"country music. Brooke Ellen Bollea was born May 5, 1988, in Tampa, Florida, the older child of Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea) and Linda Claridge. She has one younger brother, Nick Hogan (Nick Bollea). In high school, she took dance classes, voice lessons, piano lessons, and gymnastics. She joined the cheerleading squad of her Clearwater, Florida school, Clearwater Central Catholic High School, in her freshman year (though she only stayed at the school for the first half of freshman year). She also sang inhibitor chorus for CCCHS. Hogan graduated from high school at the age of sixteen. Hogan was signed"
"""The Hulk"". Watching the show backstage, Mary Jarrett noticed that Hogan was actually bigger than Ferrigno, who was well known at the time for having large muscles. As a result, Bollea began performing as Terry ""The Hulk"" Boulder and sometimes wrestled as Sterling Golden. On December 1, 1979, Bollea won his first professional wrestling championship, the NWA Southeastern Heavyweight Championship (Northern Division), recognized in Alabama and Tennessee, when he defeated Bob Roop in Knoxville, Tennessee. Bollea would drop the title in January 1980 to Bob Armstrong. Bollea briefly wrestled in the Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) territory from September thru December"
"after a making a number of apologies. During and after wrestling, Hogan had an extensive acting career, beginning with his 1982 antagonist role in ""Rocky III"". He has starred in several movies (including ""No Holds Barred"", ""Suburban Commando"" and ""Mr. Nanny"") and three television shows (""Thunder in Paradise"", ""Hogan Knows Best"" and ""China, IL""), as well as in Right Guard commercials and the video game, ""Hulk Hogan's Main Event"". He was also the frontman for The Wrestling Boot Band, whose sole record, ""Hulk Rules"", reached #12 on the ""Billboard"" Top Kid Audio chart in 1995. Terry Eugene Bollea was born"
"Jack Brisco Freddie Joe ""Jack"" Brisco (September 21, 1941 – February 1, 2010) was an American professional wrestler. He performed for various territories of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming a two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA Tag Team Champion with his brother Gerald Brisco. Brisco is considered one of the top wrestlers of his era; in 2005, Don Leo Jonathan called him ""probably the greatest champion of the 20th century."" In the late 1970s, the Brisco brothers discovered Terry Bollea, the future wrestling legend best known as Hulk Hogan, whom they introduced to Hiro Matsuda for training."
"in bringing the latter to the WWF in 1994. Gary Sabaugh, also known as the pro wrestler The Italian Stallion, has had many television appearances in the NWA, WCW, WWF, Georgia Championship Wrestling with WTBS, Florida Championship Wrestling, and New Japan Pro Wrestling. In addition to a 23-year-career in professional wrestling, Sabaugh was also a sitcom actor and stunt man. Teaming with Buzz Sawyer and ""Pistol"" Pez Whatley against Bob Roop and NWA National Tag Team Champions Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard on May 11, he would face a number of veteran wrestlers throughout 1985 including Terry Flynn, Black Bart,"
"to become a wrestler, to come with him and promised to teach him everything he knew about the sport. In Alabama, Bollea and Leslie wrestled as Terry and Ed Boulder, known as The Boulder Brothers. These early matches as a tag team with the surname Boulder being used by both men prompted a rumor among wrestling fans unaware of the inner workings of the sport that Hogan and Leslie were brothers, as few people actually knew their real names outside of immediate friends, family, and the various promoters the two worked for. After wrestling a show for Continental Wrestling Association"
"in Augusta, Georgia, on August 11, 1953, the son of construction foreman Pietro ""Peter"" Bollea (December 6, 1913 – December 18, 2001) and homemaker and dance teacher Ruth V. (""née"" Moody; 1922 – January 1, 2011) Bollea. He is of French, Italian, Panamanian, and Scottish descent. When he was one and a half years old, his family moved to Port Tampa, Florida. As a boy, he was a pitcher in Little League Baseball. He attracted scouts from the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds, but an injury ended his baseball career. He began watching professional wrestling at 16 years"
"Lies"" magazine Montana revealed he has had relationships with Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie, ""Boxing Helena"" director Jennifer Lynch, Madonna clothing designer Leslie Hamel, and adult film star Bobbi Bliss. In 1983 Montana earned his 5th degree black belt in Chinese Kenpo Karate. Tony Montana (filmmaker) Tony Montana is a retired American actor and film director. Montana began acting on television in 1988 with a four year stint portraying a villain wrestling manager on SportsChannel and ESPN, most notably managing WWE Hall of Fame Superstar Abdullah the Butcher. Montana studied acting with Bill Hickey (protege' of Uta Hagen), Tracey Roberts"
