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Mega-Maniacs
The Mega-Maniacs was the World Wrestling Federation tag team of Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake who had two distinct runs as a team, one in 1989 and another one in 1993.
Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake began their careers more or less at the same time, quickly becoming lifelong friends and teaming up from time to time. Their most well known "Pre-WWF" teams were as "Terry & Ed Boulder" and as "Hulk & Dizzy Hogan", billed as brothers.
During the summer of 1989, Tiny Lister began appearing at WWF arena shows, playing his character, "The Human Wrecking Machine" Zeus, from the WWF-financed film No Holds Barred; Zeus began targeting Hogan, the movie's top-billed star. Zeus teamed up with "Macho Man" Randy Savage in hopes of destroying Hulk Hogan. Faced with overwhelming odds, Hulk Hogan turned to his best friend Brutus Beefcake, who was already feuding with Savage at the time, to even the odds.
At SummerSlam 1989, Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake teamed up to take on Randy Savage and Zeus in the main event, a clash that saw Hulk Hogan pin Zeus after his trademark Leg drop. Hogan and Beefcake once again teamed up after being attacked in the locker rooms during the closing moments of the 1989 Survivor Series by Savage and Zeus.
It was decided that the feud had to be settled in a steel cage match, which was featured on a "Mini-PPV" as a double feature with the movie "No Holds Barred." (The match was taped December 13, 1989, and aired two weeks later on pay-per-view.) Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake were successful in the cage, after which Zeus was not seen in the WWF. After the steel cage match, Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake both went back to working singles matches.
In 1990, Brutus Beefcake suffered a devastating face injury during a parasailing accident that forced him to temporarily retire from in-ring competition. After an aborted comeback attempt in late 1991/early 1992, Brutus Beefcake finally felt he was ready to get back inside the squared circle in 1993.
On February 1, 1993 (shown on Television February 15), Brutus Beefcake faced off against "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase with his Money Inc. partner I.R.S. and manager Jimmy Hart at ringside. I.R.S. interfered in the match with Money, Inc. double teaming Beefcake, even going so far as to hitting him in his surgically reconstructed face with a metal briefcase. The actions of Money Inc. were so horrible, that even longtime heel manager Jimmy Hart took objection to it and tried to protect Beefcake from further harm.
At this point in time, Hulk Hogan was not active in the WWF, having gone into semi-retirement a year earlier, but the attack on his lifelong friend brought Hogan back to the WWF. With newly turned babyface manager Jimmy Hart at their side, Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake joined forces, swore vengeance on Money, Inc. and then officially named themselves "The Mega-Maniacs."
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Mega-Maniacs
The Mega-Maniacs was the World Wrestling Federation tag team of Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake who had two distinct runs as a team, one in 1989 and another one in 1993.
Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake began their careers more or less at the same time, quickly becoming lifelong friends and teaming up from time to time. Their most well known "Pre-WWF" teams were as "Terry & Ed Boulder" and as "Hulk & Dizzy Hogan", billed as brothers.
During the summer of 1989, Tiny Lister began appearing at WWF arena shows, playing his character, "The Human Wrecking Machine" Zeus, from the WWF-financed film No Holds Barred; Zeus began targeting Hogan, the movie's top-billed star. Zeus teamed up with "Macho Man" Randy Savage in hopes of destroying Hulk Hogan. Faced with overwhelming odds, Hulk Hogan turned to his best friend Brutus Beefcake, who was already feuding with Savage at the time, to even the odds.
At SummerSlam 1989, Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake teamed up to take on Randy Savage and Zeus in the main event, a clash that saw Hulk Hogan pin Zeus after his trademark Leg drop. Hogan and Beefcake once again teamed up after being attacked in the locker rooms during the closing moments of the 1989 Survivor Series by Savage and Zeus.
It was decided that the feud had to be settled in a steel cage match, which was featured on a "Mini-PPV" as a double feature with the movie "No Holds Barred." (The match was taped December 13, 1989, and aired two weeks later on pay-per-view.) Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake were successful in the cage, after which Zeus was not seen in the WWF. After the steel cage match, Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake both went back to working singles matches.
In 1990, Brutus Beefcake suffered a devastating face injury during a parasailing accident that forced him to temporarily retire from in-ring competition. After an aborted comeback attempt in late 1991/early 1992, Brutus Beefcake finally felt he was ready to get back inside the squared circle in 1993.
On February 1, 1993 (shown on Television February 15), Brutus Beefcake faced off against "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase with his Money Inc. partner I.R.S. and manager Jimmy Hart at ringside. I.R.S. interfered in the match with Money, Inc. double teaming Beefcake, even going so far as to hitting him in his surgically reconstructed face with a metal briefcase. The actions of Money Inc. were so horrible, that even longtime heel manager Jimmy Hart took objection to it and tried to protect Beefcake from further harm.
At this point in time, Hulk Hogan was not active in the WWF, having gone into semi-retirement a year earlier, but the attack on his lifelong friend brought Hogan back to the WWF. With newly turned babyface manager Jimmy Hart at their side, Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake joined forces, swore vengeance on Money, Inc. and then officially named themselves "The Mega-Maniacs."