2. "1-2-3 Macho Man Is The Champ" - WWF (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sqxAkfm7gM The "taking candy from a baby" line thread here is outstanding. So is the switch from comedy to intensity, the Hogan recalling t-shirt rip, and the Muhammad Ali-style predictions, too. Savage and Okerlund bear such a tremendous similarity to Ali and Howard Cosell that the same result that occurred between Ali and Cosell both making each other much bigger superstars than they originally were applies here.
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