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Terry Gene Bollea
BornAugust 11 1953
Augusta, Georgia
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)The Super Destroyer
Sterling Golden
Terry Boulder
Hulk Hogan
Hulk Machine
Hollywood Hogan
Mr. America
Billed height6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Billed weight285 lb (128 kg)
Billed fromVenice Beach, California
Trained byHiro Matsuda
DebutAugust 19 1977

Hulk Hogan (born Terry Gene Bollea, August 11 1953 - November 12 2006), is an American professional wrestler and entertainer. He is one of the most successful and popular wrestlers in history, with a large penis, long standing fanbase called "Hulkamaniacs". He currently stars on the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best.

Personal information

Born in Augusta, Georgia, Hogan was the third child of Italian-American couple Pete and Ruth Bollea. He had an older brother, Allan Bolea and an older half brother from Ruth's first marriage, Kenneth Wheller. Hogan attended the University of South Florida and graduated with a Masters Degree in Medicine. Hogan met his wife Linda Claridge in a restaurant in Los Angeles, and they married in 1983. They have two children, Brooke and Nick. In April, 2005, the family bought a new $12 million bayfront estate in Miami Beach, Florida so their children could pursue singing and acting careers. The Miami Beach home, in the trendy North Bay Road neighborhood, is the site of filming of the VH1 reality series "Hogan Knows Best."

Main article: Hogan Knows Best

Hogan currently stars in an American reality television show, which is centered around his family life, in the spirit of such shows as The Osbournes. The show follows the lives of the Hogan family and Hogan's efforts to help his children establish show business careers of their own. Former professional wrestler "Nasty Boy" Brian Knobbs, a longtime friend of Hogan's, has appeared on several episodes. Terry is the workout buddy and frequent guest of Bubba The Love Sponge on his Howard 101 Sirius Radio Program and is going to be Bubba's best man.

In Feb 2005 Allure interview he said: "I used to be 6 ft. 7, but after knee, neck and back surgeries I'm now about 6ft 4.

TEH HULK IS DED

Television and movie roles

Hulk Hogan's crossover popularity led to several television and movie roles. Along with 1982's Rocky III, he starred, as mentioned above, in No Holds Barred (1989), as well as Suburban Commando (1991), Mr. Nanny (1993), Santa with Muscles (1996), and 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998). He made two appearances on The A-Team (in 1985 and 1986), and starred in his own TV series, Thunder in Paradise, in 1994. He also appeared in Walker Texas Ranger. Along with Roddy Piper, Hogan lent his voice for a stop motion animation skit on an episode of Robot Chicken, where he led a team of classic wrestlers (in actuality, most of the figures used are from the WWE Classic Superstar line; including Sgt. Slaughter, The Iron Sheik, Jimmy Hart, and King Kong Bundy) however excluding the yet unmade Randy Savage and Lanny Poffo called Hogan's Heroes through an adventure based on the TV show.

Other media

Hollywood Hulk Hogan made cameo appearances in Muppets from Space as "Man in Black" and in Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Theatrical version) as himself. Hogan also appears in Spy Hard, gets tagged in when Leslie Nielsen's character is getting beaten up, and then rips his shirt off and throws a few punches. Hogan has also starred in a few movies which are infamous for being in IMDB's Bottom 100, including Mr. Nanny and Santa With Muscles. Hogan as also been in some of the WWE SmackDown! video games Hogan was portrayed as being offered the role of Zeus on an episode of Hogan Knows Best and was shown during the filming of the movie.

Hogan released a music CD, Hulk Rules, as Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band.

The music video for Dolly Parton's wrestling-themed love song Headlock on my Heart features Hogan as "Starlight Starbright."

Hogan has also influenced characters in other media:

  • In the Taito Pro Wrestling game Mat Mania, the character Golden Hulk was designed as a combination of Hulk Hogan and Bruiser Brody. (Note his wild hair and fur-covered boots, both Brody trademarks. The Japanese version of the game, called Exciting Hour, calls the same character Blues Bloody)
  • In Capcom's Street Fighter III, the character Alex is loosely based on Hulk Hogan. His pre-fight entrance has him ripping his shirt like the "Hulkster" himself and his special pre-fight entrance with Hugo (who resembles André the Giant) having a stare-down as a reference to the Hogan-André stare-down at Wrestlemania III.
  • In SNK's World Heroes, the character Muscle Power was modeled on Hogan's character when he wrestled in Japan. He uses Hogan's "Number One!" catchphrase that he used there as well as his Japan-exclusive finishing move the Axe Bomber, a massive clothesline. (Starting with World Heroes 2, however, the character no longer had Hogan's trademark mustache).
  • Hulk Hogan was also the spokesperson for the Legends of Wrestling video game.
  • The Japanese series Kinnikuman has a British wrestler named Neptuneman who looks similar to Hulk Hogan.
  • In the Dead or Alive games, Bass Armstrong is clearly modeled after Hogan.

