Hulk Hogan's wife files for divorce

Hulk Hogan's wife has filed for divorce, say US reports.

Linda Hogan, who has two children with the wrestling star, applied for the separation last week.

The wrestler, real name Terry Bollea, has claimed the first he knew about the divorce was when newspaper reporters contacted him about it.

Bollea was told by the St Petersburg Times that the paperwork for a divorce had been sent to Pinellas County, to which he responded: "Thank you for the great information.

"My wife has been in California for about three weeks...Holy smokes. Wow, you just knocked the bottom out of me."

The couple were shown attending marital counselling sessions during their reality TV show Hogan Knows Best, but had reconciled onscreen at the end of the series.