Hulk Hogan

Terry Gene Bollea, or Hulk Hogan, is a semi-retired professional wrestler and actor born on August 11, 1953. He has participated in a reality show about his family called Hogan Knows Best. Hogan featured his wife, Linda, and children, Brooke and Nick on the show in 2005. He also hosted the 2008 revival of American Gladiators, and produced the show Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling the same year.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001356/

On November 20, 2007, Linda filed for divorce. The marriage had lasted 24 years up until that point, and the petition for divorce stated the relationship was "irretrievably broken". The divorce ended the family's reality show, which was in its fourth season at the time.http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21981481 In December of 2009, Hulk Hogan became engaged to Jennifer McDaniel. In late 2010, Hogan obtained a marriage license in the state of Florida that is set to expire in early 2011. Hogan's new fiance is twenty years younger than Hogan, and his former wife Linda is engaged to 21 year old Charlie Hill.http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20022649-10391698.html

Hogan is arguably one of the most popular professional wrestlers of all time. After defeating the Iron Sheik for the WWF Championship in 1984, Hogan ushered in a new-found interest in the WWF. This interest peaked at WrestleMania III, where 93,000 fans witnessed his victory over Andre the Giant.http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm3/factsstats/

Hogan moved to rival promotion WCW in June of 1994, and would surprise fans when he turned into an anti-hero. While in the WCW he formed the nWo (New World Order) in 1996. Ratings for WCW surged higher than the WWE's, and would win the "Monday Night Wars" until 1998. Hogan won the WCW Championship six times while there.http://www.accelerator3359.com/Wrestling/bios/hogan.html

He briefly returned to the WWE in 2002, even winning the WWE Championship once more before leaving in 2006. During this time period he was induced into the Hall of Fame on WrestleMania 21 and faced off with wrestler Shawn Michaels.http://www.wwe.com/superstars/halloffame/inductees/hulkhogan/bio/

Hogan announced a possible return to the wrestling ring via his official Twitter account on March 2, 2009. Hogan told fans that he and WWE chairman Vince McMahon were discussing the possibility of a comeback during Wrestlemania.http://perezhilton.com/2009-03-02-hulkamania-to-un-retire-from-wrestling

In 2010 he decided to join the rival company TNA, instead of WWE. The return to wrestling was negotiated by Eric Bishoff of Bishoff Hervey Entertainment Television. Hogan had worked with Bishoff while in the WCW and the pair will be working with TNA for an undetermined amount of time.http://www.tnawrestling.com/roster/superstar-roster/item/1600-hulk-hogan

Hogan told Rolling Stone that he related to O.J. Simpson's alleged murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown. During an interview for the April 17, 2009 issue, Hogan was quoted, "I could have turned everything into a crime scene, like O.J., cutting everybody's throat". Hogan was referring to divorce from Linda Hogan.http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/04/72825/index.html On April 15, 2009, a spokesperson for Hogan clarified remarked, "Hulk in no way condones the O.J. situation."http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30232881/

• "You live half a mile from the 20,000-square-foot home you can't go to anymore, you're driving through downtown Clearwater and see a 19-year-old boy driving your Escalade, and you know that a 19-year-old boy is sleeping in your bed, with your wife ... I totally understand O.J. I get it."—Hulk Hoganhttp://www.etonline.com/news/2009/04/72825/index.html