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My Life Outside the Ring Hardcover – October 27, 2009

by Hulk Hogan (Author), Mark Dagostino (Author)

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Hulk Hogan, born Terry Bollea, burst onto the professional wrestling scene in the late seventies and went on to become a world wrestling champion many times over. From humble beginnings, this giant of a man escaped a pre-ordained life of dock and construction work in Port Tampa, Florida, to become one of the most recognizable celebrities on the planet. He did it through sheer will, grit, determination, and a drive to always go over the top and do more than what others thought possible. From the outside, his story was one of a charmed life—he was at the top of his career, had a wonderful and loving family, and a lifelong fan base who worshipped him. Of course he had his up and downs—including hints of steroid abuse and his falling out with WWE and Vince McMahon—but it’s been the last two years that have tested Hogan more than any other in his lifetime.

In 2007, while riding the massive success of his VH1 reality show, Hogan Knows Best, his son Nick was involved in a tragic car accident that left his best friend in critical condition. Then Linda, his wife, left him after 23 years of marriage, his beloved daughter Brooke blamed

him for the breakup and his son went to jail. The tabloid media had a field day. When unflattering jailhouse conversations between him and his son were released to the press the tabloids were in a frenzy. The sudden turmoil and tragedy surrounding Hogan took its toll. He fell into a deep depression, seeing no way out, until one fate ful phone call.

In My Life Outside the Ring, Hogan will unabash edly recount these events, revealing how his new found clarity steadied him during the most difficult match of his life—and how he emerged from the battle feeling stronger than ever before.

I was right there leaning on the side of the car with my hands when I finally saw Nick—my only son—folded up like an accordion with his head down by the gas pedal. “Nick!” I yelled. I could see he was alive. He turned his head, he stuck his hand out, and gave me a thumbs-up. For a second I was relieved. Then the chaos set in. The noise of engines. Sirens. A saw. Para - medics pulling John from the passenger seat. So much blood. I can’t even describe to you how panicked I was. The police and firefighters surrounding us seemed panicked, too. The firefighters started cutting the side of the car open to try to get Nick out, and I’m still standing right there when I hear my boy screaming, “No, no, no, stop! Stop! You’re gonna cut my legs off. Dad! Just unbuckle the seatbelt. I can get out!” So I reach in and I push the button on his seat belt, and Nick just crawls right out. His wrist was broken. His ribs were cracked. None of that mattered. He was gonna be okay. But not John. John wasn’t moving.

—from MY LIFE OUTSIDE THE RING

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320 pages
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English
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St. Martin's Press
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October 27, 2009
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6.5 x 1.27 x 9.53 inches
ISBN-10

0312588895
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978-0312588892
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Whether it was in the ring during his decades-long wrestling career, or in his home during his popular reality show, Hogan has spent most of his adult life in front of the cameras. But for this memoir, Hogan hoped to open up about everything in his life, and it's hard to argue that he didn't succeed. From his days as a high school outcast in Florida to his ascension as perhaps the most popular wrestler of all time—it was like the Beatles or something, he writes—Hogan pulls no punches along the way. The first half of the work is fascinating, as he chronicles his first exposure to wrestling, which ended in a broken leg, along with his openness about steroid use and other drugs. Once his wrestling career ends, however, the book devolves into rather uncomfortable reading. Hogan writes exhaustively of his destructive marriage and his wife's alcoholism, and details his subsequent affair. But the most cringe-worthy passages come in his unabashed defenses of his son, who served nine months in jail for his role in a car accident that permanently injured his friend. The spiritual enlightenment that Hogan experiences in the final chapters does little to brighten the mood by the time the final page is turned. Wrestling fans will enjoy Hogan's honest look at his career and the history of the business. But the exploration into the rest of his personal life proves to be more depressing than uplifting. (Oct.)
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About the Author

