7 Wrestling Matches You Won't Believe Actually Happened

7. The Road Warriors Vs. The Hardy Boyz

The Road Warriors and The Hardy Boyz are arguably the two most totemic tag teams of their respective eras, yet their in-ring styles couldn't have been more in contrast. Whilst Hawk and Animal, the dominant duo of the late '80s, bruised opponents across two continents with their stiff, power-based offence, the North Carolinian siblings did about as much damage to their own bodies innovating a high-risk form of death-defying, ladder-based stunt shows.

The proverbial chalk and cheese, then, albeit equally successful. In a sliding doors moment, the duo of duos actually ran into one another on the 1 November 1998 episode of Sunday Night Heat. Well, sort of: Hawk was subbed for Droz at the time, as part of the dreadful story incorporating Michael Hegstrand's very real struggles with addiction.

'Puke' proves an entirely inadequate replacement, as the green Hardys pull of a shock of all shocks, double-teaming a distracted Animal for a career-boosting win. You could argue the torch had been passed, had the Road Warriors' torch not all but extinguished by this point.