Wallack, an Orlando business owner and developer, opened Hulk Hogan’s Wrestling Shop on International Drive in 2017. He said he’s been friends with Hogan since they first started developing the project.

Hulk Hogan evolved from a sports entertainer to lifestyle brand through authenticity and expansion, with recent ventures that included a beer brand and freestyle wrestling organization.

My conversation with Hulk Hogan was longer — close to an hour — and just as pleasant. It was in 1985 and Hogan was in Tampa for a major WWE show at the Sun Dome on the University of South Florida campus. It was the first time he was performing locally since becoming an international superstar with WWE.

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan’s wife, Sky Daily Hogan, shared her heartache with the world Friday, a day after her husband died from cardiac arrest. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, died Thursday at their home in Clearwater, Florida. He was 71 years old.

Hogan, whose given name was Terry Bollea, sued Gawker for invading his privacy after the website in 2012 posted an edited version of a video of Hogan having sex with the wife of his then-best friend, Florida-based radio DJ Bubba The Love Sponge Clem.

A heckler interrupted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ tribute to Hulk Hogan, shouting profanities before being removed by security at a press event Thursday in Bradenton.

An insider says Hulk Hogan settled old scores and said his goodbyes as health issues worsened. He knew he didn’t have much time left.