Hulk Hogan's health had reportedly taken a severe turn for the worse in the days leading up to his death last week. Due to complications from a neck surgery in May, Hogan was intubated and battled renal failure, fluid overload and severe COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), according to wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer. "What happened with Hulk was they took him out of the hospital and made a hospital in his house as there wasn't much left they could do," Meltzer, 65, reported in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter on Friday, July 25.