{"id":41081,"date":"2025-07-27T22:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/41081\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T22:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T22:07:10","slug":"hulk-hogans-son-nick-speaks-out-on-fathers-death-my-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/41081\/","title":{"rendered":"Hulk Hogan&#8217;s son, Nick, speaks out on father&#8217;s death: &#8216;My hero&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hulk Hogan\u2019s son, Nick, penned an emotional tribute to the wrestling icon, his \u201chero\u201d and his \u201cbest friend\u201d following <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/24\/sports\/hulk-hogan-wwe-legend-dead-at-71\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hogan\u2019s death Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been overwhelming and extremely difficult,\u201d Nick Hogan, whose real last name is Bollea, wrote in an Instagram post that featured 20 pictures of the pair spanning decades. \u201cHearing so many kind words and stories about my dad\u2019s life, interactions and experiences with everyone has been incredible and comforting. My dad was the most incredible person I\u2019ve ever known and will always be my hero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A young Nick Hogan (l.) and his father are pictured. Screengrab via Instagram\/nickhogan<\/p>\n<p>Hulk Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, died at 71 years old following what Clearwater, Fla. police described as a \u201cserious medical issue,\u201d with a 911 call being placed Thursday morning for cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan reportedly dealt with health issues in the weeks leading up to his death.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Hogan (r.) poses with his father. Screengrab via Instagram\/nickhogan<\/p>\n<p>Nick Hogan (l.) poses for a picture with his father. Screengrab via Instagram\/nickhogan<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent a lot of time with him the past few years after moving back to Florida to be closer to him and I am so grateful for those memories,\u201d Nick Hogan wrote in his Instagram post. \u201cThey are the best moments in my life. I would do anything to have him back but I know now that he will always be watching over me. I will always remember the lessons and advice he gave me and carry on in a way that I know would make him proud.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for being the best dad in the world and thank you for being my best friend. I love you so much Big Dog and I will miss you forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Hogan (r.) is picured with his father Hulk Hogan Screengrab via Instagram\/nickhogan<\/p>\n<p>Hulk Hogan and his ex-wife, Linda, shared two kids \u2014 Nick and their daughter, Brooke \u2014 together, and the couple filed for divorce in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>All four of them starred on the \u201cHogan Knows Best\u201d VH1 reality show from 2005-07.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Hogan\u2019s wife, Tana Lee, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/24\/sports\/hulk-hogans-daughter-in-law-reacts-to-death-of-wwe-legend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted a picture of their wedding day<\/a> in January on Instagram following Hulk Hogan\u2019s death, as tributes from around the wrestling community poured in for the polarizing individual who shaped the rise of the World Wrestling Federation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hulk Hogan\u2019s son, Nick, penned an emotional tribute to the wrestling icon, his \u201chero\u201d and his \u201cbest friend\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7569,88,28329,33187,99,28592,4366],"class_list":{"0":"post-41081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-celebrity-deaths","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-hulk-hogan","11":"tag-nick-hogan","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-wrestling","14":"tag-wwe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}