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Episode 26 Notes

-Today we look at The Main Event 2 from February 1989 from the WWF.
-The Main Event 2 was shown live on NBC on February 3, 1989 from the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
-Vince McMahon does a voiceover of what we are going to see: The Big Faceoff of the Mega Powers and The Twin Towers over footage of what has gone down between the two teams.
-Opening Credits
-Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura welcome us to the event. Jesse is decked out in some shades and a boa. Jesse says that The Twin Towers will win because three of a kind will beat a pair every time.
-Mean Gene Okerlund interviews Slick and The Twin Towers. Slick says they will win because three beats two and they have the law of the jungle in Akeem and the law of the land in The Big Boss Man. They head to the ring.
-Video of the friendship between Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage. Jesse isn’t buying it. He says there’s a lot of dissention on that team and that there is a cover up going on.
-Mean Gene interviews Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan and Miss Elizabeth. They are pumped up and insists that they are all on the same page and they will take care of business tonight.
-The Mega Powers Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan with Miss Elizabeth VS. The Twin Towers Akeem and The Big Boss Man with Slick: Boss Man and Hogan start after some hesitation on The Mega Powers part. Hogan starts out hot hitting all the heels. Boss Man thrown outside. Back in, he and Hogan slug it out in the corner. Boss Man slides out and gets hit by Savage outside. Akeem in, and he gets tagged by both Mega Powers. Boss Man in, and he is being battered by Savage. Hogan hits Akeem with a double Ax Handle from the ropes. Boss Man hits a big clothesline and piledriver on Hogan. Akeem tagged in. Heels tagging frequently. Hogan and Boss Man fighting outside. Boss Man does a modified spinebuster that gets a two count. A heel mistake lets Hogan come back. Savage hits a crossbody on Akeem, but Boss Man makes the save. Akeem throws Savage onto Liz on the outside. Hogan comes over to check on them and Liz is still out. Savage asks him what he is doing and Akeem drags him back in the ring. The Twin Towers beat Savage while Hogan takes Liz to the back. He gets Liz to a stretcher. Hogan stays with Liz and doesn’t exactly put on an Oscar winning acting job of being upset. Back in the ring, Savage is getting pummeled. Liz wakes up and tells Hogan to go back to the ring. Crowd gets fired up now that Hogan is back. Double Teaming on Savage and a funny moment as The Twin Towers hit the ropes at the same time and Akeem goes through them. Savage fighting back and he clears the ring. Savage tags Hogan and also slaps him. Savage leaves. Hogan hulks up! Big boot and leg drop on Akeem for the pin.
-After beating up the heels, Hogan rushes to the back. Savage is back with Liz. Savage is telling Liz that he is number one. Savage says Hogan is jealous of him and that he was carrying Hogan. He says Hogan can’t beat him. He says Hogan has lust in his eyes for Elizabeth. He then attacks Hogan in the back. Liz comes over and he slings her out of the way. Brutus Beefcake stops Savage before he can hit Hogan with the WWF championship belt, but he and some agents get slung too.
-Hercules VS. Ted DiBiase with Virgil: While Hercules is coming out, Jesse says tonight is just the explosion of all the problems that have been building with the Mega Powers.
-Mean Gene is back in the first aid area with Hogan, Beefcake, and the doctor. They are still working on Hogan and Mean Gene says his mental shape is not good.
-Hercules attacks DiBiase as he comes to the ring. He also slings Virgil around. He presses and throws DiBiase. DiBiase comes back and works over Hercules. Hercules powers out of a pin attempt. Hercules hits a suplex. Back and forth. Hercules hits a big powerslam. Virgil wraps Hercules’ chain around a turnbuckle. DiBiase goes to drive Hercules into it but Hercules blocks and puts DiBiase into it. DiBiase kicks out of a pin attempt. Hercules gets DiBiase into a back breaker. The referee goes to take the chain off of the turnbuckle and Virgil distracts Hercules. DiBiase rolls Hercules up for the pin.
-Mean Gene is still in the First Aid area. Hogan is making pain noises. He then goes off yelling Randy!
-Vince and Jesse argue over who is correct in the Mega Powers breakup. Jesse says he saw this coming.
-Hogan is still looking for Savage and is tearing the backstage area apart. He accosts Jim Neidhart, Shawn Michaels, and Bret Hart looking for Savage and if you know what Hogan’s relationship and posturing for position with the latter two over the next 15 years will be, the jokes almost write themselves as we fade to black.