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10 Best WWE Royal Rumble Moments

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4.) Seriously Brother…

There were no bigger wrestlers in the WWF in the 1980’s than Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage. They were ridiculously over as a tandem, awesomely named The Mega Powers, and essentially beat anybody in their paths. At the start of 1989 though, tensions started to simmer between the two, and it all began with a simple act of betrayal by none other than the Hulkster. Macho Man was embroiled in a tough battle in the Royal Rumble match, as he and well-known villain Bad News Brown teased eliminating each other. Hogan had just eliminated the Warlord, and took the opportunity to then run over and not only dump Bad News Brown out of the ring, but also eliminated his tag team partner in one fell swoop. This is what essentially lead to the Mega Powers imploding later on that year.

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