So is he 6'3 or 6'7?
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Catdubh — 9 years ago(June 10, 2016 10:59 AM)
He was 6' 7' at his peak but you shrink as you age so he's probably closer to 6' 3' now.
Although he did admit to once being 6'7", and stated he's now 6'3", it wasn't due to age, he stated it was due to multiple neck and back injuries and surgeries. Surgery and injury can have a dramatic effect on height but age, alone doesn't cause someone in their 60's to shrink 4 full inches.
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lukejbarnett — 5 years ago(January 05, 2021 05:27 AM)
i'm just happy he's still alive and that he's still on wwe monday night raw. as much as anyone he was my youth growing up in the '80s. bc of this no other person or thing ever will comfort me more than hulk hogan.
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Gabe1972 — 10 years ago(June 14, 2015 10:31 PM)
He's most likely just a little over six feet now, as he is only a smidge taller than his daughter. The tallest he ever was in reality was most likely about 6'4", and with his wrestling boots, as tiny bit taller.
Although it still happens a little today, though not nearly to such a ridiculous extent, wrestlers were almost always billed as being considerably taller than they really were, sometimes even reaching a half foot exaggeration. A perfect example is Andre the Giant, who while almost always being billed at 7'4", and even taller in some cases, was in reality 6'10" to 6'11", and even shorter as he got older and started having more severe back problems.
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RequiredFields — 10 years ago(July 22, 2015 11:36 AM)
At WrestleMania III, he was mentioned as being 6'8". Likely, the wrestling boots he was wearing made him slightly taller, and the announcers decided to exaggerate his height slightly.
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pepsimckee — 9 years ago(September 08, 2016 11:12 PM)
http://www.celebheights.com/s/Hulk-Hogan-464.html
Interesting debate. The guy who runs this thinks he is currently 6'3. Wrestling has taken a toll on the man -
jmichael3387 — 9 years ago(January 22, 2017 05:01 AM)
Hulk was probably about 6'7" at his peak. Multiple back surgeries and age have shru5b4nk him to maybe 6'3" now. Maybe even 6'2".
As for the never-ending Andre The Giant height debate. He was definitely over 7' at one time. But he has back surgeries also, and he developed poor posture due to several reasons, and he ended-up 6'10" or less by the end. -
lukejbarnett — 5 years ago(January 05, 2021 05:22 AM)
i just though about this bc i saw him next to drew mcintire and if hulk is really 6' 7 then drew is 6' 9 bc drew was at least 2 inches taller than hulk. i find it really interesting he's listed at 6' 7 in a wwe wrestling book bc my gosh that's tall so that would mean andre the giant must have been at least 7' 2 inches tall bc he really towered over hulk hogan when they fought each other at wrestlemania 3.
i think he's about 6' 3" tall.
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Oh my, Rory McIlroy! — 2 years ago(August 12, 2023 02:33 AM)
Irrelevant really. He was always about a general idea but I never rated him at all. He was cartoonish. Wrestling during the attitude era with the rock, stone cold, the hardys etc is when it got interesting.
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