<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hulk-hogan"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hulk Hogan</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> assisted a teenaged driver who had been involved in a </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/car-crash"><span style="font-weight: 400;">car crash</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in front of him over the weekend, according to a TMZ </span><a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/01/15/hulk-hogan-good-samaritan-help-woman-car-flip-highway-accident/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">report</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The former professional </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wrestling"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrestler</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> aided the motorist who got into an accident while driving on the freeway in Clearwater, </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Florida</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Hogan&#8217;s wife, Sky Daily, initially posted about the incident. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Last night, after we left dinner in Tampa, we saw a car flip in front of us! I truly admire my husband @hulkhogan and our good buddy @jakerask for springing into action, puncturing the girls airbag, and getting her quickly out of the car. By all appearances, she was unscathed, just really rattled, which is an absolute miracle!&#8221; she wrote on social media, per </span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12965627/Hulk-Hogan-comes-aid-young-woman-car-FLIPPED-freeway.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daily Mail</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A car swerved across several lanes to get to an exit, and in the process clipped another car, causing that vehicle to flip over, according to the outlet. Hogan, Daily, and Hogan’s friend Jake, who is reportedly a Marine, pulled over immediately to assist.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hogan posted about the incident as well. “The crazy part about the teenager that flipped her car was that without a knife to puncture the airbags to get her out ,a Indian Rocks Christian ballpoint pen came in really handy to pot the bags,thank you God,all is well even now,Amen HH,” he </span><a href="https://twitter.com/HulkHogan/status/1747050195085373870"><span style="font-weight: 400;">shared</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on X Tuesday evening.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 70-year-old celebrity made headlines recently after going public with his conversion to Christianity.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Total surrender and dedication to Jesus is the greatest day of my life,” Hogan posted to his social media accounts in December. “No worries, no hate, no judgment… only love!”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daily also shared videos of Hogan’s baptism at Indian Rocks Baptist Church in Largo, Florida, as The Daily Wire previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hulk-hogan-gets-baptized-total-surrender-and-dedication-to-jesus-is-the-greatest-day-of-my-life"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The former wrestling star had previously told fans about his Christmas faith.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I accepted Christ as my savior at 14yrs old, and the training, prayers and vitamins kept me in the game but now that I am one with God, the main event theme of surrender, service and love makes me the Real Main Event that can slam any giant of any size through the power of my Lord and Savior and so it is, even now brother, AMEN!” he said earlier in 2023.</span></p>


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<p>American wrestler Hulk Hogan was baptized this week at a church in Florida, and he declared it to be the best day of his life.</p>
<p>Hogan, 70, posted photos to his social media accounts on Wednesday of his baptism at Indian Rocks Baptist Church in Largo, Florida.</p>
<p>“Total surrender and dedication to Jesus is the greatest day of my life,” Hogan wrote. “No worries, no hate, no judgment… only love!”</p>
<p>His wife, Sky Daily Hogan, was also baptized, according to a video that he posted online.</p>
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<p>The baptism comes after Hogan posted information about his faith journey on social media earlier this year.</p>
<p>&#8220;I accepted Christ as my savior at 14yrs old, and the training, prayers and vitamins kept me in the game but now that I am one with God, the main event theme of surrender, service and love makes me the Real Main Event that can slam any giant of any size through the power of my Lord and Savior and so it is, even now brother, AMEN!&#8221; he wrote.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I accepted Christ as my savior at 14yrs old, and the training, prayers and vitamins kept me in the game but now that I am one with God,the main event theme of surrender,service and love makes me the Real Main Event that can slam any giant of any size through the power of my Lord… <a href="https://t.co/SxcOJJwtRL">pic.twitter.com/SxcOJJwtRL</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) <a href="https://twitter.com/HulkHogan/status/1645117819481206786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Hogan has also posted Bible verses on his social media accounts and wears a T-shirt with John 3:16 on it, which states: &#8220;For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.&#8221;</p>
