WWE remembered Hulk Hogan on Friday Night SmackDown one day after the legendary wrestler’s death. The Friday, July 25 show, held at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, opened with WWE’s Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque (a.

Former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas remembers working with Hulk Hogan during the wrestler's heyday. Korderas joined what was then called the WWF in 1985 and one of his first jobs was picking up wrestlers from the airport and driving them to Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens for matches. Hogan died July 24 at age 71. (July 25, 2025)