10 Most Shocking Wrestling Betrayals

10. The Mega Powers Explode

The partnership between Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage was, in retrospect, obviously forged to promote an eventual match. That's what the vast majority of alliances are designed to do. Wrestling is all about the payoff.

But for many children drawn to the DayGlo WWF product of the golden era, Savage's heel turn, years in the making, was heartbreaking. Wrestling wasn't about the payoff - it was about the here and now. Everything was so thrilling and new that the journey itself was the destination. These two men, for many fans, were the very first best friends. When Savage destroyed that friendship, it is no exaggeration to state that he destroyed the innocence of a demographic.

Savage, suspiciously very believable wearing the tinfoil hat (without getting too libellous, it was the 1980s) had been looking cross-eyed at Hogan for a while. He suspected that Hogan had "jealous eyes"; one was looking at Savage's gold, the other in the direction of his woman.

After a series of misunderstandings during a match opposite The Twin Towers at The Main Event resulted in an injury to Miss Elizabeth, the Mega Powers exploded when Savage brained Hogan with his WWF Heavyweight Title. He then threw Elizabeth ten feet across the room and kicked the hilariously ineffective Brutus Beefcake square in the nuts.

It's funny now - but it certainly wasn't then.