It’s been a rough few months for Hulk Hogan. In August, his 17-year-old son Nick was in a car crash that left his passenger seriously injured, leading to Nick being charged with reckless driving. Then the news broke last night that Hogan’s wife, Linda Bollea, filed for divorce after 23 years of marriage.
I haven’t written about Nick’s accident and legal problems because I really didn’t think it had anything to do with wrestling. My first reaction was to not write about last night’s news either, but Hogan is perhaps the most famous wrestler of all-time and his marital problems actually could impact the wrestling business.
Like his old rival Ric Flair, Hogan, 54, potentially could end up losing half his fortune in the divorce, which might lead him back to wrestling in search of another big payday. Hopefully he won’t lose the rights to his wrestling name in the divorce settlement like Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat did.
Reports that the Hogans were having marital problems have been in gossip columns and on celebrity Web sites for a while, and the possibility of a split was the focal point of the past season of Hogan Knows Best, the VH1 reality series.
Most wrestling observers believed the marital strife on the show was scripted, or to use wrestling vernacular, a “work,” but maybe it was real after all. Or, perhaps the Hogans have joined other married couples in the wrestling business who separated in real life after acting out scripted marital problems in a story line. That list includes Steve and Debra McMichael, Kevin and Nancy Sullivan, Marc and Rena “Sable” Mero and Diamond Dallas Page and Kimberly.
Hulk Hogan.



Linda Hogan ha presentado una demanda de divorcio de su marido luchador Hulk Hogan, informó un periódico el viernes.

Hulk Hogan, cuyo verdadero nombre es Terry Bollea, dijo al St Petersburg Times que no tenía idea de que su esposa había presentado una demanda de divorcio. Una reportera de Pinellas le mostró registros que demostraron que la documentación se presentó el martes.

"Gracias por la gran información", dijo a la reportera.

"Mi mujer vive en California durante alrededor de tres semanas. ... Santo fuma," Bollea más tarde le dijo al periódico. "Vaya, sólo tocaron el fondo de mí."

La pareja es estrella de VH1, en un reality show – "Hogan Knows Best" – en el que participan junto a sus dos hijos.