The Conversation
By Reid Kress Weisbord & Naomi Cahn
August 21st, 2025
Hulk Hogan’s daughter can’t write herself out of the wrestler’s will – but she can refuse to take his money
When professional wrestler and former reality TV star Hulk Hogan died on July 24, 2025, he left behind a grieving widow, two ex-wives, two children, two grandchildren he reportedly never met and a US$25 million fortune.
News quickly broke that his daughter, entertainer Brooke Hogan, was estranged from her father, that she would “get nothing” from him and that she had arranged to have herself “taken out” of his will by asking Hogan’s financial manager to remove her name.
After her father, legally known as Terry Bollea, died, Brooke Hogan posted on Instagram. She said that they had shared a “quiet, sacred bond,” and it felt like part of her “spirit left with him.” But she also claimed that she had been “verbally and mentally abused since childhood.” She did not attend his funeral.
Estate disputes can become very contentious when members of a family are estranged, meaning that their relationships have soured or even broken off completely.
Although Brooke Hogan was reportedly concerned about avoiding litigation, given her estrangement from her father, it is usually the testator who takes action during the estate planning process to prevent disputes after they die. While anyone can ask to be left out of a will, they really don’t have any control over whether that ultimately happens.
