Hulk Hogan's longtime friend, professional wrestler Kevin Nash, is coming to his defense as Hogan's past controversies resurfaced following his death last week. Speaking on his "Kliq This" podcast on Monday,

Hulk Hogan died Thursday at the age of 71. Here are the famed wrestler's biggest controversies during his story career.

Hogan, real name Terry Gene Bollea, was born in Augusta, Georgia, in 1953 and raised in Tampa. Though Hogan attended wrestling shows growing up in Florida, he started his career in entertainment as a musician,