Hulk Hogan of WWE fame faced multiple health issues leading up to his death
WWE superstar Hulk Hogan, 71, died on Thursday after a reported cardiac arrest.
Although there has been no confirmation of what led to the fatal event, the famed wrestler had allegedly been facing multiple health issues in the months and years before his death.
In an appearance on Jake Paul’s «IMPAULSIVE» podcast in Sept. 2024, Hogan admitted that he’d had 25 surgeries in the last 10 years.
PRO WRESTLING ICON HULK HOGAN DEAD AT 71
This included 10 back surgeries, procedures on both shoulders, and knee and hip replacements on both sides.
Hogan called out the difference between today’s fighting rings and the dangerous equipment of the 1970s, which he described as a 22-foot ring with «lumps» and «boards sticking up.»
«It was horrible,» he said. «The equipment and jumping up and dropping the damn leg for 40 years, when I had the largest arms in the world — I should’ve been using ‘The Sleeper.’»
He added, «I probably should’ve quit earlier, but I just loved doing it — and the money was just..