ro. A pro wrestling fan who became a World Wrestling Entertainment supporter and personality (inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame), Trump lived, like Hulk Hogan, as a real-life fictional character. To the amusement of his friends, and unease of many of the people now preparing to work for him at the highest l

crowds," he said. Another of Mr. Thiel's contentious ideas was destroying Gawker, the online publisher. He secretly financed the privacy lawsuit that Hulk Hogan, the former pro wrestler, filed against the media company, which Mr. Hogan won. That led to Gawker's bankruptey in 2016. A news operation that specia

shield for the Gawker founder in the $140 million Hulk Hogan judgment. Denton said he's now refocusing on the

ry other year. (WSJ-subscription) Charles Harder, Hulk Hogan's lawyer in the successful Gawker lawsuit funded by