Hulk Hogan spent nearly four decades in pro wrestling. For most of that time, he was actively performing in the ring and taking bumps which eventually affected his health. Numerous surgeries were needed by The Hulkster to repair the damage caused by years of in-ring grind. But it appears even those surgeries have had an adverse effect. Hogan recently made a shocking health revelation that might get his fans worried.

Hulk Hogan’s mother made him realize his body has shrunk after 25 surgeries

During his long career, Hulk Hogan has put his body through pure hell to provide unadulterated entertainment to his fans. But this entertainment comes at a cost as seen in the 25 surgeries that Hogan has had to undergo in the last 12 years.

He’s had 10 back surgeries, two knee replacements, and two hip replacements to name a few. And recently on the podcast ‘This Past Weekend’ Hogan revealed how his mother made him realize what a toll these surgeries were taking on his body. Hogan revealed that his mother used to always measure him and when she did so before he started shooting for Rocky 3, he was 6 ft 7 inches tall.

But just a few years back before her death when she measured him again, there was a drastic change in his stature.

Hogan said, “It’s kinda weird because when I went to do Rocky 3 when my mother was still alive. If she would come to my house, she’d go. ‘Yo T come over here, first thing i want to do is measure you and that’s what she did to me before i went to do the Rocky movie. I was like 335 pounds, six foot seven on the nose. Well then right before my mother died, a few years back, she wanted to measure me, I was six four and a half.”

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He also admitted “plus when you get older, you shrink up a little.” Hogan’s health has been better in the last few years. But he recently had a health issue that put his fans in a spot of bother.

Hulk Hogan had a health scare in February after his spine surgery

On the podcast, the host Theo Von asked Hogan about his health. To which he replied, “Well I think internally I’m healthy, it’s just I’ve used my body so bad, in the last 10 or 12 years I have had like 25 surgeries.”

Hogan recently had spine surgery in January. And there were rumors that Hogan was paralyzed from below the waist. Even Kurt Angle addressed this issue on his podcast ‘The Kurt Angle Show’. But Hogan denied this, although he did reveal that he does need a walking stick if the distance is too long.

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All this comes with age and after all the hell that Hogan’s body has been through. But fans are just happy that he is in good health today.