WrestleMania Rewind: Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat at WrestleMania III

The granddaddy of them all, WrestleMania is just about a week away. The anticipation for the extravaganza is sky high among the WWE Universe. And since the pay-per-view is richer than Richie Rich when it comes to history, we have decided to take a look back at some of the best WrestleMania matches with this latest series.Over the last thirty years, WWE fans have witnessed some great WrestleMania matches. From the likes of Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon to Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin, some of the greatest matches in wrestling history happened at the event, and today, we look at one of the greatest wrestling matches to have taken place not just at WrestleMania, but in professional wrestling history.Going into WrestleMania 3, the hype surrounded the larger than life confrontation between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant. But after the conclusion of the event, the fans went home talking about the match for the WWE Intercontinental championship between ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage and Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat, and years later, the match was seen as the turning point in both their careers.

#1 The Build up

 

The feud started well in advance, when Randy was scheduled to face Steamboat with the Intercontinental title on the line, but attacked him viciously when Steamboat was greeting his fans. Randy proceeded to injure Steamboat by dropping him throat – first on the guardrails, and delivered an elbow drop from the top rope.

Randy continued the attack and drilled the ring – bell into Steamboat’s larynx from the top rope, sending him to the hospital.

Both men were then engaged in a bitter rivalry, which finally culminated at WrestleMania 3, with Steamboat challenging Savage for the WWE Intercontinental championship. While Miss Elizabeth was in Randy’s corner, George “The Animal” Steele was in Steamboat’s corner, as he had developed a crush on Miss Elizabeth.