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 Johnson, better known to wrestling fans as The Rock, has hailed Hulk Hogan as his childhood hero in a thoughtful tribute.

"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.