Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is sharing his recollections of working with the late Hulk Hogan.
The wrestler turned actor, 53, took to Instagram within the early hours of Friday, July 25, to mourn the WWE icon, with whom he famously shared the ring in a memorable “icon versus icon” match at WrestleMania 18 in 2002.
“Relaxation in Peace, Terry Bollea aka The Immortal Hulk Hogan 🕊️💐,” Johnson wrote alongside a video recap of his iconic match with Hogan, actual identify Terry Bollea.
“To thousands and thousands of little youngsters you had been a childhood hero – myself included. In 1984, I gave you your ‘HULKSTER' headband again, within the locker room in Madison Sq. Backyard – I used to be the fortunate child caught it while you threw it within the crowd,” Johnson wrote. “You had been wrestling ‘Mr Fantastic', Paul Orndorff that evening in the principle occasion. You had been shocked and so comfortable after the match since you instructed me that was your final headband and if it weren't for me, you'd haven't any manner of getting that precise one made once more. You promised me that you'd get extra made and provides me a Hulkster headband of my very own as a thanks reward.”
He continued, “A month later in Madison Sq. Backyard, you probably did simply that. You stored your phrase, with a handshake and a ‘thanks child'. And that meant the world to that little 12 yr outdated boy.”
Johnson, a third-generation skilled wrestler, stepped into the ring with Hogan again in 2002 after capturing to the highest of WWE and turning into one in every of wrestling's largest stars. Like Hogan, he went on to turn out to be a film and tv star and is now one of the well-known males in Hollywood.
“Simply 17 years later, and nonetheless a child on the age of 29 years outdated — I'm standing in the course of the ring and dealing with you – one in every of my wrestling heroes in the principle occasion of WRESTLEMANIA,” he recalled. “The match was to resolve who would go down in historical past, as The Best of All Time.”
Johnson shared, “If you kick out of my Rock Backside finisher – simply hear and FEEL that crowd go ELECTRIC…all for you. I've by no means felt something like that in my whole wrestling profession. It takes two to tango, however that historic crowd response was all for you.”
Since information broke of legendary wrestler Hulk Hogan's demise on Thursday, July 24, at age 71, wrestlers and celebrities have come ahead to share their condolences and recollections. Hogan suffered cardiac arrest at his dwelling in Clearwater, Florida and was pronounced lifeless at an area hospital, in response to the Clearwater Police Division. TMZ was first […]
“You will have ‘handed the torch' to me that evening, however you, my pal… you ‘drew the home' that means you offered out each area and stadium throughout the nation in your prime as Hulk Hogan, in your manner of turning into the best of all time,” the Smashing Machine actor wrote.
“From deep in my bones, and on behalf of this wild and loopy world {of professional} wrestling that we love, I say to you now, and ceaselessly… Thanks for the home, brother… Thanks, for the home,” he concluded.
Us Weekly confirmed Thursday, July 24, that Hogan died at age 71 after struggling a cardiac arrest at his dwelling in Clearwater, Florida.
In June, a supply completely instructed Us that the retired wrestler had been recovering from a significant coronary heart operation.
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“Hulk had fairly severe coronary heart surgical procedure a couple of weeks in the past and was doing nicely afterward,” the supply mentioned on the time.
In an announcement on Thursday, WWE mentioned, “WWE is saddened to be taught WWE Corridor of Famer Hulk Hogan has handed away. One of popular culture's most recognizable figures, Hogan helped WWE obtain world recognition within the Nineteen Eighties. WWE extends its condolences to Hogan's household, associates and followers.”
