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Wrestling star Hulk Hogan is left pouring with blood after coming to blows with his arch enemy Ric Flair.

The ugly scenes erupted after the pair traded insults about their failed love lives during a press conference in Australia.

But onlookers were left wondering how real the promotional event was – such things are known as a ‘work’ among wrestling fans and often end with one party hurt.

It is thought Hogan, 56, ‘bladed’, cutting himself to start a flow of blood which then poured down his face and all over his white T-shirt.

Australian media groups were unsure what to make of the incident, with many reporting it as a serious bust-up.

According to local reports, one photographer had his flash broken when Flair threw a table off the stage and into the press gathering before diving on photographers.

As Flair laid into Hogan, his head began to bleed ‘profusely’ and the wrestler appeared unable to get to his feet.

The two wrestling icons are heading up the HulkaMania: Let The Battle Begin tour Down Under.

The match-up between the pair is eagerly anticipated, especially since the Hogan has never wrestled in Australia during his 31-year career.

Hulk – who recently divorced wife Linda – said: ‘The fans here have stuck with me through the highs and lows.

‘In the last couple of years my personal life got flipped upside-down and the fans stayed with me through everything, so what better place to start over than right here.’

Flair, 60, who last week got married for the fourth time, said of the match: ‘Two guys are going to walk down that aisle.
‘One will walk back. I’ve never, ever not made it back down that aisle.’

Others on the tour include former WWE superstars Rikishi, The Nasty Boys, Shannon Moore, Umaga, Mr Kennedy and Val Venis.
Once the tour is finished, Hogan is off to work for TNA and Flair is rumoured to be following him.

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Just when Linda Bollea thought things were finally and officially over between her and ex-hubby Hulk Hogan, the former pro-wrestler released a new book “My Life Outside the Rings,” which has his former flame outraged after his reference to her as an “abusive alcoholic.”

“As far as what he has said about Linda, it’s not accurate about her being involved with heavy alcohol and being abusive, and trying to hit Nick with a wine bottle? Absolutely false,” Bollea’s attorney Ray Rafool said. “It’s disappointing and it is irritating. we disagree and wish he would have stuck to the facts instead of sensationalism to sell his book. It does reheat a lot of stuff, but it makes her feel all the more happy that she’s divorced and away from him. He’s Jennifer’s problem now.”

In the book Hulk also opened up about the suicidal thoughts he experienced for a few days while drinking and handling a gun that he had kept in the closet.

“You can now understand the fear that Linda had when she was going through the divorce because she knows his personality, heard these rumors, knew what he was doing, and that’s the reason why she was so concerned. We’re thankful that at this point, he has straightened his life out,” Rafool said.

A rep for Hulk said that he “stands by what is written in the book.”

At this stage, Bollea doesn’t intend to file a suit against her ex over his claims, however the two are still entwined in a bitter legal battle. On Thursday, Hulk filed a motion against Linda for enforcement, stemming from when she took legal action when the settlement agreement was not met but according to her attorney, they will most certainly be filing another motion over his continued failures.

And despite murmurs that their 21-year-old daughter Brooke Hogan does not even speak to her mother as a result of the messy divorce (and the fact Linda is now in a serious relationship with one of her high school acquaintances), things between the two are now apparently sweeter then sweet.

“They’re very good. Brooke has been spending a lot of time with Linda in California. It’s been a great revolution that they are back together, mother and daughter, very close, and in fact, she talked to Brooke today at least once or twice,” Rafool added. “They’re back the way it was. It’s one nice thing about the divorce being over, the kids don’t have to feel they’re in the middle anymore.”

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The tough-guy wrestler said he downed Xanax and picked up a gun in 2007 after wife Linda filed for divorce and son Nick was in-dicted on reckless-driving charges.

In a chilling excerpt from his book “My Life Outside the Ring,” published in Men’s Fitness, Hogan said: “There were times when I thought that a whole bottle of pills would go down easy . . . Then I noticed the gun in my hand. I was careless with it . . . I kept my finger pressed right to that trigger . . . and if I moved that finger an inch in the right direction . . . I would have blown my brains out.”

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Now that Hulk Hogan is officially divorced from his wife of almost 26 years, Linda Bollea, it seems things are seriously heating up between the retired pro wrestler and his girlfriend Jennifer McDaniel.