"son Marc published a cookbook, ""Don't Fill Up on the Antipasto: Tony Danza's Father-Son Cookbook"". Source: Tony Danza Tony Danza (born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1951) is an American actor and former professional boxer. He is best known for starring on the TV series ""Taxi"" and ""Who's the Boss?"", for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom ""The Tony Danza Show"" (not to be confused with his 2004–2006 daytime"
"Tony Montana (filmmaker) Tony Montana is a retired American actor and film director. Montana began acting on television in 1988 with a four year stint portraying a villain wrestling manager on SportsChannel and ESPN, most notably managing WWE Hall of Fame Superstar Abdullah the Butcher. Montana studied acting with Bill Hickey (protege' of Uta Hagen), Tracey Roberts (protege' of Elia Kazan), Joel Asher (protege' of Sanford Meisner), David LeGrant (protege' of Lee Strasberg), and Catherine Carlen (protege' of Stella Adler). In 1996 Montana began an eight year journey producing and directing ""Overnight"" which chronicled the rise and fall of Troy"
"hard. As Newman had to appear aggressive against Zale in the film, Wise felt it was necessary to replace Zale with actor Courtland Shepard for the final fight scene. Tony Zale Tony Zale, born Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997) was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, ""Man of Steel."" In addition, he had the reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win, reinforcing that nickname. Zale, who held the World Middleweight title multiple times, was known as"
"Tony Danza Tony Danza (born Antonio Salvatore Iadanza; April 21, 1951) is an American actor and former professional boxer. He is best known for starring on the TV series ""Taxi"" and ""Who's the Boss?"", for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards. In 1998, Danza won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Male Performer in a New Television Series for his work on the 1997 sitcom ""The Tony Danza Show"" (not to be confused with his 2004–2006 daytime variety talk show of the same name). Danza was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents"
"becoming Jerry Brisco) and dominated the singles and tag divisions for several years thereafter. It was also in the late 1970s that the Briscos discovered Terry Bollea, the future wrestling legend best known as Hulk Hogan, who they introduced to Hiro Matsuda for training. Jerry Brisco would amass a number of singles championships throughout the 1970s, including becoming the first holder of Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship. On June 20, 1981 he defeated Les Thornton for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship. In 1983, while teaming in the Mid-Atlantic territory, the brothers turned heel against the team of Ricky Steamboat and Jay"
"Freddie Steele Freddie Steele (December 18, 1912 – August 22, 1984) was a boxer and film actor born Frederick Earle Burgett in Seattle, Washington. He was recognized as the National Boxing Association (NBA) Middleweight Champion of the World between 1936 and 1938. Steele was nicknamed ""The Tacoma Assassin"" and was trained by Jack Connor, Johnny Babnick, and Ray Arcel, while in New York. His managers included George McAllister, Dave Miller, Eddie Miller, and Pete Reilly. He appeared as an actor in a number of Hollywood films in the 1940s, including Preston Sturges's ""Hail the Conquering Hero"". Steele was born on"
"covers during his career. After retiring from wrestling, Stanlee, who was a health enthusiast and longtime vegetarian, began to sell a line of supplements and later became an advisor and physical trainer for many of Hollywood's great actors and actresses, such as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, and Cheryl Tiegs. Gene described himself as the ""world's foremost authority on age reversal through blood purification"", something that worked well for him as he would go on to still be very active up until the day he died. Gene had not made a public appearance in over 20 years when he was honored"
"Tony Zale Tony Zale, born Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997) was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, ""Man of Steel."" In addition, he had the reputation of being able to take fearsome punishment and still rally to win, reinforcing that nickname. Zale, who held the World Middleweight title multiple times, was known as a crafty boxer and strong body puncher who punished his opponents and steadily wore them down before knocking them out. Zale met Georgie Abrams in Madison Square Garden in"
"the Brisco Brothers' request. In mid-1977, after training for more than a year with Matsuda, the Brisco brothers dropped by Matsuda's gym to see Hogan. During this visit, Jack Brisco handed Hogan a pair of wrestling boots and informed him that he was scheduled to wrestle his first match the following week. In his professional wrestling debut, Eddie Graham booked him against Brian Blair in Fort Myers, Florida on August 10, 1977 in CWF. A short time later, Bollea donned a mask and assumed the persona of ""The Super Destroyer"", a hooded character first played by Don Jardine and subsequently"
