Brooke Hogan is opening up about a painful chapter following her father’s passing — the heartbreaking realization that she wasn’t left with a single piece of his legendary wrestling legacy.
During an emotional interview on The Bubba the Love Sponge Show, Brooke reflected on her efforts to preserve Hulk Hogan’s most iconic memorabilia and how she ended up with absolutely nothing.
Brooke said she approached her father years ago about protecting his collection — pieces that shaped pop culture and wrestling history — including the famed Thunderlips cape from Rocky III. She wanted to safely store the original artifacts and use replicas at his beach shop so that his legacy would remain intact for generations to come.
“He had all of this real memorabilia in the beach shop — the Thunderlips cape was hanging next to the coffee machine in the Orlando location. And I said, ‘Dad, let me take all the stuff. Let me put it in a locked storage unit — temperature-controlled. Let’s get replicas made and put those on display instead.’”
But Hulk never followed through. Now, with his passing, Brooke has no idea what happened to the historic pieces — and said she wasn’t left anything, not even a single memento for her kids.
“Who knows where all that stuff is now that he died? Who knows? Those were all of his beautiful memorabilia. I don’t have one single thing of my dad’s.”
Brooke said she pleaded with her father to at least set something aside for her future children, stressing that her intentions were pure and never about money.
“I said, ‘Can I have something for my children? Anything?’ I told him before I had Molly and Oliver — ‘If I ever have kids, I want something to remember you by.’ I told him, ‘Dad, I would never sell anything. If your cape ended up anywhere, it would be in a glass case at the Hard Rock Hotel or the Hall of Fame. I would elevate your legacy.’”
She even shared that she would have gone so far as to make a biopic to immortalize his legacy.
“I told him, ‘I would make a Selena movie on you. I would do whatever I could. I would make you immortal.’”
But instead of preserving the legacy together, Brooke is left grieving with nothing but memories — and the pain of being excluded from the story she helped shape.
“I just really had his best interest at hand. And now… I don’t have anything.”
It’s a devastating blow for someone who spent years trying to protect her father’s legend — only to be shut out in the end.
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