The Summer of Savage

[Solid Snake]

On July 13, 1988, on a sweltering 93-degree day in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Hulk Hogan returned from a three-month hiatus to accept Randy "Macho Man" Savage's call for a tag team partner at WWE's first SummerSlam.

Hogan also dropped a hint as to why the Mega Powers -- he and Savage, best of pals -- were doomed from the start.

"When we step in the ring, man, and the lovely Elizabeth is in our corner," Hogan barked, "She's my lady, too, brother!"

Fans ate it up. But on the television broadcast for that "WWF Superstars of Wrestling" episode, Jesse "The Body" Ventura called B.S.

"That's gonna be a problem, [Vince] McMahon."

WWE, then known as the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), took the world title off Hogan in February. Hogan left to film "No Holds Barred" right after WrestleMania IV. With the exception of one match, he stayed away from the company through July. Replacing Hogan as champion was one thing; removing him from the live event tour was a risk WWE had never taken until 1988.

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Thought this was worth sharing for the Macho fans on the forum.
It is a long read but goes in to good detail of Macho Man's run in WWE.

 

[WrestleRacer91]

Awesome! I love it! Thanks for the poat/read.

 

[Zardnaar]

Bruces podcast on the network covers this. Its quite good.

I started watching WWF somewhere between WMIII and Summerslam 88. Superstars of Wrestling was around 6 months out of date. Macho was very over and he was one of my favorites, did not like Hogan that much as he was hardly on TV and Macho, Ultimate Warrior were more interesting. WM IV was my 1st one I think.

The Megapower were the equivalent of Austin/Rock tagging for a while. It was a great storyline. I may or may not have had a Miss Elizabeth poster. Her relative modesty made her very attractive even at the age of 11 lol.