10 of wrestling's most shocking new champions

#1 Andre the Giant uses twin magic to win belt off of Hogan

The build-up for Andre and Hogan's rematch couldn't have been bigger. Andre's services had been 'rented' by Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase from manager Bobby Heenan. Andre was going to assist DiBiase with his plan to purchase the WWE title with money rather than hard work.

After Andre choked Hogan out during Saturday Night's Main event, a rematch was scheduled for the two. Heenan finagled it into a title match, and the two titans were set for battle.

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Andre pinned Hogan after a suplex, but Hogan's arm shot up by the two count. Referee Earl Hebner kept counting, and declared Andre the victor.

But then ANOTHER Earl Hebner entered the ring, and began arguing with the original referee. It turns out Ted DiBiase had bribed Earl's twin brother, Dave, to screw Hogan out of the title.

Not only was it a shocking title change, it set up the Wrestlemania IV tournament for the title, which was declared vacant after all of the shenanigans.

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