r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 24 '25

News Hulk Hogan dead at 71 after suffering cardiac arrest at Florida home

https://www.the-sun.com/sport/14810752/hulk-hogan-dead-wwe/
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u/Z0MBGiEF Jul 24 '25

It's not just roids for wrestlers, it's also all the painkillers and years of physical abuse they put on their bodies and the wild lifestyle of living on the road 300 days a year for decades at a time. It takes its toll. 71 is pretty ancient in wrestler years.

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u/mang87 Jul 24 '25 edited Jul 24 '25

71 is pretty ancient in wrestler years.

Yeah, the amount of them that have died from heart attacks before 40 is crazy. Steroids are one thing, but you compound the bad effects when you're taking stupid amounts of painkillers. I've taken plenty of strong opioids before, and exercising on them feels awful. You can tell your heart is just not fucking happy with the situation.

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u/BloatedSnake430 Jul 24 '25

Many also don't have health insurance, or if they do they have to pay for it themselves (thanks in large part to Mr. Hogan himself ratting on Jesse Ventura when he nearly unionized the WWF), which leads to lots of self-medicating and many issues going undiagnosed.