[1991-03-18-WWF-Primetime Wrestling] Contract Signing: Randy Savage vs Ultimate Warrior

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Savage is really good here, and Warrior once again does a much better promo than anything he did in 1990.

 

One thing I didn't remember at all was Undertaker being involved in the buildup to this.

[shoe]

A really strong segment Warrior really was pushing Shane O Mac around.

[PeteF3]

One week before the show is certainly an odd time to have the contract signing. Savage and Warrior cut promos on each other, before the Undertaker comes out to stare the Warrior down.

[Kevin Ridge]

Lots of suits out there for contract signing. Don’t recognize the woman. Gerald Brisco is there but no Patterson. Savage has plenty to say and is first to sign the contract. The pen flies out of Warrior’s hand as he is in the middle of signing his name. I don’t think that was a valid signature. Contract should be void! Undertaker shows up! I like them building to future feuds but felt this should have been just Warrior/Savage with the retirement stipulations.

[soup23]

Yeah Bearer and Taker mentioning Warrior in passing is a good way to set up future stuff but him coming out here felt odd and diluted especially since not a peep is made of it for WM 7. Good stuff from Savage again as he put his all into making this angle work.

[garretta]

Savage drives this on the mic, telling Warrior that this is his last chance to admit that he's scared, and also that he can't handle the Macho King. Warrior responds with a crack about how Savage will never get a crack at the World title again even if he beats Warrior, which will be made a lie about a year from this very time. We don't hear anything from Sherri or the other officials, and very little from Jack Tunney, which is kind of odd since Tunney at least has a few words to say at almost all the signings and in fact has been the main speaker at a few (such as Hogan-Andre at Mania III). Warrior then makes the usual promises to end Savage's career on behalf of all the little Warriors, then here come Percy and Taker to crash the party.

 

My only problem with the Taker stuff is the same thing as usual: it's giving away the result of this match. What interest would Taker really have in Warrior (leaving aside the "sprinkle ashes on his career" routine) if he thought Warrior wasn't going to be around after Mania? Why wouldn't he turn his energy toward someone like Duggan or Jake, or even start talking about Hogan? On the one hand, this was a good way to get Taker into the action right off the bat, but they could have found another way to do it without ruining what was in essence the co-main event.

 

All that aside, I like that Warrior is at least feeling a bit of trepidation toward Taker. It could be fear of the unknown, respect for his superior size, or both, but he certainly isn't rushing ahead blindly like he normally does, which is refreshing to see.