10 WWE superstars who battled depression
Not long ago, I came across a book called ‘Sunbathing in the Rain’ which had a tagline that said, ‘A cheerful book about depression’. For me, it was hard to comprehend that depression was a serious, crippling problem that is sometimes impossible to deal with. This view, however, soon turned upside down when I learned more about the illness.Around 350 million people around the world suffer from depression. And several professional wrestlers belong to that list too. A string of superstars have had to battle with depression in their lives, and here we look at the most prominent of them:
#10 Hulk Hogan
Hulk Hogan is one of the reasons why WWE is so big today. He was instrumental in making it mainstream, and he will always be respected for that.
But even the larger-than-life Hogan was not immune to inner demons. After he divorced his wife Linda, he fell into the dark dungeons of depression; at one point it got so bad that he decided to commit suicide.
If it was not for his friend Laila Ali, Hogan would have gone ahead and ended his life. Hogan eventually recovered and is leading a better life these days.