WWE fans set for final glimpse into Hulk Hogan's life as Netflix revelation emerges after legend's death
The WWE icon died at the age of 71 on Thursday after suffering fatal cardiac arrest at his home in Clearwater, Florida.
And as the tributes have flooded in from the sporting world and even President Donald Trump over the past few days, it has now emerged that a documentary on the wrestling legend had been in the works before his death.
Hogan - whose real name is Terry Bollea - was reportedly working with the streaming giant on the unannounced project, which was set to chronicle his controversial life in and out of the ring, according to CNN.
The late wrestler is said to have given more than 20 hours of interviews for the documentary, which has been in the works since 2024.
A source confirmed to CNN that the project was going ahead with Hogan's full participation.
'People will see a side of him they haven't seen before,' the insider told the outlet.
Despite his passing, filming is still going ahead with Netflix earmarking the documentary for release. A date has not yet been confirmed.
The Netflix documentary is directed by Bryan Storkel and will be produced by Connor Schell's studio, Words + Pictures, in collaboration with the WWE.
An additional 30 hours of scenes have also already been shot, while additional filming is still underway.
Cameras were said to be rolling during WWE's Friday Night Smackdown on July 25, which opened with a tribute to Hogan.
And in the first live event after his death, the WWE remembered Hogan in a poignant memorial before kicking off SmackDown on Friday night.
Wrestling great Triple H, who now works as the company's chief content officer, paid homage to his former colleague before a traditional 10-bell salute was held in his memory.
'Ladies and gentleman, yesterday we lost one of the biggest and most globally recognized icons in the world,' said Triple H, whose real name is Paul Levesque.
'A man I grew up watching, was fortunate enough to share the ring with, and like so many of us were honored to call a friend.
'The truth is, he captivated millions of people and inspired them around the globe. We would not be standing here right now - all of us together - if it was not for him.
'So please help us honor him now as we give a 10-bell salute to Terry Bollea - the one and the only, the immortal Hulk Hogan.'
A number of WWE figures looked visibly emotional as the 10-bell salute played out, including his former manager Jimmy Hart, who was seen wiping away tears.
The likes of Randy Orton, Logan Paul, Charlotte Flair and Cody Rhodes were also seen paying their respects to Hogan on the stage.
SmackDown then ran a heartwarming montage of Hogan's greatest WWE moments, which featured some touching words from a number of his fellow wrestlers.
Hogan endured his fair share of battles inside and outside of the ring, especially towards the end of his life.
Throughout his final months, Hogan battled through the emotional toll of a bitter family feud with ex-wife Linda and his daughter Brooke.
In an astonishing video on social media shared back in March, Linda first accused her former husband of being a 'complete liar' and 'sex addict' .
She also claimed their family is 'in the worst mess' after Brooke cut both parents out of her life, before hitting back at her mom by alleging that her dad was not the only reason behind the shocking family divide, claiming she was 'verbally and mentally abused' during her childhood.
'Sadly, it would frequently turn physical. And sometimes it's not by the person you would assume, abuse comes in all shapes and sizes,' Brooke alleged.
After Brooke's stunning response, Linda then took a dramatic U-turn by defending Hogan and branding her daughter a 'narcissist.'
Hogan is survived by his wife Sky Daily, his two children, Brooke, 36, and Nick, 34, whom he shared with his first wife Linda Hogan, as well as two grandchildren.
Sky was Hogan's third wife, marrying the former wrestler in 2023 following his divorces from ex-wives Linda and Jennifer McDaniel in 2009 and 2021 respectively.
The wrestling icon's shock death also came just weeks after Sky denied rumors he was on his deathbed in a coma - and claimed his heart was 'strong' after he underwent a routine neck surgery.
His representative said in a statement last month: 'He's had problems with his back for years but there's no emergency.'
A source also revealed to DailyMail.com last month that Hogan was trying to work his way back to '100 percent' after neck and back operations.
