Hulk Hogan evolved from a sports entertainer to lifestyle brand through authenticity and expansion, with recent ventures that included a beer brand and freestyle wrestling organization.

Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has died at the age of 71 after suffering a medical issue at his home in Florida, TMZ Sports reported on Thursday.

WWE Hall of Famer and actor Hulk Hogan passed away earlier this week due to cardiac arrest. The wrestling icon had many tag-team partners in the ring, but it was Sky Daily, his third wife, who became his real-life tag-team partner in the end.

Join 18 Sports for a special look back at the career of pro wrestling and pop culture icon Hulk Hogan. The world received shocking news on Thursday, reporting the death of professional wrestling legend and pop culture icon Hulk Hogan,

Hulk Hogan’s widow, Sky Daily, wrote an Instagram post sharing her feelings about the wrestling legend's death.

My conversation with Hulk Hogan was longer — close to an hour — and just as pleasant. It was in 1985 and Hogan was in Tampa for a major WWE show at the Sun Dome on the University of South Florida campus. It was the first time he was performing locally since becoming an international superstar with WWE.

The opening chords of Rick Derringer’s hard-rock guitar would play over the arena sound system. Instantly, 20,000 Hulkamaniacs — and many more as wrestling’s popularity and stadium size exploded — rose to their feet in a frenzy to catch a glimpse of Hulk Hogan storming toward the ring.

"Hulk Hogan wasn’t just a partner. He was a dear friend," Rich Rosen, who partnered with Hogan on the bar, told Page Six of his plans to move ahead with Slam.