World Wrestling Federation (1987–1993) Formation (1987) Prior to the fall of 1987, Hogan and Savage were bitter enemies. In fact, from late 1985 through mid-summer 1987, the two often wrestled for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Hogan was able to defeat Savage on many of these occasions, although Savage gained some important countout and disqualification victories over Hogan as well. While Hogan was the most popular star in the WWF during most of this time, Savage—who was the
WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion for many of their matches in 1986 and early 1987—had gained a strong following even during his heel days, and by July 1987, was starting to get more cheers than boos. A slow
face turn for Savage was beginning, and gained credibility when an angle was started involving
The Honky Tonk Man (a
heel who had since won the Intercontinental Championship) began making disparaging comments about Savage. To aid in Savage's face turn, the WWF began booking him against various heels, including
King Kong Bundy and
Killer Khan, with those matches taking place prior to his first match against Honky. The Mega Powers officially formed their alliance, then, on the October 3, 1987 ''
Saturday Night's Main Event XII'' (taped September 23, 1987), when Savage sought to win the Intercontinental Championship from Honky Tonk Man. When Savage hit his diving elbow drop finisher on Honky for the pin,
The Hart Foundation came in and attacked Savage, getting Honky disqualified. On April 2, 1989, Hogan and Savage decided to settle the score at
WrestleMania V for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Although Miss Elizabeth was stationed in her "neutral corner" for the match, she was eventually ejected from ringside after too many complications were caused by her attempting to assist both men at different points in the match. After an even match between both, Hogan eventually prevailed after kicking out of a Savage's diving elbow drop before "hulking up" and executing the leg drop to become WWF World Heavyweight Champion for the second time. Hogan would come out victorious yet again with Savage knocked out by Douglas post-match.
Post-feud (1991–1993) After his feud with Hogan came to a final conclusion, Savage began a rivalry with
The Ultimate Warrior and cost him his WWF Championship against
Sgt. Slaughter at the
Royal Rumble in January 1991. Savage and Warrior would face off in a retirement match at
WrestleMania VII, which Savage lost. After the match Queen Sherri turned on him, which caused Miss Elizabeth to come from the crowd and save Savage. The actions turned Savage into a hero again, and he left the ring with Miss Elizabeth to a loud ovation from the crowd. Following Hogan's victory over
Sgt. Slaughter to regain the WWF Championship at that same event, Savage served as a special guest referee for house show rematches between Hogan and Slaughter from June 30 through August 18. In each of the seven bouts, Hogan successfully retained the title after Slaughter attacked Savage only for Savage to return the favor, thereby assisting Hogan. On November 16, 1991, Hogan was a guest on
Paul Bearer's Funeral Parlor interview segment. When Hogan was attacked by
The Undertaker and
Ric Flair, Savage (along with
Roddy Piper) saved Hogan from the beating. Savage returned to wrestling in 1992, and he and Hogan both competed in the
1992 Royal Rumble. The two tagged to defeat
Jake "The Snake" Roberts and
The Berzerker on a February 1 taping of
WWF Superstars. They teamed again at a house show on February 10 to defeat Roberts and The Undertaker. The Mega Powers reunited for one final time in the WWF on March 29, 1992, to defeat Ric Flair and
Sid Justice by disqualification at a house show at
The Palace of Auburn Hills in
Auburn, Michigan. Hogan and Savage's real-life friendship unraveled in 1992 when Miss Elizabeth filed for divorce against Savage. In an interview with Radio WWF in 1993, Savage discussed the divorce, openly blaming Hogan and his then-wife
Linda for turning Miss Elizabeth against him. An urban legend was that Savage gave Hogan a black eye with a punch a few days before
WrestleMania IX in 1993; however, Hogan stated in his autobiography the black eye came from a jet ski accident incurred days before the event. This was later confirmed in an interview with Mike Schiavello. Hogan left the WWF in the summer of 1993, while Savage departed near the end of 1994.
World Championship Wrestling (1994–2000) Reunion (1994–1996) After Hogan and Savage patched up their real-life differences, Hogan talked WCW president
Eric Bischoff into signing Savage, who was increasingly unhappy with his diminishing role in the WWF. In his initial appearance on
WCW Saturday Night, Savage made reference on air to his love/hate relationship with Hogan and was ambiguous as to where his allegiance was. He aided Hogan at
Starrcade 1994 and shook his hand, signalling their alliance.
