Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is paying tribute to his 'childhood hero' Hulk Hogan after his death this week, sharing a moving memory of their iconic 2002 WrestleMania match: 'I've never felt anything like that.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and his fellow celebrities and wrestling stars are mourning the death of Hulk Hogan. The two-time WWE Hall of Famer and former world champion, whose real name was Terry Gene Bollea, died Thursday, according to Clearwater, Florida, police and WWE. He was 71.

"To millions of little kids you were a childhood hero - myself included," Johnson wrote of his fellow wrestling legend, who died Thursday at the age of 71.