Hulk Hogan Credited Himself With The Explosion Of Entrance Music In The WWF, & That Has Since Been Adopted By Country Music

RIP brother… Today, we lost WWE legend Hulk Hogan at the age of 71. TMZ Sports first reported that Hogan suffered a “cardiac arrest” event at his Clearwater, Florida, home early Thursday morning. Despite the responding medical personnel’s best efforts, the WWE star was pronounced dead at the hospital. Clearwater Police are expected to reveal more about Hogan’s passing in a press conference. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Whiskey Riff (@whiskeyriff) Hulk Hogan joined the WWE, […] The post Hulk Hogan Credited Himself With The Explosion Of Entrance Music In The WWF, & That Has Since Been Adopted By Country Music first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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Hulk Hogan Credited Himself With The Explosion Of Entrance Music In The WWF, & That Has Since Been Adopted By Country Music

RIP brother…

Today, we lost WWE legend Hulk Hogan at the age of 71. TMZ Sports first reported that Hogan suffered a “cardiac arrest” event at his Clearwater, Florida, home early Thursday morning. Despite the responding medical personnel’s best efforts, the WWE star was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Clearwater Police are expected to reveal more about Hogan’s passing in a press conference.

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Hulk Hogan joined the WWE, then known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), in 1983, and quickly became a fan favorite and a cultural phenomenon. Pretty much everyone jumped on the “Hulkamania” train. His wrestling career was long-lived and iconic, earning him induction into the Hall of Fame in 2015.

The WWE shared this statement upon learning of his passing:

“WWE is saddened to learn WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has passed away. One of pop culture’s most recognizable figures, Hogan helped WWE achieve global recognition in the 1980s. WWE extends its condolences to Hogan’s family, friends, and fans.”

WWE is saddened to learn WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has passed away.
One of pop culture’s most recognizable figures, Hogan helped WWE achieve global recognition in the 1980s.
WWE extends its condolences to Hogan’s family, friends, and fans.
— WWE (@WWE) July 24, 2025

But before Hogan stepped into the ring, he had aspirations of becoming a musician. In April, he joked with the Try That In A Small Town podcast that he:

“Was doing anything to avoid a real job. Anything to avoid a real job.”

Hogan was a fretless bass guitar player and played in several Florida-based rock bands. However, Hogan claims that he “never made any money” until he started wrestling for the WWF. Hogan even got involved in the production of some of his theme songs like “The Hulkster’s in the House,” a motivational song from the “Hulk Rules” album, co-written by Hogan, Jimmy Hart, and JJ Maguire. Music played a significant role in Hogan’s act while wrestling, often utilizing certain variations of rock songs earlier in his career to hype the audience as he made his way to the ring.

Later in the podcast episode, Hogan notes that he brought walk out music to mainstream wrestling in the ’80s, bending some rules and paying some folks under the table to make it happen. But once he started doing it, it took off:

“But the cool thing about it was, they told me no music. So I went to the sound guy. I said, ‘The hell with this. “Eye of the Tiger,” crank it.’ I gave him 500 bucks.

When that music started, that (mimics the intro melody), the roof of the place blew off. Then I told Vince, I said, ‘Man, I’ve been selling merchandise, T-shirts, headbands, hats, koozies, and wristbands and making a ton of money doing it, because nobody else is.’ Vince picked up on it real quick, and it just took off, and then everybody wanted entrance music.

So Jimmy Hart sat up all night, most nights, writing entrance music for all the wrestlers.”

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