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The Mega Powers was a tag team in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1987 to 1989, consisting of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, and managed by Savage's wife, Miss Elizabeth. Lust and jealousy surrounding her led to the team's demise and subsequent feud, culminating in a match at WrestleMania V .
Powers of Pain made Mr. Fuji their manager, leading to their WrestleMania encounter with Demolition for the tag titles in a 3-on-2 handicap match. Jake Roberts and André the Giant began their feud in the fall of 1988 after André interfered in one of Roberts' matches against Rude. When Roberts retrieved his snake, Damien, from his bag, André ...
The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and André the Giant) in a tag team match: November 24: Survivor Series: Richfield Coliseum: Richfield Township, Ohio: 13,500 The Mega Powers (Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan), Hercules, Koko B. Ware, and Hillbilly Jim vs. Big Boss Man, Akeem, Ted DiBiase, Haku, and The Red Rooster in a 5-on-5 Survivor Series match
The “Mega Powers” had been together for roughly a year (unofficially and officially) before a split in the lead up to WrestleMania V which saw the champion, Savage, working heel and Miss ...
WrestleMania was an extravaganza marketed as "the Super Bowl of professional wrestling". The concept of a wrestling supercard was nothing new in North America; the NWA had been running Starrcade a few years prior to WrestleMania, and even the elder McMahon had marketed large Shea Stadium cards viewable in closed-circuit locations.
WrestleMania is an annual event that is put on by the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). It is the biggest show of the year for the company, which in turn is the biggest in professional wrestling.
The main event was a match pitting The Mega Powers (Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage), against their long-time rivals, The Mega Bucks (Ted DiBiase and André the Giant). Hogan and Savage won the match after Miss Elizabeth , Savage's manager , distracted André and DiBiase, by removing her skirt to reveal her panties.
The dissolution of the Mega Powers led Hogan to challenge Savage for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of WrestleMania V in April 1989. In the build-up to the event, Savage appeared in a series of televised promos accusing Hogan of "lusting after Elizabeth" with video footage of past incidents, edited in a context to push ...