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.

From the ring to reality television, Hulk Hogan has touched almost every corner of pop culture. It doesn’t matter if you’re a wrestling fan or not; you know Hulk Hogan. Once the news of the 71-year-old’s passing hit,

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.

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.

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.

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.

Two-time WWE Hall of Famer and former world champion Hulk Hogan, whose real name was Terry Gene Bollea, died Thursday at the age of 71, according to Clearwater, Florida, police and World Wrestling Entertainment.