<p>Earlier this month, another major media figure came forward publicly to dedicate his life to his Christian faith.</p>
<p>Latin rapper Daddy Yankee, whose real name is Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/latin-rapper-daddy-yankee-announces-hes-retiring-so-he-can-spread-the-gospel">announced</a> at the start of the month that he was retiring from his highly successful musical career to embark on “a new beginning&#8221; spreading the Gospel.</p>
<p>Rodríguez made the announcement during a concert on December 4 and shared the video on social media, where he has more than 100 million followers.</p>
<p>“This day for me is the most important of my life… tonight I recognize and I am not ashamed to tell the whole world that Christ lives in me and that I will live for him,” he wrote in the caption. “This is the end of one chapter and the beginning of a completely new one.”</p>
<p>Speaking to a crowd in Puerto Rico at The Coliseo de Puerto Rico José, he said: “For many years, I’ve tried filling a void in my life that no one could fill. I tried finding a purpose, on many occasions it seemed as if I was happy, but something was missing for me to feel complete.”</p>
<p>“I have to confess that those days are over and someone was able to fill that void that I felt for a lot of time. I realized that for everyone I was someone, but I was no one without him,” he continued. “Throughout the years, I was able to travel the world, win many awards, applause, and praise, but I realized something that’s in the Bible: For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”</p>
<p>“A chapter has ended but a new one will begin,” he noted. “All the tools that I have in my power, like music, social media, platforms, a microphone, everything that God has given me is now for his kingdom. Thank you, Puerto Rico, and I hope you walk with me in this new beginning and I hope you remember something very important: Don’t follow any person. I am human. To all the people who follow me, follow Jesus Christ, he’s the way, the truth, and the life.”</p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hulk-hogan" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hulk Hogan</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s daughter, Brooke Hogan, explained why she decided not to attend her father’s </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marriage" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wedding</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to yoga instructor Sky Daily.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The small, intimate ceremony took place on Friday in Florida. It was the third time tying the knot for the 70-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wrestling" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrestling</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> legend. </span></p>
<p>&#8220;As many of you know, I value my privacy, but unfortunately, a lot of media outlets are making assumptions as to why I did not attend my father&#8217;s third wedding,&#8221; Brooke, a singer and former reality TV star, shared on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CxoQHk_pHu3/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>. &#8221; Instead of leaving it to speculation, I decided it&#8217;s better to shut it all down here.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;As we all experience this with our own families, the dynamics of a family unit continuously changes over the years. With that being said, my family has experienced a LOT of change,&#8221; Brooke continued. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The &#8220;Hogan Knows Best&#8221; star said she’s been working hard to address family drama while under public scrutiny.  &#8220;I&#8217;ve had to learn how to best navigate those changes as they come, which has been difficult, to say the least.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;For my own journey to healing and happiness, I have chosen to create some distance between myself and my family, am focusing on people and things that heal my heart and align with my own personal beliefs, goals, and values,&#8221; Brook went on, concluding by saying, &#8220;I wish him well.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hogan made headlines in 2013 after suing Gawker for publishing a video of him having sex with Heather Clem, who was at the time married to radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge. The jury found Gawker liable and awarded the wrestling icon $115 million in compensatory damages and $25 million in punitive damages. The media company filed for bankruptcy and was put up for sale shortly after.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 6-time WWE champion shared a few social media updates on his personal life leading up to the wedding. &#8220;Life just keeps on getting better and better! Jumping on another lightning bolt at 70!&#8221; he </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv2vY_gsBF6/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in the caption of a video that appeared to show him and Daily at a surprise birthday party. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;70 years young and happier than I’ve ever been! Brother!&#8221; he </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cv5NL9rucJV/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> alongside a photo of the couple posing together around his milestone birthday in August. </span></p>
