10 Moments That Cemented Your Love For Professional Wrestling

9. Randy Savage And Miss Elizabeth Reunite (WWE WrestleMania VII, 24 March 1991)

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It's the age-old saying; professional wrestling is a soap opera, hence why Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth's reunion is so fondly remembered.

The timing of it was perfect, too. Savage had just lost a retirement match to the Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VII, effectively being dumped by Sensational Sherri in the aftermath. Elizabeth subsequently rushed the ring, disposed of the one-time Women's Champion, and reunited with her one true love. The iconic crying fan, in the same vein as CM Punk's supporter some three decades later, remains just that; iconic.

Alongside the beginning of the Undertaker's WrestleMania streak, it's what this 'Mania is mostly remembered for, though it doesn't exactly have much competition - nobody will remember one and a half minute squashes between Tito Santana and the Mountie, surely - which has helped legitimise it as an exemplary WWE moment.

You have to be careful with romances in pro wrestling. The timing has to be right, it has to make sense for the characters involved, and it can't ruin their in-ring work. Savage and Elizabeth not only made this work, but they became the pillars of the storyline.

To this day, nothing has topped the pair. Nothing ever will. The reaction was too defeating to justify anything coming close to it.

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