Mega Maniacs The Mega - Maniacs was the World Wrestling Federation tag team of Hulk Hogan & Brutus " The Barber " Beefcake that had two distinct runs as a team , one in 1989 and another one in 1993 . History . Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake began their careers more or less at the same time , quickly becoming lifelong friends and would team 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 . 1989 . During the summer of 1989 , Hulk Hogan came under attack from “ The Human Wrecking Machine ” Zeus , an actor who had starred as Hulk ’ s enemy in the WWF financed film " No Holds Barred " . 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 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 would once again team up after being attacked in the locker rooms during the closing moments of the 1989 Survivor Series PPV by Savage & 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 ” . 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 . 1993 . In 1990 Brutus Beefcake suffered a devastating face injury during a parasailing accident that forced him to 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 $ Man ” Ted DiBiase with his Money Incorporated partner Irwin R . Schyster and manager Jimmy Hart at ringside . IRS would interfere 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 life time heel ( bad guy ) 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 the Hulkster 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 . ” Due to the attack by Money , Inc , Beefcake took to wearing a red and yellow protective facemask when competing in the ring and Brutus ' s entire outfit changed to red and yellow as a show of unity with Hulk Hogan . Leading up to WrestleMania IX , the Mega - Maniacs took on the Beverly Brothers during house show s to get ready for their shot at the WWF World Tag - Team titles at WrestleMania . The Mega - Maniacs were not successful in their challenge as they lost to Money , Inc . when Hulk Hogan used Beefcake ’ s steel face plate on the champions . Later in the night , Hogan would win the WWF World Title in an impromptu match . The Mega - Maniacs would team up and take on Money , Inc . several times during the months of April and May on the house show circuit with the World Champion not defending his title once . Hogan would lose the title to Yokozuna at June ' s King of the Ring pay - per - view , and both he and Beefcake would leave the WWF soon after . WCW . When Hulk Hogan signed with World Championship Wrestling in 1994 , Hogan ’ s friend Brutus Beefcake was not far behind , being known as “ Brother Bruti ” in WCW . Despite appearing together many times over the years in WCW , they only teamed actively in the ring for a very short while when Brutus Beefcake was known as “ The Booty Man ” during the early parts of 1996 , but they could not use the name “ The Mega - Maniacs ” due to the WWF owning the copyright .