Hulk Hogan loss of life: Actors Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor bear in mind WWE star

Hours after the passing away of Hulk Hogan, Bollywood celebrities took to social media to precise their tribute to the WWE international phenomenon. Actors Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan remembered the worldwide sports activities and leisure star.

“You impressed a whole era Hulkster. RIP,” Varun Dhawan wrote on Instagram. The World Wrestling Entertainment posted in regards to the loss of life of Hogan on July 24 2025 (Thursday).

“WWE is saddened to be taught WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has handed away. One of popular culture’s most recognizable figures, Hogan helped WWE obtain international recognition within the Eighties,” WWE mentioned on X. It gave no reason for loss of life.

Two States actor Arjun Kapoor took to Instagram to condole the loss of life of the wrestler. “Part of my childhood went with you Hulkster,” he posted.

Hogan, the bleach-blond, mahogany-tanned behemoth, turned the face {of professional} wrestling within the Eighties, serving to remodel the mock fight from a seedy spectacle into family-friendly leisure price billions of {dollars}.

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A key second in that evolution got here on the WrestleMania III extravaganza in 1987, when Hogan hoisted fellow wrestler André the Giant earlier than a sold-out Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan for a thunderous physique slam of the Frenchman.

Hogan parlayed his wrestling fame right into a much less profitable profession in Hollywood, starring in movies like Rocky III and Santa With Muscles, however stored returning to the ring so long as his physique would permit. He was inducted twice into the WWE Hall of Fame.