"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.

Dwayne Johnson paid tribute to his "friend" and "childhood hero" Hulk Hogan with a heartfelt post on Instagram. Hogan died at the age of 71 on Thursday, July 24.

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.