Hulk Hogan
I Took Lethal Quantities of Fentanyl to Handle My Ache
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Hulk Hogan was taking life-threatening quantities of fentanyl to handle his bodily ache throughout his time with the TNA following his divorce from his spouse, Linda Hogan.
The wrestling pioneer detailed his reliance on the drug within the new Netflix docuseries “Hulk Hogan: Real American,” which served as his last interview earlier than his sudden dying in July 2025 from a coronary heart assault.
Hulk mentioned he signed up for the TNA (Whole Nonstop Wrestling, the second-largest wrestling group behind WWE) after he gave “everything” to Linda throughout their 2009 divorce… and wanted the money. However, it wasn’t lengthy earlier than he and TNA realized he was in no form to compete on the degree he’d been contracted to, so he turned to the opioid to assist his extreme ache.
Hulk defined … “I used to be taking 80-milligram fentanyls, two within the morning, stuffing them below my gums right here … I had two 300mg patches of fentanyl on my legs they usually gave me six 1500mg fentanyl lollipops to eat.”
He continued … “I went to the pharmacy, he goes, ‘You should be dead. We have never seen a human being take this much fentanyl.'”
The wrestling legend obtained to the purpose of feeling a lot ache, he needed to sleep in a chair. He added … “If I just twitched my finger like that, my whole back would spasm and torque.”
His final in-ring look was in 2012, and he departed the TNA in 2013 when his contracted expired.
