Nick Hogan got emotional while honoring his father at the place that helped made Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea a pro wrestling and pop culture icon.

It's hard to overstate just how violent and commie-hating American pop culture was in the 1980s. The late wrestler was among its biggest stars.

Today marks Hulk Hogan’s 63rd birthday. Few men or women in the history of professional wrestling have been pop culture mainstays on the level that Hogan has, for as long as he has.

We previously reported that the legendary former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan died on Thursday morning at the age of 71. In the years before his death, Hulk was tragically estranged from his daughter Brooke,