9 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE WrestleMania III

By Michael Hamflett /

4. The Greatest

WWE.com

It's a favourite take of wrestlers and insiders but it remains true - Andre The Giant and Hulk Hogan sold the show but Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat stole it.

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'The Dragon' was less complimentary of this luxurious mat classic in later years in comparison to his battles with Ric Flair. As he saw it, his instict-led classics with the 'Nature Boy' were a true reflection of talent compared to the heavily-scripted showpiece Randy Savage had assembled for them to learn ahead of time.

This underserves how supremely talented Savage was. He wasn't just plotting a course, he was predicting the emotional ebbs and flows of one of wrestling's biggest ever crowds - and every prediction came true.

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An epic in an era without them, the match transcended the entire organisation - only when Hulk Hogan left for good in 1993 would the company embrace this aesthetic as the standard all performers should work towards.