Some believed the couple's infamous kiss at the 1994 MTV VMAs helped consummate the marriage on national television. But Lisa Marie Presley wasn't a fan.

Michael Jackson (seen at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards) was the sole winner of the Vanguard Award in 1988, a year after the release of his seventh studio album Bad.

Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley | AFP via Getty Images Just over a month later, the couple opened the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on September 8, 1994.