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Post by Grimmas on Jan 4, 2018 23:38:13 GMT -5
Ric Flair vs Randy Savage (WWF World Heavyweight Title - WWF WrestleMania VIII - 04/05/1992)
One of my favourite Mania main events of all-time and certainly one of the most emotional. From Perfect being the best heel manager, to the point I still get mad at his cheating today, to Flair being a dick and taunting Liz, this is so great. Savage is the master of selling the leg and he is outstanding at gaining sympathy here. Savage winning by cheating in the end was the best finish possible. Fuck yeah!
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Post by maddog1981 on Jan 5, 2018 11:56:05 GMT -5
This feels like one of the few times where Flair really cut loose in a WWE ring. The leg selling from Savage is great here. It feels like he just got his leg absolutely destroyed. I feel like Savage/Flair has an argument for being the best feud of the 90s when you factor in WCW.
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Post by stunninggrover on Jan 5, 2018 23:27:10 GMT -5
This was one of Ric Flair's greatest WWF matches. 1992 was arguably the last truly great year of Randy Savage as an in-ring performer. Savage still showed signs of his greatness occasionally in later years, but after 1992 it became more and more clear that his best years were gone. These two know how to create a dramatic feud and the promos leading up to the match certainly added a lot. This WrestleMania VIII WWF Championship match is one of the most memorable WrestleMania matches ever.
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Post by superstarsleeze on Dec 26, 2018 22:27:37 GMT -5
Flair vs Savage being the best American feud of the 90s is an interesting point. I think it's a contender. I vastly prefer the GAB '95 this was confirmed on rewatch of this. It is a great match because the back half is red hot but I found the front half to be tepid.
WWF World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair vs Randy Savage - Wrestlemania VIII
I will take this time to put over the greatest match that no one over talks about: Ric Flair vs Randy Savage - Great American Bash 1995...insane, chaotic brawl...that is top 100 match of all time. That's the Flair vs Savage classic everyone wants.
A tale of two halves. I like to end on a high note so I am going to discuss the heat segment first. They both wrestled that portion of the match oddly subdued. Flair is at his best when he is showing emotion whether that be cocky or when he is an incensed lunatic. Where were the Savage hope spots? I know Savage likes to plan his match out in detail beforehand so I got to put the onus on him. Where was the fire? It just dragged. The offense from Flair was good and Savage selling was good. It just was not extraordinary.
The shine beforehand was great. I liked Savage starting the match in the aisleway. He started red hot and the backdrop over the top was a great way to go into heat. Like I said a very uncharacteristically subdued heat segment. Once Savage started his comeback, this match started rocking. Is there anybody better at selling a swinging neckbreaker than Ric Flair. The press slam off the top got a massive pop! Flair must feel very validated. Savage drops the double axehandle from the heavens and Flair rams his head into the railing. We got blood! Savage is kicking ass. The HoosierDome is biting on every nearfall and desperately wants Savage to win. They really kick up the gaga going into the finish. Top Rope Elbow! Perfect pulls the Macho Man out. Heated confrontation (no bumps remember because of Lloyd's of London) but Perfect throws the knux to Naitch. He waffles the Macho Man. 1-2-NO! The HoosierDome breathed one helluva sigh of relief. Then we get Perfect jabbing Macho Man in the leg with the chair. Boy oh boy, you know what it is like when Savage has a leg to sell. He becomes the world's greatest hopscotch player. Sorry, I am just having a good time. Seriously, he is the GOAT at leg selling, Toshiaki Kawada is the only other who comes close. Now Elizabeth comes to ring in wow what a purple number, looking foxy as all get out. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Flair in his element working the leg and Savage is the God King of leg selling, the Liz drama, Perfect lurking and Heenan hollering, this is a recipe for high octane entertainment. FIGURE-4! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! High Drama in the HoosierDome! I love when Macho Man reverses the pressure that Hebner kicks Flair and Perfect's hands apart. I was never a fan of when Tommy Young did that when it was Flair and the ropes, but now that it is Flair and another person it makes sense and gets a big pop. I dont mind a cradle finish and I like that Savage got a punch in and a handful of tights (fight fire with fire, Savage aint no saint either), just could have been a little grander. Still from that Savage swinging neckbreaker to the finish this is a BARNBURNER! Flair kissing Liz and her slapping him relentlessly and then Savage bursting through was crazy and still one of my favorite moments of all time. The post-match promos are classics. Flair talking about re-assembling the team and Savage saying he only took the first, little piece from the Nature Boy and now he wants the whole thing. They both had that cocaine-fueled, crazed look in their eye that makes them the two greatest American wrestlers of all time. If this was JIP, match of the year contender. The heat segment is an anchor dragging it down, but that back half is incredible. Watch the Great American Bash 1995 match! ****1/4
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Post by KB8 on Feb 29, 2020 5:39:22 GMT -5
I'll probably always love this on some level. At least one of their matches in WCW is probably better (the '95 Great American Bash, I guess), but this one has the nostalgia factor as I remember taping this as a kid and writing "Hoosier Dome" on the label because I guess I thought that was the name of the event or something and kids are stupid. Savage is great in a hate feud because he'll often just grab someone by the face and try to yank their nose off. He did that several times to both Flair and Perfect. His bump over the ropes for Flair to take control was lunacy. He was full fucking vertical and because it came on the opposite side to the hard camera it looked like he got launched head-first into a volcano. Flair actually gets a longer run on top than I remembered and it's decent enough, but Savage selling the leg is where it's great and that doesn't come until later. Flair bleeds because of course he does and Heenan is apoplectic on commentary. I don't remember what did it now but Monsoon about snaps and I thought he was going to physically strike Bobby. Maybe it was when Heenan told him to take the bananas out his mouth. Great cheapshot from Perfect to set up Flair working the leg, and the leg work itself is good. I'll never tire of watching Savage try to punch a guy while hobbling around on one leg. I also like him grabbing Flair's tights at the finish because, honestly, Flair absolutely deserved it and Savage already had him dead to rights twice and Perfect saved his bacon. Savage is a man possessed after Flair puts the lips on Elizabeth and it takes all eleven of the Hebnar twins to restrain him. His post-match promo is wonderful Savage ridiculousness.
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Post by elliott on Sept 10, 2023 20:35:29 GMT -5
Awesome match. I think I like their GAB 95 match even more but these two have great chemistry & this match rules
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Post by puroraisedme on Oct 19, 2023 23:59:28 GMT -5
This is amazing, while I do agree with Elliot in that I also prefer the GAB 95 match this isn't too far behind it for me. Savage's selling of the leg was incredible, the crowd was super hot and both guys looked great. An absolute blast to watch.
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