According to another WWE icon, Hulk Hogan uses a walking stick.
According to a WWE colleague, Hulk Hogan’s wrestling career has taken its toll. PDO
Hulk Hogan, 69, is reportedly in poor health. Another show wrestling legend, Kurt Angle, revealed on his podcast that a colleague’s latest back surgery led to dire consequences.
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– Hogan had back surgery again. Nerves were severed in his lower body. He can’t feel his legs or his entire lower body. That’s why he uses a walking stick to help him, Angle said.
Angle himself thought at first that the walking stick was due to back pain. Hogan has not confirmed the claims himself.
– The matter is quite serious. I feel bad for Hogan. He gave everything to his work, and that work consumed him.
Angle referenced the WWE star’s wrestling career. Although show wrestling is largely scripted, real injuries are constantly seen.
Hogan, real name Terry Gene Bollea, suffered several injuries throughout his career and has since had to repair his body under the knife. According to the information, his back has been operated on twenty times.
Career in show wrestling organizations ended in 2020. That’s when AEW company shelved him after the wrestler’s ex-wife Linda Hogan wrote a racist tweet of George Floyd regarding the protests that followed the death.
Hulk Hogan was hired in the ranks of the WWF, which preceded the WWE, already in 1979. His character only really flourished later in the 80s.
He has been considered the most famous show wrestler of all time.