Hulk Hogan's Fentanyl Confession, Wrestling's Toll

0:00On April 22nd, Hulk Hogan dropped a wild story in one of his last interviews, emitting he took enough fentanyl to drop an elephant dead. He described popping 280 milligram fentanyl tabs under his gums every morning, slapping on two 300 milligram patches on his legs, and sucking down 6,500 milligram mollipops a day. The pharmacist straight up told him he should be six feet under, no human had ever handled that much. This all went down around 2009 when Hogan signed with total nonstop action wrestling, despite being in ruins. His divorce from Linda that year left him broke, forcing him back into the ring just to pay bills. He even said he handed over everything to Maker. Go away. Wrestling exec aired Bischoff painted a grim picture of Hogan's rock bottom, wife leaving, docs handing out horse-killing pills, chasing it with a... Court of Vaca daily. Hogan couldn't even sleep in a bed. Any twitch sent his back into spasms from years of body-slamming punishment.

1:01TNA quickly saw he couldn't wrestle like the contract demanded. His body too wrecked from chronic pain. Fast forward to his death on July 24th, 2025, at age 71 from cardiac arrest at home. Officials confirmed a heart attack took him, but records also showed he'd been fighting leukemia and dealing with atrial fibrillation. Wrestling's grind clearly caught up, leaving a legend in the dust. I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to Music News today, AI-powered music coverage.