Terry Bolea, also known as Hulk Hogan, was 6’6 when he joined the WWF in 1982.
He became the face of the franchise and headlined almost every night.
His crowd appeal was massive.
He helped professional wrestling morph into the massively popular franchise it is today.
Doing that for so many years has put such a strain on his body that most of it is metal.
He’s undergone several back surgeries.
Reports claimed that one of them left him paralyzed and walking with a cane.
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tragic health update.
How He Became Popular Pro wrestling was once separated into small
organizations with no main base.
By the end of the 80s, Vince McMahon acquired many of them and blended them into WWF or
the World Wrestling Federation.
It would later become the WWE or World Wrestling Entertainment.
Hulk Hogan was his secret weapon.
He created what was known as “Hulkamania.”
The world was actually interested in professional wrestling, but they mainly tuned in to see
It wasn’t the fanciest finisher, but it was one of the most beloved.
The move was known as the leg drop, and it looked like it sound.
He’d run to every side of the ring before pulling it off.
Hulk was a born performer who would typically wait until he heard applause and tear his
t-shirt first.
It was one of the simpler moves in the WWE, but it was also one of the most beloved.
He delivered it over 300 times a year.
Hulk wouldn’t have performed the leg drop if he had known what it would have done to
his back.
He wishes he’d come up with a different finisher because he believes it’s the major
cause of most of his surgeries.
The “Tragic Back” Injury WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle’s latest Kurt
Angle Show appearance involved discussing the WWE Raw 30th anniversary show.
He mentioned that he had a chance to speak to Hulk Hogan who told him about his back
issues and discussed how he had to walk with a cane.
Kurt assumed it was because he was in pain, but he said the truth was that he can’t
feel his legs at all.
Hulk had back surgery where the nerves got cut from his lower back.
He no longer has pain, but he can’t feel it at all.
Kurt says he really feels for Hulk who “put his heart and soul into the business and it
ate him up.”
Is He Truly Paralyzed?
Kurt obviously meant no harm by his statements.
He probably just jumped the gun and worried when he saw his friend using a cane.
He also made Hulk’s other friends and fans worry and put out statements of solidarity
on social media.
The truth has only come out recently, and those statements are now replaced by words
of relief.
The validity of Kurt’s statements has been put into question by those close to Hulk.
One of his reps said that he’s “on the mend” and “not paralyzed.”
He also said that he doesn’t need a cane to get around.
His daughter Brook said he’s undergone 25 surgeries in the last 10 years.
He’s had everything from his shoulders to his knees worked on.
He even had a MRSA scare that recently took them back to the hospital.
Despite this, she said that “right now he’s feeling great” and works out in the gym
every day for two hours.
Hulk hasn’t spoken publicly about this latest health injury yet but has put out tweets that
make him seem positive and healthy.
He’s also spoken about back and hip issues that years in the ring have already given
him.
The Lawsuit Even if his recent back surgeries haven’t
left Hulk paralyzed, he’s still not happy about the results.
They didn’t relieve his pain, and he believes many of them were unnecessary.
That’s why he’s decided to take the matter to court.
Three other surgeons in the area recommended open lumbar spinal fusion surgery for Hulk’s
back pain.
They included a spine surgeon in Safety Harbour and a physician and professor of neurosurgery
at the University of South Florida.
Hulk changed his mind and took a friend’s recommendation.
He walked into Tampa’s Laser Spine Institute without an appointment.
That was where his latest and most devastating injury occurred.
He says that the doctors, including James T. Louis, Kevin L. Scott, and Zoltan Bercski,
recommended minimally invasive treatments with quicker recovery times.
Another major difference is that they weren’t cheaper; they cost hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
He filed a lawsuit with the Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court.
He and his lawyer Will Florin claim that the surgeries cost him a lucrative match with
John Cena.
They also cost him over $50 million in the past and potential income.
The lawsuit claims that the Lazer Spin Institute should have known that the procedure wouldn’t
work on him due to his medical history.
