Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan: Biography in Details

Who is Hulk Hogan?

One of the greatest wrestlers Hulk Hogan is a very popular and alluring wrestler. Hulk was initially a sportsman. Apart from it, he is an entrepreneur, musician, and actor. His fans also named his matches Hulkamania.

Birth Facts, Family, Childhood

Hulk Hogan was born in Augusta, Georgia, U.S.A. on August 11, 1953. Hogan holds a mixed ethnicity of Italian, French, Scottish, and English. Hulk is an American by nationality.

His birth name is Terry Gene Bollea. Hogan is the youngest son of the family. His father Pete Bollea is a construction foreman and his mother Ruth Bollea is a dance instructor.

He has two brothers namely Alan Bollea and Kenneth Wheeler. There is not much information about his family.

In which school did Hulk Hogan attend?

Hulk Hogan studied at Hillsborough Community College for his high school education and went to the University of South Florida to study further.  Hulk was initially a baseball player and played for Little League Baseball.

Hogan became interested in wrestling after watching the shows. He was also a good guitarist. Hogan’s interest in the game never left his mind toward study and he didn’t get any degree. He also fought on small circuits in the south after his brother’s encouragement.

Hulk Hogan: Professional Life, Career

The great wrestler, Hulk Hogan spends the first decade of his career as a guitarist and parallelly practicing wrestling. His first game was against Brain Blair on August 10, 1977. He also partnered with Ed Leslie and wrestled as Boulder Brothers.

His first win was registered to beat Bob Roop in Southeastern Heavyweight Championship.  In 1979, Hogan joined WWF and defeated Harry Valdez in his first match and was defeated by Andre the Giant.

In 1984 he triumphed his first WWF belt defeating Iron Sheik. He was also declared WWF champion in 1988. He was the first wrestler to win Royal Rumble Match. In 1991 he lost to Undertaker in the Survival Series.

Hulk Hogan crushed Ric Flair in his first match in World Championship Wrestling and became WCW Heavyweight Champion for 15 months.

He won his second championship defeating The Giant after a year of joining WCW. In 1998 he won the fourth WCW title by defeating Savage but lost it to Goldberg the same year.

After a few years’ break, he returned to WWF in 2002. Hogan won his first WWE World Tag Team Championship with Edge as his partner. He defeated Vince McMohan in WrestleMania XIX. Hogan was seen on SmackDown as Mr. America’s disguise.

Apart from wrestling, Hulk Hogan has his fans in his successful acting career too. Some of his movies are Rocky III, No Holds Barred, Spy Hard and Santa with Muscles. In October 2007, Hogan transferred all jobs trademarks to his liability company “Hogan Holdings Limited”, including  Hulk Hogan, Hulkamania.com, and Hulkapedia.com.

Achievement, Awards

Hulk Hogan has many achievements as a WCW Heavyweight Champion, WWF  Heavyweight Champion Belt, and much more.

Apart from it he also won the award for Favourite Male Athlete in 1988 by Blimp award and he was also nominated for Teen Choice Award in the category TV-Choice Reality Star (Male).

Salary, Net Worth

Hulk Hogan has many achievements and many organizations want to be attached to his name and fame. He has tremendous fame and has a tremendous net worth of 31 million as calculated in 2016. There is no information about his salary and net worth.

Social Media Profile

Hulk Hogan has over 7.8 million followers on Facebook and over 1.7 million followers on Instagram. His fans are regularly watching his tweets on Twitter. He has over 2.2 million followers there.

Hulk Hogan: Rumors, Controversy

Hogan was fired from World Wrestling Entertainment after he used the word “N” for his daughter sleeping with a black man.

There was once a rumour that Christiane Plante had an affair with Hogan in 2007, she was 33 at that time. The rumour is yet not verified as Hogan did not comment anything about it.

Height, Weight and Body Stats

Hulk Hogan has a height of 6 feet and 7 inches and a weight of 137 kg. He has a biceps of 24 inches, his waist size is 37 inches and his Chest is 58 inches. Hogan’s hair colour is Blond and their eyes are blue.

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