Review: WWE Network’s 100 Best Matches To See Before You Die: #3 Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat (WWE Intercontinental Title, WWE Wrestlemania III)

(Here’s the link for the match on the WWE Network: http://network.wwe.com/video/v31348409/?contentId=31348409&contextType=wwe-show&contextId=wrestlemania )

At #3, we have the WrestleMania classic, Randy Savage vs Ricky ‘The Dragon’ Steamboat. Well, I say classic because the general consensus is they put on a classic match. And it’s at #3, for goodness sake! However, it’s one of those “classic” matches that hasn’t matured well with age. It set the bar high for WWE matches back when spectacle and A-list stars (and Hulk Hogan) were all Vince McMahon cared about. It blows anything away in 1980s WWE. But it’s merely very good compared to today’s standards. So, it’s on the WWE Network’s 100 Best Matches…List for what it stands for, rather than what it looks like today…

Review: WWE Network’s 100 Best Matches To See Before You Die: #96 Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant (WWF Championship, Wrestlemania III)

(Here’s the link for the match on the WWE Network: http://network.wwe.com/video/v31348409?contextType=wwe-show&contextId=wrestlemania&contentId=67696440&watchlistAltButtonContext=series )

Of course, this match had to be in the WWE Network’s 100 Best Matches…List. It represents the peak of 1980s WWF, and is the main event one of the most popular WrestleManias of all time. Vince McMahon had gambled everything on WrestleMania I and it had paid off spectacularly. The card of Wrestlemania III is exactly what WWF was at the time: style over substance. There are twelve matches on the card, with a three hour duration. Most of the matches last little over five minutes. The only other match worthy of note is the classic match pitting Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat.