Logan Paul practically grew to become the brand new proprietor of Hulk Hogan’s bloody wrestling boots earlier than shedding a bidding conflict.
“Stayed up till 2am in a bidding conflict making an attempt to win Hulk Hogan’s worn & signed boots from Wrestlemania 1,” Paul, 30, wrote through X on Sunday, March 1. “The inscription learn ‘These are my actual boots with my actual blood on them from MSG, Hulk Hogan.’”
He continued, “I tapped out at $1,021,000. Gg to the winner.”
Paul shared a screenshot of the yellow lace-up tall boots, with Hogan’s message written on the facet. The image famous that Hogan wore the boots in 1985.
Per the screenshot, the boots had been offered on Saturday for $1,037,000. A message beneath learn that Paul’s closing bid of $1,021,750 was finally outmatched.
Hogan started his wrestling profession within the late Nineteen Seventies, later becoming a member of the WWE in 1979. He formally retired from wrestling in 2012. Greater than a decade later, Hogan died of a coronary heart assault in July 2025. He was 71.
Medical paperwork obtained by Us Weekly revealed that Hogan had a historical past of leukemia CLL. One month earlier than his dying, a supply instructed Us that Hogan underwent a “fairly severe” coronary heart surgical procedure however was “doing effectively.”
Paul, in the meantime, made his in-ring debut at WrestleMania in 2022. That very same yr, Paul introduced that he signed with WWE.
Hulk Hogan was undoubtedly essential to WWE’s stratospheric reputation in the course of the Nineteen Eighties and Nineties, however he was additionally a massively controversial determine on display and off. Hogan (actual identify Terry Gene Bollea) — who died at age 71 in July 2025 — publicly apologized in 2015 after leaked intercourse tape footage caught him utilizing a […]
“I believe it’s protected to say @LoganPaul shocked the world together with his skills as a visitor at #WrestleMania … simply think about what he’ll do as a @WWE Famous person. Congratulations and welcome!” Triple H., a former WWE famous person and the VP of expertise technique and growth at WWE, tweeted on the time.
The subsequent yr, Paul re-signed with WWE on a multiyear deal. “I really feel extremely blessed to have discovered one thing that I’m good at, at 28 years previous,” he stated in an announcement on the time. “And the truth that the group believes I’m ok to proceed hopefully constructing this WWE legacy is mind-blowing.”
Paul gained his first main belt within the WWE in 2023, turning into the USA Champion after defeating Corridor of Fame wrestler Rey Mysterio on the Crown Jewel occasion.
Earlier this yr, Paul made headlines when he teased a wrestling match with Dangerous Bunny — a longtime wrestling fan — after beforehand sharing on a purple carpet that he was not excited for the rapper’s Tremendous Bowl Halftime present. (Paul later admitted on his podcast that he was an “ass” on the purple carpet.)
“Let’s peel again the f***ing curtain. I’m going to cease f***ing round. Dangerous Bunny is a world-renowned famous person,” Paul stated on a February 17 episode of his “Impaulsive” podcast. “He additionally could be a WWE famous person when he needs. He’s a very good wrestler. He can f***ing wrestle.”
He continued, “There have been talks about possibly us wrestling. It’s been floated round. I’ve been candid about the truth that I’d like to do it. I believe it will be the best WWE match of all time. I actually imagine that.”
