Lost to The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VI (1990) (V) and Dwayne Johnson at WrestleMania X-8 (2002) (V) in the same venue - Skydome, Toronto, Canada.

Only once did he ever win a tag-team championship, that was with Adam Copeland (aka Edge) in July 2002. He was the direct inspiration for Copeland to enter the business 12 years prior.

He was one of the wrestlers featured in the cartoon series Hulk Hogan's "Rock 'n' Wrestling" (1985) (1985-1986), though he did not provide his own voice. Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996) was the voice of the animated Hulkster.

He is the single most requested celebrity for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

All of his WWF title reigns put together are about 6 years (more than 2,000 days)!.

In what was one of the biggest slaps to the face of his career, Hogan was scheduled to face Jeff Jarrett for the WCW Heavyweight title. Hogan was supposed to win the title; however, Vince Russo (who was the head booker at the time) decided to have Jarrett lie down and allow Hogan to win and then send Hogan home. Russo created another title and proceeded to carry on without Hogan. Hogan was never seen in WCW again. He still has the belt.

Majored in business management at the University of South Florida, Tampa, before becoming a professional wrestler.

Father of Nick Hogan and Brooke Hogan.

Won his first WWF World Heavyweight title more than 18 years ago on January 23, 1984, when he defeated the Iron Sheik (Khosrow Vaziri) in one of the shortest heavyweight title matches in history. It took Hogan 5 minutes and 40 seconds to pin the Sheik with a leg drop.

April 21, 2002: Won the WWF (Undisputed) Championship for the 6th time from HHH at WWF Backlash (2002) (V).

Notable title wins include: IWGP Heavyweight Title, WWF Title (6), WWW Royal Rumble Winner (2), WCW World Title (6), WWF Undisputed Title, and WWF tag-team titles with Edge (Adam Copeland). Hogan also won the WCW World Title for a seventh time by defeating Jeff Jarrett; however, the title reign was never recognized.

During his 1980s heyday in the WWE, he lived next door to WWF owner Vince McMahon for almost 10 years.

In late 1982, Hogan and Antonio Inoki won the 3rd Annual MSG Tag League.

His original theme song was "Eye of the Tiger," which was the theme song of Rocky III (1982), in which he made an appearance.

Wrestled as Mr. America in 2003 in WWE.

Considered running for president.

As of 2007, he has the fourth-most Wrestlemania wrestling appearances, having appeared in 11. He wrestled in Wrestlemanias 1-9, and 18-19. (He appeared at Wrestlemania 21, but did not officially wrestle). Third-most is Bret "The Hitman" Hart (Bret Hart), with 12; second-most, Shawn Michaels with 14, and the Undertaker (Mark Calaway) holds the record for most, with 15 appearances.

First pro wrestler on the cover of "Sports Illustrated."

One of the original three members of the New World Order (nWo). The other two are Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.

His family has more than 30 pets, including dogs, cats, birds, chinchillas, ferrets, turtles, iguanas, rabbits, fish, and a frog.

He is the third-ever, six-time WWF World Champion. The other two are Dwayne Johnson and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Held the IWGP World Title, giving him the distinction of being one of three Americans--along with Scott Norton and Leon White (aka Big Van Vader)--to hold that title.

Previous managers: Billy Spears, "Classy" Freddie Blassie (Fred Blassie), Jimmy Hart, Miss Elizabeth, Ted DiBiase, and Eric Bischoff.

Elected to the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2003.

In 1981, Verne Gagne brought Hogan to the AWA.

Has three movies in the IMDb bottom 100.

At a point when his wrestling career was 25 years old, he wrestled Brock Lesnar, who was himself just 25 years old.

Has only lost twice at Wrestlemania. His first loss was to The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VI (1990) (V), and the other one was to Dwayne Johnson at WrestleMania X-8 (2002) (V).

Won the WCW Heavyweight Championship six times, the last being 1999.

Lost WCW World Championship to Bill Goldberg on July 6, 1998, in Atlanta's Georgia Dome on "WCW Monday Nitro" (1995).

Defeated Yokozuna in Wrestlemania IX for the WWF championship after Yokozuna defeated Bret Hitman Hart. It was the shortest wrestling match in history for the WWF title.

