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Hollywood Hogan

Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan.jpg
Hogan in 2005
Born Terry Gene Bollea
(1953-08-11) August 11, 1953 (age 63)
Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Residence Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation Professional wrestler, actor, television personality, entrepreneur, musician
Years active 1976 (musician)
1977–2013 (wrestler)
1982–present (actor)
Television Hogan Knows Best
Spouse(s) Linda Claridge (m. 1983; div. 2007)
Jennifer McDaniel (m. 2010)
Children Brooke Hogan
Nick Hogan
Family Horace Hogan (nephew)
Website HulkHogan.com
Ring name(s) Hollywood Hogan
Hollywood Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan
Hulk Machine
Mr. America
Sterling Golden
Terry Boulder
The Super Destroyer
Billed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Billed weight 303 lb (137 kg; 21.6 st)
Billed from Hollywood, California
(as Hollywood Hogan)
Venice Beach, California
(as Hulk Hogan)
Washington, D.C.
(as Mr. America)
Trained by Hiro Matsuda
Debut 1977

Terry Gene Bollea (/bʌ.ˈl.ə/, born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, actor, television personality, entrepreneur and rock bassist. Hogan is regarded by many as the greatest professional wrestler of all time; according to IGN, he is "the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the 1980s". Hogan enjoyed considerable mainstream popularity between the mid 1980s and early 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), which continued for the remainder of the 1990s in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where he often performed as villainous New World Order (nWo) leader "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan and held complete creative control over his storylines.

A regular pay-per-view main eventer and box office draw in both organizations, Hogan headlined the premier annual events of the WWF and WCW, WrestleMania and Starrcade, multiple times; against Sting, he closed the most profitable WCW pay-per-view ever at the 1997 edition of Starrcade. Aside from those promotions, he has notably performed for the American Wrestling Association (AWA), New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). Hogan is a twelve-time world champion: a six-time WWF World Heavyweight Champion/WWF Champion (with his last reign being as Undisputed WWF/WWE Champion) and a six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He was the first wrestler to win consecutive Royal Rumbles, in 1990 and 1991 respectively. Hogan was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005.


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