Hulk Hogan® and Titus O’Neil® to Host WrestleMania®
March 19 2021 - 10:55AM
Business Wire
WrestleMania is back in business as WWE (NYSE:WWE) today
announced that WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan and WWE Superstar Titus
O’Neil will host the two-night pop culture extravaganza at Raymond
James Stadium in Tampa Bay on Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April
11, 2021.
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Tickets for WrestleMania presented by SNICKERS are on sale now
via www.ticketmaster.com. The two-night event will stream live
exclusively on Peacock at 8 pm ET in the United States and on WWE
Network everywhere else.
A larger-than-life icon and a pop culture phenomenon, Hulk Hogan
is one of the biggest names in WWE history. On January 23, 1984,
“Hulkamania” was officially born when he defeated The Iron Sheik to
become WWE Champion at Madison Square Garden. He headlined
WrestleMania III, where he successfully defended the WWE
Championship against Andre The Giant in front of a record 93,173
fans at the Pontiac Silverdome. Hogan went on to win six WWE
Championships, starred in movies, television shows and became an
idol to a vast legion of fans he dubbed “Hulkamaniacs.” He was
inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005 by Hollywood legend
Sylvester Stallone, and this year will become a two-time Hall of
Fame inductee as nWo®, one of sports entertainment’s most notorious
factions, is enshrined.
Titus O’Neil is one of the most philanthropic Superstars in WWE
history and a former WWE Tag Team and 24/7 Champion. A fixture in
the Tampa Bay community and passionate about giving back to
families in need, O’Neil founded The Bullard Family Foundation, an
organization that provides families and children in need with
special moments, programs, and resources to help build character,
develop relationships, and strengthen communities around them. In
addition, O’Neil is an Ambassador for WWE helping thousands of
individuals through various nonprofits and WWE partners including
Susan G. Komen, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Special
Olympics. His passion for community and uplifting others inspired
him to write his first book, “There’s No Such Thing as a Bad Kid:
How I Went from Stereotype to Prototype” in 2019. O’Neil is a Tampa
Bay native and graduated from the University of Florida where he
was a standout football player for the Gators.
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