7 WWE Superstars You Forgot Headlined SummerSlam

7. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake & Zeus (SummerSlam 1989)

Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase & Andre The Giant at the inaugural SummerSlam was a main event anywhere in the country. The second annual SummerSlam was a different story.

The 1989 edition again featured Hogan and Savage, but now on opposite sides. Hulk joined real-life friend Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake while Savage enlisted the No Holds Barred actor-turned-temporary-wrestler Tiny Lister, introduced to World Wrestling Federation fans as The Human Wrecking Machine Zeus.

After the release of Titan Sports and New Line Cinema's No Holds Barred, Lister was brought into the promotion as a wrestler by Vince McMahon as a hopeful way to boost his disaster of a film, and to give Hogan another giant to slay.

Zeus was impressive to look at, but his in-ring skill was non-existent and he had to be carried through the SummerSlam match by Savage and Hogan.

Rumors have circulated that Zeus was in line to main event WrestleMania VI against Hogan, but after the motion picture bombed as well as the one-off December '89 PPV of No Holds Barred The Match / The Movie, Zeus was quickly removed from WWE television, paving the way for a much more memorable WrestleMania VI main event.

The Barber's brush with the main event didn't last long either. After SummerSlam '89, Brutus would move back to the mid-card, working The Twin Towers followed by The Genius and Mr. Perfect.