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Speaker 1: Clearwater Police Department in Florida, United States, has confirmed the

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world wrestling champion Terry Bonny aka Hulk Hogan, died on

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Thursday morning around eleven seventeen am after the personnel of

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the Clearwater City Fire and Police Departments responded to an

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emergency medical report at about nine to fifty one am

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and administered first aid treatment of cardiac arrest to Hulk

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Hogan before he was rushed to Morton Plant Hospital, where

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he was pronounced dead. According to the Clearwater Police Department

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in a video press briefing held a few hours ago,

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the Clearwater Fire Department and Clearwater Police Department personnel responded

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to a medical call at nine fifty one am today

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in the one thousand block of Eldorado Avenue on Clearwater Beach.

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The nature of the call was for a cardiac arrest.

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A seventy one year old resident, Terry Bonny, also known

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as Hulk Hogan, was treated by Clearwater Fire and Rescue

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crews before being taken by SunStar to Morton Plant Hospital,

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where he was pronounced deceased. Major Nate Burnside briefed the

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press about the police and fire response to a medical

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call involving Terry Bonny, also known as Hulk Hogan. A

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video of the scene outside Hogan’s residence shows responders desperately

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trying to save his life as he was transported to

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an ambulance. In the clip, several paramedics appear to be

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conducting chest compressions as Hogan is wheeled to the emergency vehicle.

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It may be recalled that a few weeks ago, Hogan’s wife, Sky,

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whom he married in September twenty twenty three, denied rumors

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he was in a coma, stating his heart was strong

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as he recovered from surgeries. Some local media in the

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United States had reported last month that Hogan was on

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his deathbed, but the reports were denied with statements that is,

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at the time, he was just dealing with the symptoms

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of a neck procedure he underwent in May twenty twenty five.

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The global sports HiCon Hulk Hogan undoubtedly transformed professional wrestling

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into a family entertainment. Sports before Hulk wrestling catered to

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a fairly narrow audience. Hulk’s theatrics in the ring were

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magnetic for children and their parents, and it supercharged the sport.

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Hogan kickstarted a pop culture phenomenon with Hulkamannia after defeating

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the Iron Shake for the World Heavyweight Championship in nineteen

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eighty four, a craze that never went away, and his

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signature bandana and handlebar mustache were often copied by fans

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in crowds for decades. In nineteen ninety six, Hulk created

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the nWo New World Order and became Hollywood Hulk Hogan.

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It propelled him in professional resting to even more fame.

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Hogan had countless iconic performance which included a match up

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against Dwayne the Rock Johnson at WrestleMania X eight in

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two thousand and two and a face off with Andre

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the Giant at WM three, and had memorable feuds with

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Ultimate Warrior and Randy Savage. Hulk was inducted into the

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WWE Hall of Fame in two thousand and five. He

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was removed in twenty fifteen after a scandal erupted over

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Racist’s comments while he was being secretly recorded during a

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sexual encounter. Gorko posted the clip and Hulk subsequently sued,

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winning the lawsuit. Hulk was inducted a second time in

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the WWE Hall of Fame in twenty twenty, this time

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as a member of nWo. World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE released

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a statement on Hogan’s death, saying one of pop culture’s

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most recognizable figures, Hogan help WWE achieve global recognition in

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the nineteen eighties. WWE extends its condolences to Hogan’s family, friends,

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and fans. Hulk was the star of the twenty twenty

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four Republican National Convention when he set the room ablaze

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with theatrics. Hulk had an amazingly successful movie career, beginning

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in nineteen eighty two with Rocky Three, playing the iconic

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character Thunderlips. He also starred in No Holds Bard, Suburban Commando,

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and Mister Nanny, and as more, Hogan starred in the

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hit VH one reality show Hogan Knows Best with his

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family Linda, Nick and Brooke In details. WWE, in a

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statement on its website, said, legendary w WE Hall of

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Famer Hulk Hogan passes away. W w E is saddened

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to learn that Terry Bolly, recognized globally as legendary w

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w E Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has passed away

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on July twenty fourth, at seventy one, One of pop

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culture’s most recognizable figures. Hogan health w WE achieved global

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recognition with the Hulkamanier craze of the nineteen eighties and

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reignited sports entertainment’s popularity in the nineteen nineties through his

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leadership of the New World Order in w c W.

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Whether he was a hero or villain clad in red

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and yellow or black and white, the Hulkster was always

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one of the rings most popular and enduring stars. Hogan

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abandoned a career in music with his Tampa, Florida based

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band Rucis when he was discovered by w w V

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Hall of Famous Jack and Jerry Briscoe. In nineteen seventy seven,

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Hogan began training with Hero Matsuda, who intentionally broke Hogan’s

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lower leg just to see if he was passionate enough

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to return to training in the ring or would instead

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return to playing bass guitar. A year later, on August tenth,

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nineteen seventy seven, Hogan had his first match against B.

