Hulk Hogan

About Hulk Hogan

Terry Gene Bollea (born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American actor, semi-retired professional wrestler, and former rock bassist. He currently stars on the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best and is the new co-host of American Gladiators on NBC. Recently Hogan, Once known as "an American role model", has been severly critisized for the concept of his reality television show "Hogan Knows Best" for showing the "ideal" way to bring up children, since having his own son Nick involved in a high speed car accident. He has also been critisized for his very unusual relationship with his daughter Brooke , for rubbing sun lotion on her buttocks and in-between her thighs.

Bollea had mainstream popularity in the mid 1980s through the early 1990s as the all-American, working-class hero character Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF--now World Wrestling Entertainment) and was notable in the mid-to-late 1990s as "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, a villainous gang leader, in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Following WCW's fold, he made a brief return to the WWE in the early 2000s, revising his heroic character by combining elements of his two most famous personas.

Bollea entered the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005, and is officially a twelve-time world champion: a six time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and a six time WWF/E Champion as well as a former one time Tag Team Champion with Edge. He is also the winner of the Royal Rumble in 1990 and 1991.