Overview
- Netflix will debut Hulk Hogan: Real American on April 22, drawing from more than 25 hours of interviews filmed over five days shortly before his death in July 2025.
- Director Bryan Storkel says he recorded President Donald Trump at the White House for a cameo and included a voicemail thanking Hogan for speaking at the 2024 Republican convention.
- The documentary details Hogan's heavy fentanyl regimen for chronic back pain after decades of performing his leg-drop finisher in the ring.
- Storkel says the production had the only cameras at Hogan's funeral, where WWE co-founder Vince McMahon led a final standing ovation for the wrestler.
- WrestleMania featured an on-air tribute to Hogan that drew mixed reactions from viewers on social media.