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The wrestling legend’s former spouse Linda Hogan – who he divorced in 2008 after 25 years of marriage – has claimed in her new autobiography, ‘Wrestling the Hulk: My Life Against the Ropes’, that he had a violent temper that would manifest itself physically when they argued.

But the 57-year-old TNA grappler has branded Linda’s allegation a “total, blatant lie” and has accused her of still trying to trade off his famous name.
Insisting he has “no reason” to defend himself, he said during a radio interview on the ‘Bubba the Love Sponge Show’: “Dude, I never laid a hand on her . If you step back and take a really good look at this – if you take the Hulk Hogan name out of her situation, her life, her career, the air she breathes . she’s out of gas. She’s still riding on the Hulk Hogan name. Just take her and put her in the same category with the Iron Sheik and the Ultimate Warrior. They all belong together.”
The Iron Sheik and the Ultimate Warrior are former wrestling opponents of Hulk – real name Terry Bollea – and have been vocal critics of him during their retirements.
In an extract from her book, Linda wrote: “Hulk tore my shirt. He threw lamps. He held me down on the bed with his hands around my throat during arguments, slamming doors, pounding walls. I was always afraid he would kill me in one of his rages.”
Discussing the tome on ‘The Today Show’, Linda – who has two children, daughter Brooke, 23, and son Nick, 20, with ex-WWE star Hulk – claimed prescription medicines played a part in her husband’s mood swings.
The 51-year-old blonde said: “Drugs were always around – prescribed. Wrestlers have always got injuries. There was a constant flow of pain pills, anti-inflammatories, steroids – a lot of them did take steroids. It makes somebody – you don’t know what you’re dealing with.”

Your wedding day is always unforgettable, and Hulk Hogan certainly won’t forget his in a hurry.

The wrestler married his 35-year-old girlfriend, Jennifer McDaniel, at his Clearwater, Florida, home on Tuesday night.
And in true Hogan fashion, the ceremony was not without it’s drama, where police had to be called to break-up a fight.

The disruption happened when a photographer reportedly tried to ‘crash’ the wedding and subsequently became embroiled in a fight with Ron Howard, a family friend that was officiating as a security guard.

According to website TMZ the photographer, Robert Martinez ,put his elbow on Howard’s throat and screamed: ‘I’m packing a gun’.

The local police department confirmed that they were called to an altercation and that there was a firearm involved – no arrests were made though.

Hulk later Tweeted about the incident: ‘Man, when you least expect it, it still gets crazy as he’ll. What a day! HH.’
A police report filed by the first officer at the scene, Jennifer McDaniel, stated: ‘I looked over the video in the camera. I did see a quick glimpse of Martinez’s hand on Howard’s throat.

‘But I cannot say if he put it there on purpose of by accident during the physical confrontation. I did hear Martinez state “I have a gun.”‘

It seems the 57-year-old, real name Terry Gene Bollea, didn’t let the drama ruin the day though, and he’s vowing that after one failed marriage this time is for keeps.

He later Tweeted a picture of his platinum and diamond wedding band with the message: ‘This time were really gonna make history!’

It was a small wedding with only family and close friends invited, including Hulk’s two children from his first marriage to Linda Claridge – Brooke, 22 and Nick, 20.

Hogan’s spiritual advisor Dr. Michael Beckwith – who was featured on the recent A&E special Finding Hulk Hogan – performed the ceremony.

Hogan has been dating the new Mrs Hogan, who looks eerily like his daughter Brooke, since early 2008, the two became engaged in November 2009.

It’s been a rough couple of years for Hulk Hogan between son Nick’s tragic car accident and jail sentence followed by a bitter divorce with his wife of 25 years Linda Bollea. But after putting pen to paper and exposing everything from his suicidal thoughts to his wife’s alcohol addiction (which she denies) in the book “My Life Outside the Ring,” it seems the former pro-wrestler will walk down the aisle again.

“My marriage to Linda was very toxic and very negative. Jennifer (his current girlfriend) is just the opposite, she doesn’t drink or get high on drugs,” Hogan told Tarts in an exclusive interview. “If you’re in my home and watching TV, you have to watch the science channel or the history channel or cartoons. She doesn’t watch anything negative like the news or TMZ. She doesn’t read the newspaper. She always walks in the Spirit of Christ, she never deviates. I can really see myself marrying this woman.”

And for those who thought the WWE champ was big and scary, think again.

“I don’t like confrontations of any kind, it makes me really nervous,” Hogan said. “Even going back to high school when people would say ‘let’s meet at the tracks after school, I don’t like you because you’re too fat. I’m going to beat you up.’ That would upset me so bad that I would shake and be nervous all day because I hate confrontations.”

But it seems Hogan just can’t escape conflict with his former wife. Last week, Linda Bollea filed a second motion of enforcement in the Pinellas County Superior Court in Florida on Tuesday against the wrestler with claims that he hasn’t been paying his end of the confidential divorce settlement. According to Bollea’s attorney Ray Rafool, she is entitled to almost 40 percent of all earnings Hogan makes from July 2009 to forever (such as merchandising, trademarks and royalties), with the exception of any acting or personal appearance gigs.

“Hulk Hogan is up to his old tricks and hiding income for which Linda is entitled, we once again must seek enforcement of the parties’ divorce agreement,” Rafool told Tarts. “We truly wish Hulk Hogan would honor his agreements no matter how unfavorable he believes the agreement is to him. I will force him to comply with every term of his agreement.”

A rep for Hogan did not respond for comment.

Bollea first filed a motion against her ex in August with claims that he didn’t give her the Harley and finances she deserved as per their divorce agreement, but the issue was later resolved.

So given Hulk’s tumultuous life in the limelight, chances are one day his book could find its way onto the big screen. So who would the former-pro-wrestler like to play him?

“Me! I would love to play myself,” he said. “If not, maybe Jeff Bridges would be great.”

On the note of films, turns out 19-year-old son and former jailbird Nick Hogan can now officially call himself an “actor.” We wait with baited breath…

“Nick is doing great, he’s in L.A. and he just got his first acting job in an independent film,” Hulk added. “Brooke is living down here; she signed with my agent and is going on auditions because we don’t know if they will renew ‘Brooke Knows Best’ yet.”

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