'Hulk has a body ravaged by wrestling, his body is the body of a 140-year-old man with all the bumps and bruises through the years, and his recent neck and back surgeries have been harder to come back from,' a source close to Hogan said.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Mail
8 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Inventor Julian Brown feared missing after 'discovering how to turn plastic into gasoline'...now his mom tells Daily Mail the REAL story
An inventor who vanished after saying he was under attack over a groundbreaking technology is fine but keeping a low profile for his safety, according to his mother. Julian Brown, 21, gained online notoriety thanks to his work in the energy field, particular the 'Plastoline' - a product he claims recycles plastic by turning it into gasoline. The inventor, who has 1.7million followers on Instagram, has not been heard from since July 9, when he posted a disturbing video claiming he was 'under attack.' 'Something is happening, keep me in your prayers please. SCREEN RECORD THIS. I don't know,' Brown wrote on the post. 'I'm certainly under attack... I can't go into so much detail,,' Brown said to the camera as he told his followers to 'keep your eyes open.' However, Brown's mother Nia told on Monday that Brown is not missing. 'I can confirm Julian is safe but in the best interest of his security I'm not able to provide any more information,' she said. When asked for further details, Nia Brown insisted she could not provide more information about her son. Brown's whereabouts remain a mystery, but he had posted several concerning messages where he appeared to fear that he was being targeted. 'A SECRET Helicopter found circled me in the middle of NOWHERE… and it gets even scarier - Pray for me please,' Brown wrote on July 3. The lack of information had sparked concern among his followers, who speculated that Brown could be in danger over his creation. Brown was featured on Forbes magazine as the founder of Naturejab, a company that makes natural products, and as 'an innovator in the use of microwave pyrolysis of plastic waste.' When asked about his motivation for creating the technology, Brown said: 'It made me so upset that even though we are told that we are recycling, plastic is clearly ending up in the oceans and landfills where it is affecting so many lives, including our own.' Brown told the magazine he learned his skills in a high school welding class and his welding profession. The inventor received a $100,000 from Reddit co-creator Alexis Ohanian, who is married to Serena Williams. Brown also created a GoFundMe page to finance the invention, asking for $16,000. Following news of his alleged disappearance, the GoFundMe's donation ballooned to more than $30,000. 'I have been self taught in turning plastic into fuel for 5 years, and now I will need YOUR help to raise money for the most important upgrade yet. This will be my first official invention,' Brown wrote on the GoFundMe page.
The Guardian
8 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Hulk Hogan obituary
Hulk Hogan, who has died of a cardiac arrest aged 71, was the most famous personality in the world of wrestling, a flamboyant figure whose deep tan, blonde horseshoe moustache, bright bandanas and heavily muscled body were known across the globe, even to those who had little interest in the sport. As the most recognisable face of the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the US, Hogan helped to build what had initially been a fairly parochial brand into a hugely lucrative phenomenon, watched on television by millions. Though the wrestling was all fakery, Hogan held the WWF's title belt a number of times across those boom years, including over a four-year stretch in the mid-1980s. Thereafter he largely maintained his dominance, while switching between the WWF and various other competitions over the next two decades. During a typical bout he would soak up blow after blow from his opponent until defeat seemed inevitable, only to suddenly snap into a fury that would turn the encounter around, often finishing things off with a trademark leg drop by bouncing off the rope, leaping into the air and then landing, leg first, on to his foe. Perhaps his most acclaimed performance came during 1987 in the third iteration of wrestling's annual WrestleMania event, in front of 93,000 fans at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, where he won the world heavyweight championship against the 2.24m (7ft 4in), 220kg (35st) André the Giant, who was said to have been unbeaten in the ring for almost 15 years. The bout set pay-per-view television records at the time, and confirmed Hogan's position at the centre of WWF's money-making machine. Hogan was born Terry Bollea, in Augusta, Georgia, the son of Ruth (nee Moody), a dance teacher, and Peter Bollea, a building site foreman. Growing up in Tampa, Florida, where he went to Robinson high school, he first worked as a dockworker while developing his showmanship as a bass guitar player in local rock bands. After a short period at the University of South Florida, he dropped his studies in 1977 to pursue wrestling. Eventually taking the Hulk moniker, after the muscle-bound comic book character The Incredible Hulk, at 2m (6ft 7in) and 137kg (21st) he was certainly built for the name, to which he added the alliterative Hogan in 1979 when he joined the WWF. He came to wider attention in 1982 after a memorable appearance in the film Rocky III as the combative wrestler Thunderlips, who beats Rocky (Sylvester Stallon) in a charity fight. Having initially been branded as a bad guy in the ring, by the mid-80s Hogan had been recast by the WWF as the opposite, and he was striding into the ring to the song Real American by Rick Derringer, fighting for national pride against sinister 'foreign' rivals such as the Iron Sheik, nominally representing Iran, and Nikolai Volkoff, supposedly appearing on behalf of the Soviet Union. Soon the US was subject to a long period of 'Hulkamania' as Hogan reached even wider fame, selling out stadium events, commanding massive TV audiences and appearing in further wrestling-related film roles, including in