Details on Hulk Hogan Netflix Documentary

Posted by admin on April 14th, 2026

Hulk Hogan’s upcoming Netflix project is set to offer one of the most in-depth looks at his life and career, with new details shedding light on both the content and emotional timing behind the production.

Director Brian Storkel confirmed the Hulk Hogan Netflix documentary will be a four-part series, totaling roughly four hours. The documentary will explore the full life of Terry Bollea, from his early years through his wrestling career and beyond.

“It comes out on April 22 on Netflix. We have four parts. So it’s a full, you know, four hours of Hulk Hogan and Terry Bollea. I think that’s the incredible thing with this is, I think we were able to go a lot deeper than other past projects, you know, just because we had full participation from Terry. And then also being able to have four hours to dive in. There’s just so much in his life, in his career, that we know about, but then there’s so much more in his personal life that we were able to get into that hasn’t been told before.”

The series follows a chronological format. The first episode focuses on Hogan’s early life and rise in wrestling, while the second highlights the peak of Hulkamania, including major moments with The Iron Sheik and early WrestleMania events.

“It’s all pretty much chronological. So part one is the rise and just the backstory from his childhood all the way up to the early days of wrestling in Florida, Championship Wrestling, up to Minnesota, early days of WWF. And then it kind of culminates with him becoming the Hulk Hogan and headed back to the WWF.”

“Episode two is more the height of Hulkamania, from the Iron Sheik all the way through WrestleMania one, WrestleMania III, gets all the way through five, I believe.”

The third episode shifts to his Hollywood run and his transformation into “Hollywood Hogan” during the nWo era, while the final chapter explores his later years, including life outside the ring and public controversies.

“Our third episode is Hollywood Hogan. So it had both his years in Hollywood in the movies. We talked to some people like Christopher Lloyd about Suburban Commando and things. And then it goes into him in the NWO era of actually becoming the bad guy, Hollywood Hogan, and takes us all the way through, I think, The Rock and WrestleMania 18.”

“And then the final episode is kind of everything after wrestling. It’s like he’s trying to figure out how to get out of wrestling, does the reality show, other things come up, obviously there’s some scandal and some things that happen afterwards. And then it leads us all the way through the RNC and Donald Trump and through his death. So it covers extensively his entire life.”

Storkel also revealed that the timing of production added an emotional layer to the project. Filming took place shortly before Hogan’s health declined, leaving the team unable to capture additional planned footage.

“The timing couldn’t have been crazier, because I only met with him in person in February. We filmed March and April, five days of his main interview where he told his whole life story, and then there was a lot of other stuff. We went on the road with him, filmed in Florida with him, a bunch. I’d say we were 90 percent shot, and we were probably going to do a few more pickup things down the road. But we shot in March and April. He went in the hospital in May, and then never really recovered.”

Despite missing a few personal moments, Storkel said the team captured everything needed to complete the story.

“So we had everything we needed to tell his story. I think some of the more fun things, you know, like when I left last, he was like, okay, we’re going to go out in the boat next time. So I was excited to do that. Or one of the things I really wanted to do was film him up close, just grooming his mustache. I never got to do that. But as far as telling his story, we got pretty much everything we needed, and we’d been in the edit already. There was just a chance to go shoot a little bit more with him that we never got.”

The Hulk Hogan Netflix documentary is scheduled to release on April 22, 2026, shortly after WrestleMania 42 weekend and Hogan’s latest recognition during the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony.