10 Uplifting Wrestling Moments To Cure Your 'Mania Hangover

6. The Reunion Of Randy Savage & Miss Elizabeth

Randy Savage, Elizabeth
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Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth had separated in storylines in 1989 following the dissolution of Savage and Hogan's Mega Powers alliance. The decision to pair Savage with Sensational Sherri was ingenious. Her presence as the antithesis to Elizabeth's wholesomeness was a constant visual reminder that Savage had abandoned the fans.

By 1991, Savage was enraged by the Ultimate Warrior's refusal to grant him a WWF Championship shot were he to defeat Sgt. Slaughter at Royal Rumble, the catalyst for his interference in that match and his Retirement match with Warrior at WrestleMania VII.

That match was one of the greatest presented under the WWF banner and still holds up to this day - even if Savage's selfless and sustained selling is definitively a thing of the past. He was barely in the contest; Sherri got more licks in, and when Savage was defeated, she abandoned him immediately and thrashed his prone body. This brought Elizabeth out of the stands and into the ring. She sent Sherri packing and practically melted at Savage's eventual embrace. She wasn't the only one; the camera panned around the crowd to capture several women in floods.

"This is sickening!" Bobby Heenan cried on commentary - but even he couldn't pour scorn on the scene when Savage, breaking the habit of a career, opened the ropes for his wife instead of letting her do it for him.

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