10 WWE Storylines That Turned Into Real Life Shoots

In retrospect, The Mega Powers were always doomed to failure. There was just no way that Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan, however common their enemies, could completely set aside their colossal-sized egos, their mutual pursuit of championship glory, nor their shared fondness of manager (and Savage's real-life spouse) Miss Elizabeth. That was the point.

Onscreen, the fault-lines began to show when Hogan started getting friendly with Elizabeth*, with the rift eventually culminating in a WWF title match at WrestleMania V, where she would be forced into picking a side.

And outside the ring, the Macho Man reportedly blamed Hogan for the actual breakdown of his marriage, and the pair were said to have become embroiled in a bitter real-life feud that lasted years.

*Thankfully, this time we were spared the ham-fisted implication of a locker-room fumble.