5. Randy Savage Debuts In Memphis - CWA (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaUx99Z_J50 All of what would later become the telltale signs of Randy Savage, main event super-duper-star are already here. The wild-eyed mania, the brazen proclamations of excellence, the completely over-the-top behavior, the facial and body tics, everything. Jerry Jarrett can't stop him. "Four years, eight months and 16 days" he's been the champion of his father's CWA challenging ICW, and the invasion is on! Notable here as well is just how energized Savage's presence is to the entire CWA presentation. He literally charges onto the scene and throws everything into hyper-drive (just as he would in the WWF just two years later.
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