Hulk Hogan: I contemplated suicide in recent years

Hulk Hogan thought about taking his own life in 2007, after he began to realise his body couldn't cope with the same ring rigours it used to, his reality TV show 'Hogan Knows Best' reality show - co-starring his wife Linda, and children Brooke and Nick - was cancelled and his marriage was heading for divorce.

Speaking on TV show 'Oprah: Where Are They Now?' he said: "Everything got dark, everything happened at once. I was drinking alcohol very heavily. It just all kept piling up. I always wondered how could someone possibly take their own life, and so I got to that point where I said, 'You know what, maybe this would be easy. You know, maybe this would be an easy way to fix things.' "