(Photo by Julio Aguilar\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHogan, meanwhile, also spoke at a Donald Trump rally in New York City in October and said back then that his friendship with Trump went back more than \u201c35 years,\u201d adding in front of the audience:<\/p>\n
\u201cI just had a flashback, man. This is really trippy. The last time I was up on stage, Donald Trump was sitting ringside at the Trump Plaza. I was bleeding like a pig, and I won the world title right in front of Donald J. Trump,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know something? He\u2019s going to win in November and we\u2019re all going to be champions again when he wins.\u201d<\/p>\n
The grappler continued to show support for Trump in the months that followed, too; on Inauguration Day in January, for example, he shared an Instagram photo with Trump to promote his Real American beer brand.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo Real American Legends,\u201d he captioned the snapshot.<\/p>\nDonald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on July 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nElsewhere, a number of Hogan\u2019s former colleagues have paid tribute to the late wrestler.<\/p>\n
Most notably, perhaps, there was this from fellow in-ring legend Ric Flair:<\/p>\n
\u201cAm Absolutely Shocked To Hear About The Passing Of My Close Friend @hulkhogan! Hulk Has Been By My Side Since We Started In The Wrestling Business. An Incredible Athlete, Talent, Friend, And Father!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Friendship Has Meant The World To Me. He Was Always There For Me Even When I Didn\u2019t Ask For Him To Be. He Was One Of The First To Visit Me When I Was In The Hospital With A 2% Chance Of Living, And He Prayed By My Bedside.<\/p>\n
\u201cHulk Also Lent Me Money When Reid Was Sick. Hulkster, No One Will Ever Compare To You! Rest In Peace My Friend!\u201d<\/p>\nHulk Hogan greets the crowd during the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Crown Jewel pay-per-view at the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh on November 2, 2018. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine \/ AFP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAdded Triple H:<\/p>\n
WWE would not be where it is today without the larger-than-life characters that compete in the ring \u2026 and few, if any, loomed larger than Terry \u201cHulk Hogan\u201d Bollea.<\/strong><\/p>\nHe was the archetype of what it meant to be a \u201cSuperstar\u201d \u2013 a global sensation that inspired millions to work hard at whatever it was they wanted to accomplish and a look that made him recognizable to fans around the world.<\/strong><\/p>\nHulk Hogan, clad in red and yellow or nWo black and white, was simply put, iconic. As a Real American or the leader of one of the industry\u2019s biggest factions, he transcended and elevated the entire business to heights never before seen \u2013 in every country and on every continent.<\/strong><\/p>\nThere was no one like The Hulkster and there very well may never be another. My family sends their condolences to his family, friends, and fans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reading Time: 5 minutes The wrestling world is not the only industry in mourning at the moment. Earlier today, we learned that Hulk Hogan had died of a suspected cardiac arrest inside of his home in Clearwater, Florida. The legendary WWE and WCW star was 71 years old. Likely the most famous wrestler of all-time, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-182708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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