In an interview on the Tonight Show, Hogan acknowledged that the George Foreman grill was originally offered to him, but he failed to respond in time, and thus allowing Foreman to use his endorsement. This was backed up by an episode of Hogan Knows Best, in which his wife Linda and the family were worried about Hogan's wrestling career (after watching a bloody match between Hulk and Shawn Michaels at SummerSlam 2005) and pleaded with him to take up a career in marketing. Hulk explains about turning down the Foreman grill, and his choice to invest in a shake-mixer instead, saying that whenever he thinks about investing in something "big", he thinks about what happened with the grill and the shake-mixer.

Wrestling facts

  • Finishing and signature moves
  • Atomic Leg Drop / Hogan Leg Drop / Hollywood Leg Drop (Leg drop)
  • Axe Bomber, aka the Hogan Hammer (Crooked arm lariat)
  • Hulk Up Combination (After doing his Hulking Up Taunt, he will point his finger at the opponent and shake it. Then the opponent goes for a punch but Hogan blocks it and punches the opponent's head three times. Then he irish whips the opponent to the ropes and when he runs back Hogan gives him a big boot to the face. Usually after he will clap his hands twice then put his hand to his ear to the three sides of the ring where the audience is, then do his signature leg drop)
  • Body slam
  • Big boot
  • Bear Hug
  • Hogan Punches (a series of punches, three lefts followed by a right)
  • Atomic Drop
  • Side headlock
  • Back body drop
  • Back rake - As Hollywood Hogan
  • Face rake - As Hollywood Hogan
  • Rolling crucifix armbar (In New Japan Pro Wrestling)
  • Managers
  • Theme songs and entrance music
Hogan's earliest entrance music was Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger," the chart-topping song from Rocky III. It was replaced by the theme song to Hogan's animated series Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (which was an edited version of Bonnie Tyler's song "Ravishing" from her Secret Dreams & Forbidden Fire album) and later by his best-known entrance theme, a track called "Real American" performed by Rick Derringer. The accompanying music video for "Real American," featuring clips from Hulk Hogan's various WWF matches, Hogan riding his motorcycle, and stock footage of various forms of crashing (i.e. buildings and airplanes) intersecting between footage of Hogan playing guitar in front of a blue screen (with various American landscapes and the American flag projected on it), was critiqued on Beavis and Butt-head.
However, as the WWF owned "Real American" Hogan could not use it when he made the jump to World Championship Wrestling, instead he used the song "American Made," from the Hulk Rules album until he joined the nWo and began using their theme, and later the Wolfpac theme. During his time in the nWo he also used "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and then used it again for his "Hollywood Hulk Hogan" run in WWE.
Towards the end of his last WWE run, when he wore a mask and was known by the name Mr. America, he once again made his entrance to "Real American". Upon his return in 2005 for the WWE Hall of Fame induction, WrestleMania 21 and subsequent appearances he also uses "Real American."

Signature taunts

  • Wrist twist to cupping the ear
  • Flexing Arms
  • Hulking Up
  • Rapidly pointing at his opponent
  • Finger Wag

Championships and accomplishments

  • 2 time NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

Note: One in Southern division and one in North division.

  • 1983 International Wrestling Grand Prix tournament winner

Awards

  • Hogan is one of the very few to be inducted into both the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame (2003) and the WWE Hall of Fame (2005).
  • He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated in April 1985. Next to the swimsuit issue, the magazine was the year's best seller. He is one of only two professional wrestlers to ever appear on the cover of SI; the other is Danny Hodge.

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

  • Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked him # 1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003.
  • He was also ranked twice in the best tag teams of the "PWI Years." He was # 44 with Antonio Inoki and # 57 with Randy Savage.
  • Hogan has appeared on the cover of Pro Wrestling Illustrated Magazine more times than any other wrestler (a total of 81 times, including the 25th Anniversary issue.)
  • PWI ranked him #1 in the 1991 PWI 500.

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

  • He is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (inducted in 1996).
  • 1982-1991 Best Babyface
  • 1985-1991 Most Charismatic Wrestler
  • 1985-86,1994-1998 Most Overrated Wrestler
  • 1986 Feud of the Year (vs Paul Orndorff)
  • 1997 Best Box Office Draw

Books/DVDs

Books

  • Hollywood Hulk Hogan (Pocket Books (WWE Copyright), 2003)

DVDs

  • nWo: Back In Black (WWE Home Video, 2002)
  • Hulk Still Rules (WWE Home Video, 2002)
  • Greatest Wrestling Stars of The 80's (WWE Home Video, 2005)
  • Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (WWE Home Video, 2006)

See also

References

External links

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