Batman and Robin, Laurel and Hardy, Jerry Seinfeld and George Costanza. Some people just go together. Or, in the wrestling world: Macho Man and Miss Elizabeth, The Four Horsemen and The Outsiders. These are among of the most classic pairings in history. When you think of someone like Randy Savage, you can't help but think of his lovely valet. When you think of Arn Anderson, you'll naturally think of Flair. But when you think of The Undertaker do you automatically think of his ex-wife Sara? When you talk about Scott Steiner does Stacy Keibler naturally follow next in the conversation? Some people have no business being together in wrestling. This is usually due to the fact that they have no chemistry. It's two people that are forced to team up, but only end up being detrimental to each other's careers. Here, we take a look at 10 pairings of wrestlers, valets or managers that didn't belong together. You can't force a relationship to work, but in these cases WWE sure tried.
1o. The Mega Maniacs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHw-d8dK-mY Let's just get this out of the way: Hulk Hogan is kind of lame. That doesn't mean he isn't one of the top wrestling stars of all time, but there's kind of an inherent lameness to the act. Sure, he was cool to kids in the 1980s, but as the decade dragged on and changed over, he remained the same. Considering that he already wasn't that exciting of a character, adding Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake to his side was a poor decision. The Beef just didn't work as a babyface. He didn't work that well as a heel either. But what he was good at was being Hogan's real life friend. Hogan and The Beef first teamed up at SummerSlam 1989. The year before, Hogan had Randy Savage as his partner at the event, which helped bring up his cool quotient. Then, he traded him in for a hair-dresser. Since Hogan only had a skullet left for his hair, this was a questionable decision for a tag partner. Of course, just like every Hogan match, his team came out on top. The two decided to go their own separate ways as Hogan went on to win more gold, and Beefcake went on to...well, do something else with his time. Much like no one wanting The Backstreet Boys getting back together, Hogan and Beefcake also re-joined forces in 1993 to take on the evil duo of I.R.S. and The Million Dollar Man at WrestleMania IX. It was incredibly cartoonish to say the least. On a show that featured a new generation of wrestlers like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon, the Mega-Maniacs felt hopelessly outdated. Sadly, Hogan soon left the company and the Maniacs split up again. That is until Beefcake went to WCW to follow Hogan as The Disciple. We can only assume that he still cut his hair for him.
As Rust Cohle from True Detective said "Life's barely long enough to get good at one thing. So be careful what you're good at."
Sadly, I can't solve a murder like Rust...or change a tire, or even tie a tie. But I do know all the lyrics to Hulk Hogan's "Real American" theme song and can easily name every Natural Born Thriller from the dying days of WCW. I was once ranked 21st in the United States in Tetris...on the Playstation 3 version...for about a week.
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