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.
'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.
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.
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