The Mega-Maniacs
| The Mega-Maniacs | |
|---|---|
| Tag team | |
| Members | Hulk Hogan Brutus Beefcake |
| Heights |
Hogan: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Beefcake: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Combined weight |
574 lb (260 kg; 41.0 st) Hogan: 303 lb (137 kg; 21.6 st) Beefcake: 271 lb (123 kg; 19.4 st) |
| Debut | 1989 |
| Disbanded | 1996 |
| Years active | 1989-1996 |
| Promotions | WWF |
The Mega-Maniacs was the World Wrestling Federation tag team of Hulk Hogan & Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake that had two distinct runs as a team, one in 1989and another one in 1993.
Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake began their careers more or less at the same time, quickly becoming lifelong friends and would team up from time to time. Their most well known "Pre-WWF" teams were as “Terry & Ed Boulder” and as “Hulk & Dizzy Hogan”, billed as brothers.
During the summer of 1989, Tom Lister, Jr. began appearing at WWF arena shows, playing his character, "The Human Wrecking Machine" Zeus, from the WWF-financed film No Holds Barred; Zeus began targeting Hogan, the movie's top-billed star. Zeus teamed up with “Macho Man” Randy Savage in hopes of destroying Hulk Hogan. Faced with overwhelming odds, Hulk Hogan turned to his best friend Brutus Beefcake to even the odds.
At SummerSlam 1989, Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake teamed up to take on Randy Savage and Zeus in the main event, a clash that saw Hulk Hogan pin Zeus after his trademark Leg drop. Hogan and Beefcake would once again team up after being attacked in the locker rooms during the closing moments of the 1989 Survivor Series by Savage and Zeus.
It was decided that the feud had to be settled in a steel cage match, which was featured on a “Mini-PPV” as a double feature with the movie “No Holds Barred.” (The match was taped December 13, 1989, and aired two weeks later on pay-per-view.) Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake were successful in the cage, after which Zeus was not seen in the WWF. After the steel cage match, Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake both went back to working singles matches.
In 1990, Brutus Beefcake suffered a devastating face injury during a parasailing accident that forced him to retire from in-ring competition. After an aborted comeback attempt in late 1991/early 1992, Brutus Beefcake finally felt he was ready to get back inside the squared circle in 1993.
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