Former Worldwide Health & Bodybuilding Federation star and “Unimaginable Hulk” actor Lou Ferrigno was current for Friday night time’s “WWE SmackDown.” Following the vein of notables to attend WWE exhibits, CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque caught up with Ferrigno for a backstage picture alternative which he shared to social media.
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“Good to see my pal, the ‘Unimaginable’ Lou Ferrigno, at SmackDown tonight. A real legend within the bodybuilding world and on the silver display screen,” Levesque wrote through X (previously referred to as Twitter).
Good to see my pal, the “Unimaginable” Lou Ferrigno, at #SmackDown tonight. A real legend within the bodybuilding world and on the silver display screen. pic.twitter.com/489Uu7j1Az
— Triple H (@TripleH) August 10, 2024
Ferrigno made waves as a aggressive bodybuilder within the Seventies to seize each IFBB’s Mr. America and Mr. Universe titles. Nevertheless, he got here second in his finest try at turning into Mr. Olympia, shedding to Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1974; the competitors would turn out to be a topic of the documentary “Pumping Iron” in 1977. Ferrigno then landed the position of The Hulk — with Invoice Bixby taking part in his alter ego, Dr. David Banner — all through the late ’70s and ’80s. His legendary portrayal would land him cameos in future “Hulk” films a la Stan Lee, together with the 2003 adaptation directed by Ang Lee and the second Marvel Cinematic Universe movie launched in 2008; he is additionally executed voice work for a number of iterations of the CGI Hulk character.
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Ferrigno has attended WWE beforehand, as a part of a cluster of celebrities who attended WrestleMania VII in 1991.
