WWE legend Terry Bollea, or Hulk Hogan, redefined the zeitgeist of professional wrestling, launching it to new heights, propelling it to a global phenomenon. With his spectacular stance and a shirt-ripping, rugged persona fueling Hulkmania all over America, he headlined several Wrestlemanias while also having an extensive acting career in Hollywood. Now, in the aftermath of his sudden demise at age 71 on Thursday, Netflix is gearing up to pay one final homage to the cultural icon. 

Wrestling enthusiasts can now look back at the late star's legendary career to learn more about the man who epitomized wrestling's golden era with his trademark blond horseshoe moustache and unfathomable talent.

Netflix has been silently working on a detailed planned series chronicling Hulk Hogan's career since 2024 in partnership with WWE and Hogan himself, before his passing, as revealed by Hollywood insider Matthew Belloni in a newsletter to Puck News. The eight-part docuseries is set to include more than 20 hours of never-before-seen interviews with the legend. With Bryan Storkel at the helm and producer Connor Schell’s Words + Pictures backing the multipart series in collaboration with WWE, the streaming platform will release the docuseries soon. However, no release date has been set as of now. 

Chris Hemsworth was set to play the legend in a movie directed by Todd Phillips in 2019. However, the production fell through due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before his death due to cardiac arrest, as reported by TMZ, Hogan had reportedly filmed a significant amount of footage for the series, offering intimate testimony to both his success and controversies. This unfinished docuseries will remember the long-standing legacy of the professional wrestler who never got a biopic during his lifetime. Though the wrestler's story was never immortalized on the silver screen, his illustrious acting career recorded his success effectively. 

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Hulk Hogan's life had everything from thunderous stadium hoots to claps in the theatres, mingling Hollywood with pro wrestling. 

Hogan starred in a memorable cameo appearance in Rocky III, playing Thunderlips in 1982. Between the late 80s and 90s, he also appeared in action comedies such as No Holds Barred, Suburban Commando, Santa with Muscles, 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain, and Mr. Nanny. In 1994, Hogan also headlined his own series, Thunder in Paradise. In the next millennium, he appeared in the 2005 VH1 reality show, Hogan Knows Best, with his first wife, Linda Hogan, and their children, Brooke and Nick. 

While his acting career remained active till 2015, appearing as a judge or in cameos in several shows, his wrestling legacy is what gave him the status of a pop cultural legend. Though his final WWE appearance did not end well, from having 171 different action figures of his own to being the face of school children's lunchboxes in his heyday, Hulk Hogan is remembered in history as a phenomenon who changed wrestling forever. With Netflix's upcoming docuseries, a new generation of viewers will be enticed by the legend's indelible saga.

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