The health issues endured by the late iconic WWE Hall of Famer, Hulk Hogan, have been unveiled.
Hogan passed away on July 24, 2025, at age 71, following a cardiac arrest at his Clearwater, Florida home in the United States.
Following his death, it has been gathered that Hulk Hogan faced numerous issues in the years, including multiple surgeries and complications from decades in the ring.
Despite public denials from his team, these challenges were said to have taken a toll on his body.
Checks revealed that during an interview with Jake Paul’s “IMPAULSIVE” podcast in September 2024, Hogan admitted that he had 25 surgeries in the last 10 years.
He said the surgeries included 10 back surgeries, procedures on both shoulders, and knee and hip replacements on both sides.
During the interview, Hogan also pointed out the difference between fighting rings in recent years and the dangerous equipment of the 1970s, which he described as a 22-foot ring with “lumps” and “boards sticking up.”
He said: “It was horrible. The equipment and jumping up and dropping the damn leg for 40 years, when I had the largest arms in the world — I should’ve been using ‘The Sleeper.’”
“I probably should’ve quit earlier, but I just loved doing it — and the money was just crazy.”
Regardless of the physical consequences of his years in the ring, Hogan stated that he has “no regrets.”
It was further gathered that the physical demands of the sport led to severe health issues for Hogan.
He underwent a four-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) in May 2025, which his wife, Sky Daily, described as an intense procedure with a complex recovery process.
Despite her assurances that his heart was strong, Hogan was said to have battled chronic pain and nerve damage, which reportedly led to struggles with prescription painkillers.
Daily, who took to her official Instagram handle, said: “If you look it up, you’ll see what the last six weeks have involved … not just for his spine, but also for his vocal cords, and the eating/breathing tubes that are clamped over during surgery,” she wrote in a post. “We’ve been in and out of the hospital to support that recovery.”
