Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has posted a touching tribute to his "childhood hero" Hulk Hogan, recalling meeting the late wrestling legend when he was just 12 before going on to face him in the Wrestlemania ring.
Johnson revealed he caught Hogan's "Hulkster" headband in the crowd as a young fan at Madison Square Garden in 1984, followed by a meeting that "meant the world to that little 12-year-old boy".
The pair then famously squared up in a bout billed as "Icon vs Icon" at Wrestlemania X8 in 2002.
"I've never felt anything like that in my entire wrestling career. It takes two to tango, but that historic crowd reaction was all for you," wrote Johnson, now a major Hollywood star.
Hogan, the biggest name in American professional wrestling throughout the 1980s and 90s, died on Thursday at the age of 71.
