Hulk Hogan’s Real American Freestyle league events to be streamed by Fox Nation
In a huge boost for the wrestling veteran, Hulk Hogan has seen the rights to stream Real American Freestyle league events snapped up by Fox Nation.
Hulk Hogan has seen the rights to stream Real American Freestyle league events snapped up by Fox Nation.
The 71-year-old wrestling veteran, born Terry Bollea, started the group with co-founders Eric Bischoff, 69, and 38-year-old Chad Bronstein, and subscription platform Fox Nation will stream the league’s inaugural event, RAF01, on 30 August from the Wolstein Center in Cleveland.
The streaming deal also includes the league’s second event, scheduled to take place later in the year.
Chad, who is CEO of Real American Freestyle, said in a statement: “This partnership with Fox Nation will create a platform the athletes deserve and bring freestyle wrestling to our fans at home.”
Fox Nation described the events as an “exhilarating experience, packed with action and an immersive show atmosphere”.
RAF’s commentary team will include Olympic gold medallist Kurt Angle, 55, former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen, 47, and 35-year-old freestyle world champion Bubba Jenkins.
The RAF01 match card includes Bo Nickal, 28, vs Jacob Cardenas, 24, Yianni Diakomihalis, 25, vs Bajrang Punia, 30, Darrion Caldwell, 36, vs Real Woods, 24, Austin Gomez, 27, vs Lance Palmer, 35, Kennedy Blades, 21, vs Alejandra Rivera, 26, and Sarah Hildebrandt, 31, vs 23-year-old Zeltzin Hernandez.
It comes after Hulk underwent neck surgery in May.
The brawler, who has openly discussed his extensive history of surgeries, recently told WWE star Logan Paul he has undergone at least 25 operations between 2014 and 2024.
On Jake’s podcast ‘Impaulsive,’ he said: ‘“I’ve had 10 back surgeries. Both knees and both hips replaced, shoulders – everything.”
Hulk began his wrestling career in 1977 and achieved global fame in the 1980s with the World Wrestling Federation.
He won the WWF Championship six times, with his longest reign lasting a record 1,474 days.
Hulk also secured the WCW World Heavyweight Championship six times, holding the title for a cumulative 1,177 days, the longest in WCW history.
His match against André the Giant at WrestleMania III in 1987 is iconic, where he famously body-slammed the 520-pound Giant before a crowd of over 90,000 fans.
The wrestler played a pivotal role in the formation of the New World Order (nWo) in WCW, revolutionising wrestling storylines.
Hulk was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame twice – first as an individual in 2005 and later as a member of the nWo in 2020.
