Hulk Hogan is feeling ‘better than ever’ after dealing with decades of wrestling related injuries.
The WWE Hall of Famer, who turns 70 in August, has launched new health and brand with cannabis company Carma HoldCo and credited CBD and THC with helping him deal with .
Now, he’s announced plans for a product line including CBD, THC and ‘functional mushrooms’.
Speaking to, he said: ‘I always joke about I didn’t get the memo that this stuff was “fake” and after the 10 back surgery and two knees and two hips, it’s just a situation of you do get hurt out there all the time.
‘I feel better than I’ve ever felt at 69 years old, I feel like I’m 25 again.’
The former world champion has been open aboutafter decades in the wrestling business, and he recently changed his lifestyle by moving away from painkillers.
‘It definitely helped me because as I said the slow walk back from the prescription drugs ended with me downing the Tylenol and the Advil and Aleve’s and finally even that wasn’t working for me,’ he added.
‘As I moved away from that and got into the CBD world, it really changed the game from my sleep to the inflammation, the way my wrists and my joints hurt, across the board, it helped me with my health.’
His new brand will see him under the same umbrella as and Ric Flair, who have already.
‘When I saw what Ric and Mike were doing, I instantly wanted to get on the team because you use CBD for energy, for sleep, for fitness – it just made sense,’ he claimed.
Although they are available more widely in the , many products may be illegal in the UK and ‘potentially dangerous’, according to the NHS.
The organisation warns: ‘Some products that might claim to be medical cannabis, such as CBD oil or hemp oil, are available to buy legally as food supplements from health stores. But there’s no guarantee these are of good quality or provide any health benefits.’
And while the NHS acknowledges ‘there is some evidence’ of medical cannabis helping ‘certain types of pain’, they don’t consider this ‘strong enough to recommend’.
They added: ‘The risks of using cannabis products containing THC (the chemical that gets you high) are not currently clear. That’s why clinical trials are needed before they can be used. Products that only contain CBD, such as Epidyolex, do not carry these unknown risks linked with THC.’
