Randy Savage is universally beloved because, unlike so many of his contemporaries, he was a man of no ego; he was only fiercely protective of the art. And his wife, obviously, but this was such a great, selfless performance. This was his “last” match, and yet, he did everything in his considerable power to put the Warrior over, to try one more time to reheat a failed experiment of a push—and its erratic recipient.
Warrior pummelled him throughout. He looked every bit the next big megastar he was a year prior. Savage only gained an advantage after Sherri interfered, and only approached the vicinity of victory after killing his own finish in that iconic multi-elbow drop sequence.
Simple viewed through a 2019 lens, but seminal enough to view again, and again, in the years to come.