No Holds Barred (1989) and Mr Nanny (1993), while also starring as a mercenary in the television series Thunder in Paradise (1994). He lent his name to video games, a chain of restaurants and a merchandising empire that was turning over $1.7bn by 1991. In 1994, around the time he confessed that he had used steroids, Hogan moved to a new franchise, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), with whom he adopted a more villainous but equally popular persona. He was WCW's star performer for several years until returning to the WWF (by then renamed WWE) in 2002, after which he left and returned several times, wrestling for other entities in between. He was still taking part in occasional bouts into his 60s, but by then was more frequently in the public eye for other reasons, including from 2005 to 2007 in the reality TV series Hogan Knows Best, which looked in on his family life. In 2012 Hogan sued the Gawker website for posting a video of him having sex with a friend's wife, claiming invasion of privacy. Four years later a court awarded him $140m in damages, although he eventually settled for $31m as the website's owners filed for bankruptcy. In 2015 the release of another section of the same video showed him using racist language, for which he apologised unreservedly. In recent years he had been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump, and last year he appeared at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, tearing off his top in typical Hulk style to reveal a Trump/Vance shirt underneath. Hogan was married three times and divorced twice. He is survived by his third wife, Sky Daily, two children, Brooke and Nick, from his first marriage, to Linda Claridge, and two grandchildren. Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea), wrestler, born 11 August 1953; died 24 July 2025
Daily Mail
8 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
How Trump ally Steve Bannon's 15 hours of 'secret Epstein tapes' could be made public
As journalists and internet sleuths pour over details of the life of disgraced financier and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, more details are emerging over the mysterious tapes of an series of interviews with former President Donald Trump 's campaign chief and White House advisor Steve Bannon. The details of the video interview were revealed by author Michael Wolff in 2021, who said that Bannon emerged as a kind of media coach for Epstein and captured interview footage he claimed was 'training' for the disgraced luminary who was looking for a comeback. Bannon reportedly recorded more than 15 hours of video, Wolff revealed, even as he disputed that he was acting as a media coach for Epstein and instead working on a documentary. Wolff said he obtained transcripts of the Bannon interviews of Epstein for his book, 'Too Famous: The Rich, the Powerful, the Wishful, the Notorious, the Damned.' Now Wolff is sharing further details of the transcripts and the tapes, which he says were recorded in Epstein's massive Manhattan townhouse. 'There's no question the tapes were media training,' he told The Hollywood Reporter. 'And there's no possible way Epstein would have signed off on them being used in a documentary.' The tapes could someday be released as part of an Epstein documentary that Bannon says he is working on. In March, Bannon told comedian Jimmy Dore on his show that he was working on a 'multi-part' documentary series for Netflix or some other video platform. 'The working title is 'The Monster,'' Bannon said, teasing that it would be 'pretty shocking about how this guy came from nowhere to the absolute highest level of the global elite.' 'It's a project I'm working on with my filmmaking team,' he said. Bannon said the enterprise was work in progress and that it would focus on the Epstein's mysterious case. 'I don't think there was any doubt he was taken out, I think he was murdered or executed however you want to say, I have no belief that he killed himself,' Bannon said. Wolff said that Bannon and Epstein frequently spoke and exchanged emails and spent time together in New York City at his apartment. For years now, the internet has buzzed about the existence of the Epstein tapes in Bannon's possession and what it could reveal about his motivations prior to his July 2019 arrest and subsequent prosecution. Political strategist Roger Stone has repeatedly called for Bannon to release the tapes. 'Steve has evidently done a documentary about him. I'd like to see that documentary,' Stone said in an interview with Benny Johnson of The Benny Show. 'Steve should release that audio and video immediately.' If Congress gets involved, they could potentially release a subpoena to force Bannon to release the tapes. Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna also encouraged Bannon to release the footage. 'I'd be very interested in seeing that footage and I think the American people would be too,' she said at a Turning Point USA summit of conservative activists in July. Wolff speculated that Bannon might not have the rights to the footage, which is why it had not been released. Bannon did not respond to a Daily Mail request for comment, but continues pressing the truth about the Epstein files, blaming Attorney General Pam Bondi for messing up the administration's handling of the case. Bannon has also warned that the Republican party would pay dearly politically if they did not release the truth about Epstein. 'For this to go away, you're going to lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement. If we lose 10 percent of the MAGA movement right now, we're going to lose 40 seats in (the midterms), we're going to lose the presidency,' he told activists gathered at the Turning Point USA summit. The future of Bannon's documentary remains unclear as the level of interest surrounding Epstein has reached fever-pitch after the Justice Department released a memo stating there was no record of a 'client list' in the Epstein files and no evidence of foul play in Epstein's death. In 2021, Bannon teased a section of the interview where Epstein says he is a supporter of the Time's Up movement, where women campaigned against sexual harassment.
