about him.

00:53:55That night, too much of the artists has been exposed for them to perhaps cheer.

00:54:04Who knows what the truth really is?

00:54:05Here's all I know.

00:54:07You know, I knew it bothered me.

00:54:13Do you want to go out being cheered or go out being brewed?

00:54:15Be cheered, of course.

00:54:17You had to feel a little sad about that, right?

00:54:20No, brother.

00:54:21No?

00:54:21No, man.

00:54:22When I saw how intense they were coming to me, if they hadn't had a knife, they'd have

00:54:26stuck me in the neck with it.

00:54:27So am I upset by that?

00:54:29Are you kidding me?

00:54:30Brother, it's completely opposite of what you think.

00:54:33Bro, I could come back as a bad guy in L.A. and sell out that building with anybody.

00:54:39And as crippled as I am, they'd love to see my crippled ass get in that ring and get strapped

00:54:44and beat and punched and cut my head off and bleed like a pig for them, because that red

00:54:48will turn to green instantly.

00:54:49And it's like, they would love it.

00:54:51If you're getting booed because that's your job and that's your role as an antagonist,

00:54:57please, boo me more.

00:55:00But if your job is to go out there as the good guy and you're not getting the reaction,

00:55:05that's a different story, of course.

00:55:07You know, I used to go to L.A. and they would cheer me out of the building, you know.

00:55:11Let's go, brother.

00:55:12Man, how's everybody doing?

00:55:15Holy smokes.

00:55:16How's it feel to see the garden with your part right here?

00:55:18Oh, hold on, hold on, hold on.

00:55:19Whoa.

00:55:20But then I go to New York and people just cheer me everywhere I go.

00:55:24Oh, come in here.

00:55:25Run wild, brother.

00:55:27Not everyone in your life is going to love you.

00:55:30You're going to have people that don't like you.

00:55:32And, you know, there's no winning.

00:55:34Was there a difference when you get cheered versus the building?

00:55:39Yeah, of course, of course.

00:55:44In all my glory, when Hulkamania was running wild,

00:55:49the crowd was magic.

00:55:50The energy would just drag you up out of any hole.

00:55:52I saw Bruno San Martino.

00:55:55I've seen Elvis Presley in there.

00:55:56Nobody bigger than you, Hulk.

00:55:58As soon as I hit that ring,

00:56:00it was just the end-all be-all, you know.

00:56:04Where nothing else in the world matters

00:56:06except that present moment

00:56:08that you're in the ring.

00:56:13When I went in that ring, I was not Terry.

00:56:16When I went in that ring, brother, I was Hulk.

00:56:18I believed it.

00:56:20It's just magic.

00:56:23The Hulk seems to get stronger.

00:56:26That's why I fell in love with wrestling.

00:56:28I can't understand this.

00:56:29How is this man still standing?

00:56:32And fighting back.

00:56:34Once you plug in,

00:56:36you're in that moment where there's a flow.

00:56:40The flow gets stronger and stronger

00:56:42and there's just like this crazy tsunami.

00:56:48It's just this crazy flow of just being there,

00:56:56catching the right wave,

00:56:59just staying in the pipeline

00:57:01and never coming out of it

00:57:03and just living and dying there.

00:57:06There's nothing else like it.

00:57:09I don't know how else to say it,

00:57:10but it's almost like you're coming all the time.

00:57:21I always believed wrestling

00:57:23was the most important thing there is.

00:57:26It's immortality.

00:57:30But I found out later

00:57:32that that's not the gateway

00:57:35to eternal happiness.

00:57:38Do you remember

00:57:39the time when you were the happiest?

00:57:43Yeah.

00:57:44Okay, here we are.

00:57:45Oh, you're holding it.

00:57:46It's all good, Drew.

00:57:47The Hulkster board.

00:57:50Yeah.

00:57:50For a ride you'll never forget.

00:57:53It's my baby.

00:57:54Terry bought me my new baby bin.

00:57:58The hottest ride in town.

00:58:00I mean, I get really weird flashbacks,

00:58:02you know, during the day.

