In todays installment of REMEMBER THE STARS...we take a look at one of Hulk Hogans biggest foes. Enjoy the Post:
ZEUS
A character actor with menacing roles based on his looks, he opposed Hulk Hogan in the B-Movie No Holds Barred. WWF owner Vince McMahon brought him in before the movie was released to promote a "rivalry" between Hogan and Zeus.
Zeus made numerous appearances on WWF's TV shows in 1989, and would give interviews and run-ins, with evil alliances with Ted DiBiase and Randy Savage (he would be in Savage's corner, along with Sensational Sherri). He finally got into an altercation with Hogan and his friend Brutus Beefcake on Saturday Night's Main Event, leading up to a tag team main event match at SummerSlam 89: Hogan and Beefcake vs Randy Savage and Zeus.
Zeus became a bodyguard for Ted DiBiase, and would run interference in his matches, but hardly wrestled. Towards the end of 1989, once again was in a main event tag team match at Survivor Series 1989, but by then his momentum was very low, and just a background player.
His last wrestling appearance was in 1996, when Hogan pulled strings to bring him in WCW in a Tower of Doom match, which was a chaotic match featuring a bunch of monsters facing Hogan and Savage at WCW Uncensored. Hogan and Savage won the match. Lister was called "Z-Gansta" due to WWF owning the copyright to "Zeus"
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