Jimmy Hart, who by this point was managing Hogan, began to manage the team. Initially called "The Monster Maniacs" (presumably for legal reasons), Hogan and Savage teamed on January 25, 1995, at
Clash of the Champions XXX to battle
Kevin Sullivan and
The Butcher. Hart would turn on the team at
Halloween Havoc 1995 to manage the
Dungeon of Doom, a stable Sullivan would go on to form in the Summer of 1995 in an effort to improve his chances of ridding WCW of Hogan. By early 1996, Hogan and Savage would change their team name back to "The Mega Powers" and Miss Elizabeth returned to manage them, however at
SuperBrawl VI, Elizabeth would turn on Hogan and Savage and align herself with
Ric Flair. On March 24, 1996, at
Uncensored, The Mega Powers reunited to take on eight opponents in a Doomsday Cage Match. The opponents were Flair,
Arn Anderson,
Kevin Sullivan,
Lex Luger,
The Faces of Fear (
The Barbarian and
Meng),
Z-Gangsta, and
The Ultimate Solution. They were known as the Alliance to End Hulkamania. At
Clash of the Champions XXXII on January 23, 1996, from
Las Vegas, Nevada, the duo lost to Ric Flair and
The Giant.
Second breakup (1996) The team broke up again at
Bash at the Beach on July 7, 1996. This time, it was Hogan who turned heel. Hogan came out seemingly to save Savage and Sting during their match with
The Outsiders (
Scott Hall and
Kevin Nash); Hogan double-crossed Savage and Sting, dropping the leg on Savage three times, then forming the
New World Order (nWo). WCW decided to work Hogan's and Savage's old real life feud into the storyline, going as far as having Hogan state that if Savage was going to accuse him of causing his divorce from Miss Elizabeth, then he "doesn't need someone as ungrateful as 'The Macho Man' as a friend". Later that year, the former friends faced off at
Halloween Havoc for the
WCW World Heavyweight Championship. Savage almost had Hogan beat, but thanks to Ted DiBiase and The Giant, Hogan retained the title and the nWo brutally beat Savage. Savage's ex-wife, Miss Elizabeth, who was aligned with the
Four Horsemen at the time, begged Hogan to stop hurting Savage, who she still cared deeply about. She then covered his unconscious body to prevent anymore beatings and was spraypainted along with Savage.
New World Order (1997–1998) After losing to Hogan at Halloween Havoc, Savage went on hiatus. He returned to WCW in January 1997, joining Sting in the rafters, showing no alliance to either WCW or the nWo for a while. At
SuperBrawl VII, Savage appeared ringside for the match between Hogan and
Roddy Piper. Savage became a villain by slipping Hogan a pair of brass knuckles when the referee's back was turned. Hogan used the weapon en route to his very first pinfall victory over Piper, and after the match, Hogan and Savage brutalized Piper together. The pair would team often, sometimes with the Outsiders, in tag matches with Savage now wearing similar wrestling attire to Hogan. However, in late 1997, after Hogan lost the WCW World Heavyweight Championship to Sting, friction popped up between Savage and Hogan again, this time over who the leader of the nWo was. Hogan and Savage teamed for the final time in their careers on the February 16, 1998 edition of
WCW Monday Nitro, losing to
Sting and Lex Luger by disqualification. A brief feud between Savage and fellow nWo member Kevin Nash ended when the two realized Hogan was playing them against each other to keep them away from chasing the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The feud came to a fever pitch when Savage took the title from Sting, only to have Hogan take it from him the next night. After that, the nWo split into two factions, with Hogan spearheading nWo Hollywood and Savage co-founding the nWo Wolfpac with Nash. The Outsiders split shortly after when Hall turned on Nash and joined up with nWo Hollywood. The former Mega Powers teammates faced off for the last time when Savage lost the WCW World Heavyweight Championship to Hogan on the July 12, 1999 episode of
Nitro.
The Millionaire's Club (2000) In 2000, Hogan and other legends have formed the WCW faction known as
The Millionaire's Club. During one memorable brawl at the end of a television taping between the club and their opponents, Savage suddenly ran out and lent the Club his aid, turning the tide and effectively becoming a member after tapping fists with Hogan once the fighting ended. Hogan and Savage had reverted to fan favorite status by this time. This ended quickly, however, as Hogan left from WCW in
July 2000 (who returned to WWF (now WWE)
in 2 years later), and Savage wasn't seen again before WCW closed down
after the final episode of Monday Nitro on March 26, 2001. == Parodies and deaths ==