00:58:07Dad, I just got back from his world tour,

00:58:101990.

00:58:1111,000 miles.

00:58:13It's more.

00:58:14Oh.

00:58:15And I'll be in the car by myself

00:58:18and I'll think of something.

00:58:19You know, I'll catch myself smiling

00:58:21like the village idiot by myself, you know.

00:58:24You know, because I'll think of something

00:58:25real personal and it'll make me smile.

00:58:28You're like a big girl now.

00:58:30Mommy, I love you.

00:58:31We love you very much.

00:58:34We'll miss you, Terry.

00:58:35As far as this human incarnation goes,

00:58:38when I had my kids,

00:58:39when I had both my kids,

00:58:40they were very young.

00:58:41Two babies.

00:58:43Two humongous babies.

00:58:46With young kids that were really healthy.

00:58:48Mama.

00:58:49Here.

00:58:51When Linda was being the best mom

00:58:54I've ever seen

00:58:55and just being a great wife

00:58:57and was steady as she goes,

00:59:01being the perfect mom

00:59:02and the perfect friend.

00:59:07And the perfect soulmate

00:59:09across the board.

00:59:11That was probably

00:59:14the most happiest I've ever been.

00:59:18Come out of here.

00:59:19Come out of here.

00:59:20Look up in the sky.

00:59:22Dad!

00:59:22I just...

00:59:23I just saw him.

00:59:25I just saw him.

00:59:26I saw him bang on the back.

00:59:28He took off back over the ocean

00:59:29by God, look at him in the mirror.

00:59:32He's fat inside of me.

00:59:36It's not pixie dust.

00:59:37It's reindeer dust.

00:59:38What I'm saying,

00:59:39I'm gonna bring my hair.

00:59:41Yeah.

00:59:55So we're done here?

00:59:57I think we're good for today.

00:59:58Maybe in a couple months

01:00:00we do this one more time.

01:00:02Okay.

01:00:02Three months,

01:00:03whenever down the road

01:00:04and we pick up any little things

01:00:06that we missed.

01:00:07but I think we've got tons

01:00:08to start.

01:00:12Poof.

01:00:15Yeah, it's hard to get up.

01:00:37We have some breaking news right now

01:00:39to tell you about wrestling legend Hulk Hogan

01:00:41died today after suffering cardiac arrest

01:00:44at his home in Clearwater, Florida.

01:00:46Now to the death of wrestling icon Hulk Hogan.

01:00:48A man known the world over

01:00:49who defined the face of wrestling.

01:00:51Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea.

01:00:54Terry Bollea is widely recognized

01:00:56as the biggest wrestling star of all time.

01:01:00Of all time.

01:01:00The tributes have been pouring in.

01:01:02So many people grew up knowing

01:01:03and watching Hulk Hogan

01:01:04and then fans have been coming

01:01:05in a steady stream all day

01:01:07taking pictures.

01:01:08One of pop culture's

01:01:09most recognizable figures.

01:01:11A larger than light figure.

01:01:12Gone in what seems like

01:01:13such a sudden way.

01:01:15He died at the age of 71.

01:01:1771 years old.

01:01:1871 years old.

01:01:22I talked to Eric Bischoff.

01:01:25Eric called me this morning

01:01:26at 1130

01:01:28and said,

01:01:29Hey man,

01:01:32I just heard that

01:01:33that Hulk may have a heart issue

01:01:36and that he's gone to the hospital.

01:01:39Hung up with him

01:01:40called Paul

01:01:40on the phone with Paul.

01:01:42Paul said,

01:01:44Hang on.

01:01:46He says,

01:01:48Oh my God.

01:01:50They're reporting that Hulk died.

01:01:57And it's just surreal.

01:02:08Hulkster.

01:02:09What they were.

01:02:10Where'd that come from?

01:02:14Where the hell

01:02:15that come from?

01:02:18It signified

01:02:19the end of my era.

01:02:23That it was now

01:02:24the book was closed.

01:02:27Hulk dying

01:02:28made you feel

01:02:30real mortal.

