RNC Day 4: Hulk Hogan confirmed as speaker at convention’s final day

Professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan will bring his “24-inch pythons” to the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, will deliver a speech on the same night Donald Trump accepts the Republican presidential nomination. Hogan’s speech is set to take place sometime between 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. EDT.

Numerous other sports figures will also deliver speeches Thursday evening, including Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White and Carrie Ruiz, the general manager of golf at Trump National Doral Golf Club. Musician Kid Rock, a vocal supporter of Trump, is also set to perform.

Hogan’s appearance at the convention comes after he expressed interest in running for politics earlier this year. He said the United States needs somebody with “some common sense” and joked that he would “volunteer and take this country over.”

Hogan’s relationship with Trump spans decades. The former president used to make occasional appearances at WWE events, and he hosted Wrestlemania IV in 1988 at his former hotel and casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Last month, Hogan announced his own beer line called “Real American Beer,” which has been described as an “American-style light lager.” Its launch comes about a year after Bud Light’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, partnered with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, which prompted sharp backlash online.

In December 2023, Hogan revealed he had been baptized at the Indian Rocks Baptist Church in Largo, Florida. He called the day he devoted his life to Jesus Christ “the greatest of my life.”