Tributes pour in for wrestling icon Hulk Hogan

By Paul McRingo US Correspondent

Hulk Hogan, the man credited with making fake wrestling a global phenomenon, has died at the age of 71, the WWF has said.

Tributes began pouring in from around the world for the hugely popular entertainer as soon as the World Wildlife Federation made the announcement.

Hulk Hogan first became famous on the early 1980s TV show The Incredible Hulk, where every week he would tell Mister Magee not to make him angry.

Years later, an almost unrecognisable Hulk reappeared on TV as a professional wrestler where he quickly became one of the most popular figures on the circuit.

Despite pro-wrestling being a theatrical performance where outcomes are predetermined and wrestlers act out storylines, millions of morons around the world think it’s a real sport and believe Hogan was the greatest World Wrestling Champion of all time.

Hulk Hogan is survived by his wife Melania Trump and his two children David Banner and Bill Bixby.