01:02:42It's strange

01:02:43because

01:02:44there was never a time

01:02:45where I was in his gym

01:02:47working out without him.

01:02:52But

01:02:52it's

01:02:53comforting in a way

01:02:55to be around

01:02:56his weight equipment

01:02:58and his gym.

01:03:03And Nicholas

01:03:04just wants nothing

01:03:05but his dad.

01:03:07Only wants his dad.

01:03:09Quick little bit of protein.

01:03:10Sounds good to you today.

01:03:13It was just

01:03:15tough to process

01:03:16all of it.

01:03:19You know,

01:03:19everybody knows

01:03:20he went in

01:03:21to have a neck surgery.

01:03:24And, you know,

01:03:25after the neck surgery,

01:03:26there were

01:03:28some complications.

01:03:30This was

01:03:31the day before

01:03:32Terry went in

01:03:33for neck surgery.

01:03:34He's, you know,

01:03:35we're smiling,

01:03:36he's bright-eyed,

01:03:38and, um,

01:03:40we never got back

01:03:42to that spot again.

01:03:44It was

01:03:45about two and a half

01:03:46months

01:03:46that we were

01:03:47in and out

01:03:48of hospitals,

01:03:50but he still

01:03:51showed so much

01:03:52resilience and strength

01:03:53in those moments.

01:03:56I wish we never

01:03:57did

01:03:57the neck surgery.

01:04:10The thing

01:04:11that I'll miss

01:04:11the most

01:04:12is just being

01:04:12able to call him.

01:04:14You know,

01:04:14it just feels weird

01:04:15that I haven't

01:04:16talked to him.

01:04:17I still cared

01:04:18about him the same.

01:04:19It's,

01:04:20it doesn't go away.

01:04:22I, you know,

01:04:22I wish things

01:04:23would have turned

01:04:23out differently

01:04:24for us.

01:04:27Planned out

01:04:27by ourselves.

01:04:29But then when

01:04:30he got sick,

01:04:31I realized

01:04:33that my love

01:04:34never faded for him.

01:04:35I still had love

01:04:35for him.

01:04:36I really do.

01:04:38I still love him.

01:04:39It's my baby.

01:04:42How you doing,

01:04:43Cupcake?

01:04:47You know,

01:04:48somebody that was

01:04:48your partner

01:04:49for so long,

01:04:51and then to see

01:04:52him suffering

01:04:52like that

01:04:53toward the end,

01:04:54and, you know,

01:04:56to just know

01:04:56that he really

01:04:57didn't deserve

01:04:57to go out

01:04:58that way.

01:04:59It's,

01:05:00it's sad.

01:05:01You know,

01:05:01I'm sad

01:05:02for my kids.

01:05:05In my eyes,

01:05:06he was always

01:05:06immortal.

01:05:07The,

01:05:08the child in me

01:05:09always believed

01:05:10that.

01:05:12It's this

01:05:13real size 17

01:05:15boot,

01:05:16and for comparison,

01:05:18my shoe

01:05:19is a size 12.

01:05:2012.

01:05:23Oh.

01:05:24What are those

01:05:25big feet

01:05:25doing on the table?

01:05:27What's that big

01:05:28feet?

01:05:28You're going to eat

01:05:28your cake

01:05:29with those feet?

01:05:46Hey, guys,

01:05:48welcome to Cleveland.

01:05:49Just before we get

01:05:50started,

01:05:50as I'm sure

01:05:51everyone is aware,

01:05:52unfortunate passing

01:05:54of Hulk Hogan

01:05:56yesterday.

01:05:59Hard to say

01:06:00there's been

01:06:00a more

01:06:01influential figure,

01:06:03especially on

01:06:04the performing

01:06:04side.

01:06:05You guys are,

01:06:06these are empty

01:06:07and ready to go.

01:06:08No one is perfect

01:06:08in life,

01:06:09and they had

01:06:11ups and downs,

01:06:11but we're going

01:06:12to continue

01:06:12to remember

01:06:13Hulk Hogan

01:06:14as what he meant

01:06:15to this industry.

01:06:17His influence

01:06:19cannot be denied,

01:06:21and it cannot

01:06:21be overstated.

