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Hulk Hogan is the stage name of Terry Bollea, one of the superstars of professional wrestling since the mid-1980s. Bollea joined the World Wrestling Federation in 1979. His rise in the ring coincided with the expansion of the WWF, and Hogan became a star through live events and pay-per-view television. His career got a big boost early on, when he appeared opposite Sylvester Stallone in the movie Rocky III (1983). By the late '80s "Hulkamania" was in full swing; Hulk Hogan was headlining live events like Wrestlemania and appearing on television, frequently on MTV and late night talk shows. Easily recognized by his extra-large size, long white hair and handlebar mustache, Hogan was famous for wearing feather boas, for ripping off his shirt in preparation for a match and for finishing off opponents with the leg drop.
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One of the greatest, most popular, most hated and charismatic wrestler of all time, Hulk Hogan is one of the men who helped parlay the circus-like world of professional wrestling from cult following into the forefront of American entertainment. What many people who know about Hogan don't know is he was in the "sport" for several years in virtual obscurity before hitting the big time. Hogan made his pro debut in 1978 and wrestled as "Sterling Golden" before becoming "Hulk." Hogan was getting main event matches while wrestling in the American Wrestling Alliance (AWA) in the early 1980s before he was cast as Thunderlips in Rocky III. That bit of casting propelled Hogan into the spotlight and he was soon to enter the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in 1983.
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Terrence "Terry" Gene Bollea (born on August 11 1953) is an American actor and semi-retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan. He currently stars on the VH1 reality show Hogan Knows Best, but before that he wrestled now legendary stints with both the World Wresting Federation, where he had six World Championship reigns, and World Championship Wrestling, where he had another six World Championship reigns. He is ... a two time AWA World Heavyweight Champion. He is often referred to as one of the most recognizable professional wrestlers in the history of the business[1][2][3] and was the top man in the top professional wrestling company throughout the 1980s (the World Wrestling Federation) and one of the top men in another for parts of the 1990s (World Championship Wrestling).
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H[I]s name is Terry Bollea, but the world knows him as "Hulk Hogan" and more than anyone else, he was responsible for the meteoric rise in the popularity of professional wrestling in the 1980's. While not the most skillful wrestler of his era, nor even the biggest, Hogan combined his enormous physical stature with an outstanding screen presence to cause the World Wrestling Federation to rocket past all other Wrestling Organizations as the top provider of wrestling entertainment on a nationwide basis.
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