Logan Paul practically turned the brand new proprietor of Hulk Hogan’s bloody wrestling boots earlier than dropping a bidding struggle.
“Stayed up till 2am in a bidding struggle attempting to win Hulk Hogan’s worn & signed boots from Wrestlemania 1,” Paul, 30, wrote by way of 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 aspect. The image famous that Hogan wore the boots in 1985.
Influencer Logan Paul has had his fair proportion of controversies on his strategy to changing into an expert boxer. Paul started gaining traction for his six-second movies on the social media app Vine in 2013. In 2015, he started posting on YouTube and rapidly had one of many most-subscribed YouTube channels with 23.6 million subscribers as (…)
Per the screenshot, the boots have been offered on Saturday for $1,037,000. A message beneath learn that Paul’s remaining 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 demise, a supply instructed Us that Hogan underwent a “fairly critical” coronary heart surgical procedure however was “doing properly.”
Paul, in the meantime, made his in-ring debut at WrestleMania in 2022. That very same 12 months, Paul introduced that he signed with WWE.
Hulk Hogan was undoubtedly essential to WWE’s stratospheric recognition through the Eighties and Nineties, however he was additionally a massively controversial determine on display screen 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 along with his talents 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 celebrity and the VP of expertise technique and growth at WWE, tweeted on the time.
The following 12 months, 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, changing into the US Champion after defeating Corridor of Fame wrestler Rey Mysterio on the Crown Jewel occasion.
Earlier this 12 months, 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 celebrity,” Paul stated on a February 17 episode of his “Impaulsive” podcast. “He additionally is usually a WWE celebrity when he needs. He’s a great wrestler. He can f***ing wrestle.”
He continued, “There have been talks about perhaps us wrestling. It’s been floated round. I’ve been candid about the truth that I’d like to do it. I believe it could be the best WWE match of all time. I actually imagine that.”