Ranking Hulk Hogan's WrestleMania Matches - From Worst To Best

2. WWE Championship Match: Hulk Hogan Vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage - WrestleMania 5

Good friends made for better enemies at WrestleMania 5 as Hulk Hogan challenged "Macho Man" Randy Savage for the WWE Championship, the culmination of a year-long storyline that saw them form the most dynamic team of all-time (The Mega Powers) before splitting, jealousy over accolades and Miss Elizabeth dooming them to demise.

In front of the same Atlantic City audience that had witnessed Savage's rise to the WWE title and the formation of the aforementioned Mega Powers, the Superstars locked horns for the right to call himself champion. The maniacal Macho Man controlled the match, showing a viciousness and ruthlessness that fans were not familiar with from the bombastic competitor. He was verbally abusive, too, talking trash to both his opponent and his former valet.

But our resident superhero, clad in the red and yellow that separated him from the other living cartoon characters around him, fought adversity. He punched his way back into the match, booted his opponent's chances of victory in the face and dropped his mammoth leg on the reign of "Macho Man" Savage.

Fans rejoiced, as did critics. It was the first really great Hogan-centered main event in WrestleMania history and a taste of things to come over the next year as the two battled across the globe, their feud generating big business for WWE.

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