Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan passed away Thursday at the age of 71. According to reports, the authorities responded to a call about the WWE Hall of Famer going into cardiac arrest. Hogan had an incredible career in the ring,

The team of Hogan and McMahon would bring professional wrestling into the mainstream, utilizing strategic partnerships with MTV and NBC to launch the Rock-N-Wrestling Connection and Saturday Night’s Main Event. It was wrestling’s first “golden age.”

Burke’s legacy as a journalist and enthusiast is revered enough to see him inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He recalls the moment that he first laid eyes On Hulk Hogan at the Springfield Civic Center, before ‘The Hulkster’ even took that name, “He was a formidable individual. He had a charisma even as a heel.”