The image of the Hulk Hogan is associated with the golden age of wrestling. His name actually became a household name. Thanks to charisma, artistry and huge muscles, he managed to become famous as an actor.
Today, the growth of the actor is 203 cm, his weight is 138 kg. He became the world champion in heavyweight 12 times. Moreover, it was he who made a lot of efforts and made a huge contribution to the popularization of wrestling as a sport.
Youth
Terry Jean Bollea, known around the world as the Hulk Hogan, since the hospital was a real heavyweight. His birth weight exceeded 5 kg. When the boy was six years old, he went to school, where he immediately ran into ridicule and antics. Due to his height and weight, he has always been the center of attention.
Since childhood, the guy wanted to become a wrestler in order to stop bullying himself. At the age of 12, he weighed 90 kg with a height of 180 cm. As a high school student, he had a passion for baseball and music. The baseball player’s career did not work out due to an injury: at one of the matches, Terry broke his arm.
Carier start
After leaving school, the Hulk Hogan went to college for two years. Having received a diploma, he immediately entered the university. After graduating from university, he gets to work in a bank branch, but seriously thinks of going to wrestling. He will know through acquaintances who to turn to with such a question.
But the first attempt was not successful: in the training center, the beginner got a hard time, he was beaten, he received a broken leg. However, this did not affect the decision of the future champion: after spending two months in the hospital, the Hulk returns to the training center.
Star time
After some time, the Hulk Hogan gets his first nickname - the Destroyer. To achieve better results, the athlete joins a better-known organization. The first time was not very successful: the Hulk and a friend live in a trailer, and there is barely enough money for food.
Meeting with Vince McMahon abruptly turns the life of a young wrestler. The Hulk Hogan is rapidly gaining popularity. One day, the Hulk receives a letter from Sylvester Stallone, which refers to a proposal to star in the film. But instead, the Hulk Hogan goes on a tour of Japan. When he returns, he receives another letter requesting a meeting from Stallone and agrees to star in the movie "Rocky 3". After the release of the film, the Hulk Hogan becomes widely known.
The champion decided to leave the ring when a scandal about taking steroids broke out. Later, the wrestler will testify in court that Vince McMahon did not sell steroids. The Hulk himself did not hide the use of doping, explaining this by the fact that it is common among wrestlers. Vinson was released after two weeks, and later he gave a shocking interview that the Hulk lied at the meeting and that he abused doping more than anyone else.
Personal life
In the fall of 1982, at a discotheque in America, Hulk Hogan met a young fashion model Linda Cleridge. At one of the dates, he invited Linda to his speech. She didn’t really like the show and the fact that a crowd of people are watching how the participants in the ring match beat each other up to blood. She was not enthusiastic about what she saw, but continued to meet with the Hulk.
A year later, Hogan proposed to Linda, the wedding was played in December in Los Angeles. After a while, the young couple had a son Nicholas and a daughter Brooke.
In 2007, a Florida court received marriage break documents from Hulk Hogan's wife. In numerous interviews, she repeatedly stated that their marriage was not good, and for many months she tried to save their sinking relationship. The reasons for the couple’s divorce were unknown. According to rumors, the initiator of the divorce was Hogan himself.
In the summer of 2009, the Hulk and Linda divorced completely, having lived together for more than 25 years. Two years later, Hogan got married a second time. His chosen one was 27-year-old Jennifer McDaniel.
Filming
Hollywood directors could not help but notice the charismatic appearance of Hulk Hogan. After the release of the cult action movie “Rocky-3”, where Hogan played a secondary role, he first appears on the big screen. The beginning of his career was the famous films "The team from the suburbs" and "All captures are allowed."
In most paintings, the Hulk was given the main roles. Take, for example, the comedy Mr. Nanny, where Hulk Hogan is a bodyguard who looks after two spoiled twin boys. The television series “Thunder in Paradise”, released in 1993, brings Hogan worldwide fame. After the tremendous effect produced by the first part, the pictures “Thunder in Paradise-2” and “Thunder in Paradise-3” appear on the screens.
Militants and TV shows with the Hulk Hogan do not make concessions for fame to films that featured such popular actors as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. One of the few spectacular paintings is the action movie "Ultimatum" and the series "Rescuers Malibu", in which the Hulk played the main roles. The series in which he starred have gained unprecedented popularity among the younger generation.
Hulk Hogan in our time: classes, hobbies, hobbies
In the summer of 2015, an important event took place. The man was expelled from the ranks of wrestling. The organizers of the fighting stopped working with the Hulk Hogan, and also removed all information about the athlete from all official sites. Such a decision, according to an unofficial version, is based on the fact that the Hulk has repeatedly shown interracial intolerance, but the exact reasons remain unknown.
Today, the Hulk Hogan sponsors many orphanages and rehabilitation centers, thereby helping sick children. He participates in a variety of talk shows and from time to time starred in films.
In his turbulent youth, wrestler was fond of music. Rumor has it that he auditioned for the legendary music band Metallica and was not accepted. The athlete himself declares otherwise.
Once, rumors reached me that Metallica had a free bass player seat. So I immediately collected my entire collection of tapes from my old group, made some new recordings and sent them to the guys from Metallica, but there was no answer. Maybe they took it for a joke, or it was in me. In any case, I, unfortunately, did not wait for an answer.
Hulk Hogan is considered one of the most successful athletes in the history of wrestling.