Talk:Hulk Hogan and Macho Man vs Kim Jong-il/Rap Meanings/@comment-4998540-20140531005311

 ===Announcer:Edit=== '''Hulk Hogan goes down. I don’t know if he can finish the battle! He’s reaching for the ropes! It's... it's... Macho Man Randy Savage!'''

''(In tag team wrestling, when one wrestler was too badly hurt or worn down to effectively continue to wrestle, he can tag in his tag partner if he can reach his own corner. At that point, the other team can't beat the first wrestler even if they pin him, and the fresh wrestler is free to continue the match. Sterotypically, an injured wrestler will have to try and push himself to that corner, since he can only make the tag while his opponent is holding a short rope attached to the corner -- though the phrase "reaching for the ropes" used here typically refers to the wrestling ring's ropes. In effect, Hogan is parodying the drama of a tag match where he's close to defeat. Further, Macho Man Randy Savage spent a significant amount of time as Hulk Hogan's tag partner in the tag team "The Mega-Powers," which headlined Wrestlemania IV and then (after the inevitable splitup) "exploded" in a Hogan v. Savage match at Wrestlemania V. As the Mega-Powers were often used in patriotic contexts (riffing off America as a Superpower nation), the idea that Hogan would turn to Savage as his tag partner in a battle with a North Korean dictator makes sense. Normally, the implication would be that Kim would have a tag partner as well, but sometimes 2-on-1 handicap matches are made. This may also reflect North Korea's largely solitary position in geopolitical terms -- even their closest 'ally' China typically avoids assisting them.)''