Hulk Hogan's Dark Pain Pill Battle

0:00It's April 22nd. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News, today AI-powered stories from the spotlight. In the Netflix documentary, Hulk Hogan Real American, the wrestling icon spilled on his extreme fentanyl use back in 2009 to battle killer, paying during his TNA comeback. He described popping 280 milligram doses under his gums each morning, wearing two 300 milligram patches on his legs and downing six, 1,500 milligram lollipops daily, even the pharmacist warned that no one alive should take that much. This hit right after his divorce wiped him out financially, leaving him broke and pushing him back to the ring with TNA, wrestling's second biggest, outfit behind WWE. He needed the cash bad, despite his body screaming no. Execs like Eric Bischoff and Jeremy Borash painted a grim picture of Hogan State. Bischoff called it the darkest time, mixing horse-killing pills with a quarter vodka daily, even helping him out of bed for shows.

1:01Borash noted plans for him to wrestle fell apart fast, because he just couldn't. The pain kept him from sleeping in a bed, forcing chair nights where twitching of fingers sparked full back spasms. Bischoff admitted it hurt watching his friend push through contract obligations amid the abuse. Hogan gave this final interview in January, months before dying at 71, from a heart attack in July 2025, with his hidden, leukemia history surfacing later. The four-part series unpacks his wild ride and streams now on Netflix.