"I think, “American icon? Oh, okay.” To me, I’m still Terry from Tampa."

In his 35-plus years in the public eye, Hulk Hogan has been a movie and TV star, a global entrepreneur, one of the most famous and charismatic athletes on earth. But in a way, it is the Hulk the world saw on social media during this World Cup — a musclebound Uncle Sam whose 24-inch pythons ripple like the stars and bars themselves — that will forever be the legacy of the Tampa native born Terry Bollea.

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