Logan Paul came close to owning a brutal piece of wrestling history. The WWE star and content creator revealed he lost a high-stakes auction for Hulk Hogan’s blood-stained boots from WrestleMania 1. The bidding crossed the $1 million mark before Paul finally bowed out.
Logan Paul taps out at $1M in bidding war
Logan Paul revealed on X (formerly Twitter) on March 1 that he “stayed up until 2 a.m.” trying to snag the iconic boots Hulk Hogan wore back in 1985. The yellow lace-up pair carried a bold note that read, “These are my real boots with my real blood on them from MSG, Hulk Hogan.”
Paul said he bowed out at $1,021,000, posting, “I tapped out at $1,021,000. Gg to the winner.” A screenshot showed his last bid at $1,021,750. The boots ultimately got sold for $1,037,000 on Saturday.
Fans reacted quickly to the auction news. Some called the $1 million price “next-level insane.” Others joked that Paul probably planned to wrestle in the boots himself.
Hogan launched his wrestling career in the late 1970s and signed with WWE in 1979. He stepped away from the ring in 2012. He died in July 2025 at 71 after suffering a heart attack. Medical records later revealed he had battled chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). A source previously told Us Weekly that he underwent a “pretty serious” heart surgery about a month before his death, but was reportedly recovering well at the time.
Hulk Hogan also faced major backlash that rocked his legacy. In 2015, a leaked recording exposed him using racist language during a private conversation. The audio surfaced while he battled Gawker in court, and the fallout hit fast.
WWE cut ties with him and wiped him from its Hall of Fame roster. A few years later, Hogan worked to repair the damage. After he publicly apologized, WWE brought him back into the Hall of Fame in 2018.