01:06:24You could make

01:06:25an argument

01:06:26that we probably

01:06:27wouldn't be

01:06:27sitting here today.

01:06:28This business

01:06:29might have gone

01:06:30the way of

01:06:30roller derby

01:06:31or some other

01:06:31shit that didn't

01:06:32quite make it

01:06:34to the end,

01:06:34but here we are.

01:06:37So we're going

01:06:38to start this show

01:06:38out tonight

01:06:39with a 10-bell

01:06:39salute with

01:06:40everybody on stage.

01:06:42I don't think

01:06:43it needs to be said,

01:06:44but anybody

01:06:45that has an issue

01:06:47does not want

01:06:48to be on that stage.

01:06:49No problem,

01:06:50no issue,

01:06:51no...

01:06:52know anything.

01:06:56I know

01:06:57it's complicated.

01:06:58I do,

01:06:59how everyone feels,

01:07:00but I think

01:07:00we all have to

01:07:01kind of wrestle

01:07:02with the idea

01:07:02that he's gone,

01:07:05and there's

01:07:06so many great

01:07:07things about

01:07:08the immortal

01:07:08Hulk Hogan.

01:07:09Can we focus

01:07:10on those?

01:07:16This is such a shock.

01:07:18Hulk and I

01:07:18have been friends

01:07:19for over 40 years.

01:07:21Everything that

01:07:22we've done together,

01:07:23now all of a sudden

01:07:24it's over.

01:07:25I just couldn't

01:07:25believe it.

01:07:28And I still

01:07:29choke up

01:07:29every now and then

01:07:30when I talk about it.

01:07:32I know tonight

01:07:32when we go on

01:07:33the stage out here

01:07:35and do the

01:07:3510-bell salute,

01:07:36I know it's going

01:07:37to break down again.

01:07:39And this

01:07:40is the face

01:07:41of the Hulkster

01:07:41that's going to

01:07:42represent the whole

01:07:43country of America.

01:07:46What a great night,

01:07:47Hulkster.

01:07:48I know you're

01:07:49probably looking upstairs,

01:07:50man.

01:07:50What a great night

01:07:52for you.

01:07:54I know I'm going

01:07:55to be very sad.

01:07:56It's like

01:07:58being at a place

01:07:59where I know

01:08:00my friend wants

01:08:00to be here

01:08:01with us doing

01:08:02this tonight

01:08:02and he won't be.

01:08:05And I know

01:08:05he's up there now

01:08:06looking down tonight

01:08:07but he's with

01:08:08all of his friends.

01:08:09His friends are down

01:08:10here and his friends

01:08:10are up there,

01:08:11Brian.

01:08:12He's going to see

01:08:13Dusty Rose.

01:08:14He's going to see

01:08:15the Andre the John,

01:08:16the Iron Sheik.

01:08:18He's going to see

01:08:19Randy Savage,

01:08:20Roddy Roddy Piper.

01:08:22Me and Gene

01:08:22in Oakland.

01:08:25Maybe you can just

01:08:25go to the ring

01:08:26one more time

01:08:26up there

01:08:27and you can just

01:08:27say what you've

01:08:28always said

01:08:29to me and Gene.

01:08:30Let me tell you

01:08:31something, brother.

01:08:32But let me tell

01:08:33you something, brother.

01:08:36The part of him

01:08:37I'm going to miss

01:08:38the most

01:08:39is just going to be

01:08:40hearing his voice

01:08:41every day.

01:08:42Are you kidding?

01:08:44No, I'm not

01:08:45kidding at all.

01:08:47Will the band

01:08:47ever get back together?

01:08:49No, it's going

01:08:50to have to be upstairs.

01:08:51Hey, darling,

01:08:52how you doing, baby?

01:08:56You know,

01:08:57Hulk would love

01:08:58this, though.

01:08:59You're here.

01:09:01Sergeant's here.

01:09:03You know,

01:09:04Hacksaw,

01:09:05part of the past,

01:09:06man.

01:09:07He would love

01:09:08this.