<p>Hogan, whose real name is Terry Gene Bollea, married Linda Claridge in 1983 and shares daughter Brooke, 35, and son Nick with her. The couple divorced in 2007. He next married Jennifer McDaniel in early 2008 and divorced for a second time in 2022. The pro wrestler proposed to Daily in July.</p>
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<p>WWE Hall of Famer The Iron Sheik&#8217;s cause of death has been revealed to be the result of a cardiac arrest, according to the late-wrestler&#8217;s death certificate, following his passing in June at the age of 81.</p>
<p>The official document obtained by <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/07/19/iron-sheik-died-of-cardiac-arrest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ,</a> found the Pro wrestling legend-born Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri-died of natural causes after suffering from congestive heart failure as well as hypertension before his death.</p>
<p>The wrestler, also known as Hulk Hogan&#8217;s nemesis, died in Georgia on June 7. His death was announced on Twitter, with family calling him a &#8220;devoted family man&#8221; and more.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">RESPECT THE LEGEND FOREVER 😢 <a href="https://t.co/Cr6CC9pXSO">pic.twitter.com/Cr6CC9pXSO</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1666462933604265990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>&#8220;It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of The Iron Sheik, but we also take solace in knowing that he departed this world peacefully, leaving behind a legacy that will endure for generations to come,&#8221; the statement read.</p>
<p>&#8220;Beyond the wrestling persona that the world knew so well, The Iron Sheik was a devoted family man,&#8221; it added. &#8220;He cherished the love and support of his wife of 47 years Caryl, who stood by his side through thick and thin, offering unwavering encouragement throughout his life.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Their bond was an anchor, providing him with the strength to face the challenges that life presented,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;To his children, Tanya, Nikki, Marissa and son in law Eddie, he was not just a wrestling icon. He was a loving and dedicated father. He instilled in them the values of perseverance, determination, and the importance of following their dreams.&#8221;</p>
<p>Born March 15, 1943, in Iran, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hulk-hogan-nemesis-the-iron-sheik-dies-at-81" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vaziri</a> idolized Iranian Olympic Gold-Medalist wrestler Gholamre Takhti, who later worked as a bodyguard for the Shah of Iran. He would eventually <a href="https://prowrestlingstories.com/pro-wrestling-stories/hulk-hogan-iron-sheik/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">immigrate</a> to the United States and become part of several U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman coaching squads in the 70s.</p>
<p>In 1979, he made his debut in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and became the only Iranian champion in WWE history after winning the WWF Heavyweight Championship in December 1983. He only managed to hold the title for a month until Hulk Hogan grabbed it from him, prompting a years-long rivalry. Their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jljPR7opQac" target="_blank" rel="noopener">initial match</a> took place in January 1984 and Hogan&#8217;s stunning victory became a moment that triggered &#8220;Hulkamania.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Iron Sheik was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005.</p>


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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Pro wrestling legend ”The Iron Sheik,” whose rivalry with fellow legend Hulk Hogan made him one of the most famous personalities in the sport, has <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/iron-sheik-wrestling-legend-social-media-star-dies-81-rcna88160">died</a> at the age of 81.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri became the only Iranian champion in WWE history after winning the WWF Heavyweight Championship in 1983, which he held for barely a month until Hulk Hogan grabbed it from him, prompting a years-long rivalry.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">As recently as Monday, The Iron Sheik, whose Twitter feed was laced with profanity, tweeted, “F*** Hogan.”</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">His last tweet read, “F*** the wildfires.”</p>
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<p>&mdash; The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1666246676409905152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Yet his pinned tweet read, “TAKE A MINUTE OF YOUR DAY TO BE NICE TO SOMEONE YOU DUMB SON OF A B****.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">TAKE A MINUTE OF YOUR DAY TO BE NICE TO SOMEONE YOU DUMB SON OF A BITCH</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">The Sheik’s death was announced on his Twitter feed, which stated:</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;"><em>It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of The Iron Sheik, but we also take solace in knowing that he departed this world peacefully, leaving behind a legacy that will endure for generations to come. Beyond the wrestling persona that the world knew so well, The Iron Sheik was a devoted family man. He cherished the love and support of his wife of 47 years Caryl, who stood by his side through thick and thin, offering unwavering encouragement throughout his life. </em></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Their bond was an anchor, providing him with the strength to face the challenges that life presented. To his children, Tanya, Nikki, Marissa and son in law Eddie, he was not just a wrestling icon. He was a loving and dedicated father. He instilled in them the values of perseverance, determination, and the importance of following their dreams.</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">RESPECT THE LEGEND FOREVER 😢 <a href="https://t.co/Cr6CC9pXSO">pic.twitter.com/Cr6CC9pXSO</a></p>
