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Terrence Gene "Terry" Bollea (born August 11, 1953)[5] better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American actor, and semi-retired professional wrestler. He starred in the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best and is the co-host of American Gladiators on NBC.

Bollea entered the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 and is officially a twelve-time world champion: a six time WWF/E Champion[6] and a six time WCW World Heavyweight Champion[7] as well as a former one time Tag Team Champion with Edge.[8][9] He is also the winner of the Royal Rumble in 1990 and 1991.[8][10]

Former NWA World Champion Terry Funk introduced Bollea to World Wrestling Federation (WWF) chief Vincent J. McMahon, who was impressed with his charisma and physical stature. McMahon gave Bollea the last name Hogan, as he was obsessed with using Irish names.[15] At this time, Hogan wrestled Bob Backlund for the WWF Championship,[16] and he started his first big feud with André the Giant, which culminated in a match with André at Shea Stadium.[17]

WWF Champion (1984–1988)
See also: WrestleMania III and The Mega Powers

On the October 5, 1985 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, he successfully defended the title against Nikolai Volkoff in a flag match. He met long-time rival Roddy Piper in a WWF title match at the historic Wrestling Classic pay-per-view (PPV) event. Hogan retained the title by disqualification after Bob Orton interfered and hit Hogan with his cast. Hogan had many challengers in the way as the new year began. Throughout 1986, Hogan made successful title defenses against challengers such as Terry Funk,[31] "The Magnificient" Don Muraco,[32] King Kong Bundy (in a steel cage match at WrestleMania 2),[33][34] Paul Orndorff,[35] and Hercules Hernandez.

In the fall of 1986, Hogan occasionally wrestled in tag matches with The Machines as Hulk Machine under a mask copied from New Japan Pro Wrestling gimmick "Super Strong Machine." At WrestleMania III in 1987, Hogan was booked to defend the title against André the Giant, who had been the sport's premier star and was pushed as undefeated for the previous two decades. A new storyline was introduced in early 1987; Hogan was presented a trophy for being the WWF Champion for three consecutive years.[39] André the Giant, a good friend came out to congratulate him.[40] Shortly afterwards, André was presented a slightly smaller trophy for being "undefeated in the WWF for 15 years."[39] Hogan came out to congratulate André, who walked out in the midst of Hogan's speech. Then, on an edition of Piper's Pit, Hogan was confronted by Bobby Heenan, who announced that André was his new protégé, and Andre challenged Hogan to a title match at WrestleMania III. At WrestleMania III, Hogan successfully defended the WWF World Heavyweight Championship against André the Giant. During the match, Hogan bodyslammed the 520-pound Frenchman and won the match after executing a scoop slam and a leg drop.

Hogan remained WWF Champion for four years and 13 days (1,474 days). He became the third longest reigning WWF Champion in the process, only after Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund. In front of 33 million viewers, however, Hogan finally lost the belt to André on the February 5 edition of The Main Event after a convoluted scam involving "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase and "evil" twin referee Earl Hebner (in place of the match's appointed arbiter, his twin brother Dave Hebner).[47] After André delivered a belly to belly suplex on Hogan, Hebner counted the pin while Hogan's left shoulder was clearly off the mat. After the match, André handed the title over to DiBiase to complete their storyline business deal. As a result, the WWF Championship was vacated for the first time in its 25-year history. At WrestleMania IV, Hogan participated in a tournament for the vacant WWF title to regain it and faced André in the tournament quarter-finals but their match resulted in a double disqualification. Later that night in the main event, Hogan interfered and helped his on/off friend "Macho Man" Randy Savage in beating Ted DiBiase to win the vacant WWF title. The relationship between the two would lead to the main event of the following WrestleMania.Together, Hogan, Savage, and manager Miss Elizabeth formed a partnership known as The Mega Powers.The Mega Powers, however, soon imploded from within in 1989, due to Savage's burgeoning jealousy of Hogan and his paranoid suspicions that Hogan and Elizabeth were "more than friends." This all started at Royal Rumble 1989, when Hogan accidentally eliminated Savage from the Royal Rumble match

Hassan and Daivari came out to confront and assault fan favorite Shawn Michaels. The following week, Michaels approached Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff demanding a handicap match with Hassan and Daivari. Bischoff refused but told Michaels if he found a partner he would be granted a tag team match. Michaels then made a plea for Hulk Hogan to come back and team with him. On the April 18 episode of Raw, Hassan again led an attack on Michaels until Hogan appeared, and saved Michaels and accepted his offer. At Backlash 2005, Hassan and Daivari lost to Hogan and Michaels.After a brief fall out with McMahon and WWE, Hogan was lured to Memphis Wrestling with the proposal of wrestling Jerry "The King" Lawler.

Television and movie roles
 
The handprints of Hulk Hogan in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.

Hulk Hogan's crossover popularity led to several television and movie roles. Along with Rocky III (1982) and No Holds Barred (1989), he starred in the family films Suburban Commando (1991), Mr. Nanny (1993), Santa with Muscles (1996), and 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998).[151] He starred in his own television series, Thunder in Paradise, in 1994. He is the star of The Ultimate Weapon (1997), in which Brutus Beefcake also appears in a cameo.

Updates

Signed up with TNA wrestling on December 2009 and working as an fulltime management employee as well as wrestler alongside Eric Bischoff and Dixie Carter. The controversial signup boosted TNA's Impact TV Rating.

Finishing and signature moves
Atomic Leg Drop / Hollywood Leg Drop (Running leg drop)
Axe Bomber (Crooked arm lariat)
Back rake
Bear hug
Big boot
Clothesline
Collar-and-elbow tie-up into a powerful shove across the ring
Scoop slam
Three left-handed and right-handed punches followed by a big right-handed wind-up punch

World Championship Wrestling
WCW World Heavyweight Championship (6 times)
World Wrestling Federation | World Wrestling Entertainment
WWF/E Championship (6 times)
WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Edge
WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2005)
WWF Royal Rumble winner (1990)
WWF Royal Rumble winner (1991)