Hulk Hogan Net Worth
Publish date: 2024-07-12
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| 1 | Referred to his fans as "Hulkamaniacs". |
| 2 | Had three "demandments" of his Hulkamaniacs. They were prayers, vitamins, and exercise. |
| 3 | A jury awarded Hogan another $25 million in punitive damages from Gawker Media when they leaked the sex tape of Hogan and a friend's wife. |
| 4 | Awarded $112 million from a lawsuit filed against Gawker Media when they leaked a sex tape featuring Hogan having sex with his best friend's wife. |
| 5 | Hulk is a first cousin, once removed, of actress Elisabeth Röhm. Hulk's paternal grandparents, Peter Bollea and Edith Medora Noonan, were also Elisabeth's maternal great-grandparents. |
| 6 | Inducted into the International Mustache Hall of Fame in 2015 (inaugural class) in the category Sports. |
| 7 | Claimed on The Howard Stern Show (1990) in 2012 that he was offered the role of Randy "The Ram" Robinson in The Wrestler (2008). Hogan claimed he turned down the role because he felt he wasn't the right person to portray the character. However, the film's director Darren Aronofsky disputed Hogan's claims, saying he was never considered, much less offered, the role of the main character, and the part was written specifically for Mickey Rourke. |
| 8 | Release of the book, "Hulk Hogan" by 'William R. Sanford'. [1986] |
| 9 | Was supposed to compete for NWA-TNA, but injured his knee in Japan, wrestling Masahiro Chono. By the time it heals, it is up in the air whether or not he will compete for NWA-TNA, or go back to the WWE for Wrestlemania XX [November 2003] |
| 10 | Currently under contract with the NWA:TNA (National Wrestling Alliance: Total Nonstop Action). [November 2003] |
| 11 | Will be inducting Gene Okerlund (aka Mean Gene) into the 2006 WWE Hall Of Fame. [April 2006] |
| 12 | Is scheduled to face Shawn Michaels at "Summerslam". [July 2005] |
| 13 | Negotating with the WWE about an appearence and possibly a match at Wrestlemania 21. [January 2005] |
| 14 | Release of the book, "Hulk Hogan: Eye of the Tiger" by 'Barry Janoff'. [1986] |
| 15 | Has been announced as an inductee in the WWE Hall Of Fame Class of 2005. He will likely make an appearance at WWE WrestleMania XXI. [March 2005] |
| 16 | Left WWE for the second summer in a row [June 2003] |
| 17 | Release of the book, "Hollywood Hulk Hogan: The Story of Terry Bollea; a Real-life Reader Biography" by 'Susan Zannos'. [2000] |
| 18 | Won his tag-team match with Shawn Michaels at "Backlash" against Mark Magnus (aka Muhammad Hassan) and Shawn Daivari (aka Daivari). [May 2005] |
| 19 | Release of his book, "Hollywood Hulk Hogan" by Hulk with Michael Jan Friedman. [2002] |
| 20 | Host of the new American Gladiators (2008) on NBC. [January 2008] |
| 21 | Release of his autobiography, "My Life Outside the Ring" by Hulk with Mark Dagostino. [October 2009] |
| 22 | Is supporting his daughter Brooke's music career. [July 2004] |
| 23 | Drew the biggest crowd to Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas than any other sports hero, including Evil Knieval. |
| 24 | Was at one point close friends with fellow wrestler and former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. However, Ventura ended his friendship with Hogan in the 1990s after Ventura learned in his lawsuit against the owner of World Wrestling Entertainment Vince McMahon that Hogan had informed McMahon about Ventura's attempt to form a labor union in 1984, which McMahon prevented. |
| 25 | Published author. |
| 26 | Was considered for the role of Little John in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)). |
| 27 | Ex-brother-in-law of Christie Claridge. |
| 28 | Underwent back surgery in a Florida hospital on December 21, 2010. |
| 29 | Was already six feet tall at the age of twelve. |
| 30 | Turned down the chance to travel to Iraq as part of the WWE Tribute to the Troops show in 2008. |
| 31 | Particapated in WCW Nitro's infamous Fingerpoke of Doom match. In which he was going to wrestle WCW Champion Kevin Nash. When the match began he poked Nash in the chest and he fell down and Hogan pinned him. The match is considered to be the start of the downfall of WCW and its ratings. |
| 32 | On an episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), it was revealed that he was initially offered the chance to endorse the "Lean, Mean, Grilling Machine" that went on to make former boxer George Foreman millions of dollars. |
| 33 | Defeated Yokozuna in Wrestlemania IX for the WWF championship after Yokozuna defeated Bret Hitman Hart. It was the shortest wrestling match in history for the WWF title. This record was later broken by Kevin Nash in 1995 when he beat Bob Backlund in 8 seconds for the world title. |
| 34 | Is godfather to Ed Leslie's only daughter. |
| 35 | Was best man at the wedding of Bubba the Love Sponge. |
