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Hulk Hogan is an American professional wrestler born in 1953 in Augusta, Georgia. Hogan has wrestled the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and the American Wrestling Association (AWA) during his career. Hogan has won six WWE World Heavyweight Titles, six WCW World Heavyweight Titles, and the WWE World Tag Team Championship. In 2005, Hogan was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. He has also appeared in movies such as Rocky III, No Hold Barred, Mr. Nanny, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, and Santa with Muscles. Hogan has two children and is married to Jennifer McDaniel.

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24 Jan, 1998

WCW title declared vacant

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J.J. Dillon declares WCW title vacant due to the controversial ending to Sting vs Hogan at Starrcade. Sting is forced to relinquish the tile, urging him to speak for the first time since 1996 to Dillon then Hogan.

You got no guts… and you? You’re a deadman!

WCW Heavyweight Title is vacated after Starcade 1997

28 Dec, 1997

Beats Hogan for WCW Title

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Sting defeats Hollywood Hulk Hogan to reclaim WCW title from the nWo faction. The match ends in controversy as Bret Hart accuses referee (Neil Patrick) of fast count and declares Sting the winner after restarting the match.

Hulk is the best ever in the business. He’s the biggest draw in wrestling history. Starrcade 1997 is still my all-time favorite match.

Hulk Hogan vs Sting - World Heavyweight title - WCW Monday Nitro - 8/23/99

24 Mar, 1991

3rd WWE Championship

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Hogan defeats Sgt. Slaughter at Wrestlemania VII to capture his third WWE championship. Slaughter comments.

McMahon needed an opponent for Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania and wanted to keep Hogan as the hero. So he asked me if I would consider me being an Iraqi sympathizer. I had to think long and hard about it. It was hard because red, white and blue runs through my veins. There were a lot of situations where I had to forgive myself and I hoped everyone would forgive me.

Hulk Hogan & Sgt Slaughter Wrestlemania 7 Build Up Package 1991

2 Apr, 1989

2nd WWE championship

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Hogan defeats Savage at Wrestlemania V to capture his second WWE championship.

When you work with Randy, it’s intense. The only other person that I could call at three or four o’clock in the morning to talk about wrestling and would even answer their phone is Vince McMahon. And that’s how Randy was. Except Randy called me! “Hey, brother. Got an idea.” So when you got in bed with Randy, you were in it for the long haul. Good or bad, brother.

23 Jan, 1984

WWE Champion

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Hogan defeats Iron Sheik to claim his first WWE championship, kick-starting the Hulkamania craze of the 1980’s.

He was good. Hogan was a big man, he had a bodybuilder body and charisma. I had so much hate, people want to hurt me wherever I go. He win and make all his All-American fans happy. Since then he become Hulkamania, but everybody remember, without Iron Sheik, no Hulkamania.