Netflix’s new docuseries 'Hulk Hogan: Real American' puts the late wrestling icon’s final interview at the center of a raw account of his last years. Filmed before his death in July 2025, the series follows Terry Bollea as he reflects on fame, scandal, family strain and a body that had been pushed past its limits. According to TMZ, Hogan said he turned to massive amounts of fentanyl while working with TNA after his divorce from Linda Hogan left him financially drained and physically broken.
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Hulk Hogan Details Extreme Fentanyl Use
One of the most talked-about moments in the series comes when Hogan describes the medication he was taking to get through constant pain. "I was taking 80-milligram fentanyls, two in the morning, stuffing them under my gums here ... I had two 300mg patches of fentanyl on my legs and they gave me six 1500mg fentanyl lollipops to eat," said Hogan according to TMZ. He also recalls a pharmacist’s blunt reaction to the amount. The series shows how years of surgeries and ring damage had left him struggling to move, stand and even sleep normally.
Terry Bollea Recalls a Suicidal Spiral After Divorce
The docuseries also revisits the collapse of his marriage to Linda Hogan and the mental crash that followed. Hogan says the divorce wiped him out emotionally and financially, while public backlash over his 2009 comments about O.J. Simpson pushed him even lower. As reported by People Magazine, he said, "I went home and I started drinking and you know, started eating pills, and I just went down this rabbit hole for a couple days, and the next thing I know I'm sitting in front of my bathroom with a gun in my mouth and not knowing what I was doing." The film presents that period as one of the darkest of his life.
Netflix Series Tracks Regret Over Scandals
Beyond health and addiction, the show spends significant time on the controversies that damaged Hogan’s legacy. He admits he lied publicly about steroid use in the 1990s and speaks again about the racial slur scandal that led to his WWE firing in 2015. The series frames those moments as part of a long conflict between the larger-than-life Hulk Hogan persona and the man behind it. That split becomes a recurring theme, especially as he reflects on the cost of trying to protect the character while his personal life kept unraveling.
Final Footage Shows a Frail but Defiant Star
The most striking scenes may be the quietest ones. Hogan is shown using a cane, wincing as he gets up, and relying on his son Nick for basic tasks around the house. Yet the series also captures his need to keep performing, even after fans booed him during a WWE Raw appearance in early 2025. The project does not try to smooth over his contradictions. Instead, it presents a complicated final portrait: a towering entertainment figure, a damaged body, and a man still trying to explain the choices that shaped his last chapter.
