Former WWE star Hulk Hogan has misplaced 18kg, revealing that giving up alcohol eight months in the past "changed everything".

Hogan, 70, stated he final drank alcohol on New Year's Eve and had meant to take a small break from the booze, however has not had a sip since.

He informed TMZ: "I wasn't eating late at night - I wasn't eating junk food anymore. I dropped like 40 pounds right away."

Hogan, one of the vital recognisable wrestlers of all time, stated his common ingesting of alcohol started throughout his pro-career.

"We'd have beers before the matches. Beers after the matches. And we'd go to the hotel and all meet down at the bar. It was kinda like part of the whole wrestling genre," he informed the US outlet.

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However, regardless of the alcohol-free eight months, Hogan did say he was not quitting booze for good and vowed to take it simpler than when was youthful if he did begin ingesting once more.

"I would never drink daily, you know, like I did when I was wrestling," he informed TMZ.

Hogan beforehand drew controversy and was fired from the WWE Hall of Fame after tapes recorded in 2007 revealed him making racist statements about his daughter Brooke's ex-boyfriend.

He was later admitted again into the Hall of Fame after a three-year suspension.