10 Wrestlers Who Hulk Hogan Refused To Lose Against

8. €œMacho Man€ Randy Savage

The Macho Man is undoubtedly one of the great performers ever to grace the squared circle, and it€™s massively overdue to be seeing him finally getting inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year. When it comes to Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan, the two have a long, storied rivalry that reared its head at several points over the years. The thing is, the Hulkster was always the one that came out on top. Even in Savage€™s moments of personal triumph, such as him defeating Ted DiBiase for the vacant WWF Title at Wrestlemania 4, Hogan was always there to share Savage€™s spotlight. Some stories say that the original plan for Savage and Hogan was to meet back at Wrestlemania 2, with Hogan getting the win. Instead, Hogan shot the idea down and handpicked King Kong Bundy for him to destroy at that event, with Savage then squaring off against George €œThe Animal€ Steele on the WM2 undercard. 1987 would see Hogan supposedly be the one to suggest Savage turns face in order to fill the void whilst the Hulkster takes a break to look at his movie career. Hogan agreed to lose the title to Andre the Giant in questionable circumstances so that the belt can be put up for grabs at €˜Mania 4. The general word on the matter is that Hogan agreed to lose the belt to Andre purely on the basis that he€™d get it back from Savage at Wrestlemania 5. It was also Hogan who suggested the Mega Powers team of he and Savage, mainly so that he could stay in the main event despite not actually holding the WWF Championship. After defeating Macho at WM5, Hogan then shot down the proposed plan of a rematch at Summerslam 1989, instead pushing for him to team with close friend Brutus Beefcake against the team of Savage and, err, Tiny Lister who had starred in No Holds Barred with Hulk. Yep, the monumental main event of one of the biggest shows of the year had Lister€™s character of Zeus stepping into the ring. By the time Royal Rumble 1990 came around, the plan was for the Ultimate Warrior to drop the title to €œMacho King€ Randy Savage. Hogan spoke to the powers that be in order to suggest Sgt. Slaughter as the one to beat Warrior so that the American hero Hogan could then get the big win over the Iraqi-sympathising Slaughter at Wrestlemania 7, which is what went down. Additionally, when the pair were in WCW, Savage€™s last two World Title wins lasted one day apiece and both came to an end at the hands of Hulk Hogan, although the first of those two wins did see Savage get injured during the title win itself. When all is said and done, Randy Savage, someone who was so intertwined in feuds with Hulk Hogan over the years, never once got a 1-2-3 on the Hulkster. More than that, it€™s more the amount of times that Hogan looked to take Savage€™s spotlight or to keep himself as firmly €œthe man€. Despite a very real-life feud over the decades between the two, Hogan swears that the pair made up before Savage€™s passing. Yeah, because Hulk Hogan has always been known to tell the truth€ As such, Hogan will be the one to induct Savage into this year€™s Hall of Fame.
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