4: "Macho Man" Randy Savage
After Flair won the WWF title at the Royal Rumble in January of '92, he needed an opponent for WrestleMania VIII. A planned program with Hogan was scrapped due to Hogan's hiatus following the WWF's steroid scandal. As a result, a memorable feud between the Macho Man and the Nature Boy began, with Savage's wife Elizabeth caught in the middle.
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Leading up to that event, Flair claimed that he had slept and carried on relations with Savage's wife Miss E
lizabeth, going as far as presenting pictures of Elizabeth in which Flair had himself superimposed. The Macho Man beat Flair at WrestleMania to win the title. In July 1992, as Savage prepared to defend the title against the Ultimate Warrior at Summerslam, Flair and Mr. Perfect sowed distrust between the two by suggestin
g that they would back one or the other during their match. They actually attacked both Savage and Warrior and injured Savage's knee sufficiently, an injury that Flair exploit
ed to regain the title in a match on September 1st at a WWF TV taping in Hershey, PA. Ric would end up losing the title to Bret Hart. However, he teamed up with Razor Ramon to take on Savage and Mr. Perfect at the 1992 Survivor Series. Flair and Ramone lost when they were disqualified after refusing to stop double teaming Mr. Perfect. That put an abrupt end to the the Flair-Savage rivalry until it was revived in WCW.
lizabeth, going as far as presenting pictures of Elizabeth in which Flair had himself superimposed. The Macho Man beat Flair at WrestleMania to win the title. In July 1992, as Savage prepared to defend the title against the Ultimate Warrior at Summerslam, Flair and Mr. Perfect sowed distrust between the two by suggestin
g that they would back one or the other during their match. They actually attacked both Savage and Warrior and injured Savage's knee sufficiently, an injury that Flair exploit
ed to regain the title in a match on September 1st at a WWF TV taping in Hershey, PA. Ric would end up losing the title to Bret Hart. However, he teamed up with Razor Ramon to take on Savage and Mr. Perfect at the 1992 Survivor Series. Flair and Ramone lost when they were disqualified after refusing to stop double teaming Mr. Perfect. That put an abrupt end to the the Flair-Savage rivalry until it was revived in WCW. Ric and Randy renewed hostilities when Savage arrived in WCW late in 1994, and their feud continued off-and-on for almost two years with each wrestler winning the WCW World Championship from each other at different times. During the 1995 WCW United Stat
es Championship tournament, Savage interfered in Flair's match vs. Alex Wright. He attacked Flair and caused Wright to get disqualified, setting up a tournament semifinal match where the winner would face the winner of the Sting vs. Meng match for the United States Championship at The Great American Bash that June. Savage and Flair's match never took place, as Savage and Flair brawled in the backstage area prior to the bell ringing. They were both eliminated from the tournament, and had their own match in the main event of the Bash, which Flair won with underhanded tactics. However, Savage won a Lumberjack match the next month at Bash at the Beach. Later on that year, during part of the storyline where Arn Anderson and Ric Flair turned on each other, Flair (looking for a partner to take on Anderson and Brian Pillman in a tag match) tried to recruit Savage to be his partner. However, remembering the rivalry (and how Flair had attacked Savage's father, Angelo Poffo, which was the catalyst for their feud back in May), he refused, telling Flair point blank to "get the hell out of here!" Towards the end of '95, Flair beat Savage at Starrcade to win the WCW World Title after Arn Anderson knocked Randy out with brass knuckles. In January 1996, Randy brought Elizabeth with him into WCW as his
valet once again. He also beat Flair for the title that month on WCW Nitro, but lost a mere 3 weeks later to Flair on Nitro. Flair defeated Savage in a steel cage at SuperBrawl VI to retain the WCW World title, which saw Savage betrayed by Elizabeth in favor of Flair. Thereafter, Flair claimed that Elizabeth had given him a sizable amount of Savage's money, taken in their divorce settlement, and which Flair used to set up a "VIP section" at Monday Nitro events. Flair and Savage continued to feud through the Great American Bash in June 1996. Ric Flair and Randy Savage are the only duo to win and lose both the WWF and WCW versions of the world title to each other.
es Championship tournament, Savage interfered in Flair's match vs. Alex Wright. He attacked Flair and caused Wright to get disqualified, setting up a tournament semifinal match where the winner would face the winner of the Sting vs. Meng match for the United States Championship at The Great American Bash that June. Savage and Flair's match never took place, as Savage and Flair brawled in the backstage area prior to the bell ringing. They were both eliminated from the tournament, and had their own match in the main event of the Bash, which Flair won with underhanded tactics. However, Savage won a Lumberjack match the next month at Bash at the Beach. Later on that year, during part of the storyline where Arn Anderson and Ric Flair turned on each other, Flair (looking for a partner to take on Anderson and Brian Pillman in a tag match) tried to recruit Savage to be his partner. However, remembering the rivalry (and how Flair had attacked Savage's father, Angelo Poffo, which was the catalyst for their feud back in May), he refused, telling Flair point blank to "get the hell out of here!" Towards the end of '95, Flair beat Savage at Starrcade to win the WCW World Title after Arn Anderson knocked Randy out with brass knuckles. In January 1996, Randy brought Elizabeth with him into WCW as his
valet once again. He also beat Flair for the title that month on WCW Nitro, but lost a mere 3 weeks later to Flair on Nitro. Flair defeated Savage in a steel cage at SuperBrawl VI to retain the WCW World title, which saw Savage betrayed by Elizabeth in favor of Flair. Thereafter, Flair claimed that Elizabeth had given him a sizable amount of Savage's money, taken in their divorce settlement, and which Flair used to set up a "VIP section" at Monday Nitro events. Flair and Savage continued to feud through the Great American Bash in June 1996. Ric Flair and Randy Savage are the only duo to win and lose both the WWF and WCW versions of the world title to each other.More video footage of the Flair-Savage rivalry for your enjoyment:
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