| 36 | Lost to The Ultimate Warrior Jim Hellwig at WrestleMania VI (1990) and Dwayne Johnson at WrestleMania X8 (2002) in the same venue - Skydome, Toronto, Canada. |
| 37 | In late 1982, Hogan and Antonio Inoki won the 3rd Annual MSG Tag League. |
| 38 | In 1978, he made his wrestling debut in Florida using the Super Destroyer gimmick. He later wrestled as Terry Boulder and Sterling Golden before becoming Hulk Hogan. |
| 39 | Lost his WWF championship once in his career in the Survivor Series in 1991 to The Undertaker (Mark Calaway). |
| 40 | As of 2007, he has the fourth-most Wrestlemania wrestling appearances, having appeared in 11. He wrestled in Wrestlemanias 1-9, and 18-19. (He appeared at Wrestlemania 21, but did not officially wrestle). Third-most is Bret "The Hitman" Hart (Bret Hart), with 12; second-most, Shawn Michaels with 14, and the Undertaker (Mark Calaway) holds the record for most, with 15 appearances. |
| 41 | In 1981, Verne Gagne brought Hogan to the AWA. |
| 42 | Father of Nick Hogan and Brooke Hogan. |
| 43 | Was Joel Schumacher's third choice to play Mr. Freeze/Dr. Victor Fries in Batman & Robin (1997). |
| 44 | Previous managers: Billy Spears, "Classy" Freddie Blassie (Freddie Blassie), Jimmy Hart, Miss Elizabeth, Ted DiBiase, and Eric Bischoff. |
| 45 | Hulk's paternal grandfather, Peter Bollea, was Italian, born in Cigliano, Vercelli, Piemonte. The rest of Hulk's ancestry is Irish, English, Scottish, and French. Hulk's mother was born in Panama, while some of her family members were working on the Panama Canal there. Hulk's maternal grandfather, Henry Clinton Moody, was from Maryland, and Hulk's maternal grandmother, Vernice Caroline Violette, was from Old Town, Maine. |
| 46 | Former World Tag-Team Champion. |
| 47 | Twisted his ankle during the filming of Little Hercules in 3-D (2009). |
| 48 | Elected to the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003. |
| 49 | Is an avid fan of the Tampa Bay Lighting of the National Hockey League. |
| 50 | During his 1980s heyday in the WWE, he lived next door to WWF owner Vince McMahon for almost 10 years. |
| 51 | His original theme song was "Eye of the Tiger," which was the theme song of Rocky III (1982), in which he made an appearance. |
| 52 | First-ever IWGP Heavyweight Champion. |
| 53 | His theme song, "Real American," was initially written for the then-WWF tag- team champions Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda. |
| 54 | Teamed up with Shawn Michaels to face Mark Magnus (aka Muhammad Hassan) and Shawn Daivari (aka Daivari) at Backlash 2005. |
| 55 | The character "Hawk" from Crime Fighters 2 (1991) was modeled after him. |
| 56 | WWE Hall of Famer, inducted in 2005. |
| 57 | Daughter Brooke Hogan sang the national anthems at the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals in Tampa. |
| 58 | Until recently, neither he nor the WWF/WCW (titan Sports) owned the full rights to his "Hulk" name. "Hulkamania," "Hulk Hogan," and "Hulkster" were all owned by Marvel Comics. The WWF/WWE made a deal with Marvel to use the name "Hulk." This was also done with WCW when Hogan went to WCW. Also, WCW used "Hollywood Hogan" to cancel the Marvel deal, but the deal was still alive. However, before the 2006 release of his multidisk anthology, Hogan acquired the rights to the name Hulk Hogan from Marvel. The trademark citation "Hulk Hogan is a trademark of Terry Bollea" can be found on the DVD-set credits. |
| 59 | When he first wrestled under the "Hulk" name, he was known as the Incredible Hulk Hogan. |
| 60 | Notable title wins include: IWGP Heavyweight Title, WWF Title (6), WWW Royal Rumble Winner (2), WCW World Title (6), WWF Undisputed Title, and WWF tag-team titles with Edge (Adam Copeland). Hogan also won the WCW World Title for a seventh time by defeating Jeff Jarrett; however, the title reign was never recognized. |
| 61 | In what was one of the biggest slaps to the face of his career, Hogan was scheduled to face Jeff Jarrett for the WCW Heavyweight title. Hogan was supposed to win the title; however, Vince Russo (who was the head booker at the time) decided to have Jarrett lie down and allow Hogan to win and then send Hogan home. Russo created another title and proceeded to carry on without Hogan. Hogan was never seen in WCW again. He still has the belt. |
| 62 | His daughter, Brooke Hogan, released her debut solo album in August 2004. |
| 63 | At a point when his wrestling career was 25 years old, he wrestled Brock Lesnar, who was himself just 25 years old. |
| 64 | Only once did he ever win a tag-team championship, that was with Adam Copeland (aka Edge) in July 2002. He was the direct inspiration for Copeland to enter the business 12 years prior. |
| 65 | Lost his fifth WWF Title to Rodney Anoai (aka Yokozuna) in his first defense since winning the title over a month earlier. It was his last WWF title match for nine years. |
