There’s no question that Hulk Hogan, who has died aged 71, made an outsized impact not just on the world of wrestling but on popular culture at large — but not free from controversy.
In his heyday in the 1980s and early 1990s, you were almost as likely to spot the “Real American” hero with his signature red headband and blond mustache popping up in film roles and children’s television cameos as you were to see him in the ring. He was considered not just an athlete and entertainer, but a role model.