They also don’t offer the open lumbar spinal fusion surgery that the other doctors recommended
and perhaps should have sent him somewhere that does.
An article on Bloomberg.com in 2011 questions the Laser Spine Institute’s tactics.
Dr. Donal Corenman, a Colorado Spine Surgeon, says it uses “questionable marketing tactics.”
He claims that he’s seen at “least a dozen” patients whose procedures from the institute
provided no relief.
The institute has offered no specific comments.
They claim that they care about the outcome of their patients but that they should also
get the facts about procedures before agreeing to them.
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His Past Health Issues Professional wrestlers put their lives on
the line every time they go into the ring.
They’ve been known to have a high premature mortality rate.
They also suffer from acute injuries such as muscle tears, fractures, and chronic back
issues.
Hulk Hogan has certainly proven this to be true.
His list of surgeries and past health issues is extensive.
He underwent knee surgery in 1998.
It had to be cleaned up and worked on again in 1999, 2001, and 2003.
He had a hip replacement in 2004 and a full knee replacement in 2005.
In 2006, he partially tore the meniscus in his right knee before a match with Randy Orton.
He got an MRI at a Miami Hospital and found out it had occurred two weeks ago.
He didn’t have surgery but did get a cortisone shot to numb him enough to get back in the
ring.
He had his first laser spine procedure in February 2009 and then an elbow and shoulder
surgery in July 2009.
He got spine surgery on August 10, 2009, after collapsing on his daughter’s show Brooke
Knows Best.
On May 26, 2010, he had an operation to remove bone spurs on his spine.
He had a lumbar radiofrequency ablation on September 5, 2010.
It cut off his nerves, and he was unable to get out of bed by September 6.
He had to stay in the hospital for a few weeks.
He had an electric stimulator put in his back on September 28, 2010, as a “hail mary”
procedure.
A permanent stimulator was put in on October 6, 2010.
He came back to the hospital the next day.
On December 21, 2010, he had a 10-hour procedure to strengthen his spine.
Hulk had another knee and hip surgery on July 16, 2012, and knee surgery on February 7,
2013, and March 2013.
He appeared on the March 7 episode of Impact Wrestling walking on crutches.
He also had another back injury on July 2013.
Jimmy Hart, manager of the WWE Hall of Fame and business partner of Hulk Hogan, said the
world should expect to see him wrestle again.
Hulk also had two more back surgeries in the last few years.
He had six discs in his back fused on NNovember12, 2019.
In the last few months, he had the fateful surgery that cut off nerves in his back and
allegedly left him completely unable to feel his legs.
Bankruptcy and Family Issues Medical issues aren’t the only problems
plaguing Hulk Hogan.
He’s also had problems with money and his family and has appeared in court more than
once.
He was once a major moneymaker.
He was the star of the WWF, appeared in Rocky 3, and earned approximately $10 million.
His suit against the Laser Spine Institute isn’t his only one; he also earned damages
from the media company Gawker.
They soon filed for bankruptcy, so he didn’t get all of the $100 million he won, but he
did get at least $30 million.
That suit seemed to leave him a winner, but it was the first sign of him mishandling money.
It cost him his WWE contract in 2015 and cut his net worth down to $8 million by 2016.
Another financial drain came with his divorce from Linda Hogan.
She left him for a 19-year-old pool boy and gave him the keys to his cars, motorcycles,
and boats.
Hulk admits that revenge entered his mind while watching them, but instead they took
the issue to court.
He had to give her 40% of his equity and 70% of his liquid assets.
She also got a property settlement of $3 million and $7.44 million.
Hulk had a difficult time recovering from the settlement.
He had only $2.97 million left.
While that seems like a lot to the average man, it wasn’t enough to maintain his lavish
lifestyle.
He had to sell many of his properties and expensive possessions.
Hulk’s net worth has now risen to approximately $25 million.
He’s recovered from his past financial mistakes with a bit of work.
There’s no confirmation of when he’ll step back in the ring, but there are plenty
of rumors.
One even suggests Chris Hemsworth could be playing him in a film soon.
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