10 Biggest Wrestling Matches That Never Happened
3. Randy Savage Vs. The Rock
At WrestleMania 20 and 21, The Rock was rumored to have wanted Sting or Randy Savage in a legends match for the show. Vince McMahon was not to keen on this idea. Feel free to speculate why. While Sting vs. Rock would have been fascinating, Savage would have been even better.
The sad thing is, Savage’s last match was pretty damn depressing. He deserved a far better in-ring ending than his early TNA appearance, where he just threw a couple punches and sat on Jeff Jarrett for the pin. While his physique wasn't too impressive at the time, perhaps if he had six months of training to get ready for a battle with The Rock, he could have looked the part better.
Savage would have been in his early 50s at the time, though, as we’ve seen with Sting and Goldberg, it's not impossible to make a wrestler look close to what they did in their prime. But what would have made it work is the promo work alone. Seeing Savage and Rock face-to-face would have been a Rock/Hogan type moment. Two of the most charismatic performers in the history of the business battling it out on the mic would have been electrifying.
Even if the match would have been a dud from an athletic standpoint, there's no doubt they could have made it work through their charisma alone.