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In 2025, Hulk Hogan filmed a documentary about his life, which became his last interview — and it included a final sendoff from President Trump.
The director of “Hulk Hogan: Real American,” which premieres on Netflix on April 22, recalled the surreal presidential sit-down.
“It was clear [Hogan] had a relationship with Trump . . . at one point I was like, ‘Yeah, we should get Trump.’ And he was like, ‘Well, let me call him right now.’ And he just dialed him,” Bryan Storkel said.
“There were a couple times where we’re just on speakerphone with Trump, and I’m going, ‘What’s going on here? I’m sitting in a car with Hulk Hogan. He’s talking to the sitting president of the United States. What crazy world did I get myself into?’”
Storkel traveled to the White House last May to film the interview with the commander in chief, who gave him 20 minutes in between meetings on more pressing matters.
“The same day, he’s in the other room dealing with Putin. . . . He’s like, ‘Yeah, I gotta get back to Russia.’”
In the film, the pro wrestling legend, whose real name is Terry Bollea, plays a voicemail Trump left thanking him for speaking at the 2024 Republican National Convention, where he famously ripped off his shirt to reveal a Trump-Vance tank top.
“Just seeing his reaction to Trump’s voicemail as he’s listening to it, you can tell he’s proud of it. It also just shows how close their relationship was, whether you love that or hate that, it was there,” Storkel said.
He had unwavering devotion to his “Hulkamaniac” fans, Storkel said.
“He would spend all day meeting people … and then he’d get in the car and he’d just be like, ‘Man, I wish I could have done something for those kids in the back,’” he recalled.
“There was one guy that came up in a wheelchair that wasn’t in great shape. He went over to this guy and just said, ‘I just knew I was going to meet somebody special today.’ And he started rubbing his back probably for five minutes and talking to him.”
Another shocking moment came when Hulk detailed the fentanyl regimen he was on to deal with the back pain he endured after 35 years of wrestling and executing his signature leg drop — two-80 mg in his mouth, two 300-mg patches on his legs, and six 1,500-mg lollipops to eat.
“He somehow had an abnormal, not human tolerance for pain,” said Storkel, who filmed Hulk for 25 hours. said.
On July 24, 2025, the legend died unexpectedly at 71 from a heart attack. The documentary’s cameras were the only ones allowed at his funeral.
At the end of the service, WWE co-founder Vince McMahon, suggested mourners give the icon his last standing ovation, and the crowd erupted in cheers of “Hogan, Hogan.”
“It was a big moment. Also just knowing that his whole life, he was kind of seeking the adoration of the crowd and the cheering. So I felt like this was a perfect, amazing ending to his story.” Storkel said.
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