Brooke Hogan says she was not invited to WWE’s Hulk Hogan tributes

Brooke Hogan says she was not invited to attend the tributes that WWE has held for her father over the past week.

Since Hulk Hogan’s passing at 71 years old last Thursday, each episode of WWE television — SmackDown, Raw, and NXT — has opened with a 10-bell salute honoring the wrestling legend. Hogan’s son Nick was in attendance for Monday’s tribute, with other legends and friends of Hogan also being flown in for Friday and Monday’s shows.

Brooke explained her absence from the tributes in a post to her Instagram stories today.

“For those of you giving me crap for not attending my Dad’s tributes, @wwe did not extend an invite,” she wrote.

Though Brooke had been estranged from her father since 2023, she wrote a statement yesterday expressing her love for him and saying that — despite not talking — their bond never truly broke. Brooke said their falling out happened as they became disconnected from each other through respectful disagreements where Hulk confided in her about issues — both personal and business-related — that were weighing on him.

The last time Brooke spoke with her father was shortly before he got married to his third wife Sky Daily in September 2023, with TMZ reporting that Brooke is thankful that she got to tell her father “I love you” during that conversation.

TMZ also reports that Brooke asked to be removed from Hogan’s will in 2023, and she will not be receiving money from his estate. Brooke will receive some money from a “small life insurance trust” that she plans to put toward her kids’ college funds.

“Sources close to Brooke tell TMZ that in 2023, she asked to be removed from Hulk’s will … because she didn’t trust a single person around him, and didn’t want to get caught up in a financial battle when he passed,” TMZ wrote.

“We’re told all Brooke ever really wanted was to protect her dad from people she felt were taking advantage of him … but after years of disagreeing with Hulk over the matter, she reached out to his financial manager and had herself removed from the will.”