User blog comment:Nspartan011/Would optimus have died still in the 84 transformers movie if Hot Rod had not gotten in the way/@comment-2080347-20100630175351

Yes. But Prime would've had a chance to land a kill-shot on Megs. With Megs dead, it would be unlikely anyone would've picked up his body, meaning no Galvatron. So the TF movie would have probably ended badly without Hot Rod's interference.