John Cena, Ric Flair and more stars paid tribute to the late wrestling legend Hulk Hogan after his death at age 71 on July 24.

Before The Rock morphed into movie star Dwayne Johnson, and well-before John Cena traded his jorts for a Peacemaker helmet, Terry “ Hulk Hogan ” Bollea made the leap from a professional-wrestling ring to Hollywood.

Overview Hulk Hogan played a big role in WWE going mainstream, leading to huge expansion worldwide His contributions to WWE make him one of the greatest the company has ever had The WWE Mount Rushmore features him along with John Cena and a few others WWE is a Sports Entertainment company in which Wrestling goes hand in hand with entertainment of the fans.