His first WWF title reign lasted from January 1984 to February 1988, when he lost to André the Giant.

One of the first wrestlers to have ring music play on his way to the ring.

When he first wrestled under the "Hulk" name, he was known as the Incredible Hulk Hogan.

Filmed the show "Thunder in Paradise" (1994) at Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida.

Admitted to steroid use in 1994.

The character "Hawk" from Vendetta (1991) (VG) was modeled after him.

Early in his career wrestled as Terry "The Hulk" Boulder.

Signed as official spokesman for an Acclaim video game entitled Legends of Wrestling (2001) (VG). [October 2001]

He joined the World Wrestling Entertainment in 1979, cast as an Irish villain.

As Hollywood Hogan, made his ring entrances to "Voodoo Child" by Jimi Hendrix.

He appeared in some of the live-action segments of the cartoon series Hulk Hogan's "Rock 'n' Wrestling" (1985) (1985-1986).

As a high school baseball player, Hogan was a hot pro prospect and was considered the best pitcher in the state.

Inducted into the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Hall of Fame in 2005.

On an episode on "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, it was revealed that he was initially offered the chance to endorse the 'Lean, Mean, Grilling Machine' that went on to make former boxer George Foreman millions of dollars.

One of the first wrestlers to defeat André the Giant. Others before him included Rugged Ronnie Garvin (Roger Barnes), Antonio Inoki, El Canek, and the Iron Sheik (Khosrow Vaziri).

His daughter, Brooke Hogan, released her debut solo album in August 2004.

His father is Italian-American and his mother is of Italian, French, and Panamian descent.

His theme song, "Real American," was initially written for the then-WWF tag- team champions Barry Windham and Mike Rotunda.

Is an avid fan of the Tampa Bay Lighting of the National Hockey League.

Until recently, neither he nor the WWF/WCW owned the full rights to his "Hulk" name. "Hulkamania," "Hulk Hogan," and "Hulkster" were all owned by Marvel Comics. The WWF/WWE made a deal with Marvel to use the name "Hulk." This was also done with WCW when Hogan went to WCW. Also, WCW used "Hollywood Hogan" to cancel the Marvel deal, but the deal was still alive. However, before the 2006 release of his multidisk anthology, Hogan acquired the rights to the name Hulk Hogan from Marvel. The trademark citation "Hulk Hogan is a trademark of Terry Bollea" can be found on the DVD-set credits.

Was Joel Schumacher's third choice to play Mr. Freeze/Dr. Victor Fries in Batman & Robin (1997).

Was brought to the federation by Fred Blassie.

First-ever IWGP Heavyweight Champion.

Spent 10 years as a professional guitarist before becoming a wrestler.

Adopted the song "Ravishing," written by Jim Steinman and performed by Bonnie Tyler, as his theme song. Subtitled "The Hulk Hogan Theme," it was sung during his wrestling entrances in his early days with WCW.

Is godfather to Ed Leslie's only daughter.

Lost his fifth WWF Title to Rodney Anoai (aka Yokozuna) in his first defense since winning the title over a month earlier. It was his last WWF title match for nine years.

Uncle of Michael Bollea.

In 1978, he made his wrestling debut in Florida using the Super Destroyer gimmick. He later wrestled as Terry Boulder and Sterling Golden before becoming Hulk Hogan.

Twisted his ankle during the filming of Little Hercules in 3-D (2008).

Lost his WWF championship once in his career in the Survivor Series in 1991 to The Undertaker (Mark Calaway).

Is an accomplished bass player and played bass in several local rock bands in Tampa, Florida.

Former World Tag-Team Champion.

In probably the most historic wrestling match ever, he body-slammed and defeated André the Giant at WrestleMania III (1987) (V). Despite reports to the contrary, he was not the first man to body-slam André. Eight-time National Wrestling Alliance Champion Harley Race did so several years before, and Hogan himself body-slammed André in a match in 1980 (which appears on the Hulk Hogan anthology DVD).

Teamed up with Shawn Michaels to face Mark Magnus (aka Muhammad Hassan) and Shawn Daivari (aka Daivari) at Backlash 2005.

Was best man at the wedding of Bubba the Love Sponge.

He is almost 6' 5" tall, but has been billed up to 6' 9" in wrestling matches (nowadays usually at 6' 7").