He is (well, was) for decades the most well known professional wrestler on the world. Influenced pro wrestling in countless ways. It cannot be overstated that modern pro wrestling may not exist if not due to the contributions of Hulk Hogan.

10 years ago today (ironically) he was outed as a horrid racist (and in the last fewish years a notorious right wing nut and supporter of Trump) and he never recovered his image, to the point where even a few months ago when making an appearance on WWE programming he was damned well boo'd out of the building.

Sooo now he's dead and can rot.