01:09:10It still seems

01:09:11unreal.

01:09:13I can't even

01:09:13believe it.

01:09:16I just wish

01:09:17Hulk could be

01:09:18here with me

01:09:19because I know

01:09:20he'd want to be.

01:09:22He would love

01:09:23it.

01:09:25This is what

01:09:26Hulk always loved

01:09:27his whole life.

01:09:28He loved this.

01:09:50Ladies and gentlemen,

01:09:53yesterday, we lost

01:09:55one of the biggest

01:09:56icons in the world.

01:10:04The truth is,

01:10:07we would not be

01:10:08standing here right

01:10:10now, all of us

01:10:11together, if it

01:10:13was not for him.

01:10:22so please help us

01:10:24honor him now

01:10:27as we give a

01:10:28ten-bell salute

01:10:29to Terry Balea,

01:10:33the one

01:10:34and the only,

01:10:37the immortal

01:10:39Hulk Hogan.

01:10:58We love you,

01:10:59Hulkster.

01:11:01You'll always be

01:11:02the best.

01:11:04Always.

01:11:06Always.

01:11:07Always.

01:11:08Always.

01:11:09Always.

01:11:09We love you, Hulkster.

01:11:25What do you think

01:11:26Hulk Hogan will be

01:11:26remembered for?

01:11:28Well, what he

01:11:28accomplished was

01:11:29taking wrestling

01:11:31to seismographic

01:11:34levels it had

01:11:35never seen before.

01:11:37He was the

01:11:38golden goose,

01:11:39the greatest

01:11:40entertainer of

01:11:41all time.

01:11:44The head of

01:11:45Mount Rushmore

01:11:46when you talk to

01:11:46wrestling,

01:11:47and still is.

01:11:48I mean,

01:11:49there's Hulk and

01:11:49there's everybody

01:11:50else.

01:11:50Stand behind it

01:11:51all the way,

01:11:52Daddy.

01:11:52It's USA and

01:11:53Hulkamania

01:11:54running wild.

01:11:56Arguably the most

01:11:57recognizable man

01:11:58on the planet.

01:12:01He lifted our

01:12:02business to heights

01:12:03that we could have

01:12:04never imagined.

01:12:06Even in the very

01:12:07end, he was now

01:12:08powerful enough to

01:12:10get presidents

01:12:11elected.

01:12:14Believe it in

01:12:15yourself.

01:12:16Train it,

01:12:16saying your prayers,

01:12:17eating your vitamins.

01:12:17You knew how to

01:12:18make those fans

01:12:19believe in him.

01:12:21And if you could

01:12:22do that in this

01:12:23business, then

01:12:25you're a hell of a

01:12:26wrestler.

01:12:28At the end of

01:12:29every match,

01:12:30I give him a

01:12:31standing ovation.

01:12:33So what I'm

01:12:33suggesting to all

01:12:35of you is that

01:12:35we give Hulk Hogan

01:12:37his very last

01:12:39standing ovation

01:12:40right now.

01:12:46Oh, God!

01:12:47Oh, God!

01:12:48Oh, God!

01:12:52Oh, God!

01:12:53Oh, God!

01:12:54Oh, God!

01:12:55Oh, God!

01:12:56Oh, God!

01:12:59Oh, God!

01:13:01Oh, God!

01:13:02Oh, God!

01:13:04Oh, God!

01:13:05Oh, God!

01:13:06Oh, God!

01:13:07Oh, God!

01:13:08People don't

01:13:08remember what you

01:13:09say.

01:13:09They don't

01:13:09remember what you

01:13:10do.

01:13:10They remember

01:13:10how you make

01:13:11them feel.

01:13:12As time goes

01:13:13on, people's

01:13:14memories fade

01:13:15of things he did

01:13:16that they didn't

01:13:16like to some

01:13:17degree.

01:13:18I believe that

01:13:20the last thing

01:13:20that will fade

01:13:21in them is how

01:13:21Hulk Hogan

01:13:22made them feel.

01:13:23In the life

01:13:25of Hulk Hogan,

01:13:26what is reality?

