Hulk Hogan was taking ‘deadly’ amount of fentanyl while with TNA
While he was with TNA Wrestling, Hulk Hogan was using a dangerous amount of fentanyl to deal with all of the pain his body was in.
Netflix’s new “Hulk Hogan: Real American” docuseries premiered today with all four episodes now available to stream. In the final part, Hogan, in one of his final interviews, opens up about the difficult time he went through after getting divorced from his first wife Linda. Joining TNA helped save Hogan financially, but his body was in tremendous pain whenever he had to get physically involved in the ring.
Hogan said there were times where — after so many hip, knee, and back surgeries — he had to sleep in a chair because the bed was too painful. At other points, Eric Bischoff had to help Hogan get out of bed and get ready.
“I was taking 80-milligram fentanyls, two in the morning, stuffing them under my gums,” Hogan said. “I had two 300-milligram patches of fentanyl on my legs. And they gave me six 1500-mg fentanyl lollipops to eat. And I went to the pharmacy, he goes, ‘You should be dead. We have never seen a human being take this much fentanyl.'”
Hogan was with TNA from 2009-2013 and had the final match of his career there in 2012. He passed away at 71 years old in July 2025, with his death coming after several weeks of complications following another surgery.
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