HULK HOGAN

Hogan  on  Raw  in  April  2014.
Born Terry  Gene  Bollea
August  11,  1953  (age  61)
Augusta,  Georgia
Residence
Tampa,  Florida,  USA,
Beverly  Hills,  California,  USA
Occupation professional  wrestler,  actor,  television  personality,  entrepreneur,  musician
Years  active 1976  (musician)
1977-present  (wrestler)
1982-present  (actor)
Net  worth Increase  $8  million  (2014)
Spouse(s) Linda  Claridge  (m.  1983–2007)
Jennifer  McDaniel  (m.  2010)
Children Brooke  Ellen  Bollea  (born  May  5,  1988)
Nicholas  Allan  Bollea  (born  July  27,  1990)
Parent(s) Ruth  V.  Bollea  (née  Moody)
Peter  Bollea

Professional  wrestling  career
Ring  name(s) Hollywood  Hulk  Hogan
Hollywood  Hogan
Hulk  Hogan
Mr.  America
Sterling  Golden
Terry  Boulder
The  Super  Destroyer
Billed  height 6  ft  7  in  (2.01  m)
Billed  weight 302  lb  (137  kg)
Billed  from Venice  Beach,  California
Washington,  D.C.  (as  Mr.  America)
Hollywood,  California  (as  Hollywood  Hogan)
Trained  by Yasuhiro  Kojima
Debut 1977

Terry  Gene  Bollea :  (born  August  11,  1953),  better  known  by  his  ring  name  Hulk  Hogan,  is  an  American  professional  wrestler,  actor,  television  personality,  entrepreneur,  and  musician  currently  signed  with  WWE.

Hogan  enjoyed  mainstream  popularity  in  the  1980s  and  1990s  as  the  all-American  character  Hulk  Hogan  in  the  World  Wrestling  Federation  (WWF,  now  WWE),  and  as  "Hollywood"  Hulk  Hogan,  the  villainous  nWo  leader,  in  World  Championship  Wrestling  (WCW).  A  regular  pay-per-view  headliner  in  both  organizations,  Hogan  closed  the  respective  premier  annual  events  of  the  WWF  and  WCW,  WrestleMania  and  Starrcade,  on  multiple  occasions.  He  was  inducted  into  the  WWE  Hall  of  Fame  in  2005.  He  was  signed  with  Total  Nonstop  Action  Wrestling  (TNA)  from  2009  until  2013,  where  he  was  the  on-screen  General  Manager.[7]  IGN  described  Hogan  as  "the  most  recognized  wrestling  star  worldwide  and  the  most  popular  wrestler  of  the  '80s".

Hulk  Hogan  is  a  12-time  World  Champion  being  a  six-time  WWF/WWE  World  Heavyweight  Champion  and  six-time  WCW  World  Heavyweight  Champion.  He  is  the  third  longest  combined  reigning  WWF  Champion  of  all  time  (after  Bruno  Sammartino,  and  Bob  Backlund),  the  longest-reigning  champion  of  the  1980s,  and  holds  two  of  the  ten  longest  title  runs  in  WWF/E  history,  having  held  the  title  for  1,474  days  from  1984–1988  (the  fourth  longest  reign  of  all  time)  and  364  days  from  1989  to  1990  (the  9th  longest  reign  of  all  time).  He  is  also  the  longest-reigning  WCW  World  Heavyweight  Champion  of  all  time,  with  a  469-day  reign  from  1994–1995.  Hogan  won  the  Royal  Rumble  in  1990  and  1991,  making  him  the  first  man  to  win  two  consecutive  Royal  Rumbles.

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