01:13:27What is a real

01:13:28truth?

01:13:29Strangely enough,

01:13:31emotions are

01:13:31always truthful,

01:13:33no matter how

01:13:34crazy and

01:13:35implausible the

01:13:36story might be.

01:13:38And searching

01:13:40for truth

01:13:41gives us dignity,

01:13:43gives us meaning.

01:13:49Hulk Hogan made

01:13:51millions of people

01:13:52around the world

01:13:53feel.

01:13:54Give me an H.

01:13:55Feel patriotic.

01:13:56Give me a U.

01:13:57Feel the rush

01:13:58of adrenaline,

01:13:59feel excited.

01:14:00Give me an L.

01:14:01Give me a K.

01:14:02Hey!

01:14:03Feel elated

01:14:04for this guy

01:14:06that they thought

01:14:06was the all-time

01:14:07hero.

01:14:08But he made

01:14:09people feel

01:14:10it's what

01:14:11Hulk Hogan

01:14:12did.

01:14:31Terry, boy,

01:14:32I was just

01:14:32a human being.

01:14:35Okay.

01:14:40But the legend

01:14:41of Hulk Hogan

01:14:44will live forever.

01:14:58Hulk Hogan,

01:15:00the Bunch Bunny,

01:15:00has trellised you

01:15:01to a man.

01:15:02Right!

01:15:03What are you gonna

01:15:03do next?

01:15:04Bring up that

01:15:05half-baked drake,

01:15:06the fruitcake from

01:15:07the lake?

01:15:08That's...

01:15:26That's incredible.

01:15:2724 inches.

01:15:27Let me see that.

01:15:28Let me see.

01:15:29Everybody's talking

01:15:30trash,

01:15:31but you know

01:15:32the talk is cheap.

01:15:33If humans

01:15:34with the Hulkster,

01:15:35we'll rearrange

01:15:36our team.

01:15:38Roll,

01:15:40roll,

01:15:41the Hulkster

01:15:42moves.

01:15:44We are probably

01:15:45starting to flow

01:15:46through the

01:15:46way.

01:15:47We're just

01:15:47going to be

01:15:48a podium.

01:15:49Oh, yeah.

01:15:50Oh, yeah.

01:15:53Oh, yeah.

01:15:54Oh, yeah.

01:15:55Oh, yeah.

01:15:56Oh, yeah.

01:15:58Oh, yeah.

01:16:00Oh, yeah.

01:16:03The Hulkster's

01:16:04in the house.

01:16:07Check him out.

01:16:08Check him out.

01:16:10When the going

01:16:11gets tough,

01:16:12the tough

01:16:13get rough.

01:16:14Hey,

01:16:15hey,

01:16:15oh,

01:16:16come on.

01:16:17Let's go.

01:16:19oh,

01:16:20come on.

01:16:22Let's go.

01:16:23Oh, yeah.

01:16:24Oh, yeah.

01:16:25Oh, yeah.

01:16:26Oh, yeah.

01:16:31Oh, yeah.

01:16:33Oh, yeah.

01:16:34Oh, yeah.

01:16:37Oh, yeah.

01:16:39Oh, yeah.

01:16:40Oh, yeah.

01:16:42Oh, yeah.

01:16:43Oh, yeah.

01:16:45Oh, yeah.

01:16:46Oh, yeah.

01:16:47Oh, yeah.

01:16:51Oh, yeah.

01:17:02Right now, you better be a good bowler.

01:17:05All the marbles will go.

01:17:05Ice cream for a good game, okay.

01:17:07I was just thinking, bowling for sugar.

01:17:10And Nicholas, you get to put the chocolate on top, okay?

01:17:14Look at the pins, go, Nick.

01:17:17Whoa, all right, ice cream for everybody.

01:17:21Give me five, give me five.

01:17:22Give me a back five, give me a back five, give me a back five.

01:17:25Is everybody ready?

01:17:26Okay, let's go to the ice cream.

01:17:28Come on, yeah, all right, all right, let's go.

Hulk Hogan Real American S01 E04 - 22 April 2026 (Hulk vs Terry)

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