"Tony Borne Anthony Wayne ""Tony"" Osborne (July 13, 1926 – August 27, 2010) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, ""Tough"" Tony Borne. Osborne was an amateur wrestler in both high school and in the United States Navy. Promoter Al Haft first convinced him to try professional wrestling. His initial trainers were Ali Pasha and Karl Pojello. Pojello convinced Osborne to shorten his ring name to Borne. In the 1950s, he wrestled mostly in Texas and Pacific Northwest territories, becoming a mainstay in the NWA Pacific Northwest under promoter Don Owen. in 1953, he had a"
"Sylvester Stallone Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (; born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is well known for his Hollywood action roles, including boxer Rocky Balboa in the ""Rocky"" series (1976–2018), soldier John Rambo in the five ""Rambo"" films (1982–2019), and mercenary Barney Ross in the three ""The Expendables"" films (2010–2014). He wrote or co-wrote most of the 14 films in all three franchises, and directed many of them. Stallone's film ""Rocky"" was inducted into the National Film Registry, and had its props placed in the Smithsonian Museum. His use of the front entrance"
"Gene Stanlee Eugene Stanley Zygowicz (January 1, 1917 – September 23, 2005) was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Gene Stanlee. During his wrestling career, he was known by the nickname ""Mr. America"". Zygowicz was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, Victoria and Paul Zygowicz, were Polish immigrants. Zygowicz was the eighth child of fifteen—he had eight brothers and six sisters. When he was five, Zygowicz fell down a set of stairs, and was partially paralyzed. He was given his last rites; however, he regained his health after being partially inspired by seeing a strongman at"
"and Jill"". David Sontag David Sontag is an American professional wrestler and actor. David Sontag was a professional wrestler between 1986 and 2004 under the name ""Dave Power"", member of The Power Twins with his twin brother Larry. He and his Brother Larry were originally trained by Dr. ""D"" David Shults in Orange, Ct. Later on they trained with Robert Cortes, ""Bobby Bold Eagle"", in Manhattan, NY. The Power Twins got their start on the independent circuit, wrestling in shows from Philadelphia all the way up to Maine. His 30 movie and TV series roles include ""Ocean’s Eleven"", ""Ocean’s Twelve"""
"Jay Bradley Bradley Thomas Jay (born November 17, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring names of Jay Bradley and Aiden O'Shea. He also appeared in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as Ryan Braddock in 2008. Bradley started his wrestling training at the Steel Domain Wrestling school in Chicago, where he trained with wrestlers including CM Punk and Colt Cabana. Bradley suffered several setbacks in his career as he suffered from an overactive thyroid. He worked for several independent promotions in the Mid-West, most notably for IWA Mid-South, before"
"Tyrone Magnus Tyrone Crawley (born June 14, 1977) is an American actor, voice actor, model, and YouTuber, known by the stage name Tyrone Magnus. Tyrone Magnus (real name Tyrone Crawley), had a career in sales for eight years before starting his acting career and YouTube channel. His YouTube channel originally started out as a wrestling talk show, where he talks about his love for wrestlers but then evolved into a reaction-based channel after fans sent him ""Man of Steel"" trailers to review, which then evolved into reacting to and reviewing trailers and later videos of all kinds such as Try"
"a number of other lawsuits against WWE. The case was dismissed by US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant in September 2018. King Kong Bundy Christopher Alan Pallies (born November 7, 1957) is an American retired professional wrestler, stand-up comedian and actor, better known by his ring name, King Kong Bundy. Bundy is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation in the mid-1980s and mid-1990s. Bundy wrestled in the main event of WrestleMania 2 in 1986, facing Hulk Hogan in a steel cage match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Pallies attended Washington Township High School in Sewell,"
"Ernest Miller Ernest Clifford Miller (born January 14, 1964) is an American actor and former professional wrestler who worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) better known by his ring name, Ernest ""The Cat"" Miller. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his role in the 2008 drama ""The Wrestler"". Miller graduated from Gordon High School in Decatur, Georgia, playing on the football team as a linebacker. He then went to Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia studying electrical engineering and playing football as an All-American linebacker. He started a career as a karate"
