The Hogans

Before the fight, Hulk was granted hundreds of thousands of dollars that were previously frozen because of his divorce ... but who cares about that?

The father of John Graziano, the young man left in a vegetative state after Nick Hogan's 2007 car crash, was arrested today for trying to solicit a hit man to kill his estranged wife -- and cops say he tried to pay for it using a gift card.

According to police, Edward Graziano told an undercover officer posing as a "go-between" to a hit man that he wanted to have his wife Debra killed. Perhaps most troubling -- cops say Graziano wanted her killed in an automobile accident.

Graziano allegedly paid for the hit with $1,100 cash, a $1,000 personal check and a $13.06 gift card to Westshore Pizza.

The arrest is the culmination of a two-and-half month long undercover investigation by the Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigative Division.

If you live in central Florida, watch out for a speeding yellow Supra -- Nick Hogan has just been allowed back behind the wheel.

Nick was just granted a driving permit for business-related excursions -- meaning he can only drive from home to work and back again ... no exceptions.

Last May, a judge ordered Hogan's license to be revoked for three years because of his 2007 crash that left his buddy, John Graziano, with serious brain damage.

The alleged 007-style yardworker was the reason Linda and Hulk went face to face earlier today in a Florida courtroom. Linda was demanding Hulk reimburse her for paying their groundskeeper from her own pocket -- a payment the Hulkster is responsible for. The judge sided with Linda, and told Hogan to pay up.

But here's where it gets interesting: In court papers filed last week, Linda alleges Hulk "Spies on Wife by constantly questioning Mr. Cruz regarding Wife's visitors to the marital home. Husband demands Mr. Cruz provide him with all information regarding when visitors arrive, leave, which rooms they occupy, etc."

He actually has the nerve to walk around like that.

Looking like a "Rock of Love" version of Pocahontas, Linda Hogan and her similarly-maned boy lover Charley Hill arrived at a screening at the film festival this weekend.

The only indie film these two could star in would have to be made in their bedroom.

Nick Hogan arrived yesterday. No word if he's driving around town.

Cops on scene tell TMZ Linda's white Mercedes was rear-ended by a red Camaro. The Camaro suffered the majority of the damage -- Linda's car only suffered "minor" damage.

Her son-alike BF Charley Hill arrived on the scene shortly afterwards.

There was a security breach at Newark Airport yesterday, after Hulk Hogan flashed his lucky flaming red man-panties.

No one was injured but TSA officials did question Hulk for his curious choice in undergarments.

Hulk unloaded outside of Pinellas County Court yesterday -- where Linda was asking for another $400,000 in attorney fees. The court granted her the cash -- but after going over her expenditures, they put it in a separate account so she couldn't blow it on more dumb stuff.

Yeah, except for one, big thing...

We've learned a Florida court just nixed the poolboy's request for a temporary restraining order against the Hulk. Charley claimed Hulk "dangerously followed" him in his car a couple weeks ago and "pulled up next to him and stared at him" at a stoplight -- a crime in no states.

Charley says he "fears [Hogan] will attempt to injure or kill him" because Linda is his girlfriend. The aspiring seaman also claims Hulk tailgated him and intimidated him on another occasion, and thinks Hulk is even more dangerous because he had weapons charges against him in 1979.