HULK HOGAN is one of the most sought-after, instantly recognizable celebrities in the world. He is a twelve-time professional world wrestling champion—six titles with WWE and six with WCW—and the winner of the Royal Rumble in 1990 and 1991. He has appeared in several movies, including Rocky III, was the co-host for NBC’s American Gladiators, and is the executive producer, judge, and host of Hulk Hogan’s Championship Wrestling on CMT. Hogan is a frequent guest on every major talk show, such as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Larry King Live, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Live with Regis & Kelly, The Today Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The View.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Press; First Edition (October 27, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312588895
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312588892
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.19 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.27 x 9.53 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #271,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #74 in Wrestler Biographies
- #123 in Wrestling (Books)
- #2,552 in Actor & Entertainer Biographies

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"CLR"

He said/she said

Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2012

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I first read the book his ex-wife Linda wrote in the book she says he ran around on her from day one, wasn't home much... she was the sacrificing wife. He says he never ran around on Linda, loved her and thought of marriage as for life. I remember watching their reality show and liking them both as a couple. The longer I watched the more my ears perked up at some of Linda's behaviour. Linda seemed like a good mother and wife...at first. The longer the show went on... the more I noticed her negative behaviour towards Hulk and her daughter Brooke as Brooke's career was taking off. Linda became a problem to deal with...pushy, demanding stage Mom. First time my ears perked up was when Linda became very critical of Brooke's looks, body, clothes and singing. I began to feel embarrassed for Brooke and it became apparent Brooke was very hurt by her mother's treatment of her and... Brooke's management team. Linda then became negative and critical of her husband enough that I would cringe while watching the program. I began to notice a pattern and hoped I was wrong.

Cut to Hulk's book and as I got deeper into it...I began to realize my hunch about Linda was right and much worse. I believe Hulk's version. Linda is demanding, spoiled and an angry woman. She demanded new, larger more expensive homes which Hulk would buy her to keep her happy since she would threaten to leave him because she was so unhappy. No sooner did they purchase a home that it wasn't enough. Linda wanted homes in spots they would vacation in...so those were bought and tore down. Her brother would remodel the homes at exorbitant prices... Linda's mother was the decorator at exorbitant prices and the homes budgets became budget busters.

Linda...in her book said Hulk always accused her of having a drinking problem...which she denies repeatedly in her book. Hulk in his book gives examples of her out of control drinking and how he and her family talked her into rehab...which she left early. Guess who was recently arrested for DWI...yep Linda!

I give this book 4 stars maybe even 5. Hulk's book is written as though you are sitting down having a heart to heart talk with a friend about his life. He seems straight forward and willing to pour his heart out. He loved his wife even after she left him and filed for divorce, right in the middle of their son's trial and with NO notice... she would be filing. His son and daughter had to tell him his wife didn't love him and may have never loved him...very sad she would tell her children that. I walked away really liking Hulk and wish him much happiness with his new life and with a woman he loves. By the way he tells the true story of what happened in the accident his son had. You learn there is more to the story then you have read. The press had an agenda and it becomes very obvious. I feel very bad for John the friend who was in the accident with Nick(Terry's son) if what is in the book is true. You also learn about the steroid use of Terry's and what truly goes on in wrestling. But...this is mostly a story about Terry the man, son, father and husband.

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SMJS

Great read for fans or people who have gone through problems

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2013

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This was a great book to read. Hulk focused more on his personal life in the book than his professional wrestling career which we all know he is and will always be the greates icon of all time in the squared entertainment circle. I couldn't believe how open he was discussing everything from finding faith, to pumping steroids, to cocaine, and the unraveling of his life with his now ex wife Linda. He is a proud father who is just like other family men. He made a lot of money but spent it mostly on making Linda happy and did things to help advance his childrens careers. It's unfortunate over the years what bad publicity hogan and his family have suffered but this book brings a new insight and real stories of the real person. He also mentioned that the reality show made the family look different because it is soft scripted and they had to play out scenarios. Like Brooke being boy crazy to Nick being a rich snob. This wasn't true and was done for ratings. I guess a lot of things were cut out of filming with Linda going crazy on hulk all the time. All in all this was a great read and really insightful. Hulk is a down to earth human being who has made mistakes along the way like the rest of us and tells all in the book.

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C. Baker

The Hulkster Tells His Side of the Story

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2010

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When I was growing up Hulk Hogan was THE star in professional wrestling. Being younger I was hooked on the soap opera like storylines and larger than life characters in professional wrestling, and Hulk Hogan was the man!