"The Warlord (wrestler) Terry Scott Szopinski (born March 28, 1962) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name The Warlord and for his tenures in National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as one half of The Powers of Pain alongside The Barbarian. His first national exposure was in the NWA territory Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), where Powers of Pain held the World Six-Man Tag Team Championship until they departed the company in 1988 and joined WWF, where they competed in the tag team division until the team was quietly split in"
"Tommy Morrison Tommy David Morrison (January 2, 1969 – September 1, 2013) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1996, and held the WBO heavyweight title in 1993. He retired from boxing in 1996 when he tested positive for HIV, but returned for two more fights in 2007 and 2008. Morrison is also known for his acting role, having starred alongside Sylvester Stallone in the 1990 film ""Rocky V"". Morrison had previously attempted a comeback to boxing in 2006, claiming he had tested negative for HIV. In August 2013, Morrison's mother announced that her son was in"
"for the National Geographic Channel program ""Brain Games"" and appeared alongside host Jason Silva in seasons 3 and 4. Roselli plays one of the principal characters, Tony, in the comedy-horror feature film ""Jersey Shore Massacre"", which is executive produced by Jenni Jwoww Farley. Romeo Roselli Giovanni ""Johnny"" Roselli (born September 23, 1980) is a professional wrestler and actor better known as Romeo Roselli. He is best known for his work with World Wrestling Entertainment, on its RAW brand, as one half of the tag team ""The Heart Throbs"". Roselli began wrestling on the independent circuit, initially training in Springfield, Massachusetts"
"has been pulling double duty, appearing in the main cast of CW's superhero show ""Arrow"", as John Diggle, a military veteran who is Oliver's partner, confidant, bodyguard, and later gained an alter ego, Spartan, since the 4th season. Ramsey also stars in the TV series ""Blue Bloods"" as Mayor Carter Poole. Ramsey is an accomplished martial artist, with a black belt in Jeet Kune Do. He has also studied boxing, tae kwon do and Wing Chun, and trained in kickboxing under Benny ""Jet"" Urquidez. David Ramsey David Paul Ramsey (born November 17, 1971) is an American actor and martial artist,"
"at the Cauliflower Alley Club 2002 reunion in Las Vegas. Gene Stanlee Eugene Stanley Zygowicz (January 1, 1917 – September 23, 2005) was an American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Gene Stanlee. During his wrestling career, he was known by the nickname ""Mr. America"". Zygowicz was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, Victoria and Paul Zygowicz, were Polish immigrants. Zygowicz was the eighth child of fifteen—he had eight brothers and six sisters. When he was five, Zygowicz fell down a set of stairs, and was partially paralyzed. He was given his last rites; however, he regained his"
"Edge"" starring Michael Maronna. Jon Trosky Jon Trosky (born November 12, 1980) is an American College Professor at Penn State University, an actor / stuntman in the Screen Actors Guild, and a professional wrestler known by his ring name Supreme Lee Great, who competed in North American independent promotions including the Heartland Wrestling Association, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, Pro Wrestling Unplugged, and World Xtreme Wrestling. One of the 200 finalists selected for the first season of WWE Tough Enough, Trosky made several appearances for World Wrestling Entertainment. He was also formerly employed an information technology consultant"
"desire to work on issues related to veterans. Despite his otherwise Republican views, he is an advocate for gun control and has been described as ""the most anti-gun person working in Hollywood today"". Sylvester Stallone Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (; born July 6, 1946) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is well known for his Hollywood action roles, including boxer Rocky Balboa in the ""Rocky"" series (1976–2018), soldier John Rambo in the five ""Rambo"" films (1982–2019), and mercenary Barney Ross in the three ""The Expendables"" films (2010–2014). He wrote or co-wrote most of the 14 films in"
"Championships in a two out of three falls match. On 23 February 2017, Terry and Kazushi Miyamoto defeated The Iron Empire in Tokyo to become the new NWA World Tag Team Champions.on 17 June 2017 they would lose the titles to The Heatseekers. On 10 November 2012, Terry, along with several other TNA workers, was featured in an episode of MTV's ""Made"". Terry is married to a woman named Sarah. <br> Rob Terry Robert Terry (born 23 December 1980), is a Welsh professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He is known for his work in impact Wrestling under the ring names Rob"