Defrost Reviews - Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage

Oooh Yeah, Wooooooooo DRS2EBRaSAGG is back to style and profile dig it. In this snowy day edition of DRS2EBRaSAGG we once again take a look at a man who left the World Wrestling Federation in search of greener pastures. In this case it is the Macho Man Randy Savage who left the WWF for reasons that seem to be money and working as a wrestler and not as an announcer even if there are other rumors floating about the miasma of such things.

Let’s get something out of the way right now. The first two matches reviewed herein suck. They suck hard. Savage is basically useless due to a torn muscle in his arm that he was working through for what seems to be the sole reason of working Dave Meltzer. He first won the title on the show where Hulk Hogan famously burned a copy of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reporting Savage’s injury saying that Meltzer had gotten worked. Savage was then seen with an arm heavily wrapped and obviously smaller than the other one and worked the match as his arm was injured and lost to an arm bar to Lex Luger. In the first two matches reviewed here his arm is still heavily wrapped and basically hangs limp at his side most of the time. I guess working hurt to get one over on the dirt sheets was worth it or something.

Then there is the cage match. You sorta know going in what to expect from a Ric Flair cage match. Flair will throw a ton of chops and go for the figure Four. His opponent will brawl with him all over the cage and toss him into said cage. Flair will go for the eye or balls and take control of the match for a while. Flair will bleed all over everything. It will be entertaining. It will be entertaining even with a one armed man. Which coincidently would still be the description of Randy Savage. Whether it was smart booking, bwahahahaha, or just happenstance working a cage match doing nothing but punches, eye rakes, and ramming someone into a fence is all you need to do. That is all he does, and where it was boring as hell in the first two matches it was great here. You know maybe there is something to hiding guys weaknesses. Or you know just getting the surgery.

So thus ends another trip to the clown show that was WCW. Speaking of clowns we take a look at a literal one in our next review. Next Time: Doink vs. Mr Perfect.