In this autobiography Terry Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan lays it all on the line in an honest, sometimes searing account of his life, including the more recent tragedies that have befallen him and his family.

The Hulkster talks about his life growing up in a lower middle class neighborhood in Tampa with his prospects in life mostly being laboring on the docks or a similar profession. He became enamored of the local pro wrestling scene and did everything he could, well almost, to become part of the action. He started in the lowly local circuits and through his personality and character driven storylines, he made the climb to the top of the wrestling world.

His retelling of the early days of his pro wrestling career, literally sleeping in his car, and later traveling non-stop from one locale to another, were quite an interesting insight into the early days of pro wrestling at the lower end of the totem pole. And he not only admits to steroid use but talks about how steroids were part of the entire package of being a pro wrestler. As Hogan aged and injuries from the constant pounding in the ring took their toll he began the slow descent into an occasional wrestler and main attraction.

More recent events in Hogan's tabloid life are what most people today will be familiar with. In his hit reality TV show Hogan Knows Best, we don't see the utter turmoil his marriage and life had become. He tells his side of the story in the ugly divorce from his wife Linda and his struggles to keep up the lavish lifestyle that his riches had bestowed upon him. And more tragic yet, his son Nick was driving when he had a car accident that put a family friend into a coma with head injuries that he will make him an invalid for life. Nick was allegedly both intoxicated and racing another car at the time. Eventually he was convicted of a felony in the matter and was jailed for about six months. Somehow the tabloid media got a hold of a recording of a phone conversation Hogan had with his son while in jail that sounds like he is being callous and uncaring about the injuries to the passenger. Hogan gives a believable explanation of the conversion as being taken completely out of context.

The final chapters talk about how Hogan sank into a deep, deep depression with all the turmoil in his life - a son in jail, an ugly divorce, a falling out with this daughter over the divorce, financial problems from his lavish lifestyle, and a lawsuit for an enormous sum of money filed by the family of the injured passenger, all took their toll. He finally turned around his life and is telling his side of the story in this hard to put down autobiography.

Hogan's ghostwriter, Mark Dagostino does an outstanding job of organizing the material into a coherent, well written account of the life and travails of Hulk Hogan. The only real drawback to the book is the first half keeps using the phrase "you know," just like I am sure Hogan does in real life. It certainly gave an authentic tone to the book, but it sure got extremely annoying after a while. Thankfully he knocked off this colloquialism about half way through the book. Otherwise the writing and organization of the book are superb.

Finally, the reader must ask, how honest or true is the book? I am sure Hogan believes it is honest and true. The tone and unveiling of the good and the bad in Hogan's life makes what Hogan says ring true. I, frankly, believe what he has to say, although I am sure there are other sides to the story as well.

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K. G. A. Alavi

Don't hate the Hulk

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2011

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Have to say I really did not like Hulks first book. I was angry at myself for buying this one. That was before I read it. As far as wrestling books go this is one of the better ones. My favourite being Bret Hart's. Have to say I have never been a Hulk Hogan fan, but I appreciate the reality of this book. Hogan explains the attitude of people in the gym, to the WWE about drugs. One line that really stuck with me was when Hogan talks about guys in the gym who are not blown up on drugs are told "Why are you bothering showing up". This book is written by Hogan, so it is going to be from his point of view, that hast to be expected. Remember this book is written when Hogan has no reason to protect or damn the wrestling business. All in all I enjoyed this book all the way through.

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Barcs

Great follow up

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2019

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Really good follow up to the wwe Hollywood hulk hogan book...if you’re a hulkamaniac then youl enjoy it!

R. Long

Legend

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2013

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Fantastic read for kids who grew up when wrestling was amazing with the likes of British Bulldog and Papa shango and the Man himself Hulk Hogan.

Great read into what got him into wrestling and his rise and fall and rise again as one of the greatest entertainers there has been

Steve Kuncewicz

Utter garbage.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 30, 2018

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Self-pitying and self-aggrandising at the same time, with little insight into Hogan’s career. Avoid, and read “A Lion’s Tale” instead.

Rick Peacock

its decent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2015

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decent read

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