Hulk Hogan is 'woven into the fabric of Americana,' pro wrestling star Aron Stevens says

Aron Stevens, who competes for the National Wrestling Alliance, remembered Hulk Hogan in a statement to Fox News Digital.

Hulk Hogan had a larger-than-life persona and left an indelible mark on the professional wrestling industry over the course of his career spanning several decades.

On Thursday, Hogan died after first responders reported to a cardiac arrest call at his Clearwater, Florida, home. 

He was 71.

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Hollywood Hulk Hogan puts a chokehold on the neck of Utah Jazz basketball star Karl Malone at a pay-per-view wrestling match July 12, 1998, in San Diego.  (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)

Pro wrestling star Aron Stevens, who performs in the National Wrestling Alliance, remembered Hogan in a statement to Fox News Digital. Stevens also performed in WWE as Damien Sandow.

"Hulk Hogan is somebody that he’s woven into the fabric of Americana. He embodied every principle and ideal that was good about America," Stevens said. "And when he first rose to prominence in the '80s, that was a time when, as a country, we were not as divided as we are now. 

"Everyone was proud to be an American, and Hulk was the personification of that. From his battles with the Iron Sheik to Sgt. Slaughter during the Iraqi War, Hulk was somebody that everyone could cheer because he represented, as far as his in-ring persona goes, the best of what this country is."

Stevens, whose real name is Aron Haddad, recalled Hogan’s appearance at the Republican National Convention and a rally at Madison Square Garden and how he earned one of the biggest pops of those events.

Aaron Stevens manages Blunt Force Trauma (NWA/Hiban Huerta)

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