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Bryan Blair in Fort Myers, Florida, for Championship Wrestling from Florida.

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Hogan competed under a mask as Super Destroyer in Florida

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and then teamed with his friend Edlin Leslie, who would

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become Brutus Beefcake as brothers Terry and Ed Boulder in Alabama, Tennessee,

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and Georgia. It was after appearing on a local talk

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show in Memphis with TV’s Incredible Hulk Lou Faringo that

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he began calling himself Terry the Hulk Boulder because he

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was so much larger than Faringo. He first appeared in

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w w E in nineteen seventy nine and was named

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Hulk Hogan by Vincent J. McMahon. As a villain, Hogan

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defeated the future Million Dollar Man Ted Debias in his

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first match at Madison Square. Garden, challenged Bob Bakland for

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the w w E Championship and collided with Andre the

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Giant eight years before WrestleMania three in August nineteen eighty

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at New York City’s Say Stadium. After appearing in Rocky three,

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Hogan spent the next three years competing for verne Gan’s

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Hour and Antonio Andoki’s New Japan Pro Wrestling. Hogan then

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made the move to w w E, where he defeated

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the Iron Shape to become to w w E champion.

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On January twenty third, nineteen eighty four, beginning a pop

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culture craze that would be known as Hulcomannier For nearly

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a decade, WWE and Hulcomania’s footprints grew together. WWE expanded

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to nationally syndicated television, then pay per per view, with

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Hogan headlining in a litany of classics, including teaming with

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television’s biggest star, Mister t at the first WrestleMania, and

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defeating Andre the Giant in front of more than ninety

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three thousand fans at WrestleMania three. All told, Hulk Hogan

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racked up and unprecedented five WWE championships, Maine evented WrestleMania

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eight times, and sold millions of T shirts, toys, and

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anything else you can imagine bearing the red and yellow.

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Before leaving WWE in August nineteen ninety three, The Hulkster

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planned on putting his full time sports entertainment days behind

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him and started a career as a television star on

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the syndicated Thunder in Paradise. However, it wasn’t long until

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he was drawn into sports entertainment again, this time by

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nature Boy Rick Flair and new w CW executive producer

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Eric Bischoff. Using Turner Broadcasting’s budget, Bischoff signed Hogan to

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a seven figure part time contract. In his debut match, Hogan,

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with Mister T in his corner and Shaquille O’Neal at ringside,

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defeated Flair for the w CW World Heavyweight Championship on

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the Bash at the Beach pay per view in Orlando, Florida.

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After two years of dominating his competition, Hogan did the

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unthinkable when he betrayed both w CW fans and w

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CW hero sting Lex Luger and Randy Savage by joining

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the outsiders Scott Hall and Kevin Nash to form the

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New World Order. The nWo was w ‘s c w’s

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greatest weapon in the Monday Night War, pitting w c

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W s Nitro against w w ees Monday Night Raw.

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During his six years with w c W, Hogan won

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six w c W World Heavyweight Championships. Almost one year

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after the demise of w c W, Hogan, Hall and

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Nash returned to w w E as the Revld nWo

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in February two thousand two. While his third stay in

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w w E lasted less than two years. Hogan was

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once again embraced by the w w E universe during

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his match against the Rock of WrestleMania x eight, and

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later won his sixth w w E Championship from Triple

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h Ak Backlash two thousand two. In two thousand and five,

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the Hulkster was inducted into the w w E Hall

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of Fame by his Rocky three co star and friend

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Sylvester Stallone, and appeared at WrestleMania twenty one the following night.

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In twenty fourteen, the Hulkster again returned to w w

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E and was the host of WrestleMania thirty. The historic

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event began with Hogan, The Rock, and Stone Cold Steve Austin,

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arguably the three most famous sports entertainers of all time,

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together in the ring to the delight of more than

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seventy five thousand w w E fans from all fifty

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states and thirty seven countries at New Orleans Mercedes Benz Superdome,

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with millions more watching the first WrestleMania to air live

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on w w E network. There are few names more

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synonymous with sports entertainment than Hulk Hogan, as the larger

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than life icon was a central figure in w w

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entertainment leader. The Hulkster’s superhuman size and undeniable charisma helped

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him reach heights once unthinkable in sports and entertainment, as

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Hogan packed ninety three thousand, one hundred and seventy three

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fans into the Pontiac’s Silverdome for WrestleMania three, won six

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WWE championships, starred in movies, and set the standard for

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what a WWE superstar could be. WWE extends its condolences

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to Bollier’s family, friends, and fans. The World Wrestling Entertainment

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WWE stated what’s amazing about Hulk He had scores of

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surgeries as a result of wrestling injuries. He told Harvey

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during a taping of Objectified he had no original body

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parts left. Bringin bringimg