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Match # 61: Randy Savage vs. Austin Idol (5/7/84)

Big time players in the big time arena with Lance Russell on the mic. It’s game time.
Lots of little cat and mouse distraction to start. Macho finally catches Idol. Savage is quick and athletic as hell here. Oddly enough he drops the big elbow from the top rope as one of his first offensive moves. It gets little reaction. Poor placement?

Idol gains an advantage by posting Savage on the outside as they brawl. Savage is carrying the offense and the selling in this one. He’s making the match, for better or worse. Good scrapping either way.

Idol starts bleeding off a belt shot (International title) on the outside. I never realized Savage’s father, Angelo Poffo, had managed him so much before the WWF run. He’s distracting Idol here. The Savage offense and bloody selling of Idol gets a nice sustained reaction from fans. One or two good near falls mixed in there.

Idol gets a slow small package for a hope spot, but I’m not impressed with him in this match. It’s all Savage making this one look good. Maybe I’m just not a fan of “the Heartthrobs” selling style, since he’s way over with the fans. Idol comes back, with good crowd presence, to a solid reaction. The stuff he does is punch/kick, but it’s appropriate for the match. You would not believe how dirty and disgusting the Memphis canvas ring is. It looks diseased.

Idol picks apart Macho’s leg after a missed move and the match becomes ten times more interesting. Poffo gets involved, and boy does that take forever. Macho gets a mystery chain, hits Idol, and gets the win in 13 minutes. 3 ¼ and 6/10.

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