Iconic pro-wrestler and MAGA supporter Hulk Hogan (aka Terry Gene Bollea) died today at the age of 71, amid reports of a possible heart attack. While many remember Bollea for his wrestling persona and his support of the current president at the 2024 Republican National Convention,

Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his stage name, Hulk Hogan, died Thursday at the age of 71. For wrestling fans, he will be remembered as the man who, along with Vince McMahon, was responsible for turning professional wrestling into a popular mainstream sport and a franchise worth billions.

Kiwi billionaire Peter Thiel secretly bankrolled Hulk Hogan’s lawsuit against an online US news site after it published a sex tape of the former wrestling star. Hogan, otherwise known as Terry Bollea,

It's hard to overstate just how violent and commie-hating American pop culture was in the 1980s. The late wrestler was among its biggest stars.

The legal battle Gawker and Hulk Hogan (and Peter Thiel) took down a media company. It's a compelling story, one that could become a movie or TV miniseries.

Hulk Hogan's successful lawsuit against Gawker, stemming from the publication of a sex tape, led to the media outlet's bankruptcy. Tech billionaire Peter Thiel secretly funded the legal battle, seeking retribution for being outed by Gawker years prior.

Shortly before he died earlier today (July 24) at the age of 71, Hulk Hogan was doing what so many out-to-pasture celebrities from the 1980s and 1990s do: He was […]

Hogan was a wrestler before becoming popular in WWF. Vince McMahon tutored him on the art of greed, and Hogan was a brilliant student. The wrestler was a backstage extension of McMahon himself, ruthless, take-no-prisoners, and the wrestlers around him weren’t viewed as coworkers, but pawns.

It was the week after Gawker was finally forced to close in August 2016 that I first started editing Kotaku on the weekends. As a newcomer, that frustrating, outrageous, and absurd chapter in the site’s history was already starting to feel like a painful but distant memory. Little did I know that the aftershocks were still on their way.

Hulk Hogan, a larger-than-life wrestler known for his showmanship, succumbed to cardiac arrest after a career marked by digital hoaxes and a landmark battle against online exploitation