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Every Wednesday, WWE Classics and Greatest Matches team up with your favorite Superstars to bring you the Five-Star Match of the Week. We ask a Superstar in the WWE locker room to select one of the greatest wrestling matches of all time, and WWE.com brings you that full-length match, uncut.
Historians and fans often argue back and forth about the best event, the best wrestler or the best match ever. But when discussing the finest bouts of all time, there?s one particular contest that is always part of the conversation. It?s no surprise one of WWE?s most intelligent Superstars picked it as his selection for Five-Star Match of the Week.
?I?m going to go with WrestleMania III, Ricky ?The Dragon? Steamboat vs. ?Macho Man? Randy Savage,? David Otunga told WWE Classics.
The match featured two outstanding competitors who would both go on to create many more memorable moments and become true Legends. Of course, the acclaimed WrestleMania III event was not short on Legends.
?The headliner of that show was Hulk Hogan against Andre the Giant,? Otunga explained. ?But I have to be honest, the most entertaining match, the one I came away thinking about was ?Macho Man? and ?The Dragon.? It really stole the show.??(MORE ?MACHO MAN?)
The Harvard Law graduate is not alone in his sentiments. In front of more than 93,000 screaming fans, Savage and Steamboat rose to the occasion and accomplished the impossible: upstaging Hogan and Andre.
As much of a technical marvel as the match was, some WWE fans forget the merciless hostility that led to the bout in the first place. The rivalry began nearly six months prior when ?Macho Man,? the reigning Intercontinental Champion, badly injured Steamboat?s larynx with the ring bell. But ?The Dragon? was able to gain retribution by winning the title on The Grandest Stage of Them All. (MORE STEAMBOAT)
There was also an additional layer of intrigue with George ?The Animal? Steele in Steamboat?s corner. Steele had harbored a longtime crush on Savage?s valet, Miss Elizabeth, and played a pivotal role in the outcome of the matchup. (MORE MISS ELIZABETH)
?That definitely added something,? the bowtie-wearing brainiac recalled. ?George ?The Animal? Steele is actually my mom?s favorite wrestler.? (MORE GEORGE STEELE)
Mrs. Otunga may have rooted for ?The Animal,? but who was the coffee connoisseur cheering on?
?I liked ?Macho Man,? but truthfully, I was a fan of Ricky ?The Dragon,?? Otunga told WWE Classics. (MORE OTUNGA)
For once, we can?t disagree with him.
(WWE CLASSICS | WWE GREATEST MATCHES)
PREVIOUS FIVE-STAR MATCHES:
Oct. 3, 2012: Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels, WrestleMania XII
Oct. 10, 2012: Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero, Halloween Havoc 1997
Oct. 17, 2012: Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk, Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout
Oct. 24, 2012: CM Punk vs. John Cena, Money in the Bank 2011
Oct. 31, 2012: Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase, WrestleMania IV
Nov. 7, 2012: Bret Hart vs. The British Bulldog, SummerSlam 1992
Nov. 14, 2012: Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels, WrestleMania X
Nov. 21, 2012: The Hart Foundation vs. The British Bulldogs, Madison Square Garden
Nov. 28, 2012: Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar, No Way Out 2004
Dec. 5, 2012: Ric Flair vs. Big Van Vader, Starrcade 1993
Dec. 12, 2012: Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect, SummerSlam 1991
Source: http://www.wwe.com/classics/five-star-match-steamboat-savage
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