When most people think of Hulk Hogan, they see the legend. The red and yellow. The ripped shirt. The flexing. The crowd loses their minds while he preaches about saying your prayers and taking your vitamins. For an entire generation, he was wrestling. A living, breathing superhero in boots and a bandana. But that’s just one version of Hulk Hogan. The strange thing is, Hogan wasn’t just playing a character. He believed in Hulkamania. He sold it so well because, on some level, he bought into it himself. That’s what made him electric—he wasn’t acting like the biggest deal in the world, he genuinely thought he was. And maybe that’s why, when the cameras turned off, he still expected to be the center of the show.