The two were spotted getting tattoos at Huntington Ink inside the Palms Resort & Casino on Friday night, and Jennifer had no hesitation in inking “Terry”(Hulk’s real name) on the inside of her right wrist. However the WWE star wasn’t quite as ready to reciprocate the romantic gesture and instead opted for “I AM THAT, I AM” on the outside of his right forearm.

Earlier in the night the lovebirds were joined by Hulk’s troublesome son Nick Hogan where they enjoyed the stuffed mushroom appetizer followed by 12 oz filets accompanied by lobster mashed potatoes, green beans and creamed spinach (plus dessert!) at the N9NE Steakhouse.

But it seems Hulk isn’t the only one getting super serious since the split – apparently things are going from strength to strength with Linda Hogan and her toy boy, Charlie Hill.

“Charlie is so attentive to Linda, he makes her very happy and he seems very sincere,” a source close to Ms. Bollea said. “He is very mature. They definitely plan on being together.”

I’m sorry but it looks creepy to me when they kiss – she looks wayyyyy too much like his daughter Brooke!

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The harsh world of legalities must be all too familiar for Hulk Hogan, but this time the semi-retired pro-wrestler has decided to sue the professionals whose job it was to stand up for him.

Hogan filed a lawsuit in the Pinellas County on Monday against two attorneys, Morris “Sandy” Weinberg Jr. and Lee Fugate, of the firm Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, with claims that the men (who defended him and son Nick Bollea following Nick’s 2007 car crash) for cheating him out of over $1.5 million.

According to the suit, Hulk’s automotive insurance company Progressive was obligated to cover all necessary legal costs, however the lawyers named allegedly failed to notify him of this and continued to bill at excessively high rates. Hulk also claimed that Progressive attempted numerous times to communicate with him over the incident, but the Zuckerman Spaeder legal team did not make him aware of their letters. By the time he understood his entitlements, he claims the relationship with the insurers had been “terminated.”

“It is common knowledge throughout the legal profession experienced in such matters, especially in the area of insurance defense litigation and personal injury law, that automobile insurance policies include the aforementioned duty to defend the insured, as well as any permissive user, should a civil suit arise or the possibility of a civil claim exist,” the lawsuit stated. “Defendants made no effort to advise of this important fact. Defendants were further aware, or should have been, that Bollea had no experience in the area of insurance.”

“The charges made by Terry Bollea are simply baseless. The Bollea’s came to Zuckerman Spaeder under very difficult circumstances. Both Terry Bollea and his son faced the threat of criminal prosecution and civil litigation. Zuckerman Spaeder, working with a co-counsel, achieved a very favorable result in the criminal case,” a rep from the firm told Tarts in a statement. “We absolutely dispute and will contest the claims made against us.”

But on the note of Nick Bollea’s tragic accident, the now 24-year-old John Graziano, who was in the passenger seat of Bollea’s vehicle at the time, was finally released from the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital last Wednesday, over two years after the incident. Graziano suffered severe brain damage, reportedly leaving him in a vegetative state.

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WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan says he has fought a lot of bad guys in his day.

Who takes the title?

Ex-wife Linda Bollea!

“Without a doubt, this one is the most formidable opponent I’ve ever run into,” he tells Usmagazine.com.

“You talk about dirty tricks: Brass knuckles, steel knuckles, cheap shots,
tripping people up. I’ve never seen anybody in the wrestling business that has more dirty tricks than she does!” he adds. “I guess I taught her well.”

After 23 years of marriage, Linda, 48, surprised Hogan, 54, last November by filing for divorce. (He learned of the split from a newspaper reporter.)

Since then, the two have been embroiled in a messy war.

On June 30, Linda filed papers alleging that he “relentlessly and methodically” stalks her, “causing her anxiety and fear for her safety at all times.” (His lawyer has called the claim “pure fantasy.”)

They also have clashed over assets (she recently accused him of not paying his share of their $4.2 million Las Vegas condo).

Brooke Hogan, who feuded with her father earlier this year after he dated one of her pals, is no longer on speaking terms with her mother, who is romancing one of her 19-year-old former classmates.

“I’m totally freaked out,” Brooke said of the relationship.

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