Bubba the Love Sponge Reveals Why Hulk Hogan Was Forced Into Street Drugs

Ric Flair’s explosive claims about Hulk Hogan’s death lit up the wrestling world, but now Bubba the Love Sponge is giving fans the raw—and heartbreaking—truth behind the legend’s final days.

On his podcast, Bubba didn’t hold back while explaining how Hogan managed to survive in the hospital… but not at home.

“Now, if you remember, he didn’t die when he was in the hospital because they could administer morphine, and they can administer, you know, Dan, all sorts of things professionally as you need it while you’re there at the hospital.”

Bubba says Hogan’s pain was so intense that only hospital-level care could keep him stable. Once he was discharged, things spiraled.

“That’s why he died when he went home. They could keep him comfortable and alive at the hospital. But the minute he went home, he couldn’t get that morphine drip anymore. He couldn’t get comfortable. He stayed in a recliner. It’s the only way he could sleep.”

And when prescriptions ran dry, Bubba says Hogan was left with no safe path forward.

“If it’s not under a doctor’s prescription, if it’s not under a doctor’s care, and you’ve done it on your own, and you’ve gone off the grid… that’s called killing yourself.”

He dove deep into how hard it’s become for patients to get legal pain medication, especially opioids.

“There is a very, very, very, very, very serious aspect of control now on opioids… It has to be a written prescription on a piece of paper that the DEA gets a copy of and is given to the pharmacy… It’s called a triple-net.”

According to Bubba, Hogan was left with no legal options—and that’s when things got dangerous, saying, “So you gotta go get it from Guido.”

But when you’re buying from “Guido,” you’re not just getting pain relief—you’re gambling with your life.

“You don’t know what you’re getting… They all step on it so they can make it go further.

Additives and stuff. Yeah. They've cut it up and added fentanyl or something super cheap that can stretch it further.”

Bubba stressed the difference between grabbing Vicodin at a CVS versus getting sketchy pills off the street.

“If I go get some Vicodin or some Somas or some Percs from Walgreens or CVS, I know that’s what I’m getting… But when you’re getting it from the gym or some dude on the street, you have no idea what you’re putting in your body.”

All of this comes after Ric Flair’s now-walked-back comment that “street drugs killed Hulk Hogan.” Flair later clarified, saying:

“There seems to be some controversy over my remarks that street drugs killed Hulk Hogan. I only was repeating what I know to be a fact through family members.”

But Bubba’s detailed account shows this wasn’t just about reckless behavior—it was about a man in pain, desperate for comfort, stuck in a system that left him with few options.

Whether you’re a wrestling fan or not, Hogan’s story is sparking real conversations about chronic pain, prescription crackdowns, and how people slip through the cracks when care ends at the hospital doors.

How do you feel about Bubba’s detailed breakdown? Should there be safer pain management options for people after discharge? Sound off in the comments—we want to hear from you.

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