Superstar Sleeze Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 WWF World Heavyweight Champion Randy Savage vs Ted DiBiase - WWF MSG 6/25/88 Steel Cage Couldn't find the May match so skip to the cage blowoff. I have seen this before as it is the Randy Savage Comp that WWE put out. This was way better than I remembered. Loved the urgency from both men and just how nip and tuck this was. DiBiase was fired up and just blasting Savage straight away. I liked stuff like Savage avoiding one fist drop, but then not the next one. It was just really good energy and competitive. I liked DiBiase using the cage to set up hope spots, but then immediately cutting Savage off. Then Savage gets more and more of an advantage especially creating his own opportunities to climb the cage, but now he has to contend with Virgil. Superstar Graham says the thing all women want to hear, "Elizabeth would still look beautiful 80 lbs heavier." Ever the charmer, the Superstar. The back half does drag a little bit with all the double clotheslines, but once Savage gets slammed in the head by the cage door it picks back up. They do have a pretty dramatic finish with DiBiase half out the door and then the famous double noggin knocker finish with the fan scaling the cage. Savage picks up the win. The best DiBiase performance in WWF great on offense at the beginning bringing the fight to the Macho Man and then some big ass bumps off the cage. Savage brings the energy and intensity. Parv is crazy for having this in his top 100 matches, but it is a great match. **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidlad Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 I have almost no patience left for climbey, bloodless, WWF cage matches but Dibiase vs Savage is surely the crown jewel among them. This has all the aspects to it that one would assume - the amazing heat, the great selling etc. But what it also has is some ferocious intensity and some real scrappiness to the escape portions, which is what these matches often lacked. Both guys sell the exhaustion really well and both exude that 'caged animal' vibe that one looks for when they're fighting to make it out. Great match and great finale to Savage and Dibiase's underrated house show series in the Summer of 1988. Kudos to Lord Alfred Hayes of all people by explaining away a potentially illogical moment, even while Billy Graham was trying to call attention to it. **** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.