Immeasurable in its influence, this meticulous move-for-move classic begat a new wrestling philosophy.
Wrestled at a blood-pumping pace by the standards of the time, Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat raced through rehearsed, state-of-the-art sequences in what can be described as WWE’s Velvet Underground match: every wrestler who watched it drew inspiration.
Using a modern word to describe an old classic, this was a flex of a match as much as it was an immersive war of animosity—but the muscle on it has barely atrophied, despite years and years of performers grabbing its influence.
