The pro wrestler, who died on Thursday, leveraged patriotism and a demand for dominance to become a self-spun celebrity whose career catalyzed and mirrored the shifting zeitgeist.

The most famous wrestler in the world at one time started Hulkamania while in the Twin Cities-based American Wrestling Association.

There is no WWE if Vince McMahon doesn’t pluck Hulk Hogan from the Midwest to make him the centerpiece of his national expansion in 1983.

Hulk Hogan, the pro wrestler who became a worldwide pop culture icon, helped take down Gawker and campaigned for President Trump, has died. He was 71.

Elijah Wood is remembering Hulk Hogan as a “fixture of pop culture” during his childhood in the 1980s. He and his “The Toxic Avenger” co-star Taylour Paige spoke about Hogan, who died Thursday, at Comic-Con.