| 66 | Lost WCW World Championship to Bill Goldberg on July 6, 1998, in Atlanta's Georgia Dome on WCW Monday Nitro (1995). |
| 67 | Adopted the song "Ravishing," written by Jim Steinman and performed by Bonnie Tyler, as his theme song. Subtitled "The Hulk Hogan Theme," it was sung during his wrestling entrances in his early days with WCW. |
| 68 | He was one of the wrestlers featured in the cartoon series Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985) (1985-1986), though he did not provide his own voice. Brad Garrett of Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) was the voice of the animated Hulkster. |
| 69 | He appeared in some of the live-action segments of the cartoon series Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985) (1985-1986). |
| 70 | He is the third person to be a six-time WWF World Champion. The other two are Dwayne Johnson and Stone Cold Steve Austin. |
| 71 | In probably the most historic wrestling match ever, he body-slammed and defeated André the Giant at WrestleMania III (1987). Despite reports to the contrary, he was not the first man to body-slam André. Eight-time National Wrestling Alliance Champion Harley Race did so several years before, and Hogan himself body-slammed André in a match in 1980 (which appears on the Hulk Hogan anthology DVD). |
| 72 | Filmed the show Thunder in Paradise (1994) at Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida. |
| 73 | Wrestled as Mr. America in 2003 in WWE. |
| 74 | Early in his career wrestled as Terry "The Hulk" Boulder. |
| 75 | He is the single most requested celebrity for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. |
| 76 | Held the IWGP World Title, giving him the distinction of being one of three Americans--along with Scott Norton and Leon White (aka Big Van Vader)--to hold that title. |
| 77 | Has three movies in the IMDb bottom 100. |
| 78 | Uncle of Michael Bollea. |
| 79 | Ranked #1 in the "PWI 500" of the PWI Years (1979-1999) (Pro Wrestling Illustrated 20th Anniversary Special) |
| 80 | He was originally called "Hulk" because it was noted at a match that he was taller than the actor who played the "The Incredible Hulk", Lou Ferrigno. |
| 81 | Won his first WWF World Heavyweight title more than 18 years ago on January 23, 1984, when he defeated the Iron Sheik (Khosrow Vaziri) in one of the shortest heavyweight title matches in history. It took Hogan 5 minutes and 40 seconds to pin the Sheik with a leg drop. |
| 82 | One of the first wrestlers to defeat André the Giant. Others before him included Rugged Ronnie Garvin (Roger Barnes), Antonio Inoki, El Canek, and the Iron Sheik (Khosrow Vaziri). |
| 83 | All of his WWF title reigns put together are about 6 years (more than 2,000 days)!. |
| 84 | Has only lost three times at Wrestlemania. His first loss was to The Ultimate Warrior' James Hellwig' at WrestleMania VI (1990). The second time was as a teammate of Brutus the Barber Beefcake at WrestleMania IX (1993) against Money Inc. (Ted DiBiase and Mike Rotunda (IRS)) as a result of a disqualification. The final time was to Dwayne Johnson at WrestleMania X8 (2002). |
| 85 | His first WWF title reign lasted from January 1984 to February 1988, when he lost to André the Giant. |
| 86 | Was brought to the federation by Freddie Blassie. |
| 87 | One of the first wrestlers to have ring music play on his way to the ring. |
| 88 | April 21, 2002: Won the WWF (Undisputed) Championship for the 6th time from HHH at WWF Backlash (2002). |
| 89 | One of the original three members of the New World Order (nWo). The other two are Scott Hall and Kevin Nash. |
| 90 | Signed as official spokesman for an Acclaim video game entitled Legends of Wrestling (2001). [October 2001] |
| 91 | Considered running for president. |
| 92 | His family has more than 30 pets, including dogs, cats, birds, chinchillas, ferrets, turtles, iguanas, rabbits, fish, and a frog. |
| 93 | Spent 10 years as a professional guitarist before becoming a wrestler. |
| 94 | First pro wrestler on the cover of "Sports Illustrated." |
| 95 | Is an accomplished bass player and played bass in several local rock bands in Tampa, Florida. |
| 96 | Won the WCW Heavyweight Championship six times, the last being 1999. |
| 97 | Won the WWF Championship six times. The last time he won it was in May 2002. |
| 98 | As a high school baseball player, Hogan was a hot pro prospect and was considered the best pitcher in the state. |
| 99 | Majored in business management at the University of South Florida, Tampa, before becoming a professional wrestler. |
| 100 | Admitted to steroid use in 1994. |
| 101 | He joined the World Wrestling Entertainment in 1979, cast as an Irish villain. |
| 102 | As Hollywood Hogan, made his ring entrances to "Voodoo Child" by Jimi Hendrix. |
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