20 'Macho Man' Randy Savage Milestones And Photos

10. Title Reign Cut Too Short? – April 1989

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It has been argued that Randy Savage’s WWF Championship reign ended too early at WrestleMania V, that there was money in Hogan chasing a newly turned Savage until SummerSlam.

Regardless, Savage’s first and most significant world title reign ended with a Hogan Atomic Leg Drop, kicking off two years in a weird limbo.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.