Join 18 Sports for a special look back at the career of pro wrestling and pop culture icon Hulk Hogan. The world received shocking news on Thursday, reporting the death of professional wrestling legend and pop culture icon Hulk Hogan,

Thaddeus Bullard, also known as Titus O’Neill in the WWE, was among the members of the company who weren’t happy with how Bollea conveyed his message, construing it as Bollea saying he was upset he got caught, rather than apologizing for his words (something that Bollea vehemently denied).

Wrestling fans gathered in Cleveland, Ohio Friday, for a WWE Friday Night SmackDown one day after icon in professional wrestling, Hulk Hogan died.

"Hulk Hogan wasn’t just a partner. He was a dear friend," Rich Rosen, who partnered with Hogan on the bar, told Page Six of his plans to move ahead with Slam.

My conversation with Hulk Hogan was longer — close to an hour — and just as pleasant. It was in 1985 and Hogan was in Tampa for a major WWE show at the Sun Dome on the University of South Florida campus. It was the first time he was performing locally since becoming an international superstar with WWE.

The opening chords of Rick Derringer’s hard-rock guitar would play over the arena sound system. Instantly, 20,000 Hulkamaniacs — and many more as wrestling’s popularity and stadium size exploded — rose to their feet in a frenzy to catch a glimpse of Hulk Hogan storming toward the ring.

The death of Hulk Hogan shocked the wrestling world and now everyone wants a piece of the wrestling giant's history. According to TMZ, Hogan's iconic nWo boots are being auctioned off at about $75K, which is up over $30K of what experts originally predicted for the sale.

Social media users claimed the wrestling icon's death on July 24, 2025, occurred exactly a decade after WWE terminated his contract.