<p>&mdash; The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_ironsheik/status/1666462933604265990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Vaziri was born on March 15, 1943, in Iran. As a boy, he idolized Iranian Olympic Gold-Medalist wrestler Gholamreza Takhti, who later worked as a bodyguard for the Shah of Iran. He tried for a spot on Iran’s Greco-Roman wrestling team for the 1968 Olympics, then immigrated to the U.S., where he became the assistant coach of two U.S. Olympic squads in the 1970s. He served as the assistant coach to the USA team for the 1972 Olympic Games.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">That same year, Vaziri was invited to become a professional wrestler by promoter Verne Gagne. He made his debut with the WWF in 1979.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jljPR7opQac">initial match</a> with Hogan, Vaziri locked Hogan in the “Camel Clutch,” but Hogan rose to his feet with Vaziri still on his back and rammed him backward into the turnbuckles, then used a leg drop for the pin and the championship, a moment that triggered “Hulkamania.”</p>


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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan reportedly has been left without feeling in his lower body after his latest surgery.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Hogan, 69, a six-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion who spent 35 years in the organization, stands 6’7” and weighed roughly 300 pounds when he wrestled. His friend Kurt Angle revealed Hogan’s condition on his podcast.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Hogan had his back surgery again. He had the nerves cut from his lower body. He can’t feel his lower body,” Angle stated, according to the <a href="https://torontosun.com/sports/other-sports/hulk-hogan-cant-feel-his-lower-body-kurt-angle">Toronto Sun</a>. “So let’s use his cane to walk around. I thought he was using the cane because he had pain in his back. He doesn’t have any pain. He has nothing at all. He can’t feel anything.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“So now he can’t feel his legs,” Angle continued. “So he has to walk with a cane which is, you know, that’s pretty serious, man. &#8230; I mean, I really feel for Hogan. He put his heart and soul into the business and it ate him up.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“He’s the guy that revolutionized pro wrestling. I have so much respect for him,” Angle concluded.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">In 2021, Brooke Hogan, Hogan’s daughter, spoke of the ordeal he had gone through over the previous ten years, saying, “We counted how many surgeries he’s had in the last 10 years and I think we’re at 25. He’s had both shoulders scoped and he had his whole bicep and his bursa sac and everything tied up in his shoulder last year. That was a disaster. He got MRSA and it was like a big thing. So we had to go back and undo tons of physical therapy. He’s had both of his knees replaced multiple times, I think twice on both. He’s had his hips done. He’s had his elbow scope.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Hogan, who was nicknamed “The Immortal&#8221;, famously walked out to the ring to the song “Real American” inning in 1985. The first WWE match included nine professional wrestling matches. The main event featured Hogan and Mr. T defeating Paul Orndorff and Roddy Piper. Hogan’s most famous wrestling move was his leg drop.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">As far back as 2005, Hogan <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/07/01/hulk-hogan-interview">said</a>:</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">I can&#8217;t work every night because at 51 years old, you just don&#8217;t recover that quickly any more. I left the building in Anaheim the other night and I woke up the next morning anticipating feeling something really weird, but when I woke up in my hotel room the next morning, I was fine. I told Vince McMahon, when I woke up I was still smiling. It was unbelievable to get past that hurdle of the leg drop.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">I thought when I dropped the leg they were going to have to break out the old dustpan. But to drop the leg and for my hip not to break and my back not to be in a million pieces, my whole back is screwed up, but physically, I&#8217;ve been training as hard as I can and I think it&#8217;s helped a lot that I keep my body tight. I&#8217;m 51 years old and I look as good as some of the young guys, so I&#8217;m just really excited to keep going and see how far I can go with this thing.</p>
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