Photo courtesy World Wrestling Entertianment Wrestler Hulk Hogan's DVD set is now available in stores.

Famous WWF wrestler Hollywood Hulk Hogan proves to the world that he is still the greatest

You know the story. You're flipping through the channels ÷ possibly on your way from MTV to Comedy Central, or perhaps even from the History Channel to Animal Planet ÷ and you see 350 lbs. of sweating, unnaturally tanned brawn screaming at you at the top of its lungs, brandishing an oversized gold belt or perhaps the limb of a lifeless, unresponsive opponent. You are now watching pro wrestling.

Traumatized and desperately hoping no one sees you, you switch to a woman holding a string of pearls and cooing gently into her carefully pinned lavaliere microphone.

Or perhaps not. Perhaps you are the type who watches pro wrestling on purpose, or even tapes it when you simply must leave your house. If this is the case, you most likely grew up on Hollywood Hulk Hogan.

"Hulk Still Rules," newly released on DVD, is a must-have for this last type of person. While it could ostensibly be labeled as a "documentary" about the life of pro wrestling star Terry Bollea (a.k.a. Hulk Hogan), it is far from average documentary fare in that it features a lot of footage of giant men screaming and sitting on each other.

Unfortunately, "Hulk Still Rules" is also far from informative. The backbone of what is introduced as "the story of Terry Bollea" is a lengthy interview with the Hulkster himself in which he tangentially relates several unintelligible stories ending in things like "unlike in the old days when we'd drink beer and go to the drive-in and fight over girls."

Not that the Hulk isn't high-minded. He repeatedly states his opinion that pro wrestling is an art form, uses words like "verbiage" and refers to God creating his Hulkamaniacs.

Nonetheless, one can piece together the gist of Hogan's story. In fact, there are several interesting details to be extracted from between the spastic slabs of old footage of Hulk stomping people, such as that he was in a rock band (he seems to believe they were quite successful) before he signed on with the World Wrestling Federation.

Unfortunately, much of the other interesting trivia ÷ like that Hulk was a star high school baseball player or that he considered running for president ÷ is not on the DVD. The one-hour film doesn't even bother to explain how Hulk got from being a rock musician to being "the Champion" of pro wrestling, although he tries in his interview.

What the DVD does provide is a good 4 hours of footage from Hulk's matches, as well as interviews with various players in his career. For the true pro wrestling fan, acquiring your very own library of Hulkamania alone will make the 2-DVD set a worthwhile purchase.

Those long-time Hulk fans mentioned earlier will identify most with the conclusion of the documentary, which features Hulk signing autographs and giving out hugs to weeping teenagers who claim that Hulk Hogan got them out of gangs. According to Hogan, who calls his career "a banner of hope," it's OK to fail, but we all have to try to make ourselves better.

For those who enjoy pro wrestling, this DVD will probably titillate your enigmatically moral lust for violence. You may even decide to improve your life somehow by watching the story of how Hulk Hogan came to be feared and loved and eventually sat on by younger men with bigger movie deals.