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.

"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 “The Rock” Johnson is sharing his memories of working with the late Hulk Hogan. The wrestler turned actor, 53, took to Instagram in the early hours of Friday, July 25, to mourn the WWE icon, with whom he famously shared the ring in a memorable “icon versus icon” match at WrestleMania 18 in 2002.