{"id":378273,"date":"2026-04-06T18:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/378273\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:11:10","slug":"netflix-trailer-for-hulk-hogan-documentary-shows-the-good-teases-the-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/378273\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix trailer for Hulk Hogan documentary shows the good, teases the bad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Netflix\u2019s new documentary may offer a happy ending to the story of Hulk Hogan. The new trailer for Hulk Hogan: Real American gives a revealing look at both the man and the iconic character he embodied for over 40 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The film features what is being billed as Hogan\u2019s final interview before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagesideseats.com\/wwe\/2025\/7\/24\/24473720\/hulk-hogan-is-dead-71-years-old-tmz-reports-death-cardiac-arrest-health-rumors-neck-fusion-surgery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his passing in 2025<\/a>, alongside insights from his ex-wife Linda, longtime manager Jimmy Hart, and contemporaries including Kevin Nash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">One striking moment shows Bret Hart calling Hogan \u201ca liar\u201d immediately after Hogan says, \u201cThere are millions of kids that believed in me and what I stand for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While the trailer does not explicitly address <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagesideseats.com\/2016\/4\/14\/11432674\/audio-of-hulk-hogans-racist-tirade-released\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his racist remarks<\/a> captured on a sex tape that damaged his legacy, it teases a \u201csinister side\u201d to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagesideseats.com\/wwe\/2025\/7\/25\/24473922\/goodbye-hulk-hogan-memories-messiness-tribute-conflict-wrestlemania-3-andre-the-giant\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrestling superhero<\/a> the public may not have known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cI was pretty hard-partying. I was drunk, maybe I was high. I don\u2019t know what to tell you,\u201d Hogan said. In another clip, Linda, who said she still loved him, said he \u201cgot lost along the trip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Scenes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagesideseats.com\/wwe\/2025\/1\/6\/24337920\/hulk-hogan-loudly-booed-wwe-raw-return-netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hogan getting booed <\/a>in his final WWE appearance appear in the trailer, but its conclusion suggests the film may try to give Hogan\u2019s story a happy ending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Referring to himself, both by his real name and stage name, Hogan said, \u201cTerry Bollea was just a human being. But when I went in that ring, brother, I was Hulk Hogan. The character helps people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hulk Hogan: Real American comes to Netflix on April 22, just days after WWE honors Hogan and Andre the Giant and their WrestleMania III clash with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagesideseats.com\/wwe\/429787\/wwe-hulk-hogan-andre-the-giant-hall-of-fame-wrestlemania-42-immortal-moment-bodyslam-iii-match\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Immortal Moment Award<\/a> at the 2026 Hall of Fame Ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s new documentary may offer a happy ending to the story of Hulk Hogan. The new trailer for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,397,10791,181194],"class_list":{"0":"post-378273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-wwe","13":"tag-wwe-hall-of-fame"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}