Hulk Hogan Tells Netflix Producers They ‘Need to Stop’ Asking About Brother’s Overdose in Final Interview

Sean NeumannThu, April 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM UTC

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Hulk Hogan says in a new documentary that his older brother Alan Bollea's 1983 overdose death was "a hard one to get over" as he asks interviews to stop asking him about the incident

The late WWE star died in July 2025 at the age of 71

Hogan's tumultuous life and career are the subject of a new four-part Netflix docuseries that began streaming Wednesday

The tragic 1986 death of Hulk Hogan’s older brother Alan Bollea still haunted the late professional wrestling star into the final months of his own life, a new documentary about Hogan reveals.

Hogan, who died from a heart attack in July 2025, is the subject of Netflix’s new four-part docuseries, Hulk Hogan: Real American, out Wednesday, April 22. Much of the documentary details the late pro wrestler’s embattled personal life, including his immediate family and the family he began with his ex-wife Linda Hogan after they married in 1983.

Three years later, the pro wrestler (whose real name is Terry Bollea) received news that his estranged older brother Alan had died from an overdose. When Netflix producers asked Hogan about his older brother’s death during his final interview in early 2025, the retired pro wrestler and reality television star broke down and pleaded to stop the interview.

“You have to stop, you're digging way too much for me," Hogan says, becoming emotional while discussing his brother’s death.

Hulk HoganCredit: Netflix

"We weren't that close," Hogan explains, giving a bit of insight into their early childhood in Florida.

"He rode off the reservation early, grew up really fast,” Hogan says. “By the time he was 7, he was riding with a bunch of bikers. He got in some trouble here in Florida and he ended up in Oakland, California.” Hogan says Alan would "show up" at his matches in California "with 10 Hell's Angels” at points throughout his early career as a pro wrestler.

Alan had just gotten out of rehab when he and Hogan reconnected, the late WWE star shares.

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Linda, 66, recalls in the documentary that Hogan was putting "a straight line on" Alan in an attempt to help him stay sober, while Hogan says he "was trying to help him out as much as I could."

Hogan explains that Alan was supposed to travel with him after a match one night because he was wanting to keep an eye on his brother, however Alan said he couldn't come and needed money for rent. "So I gave him some money, and I didn't take him with me," Hogan recalls.

After his match that night, Hogan says he received a phone call: "They said, 'Your brother overdosed and passed away,' " Hogan says. "It was a hard one to get over.”

Hulk HoganCredit: Netflix

Hogan went on to win 12 world championships throughout his wrestling career before becoming a reality television star in the early 2000s with VH1’s Hogan Knows Best. The pro wrestling icon would seldom return to WWE and other wrestling promotions, such as WCW and later TNA, before his personal life became embroiled in a number of scandals, including a 2007 sex tape and a racist tirade caught on tape and later leaked publicly in 2015.

In the docuseries, Hogan appears at peace with the fact he is beloved by some and reviled by others after his post-career downfall.

“I’m not looking for a legacy pat on the back, for sure,” Hogan explains as he sits down for the interview with Netflix producers, in what would turn out to be the final interview of his life. “Not everyone’s going to love you. Some people hate me, but I’m definitely the greatest wrestler of all time. I’m Hulk Hogan.”

Hulk Hogan: Real American is now streaming on Netflix.

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