The Ultimate Warrior's 5 most epic matches

4. The Ultimate Warrior vs. “Macho Man” Randy Savage – Summerslam 92 WWF Title Match

1992 was a year of transition; after many years of Hulk Hogan headlining nearly every WWE event, Hogan was finally taking time away from the company and The Ultimate Warrior returned at WrestleMania 8 to fill the main event void. Randy Savage had won the WWE Championship from Ric Flair at WrestleMania 8, and the stage was set for a dream rematch at Summerslam 92.

I remember receiving an early copy of the WWF Magazine in the mail over the Summer of 92, and an ad for Summerslam 92 revealed to me for the first time what the main matches would be. I was absolutely blown away that not one but TWO “good guy vs. good guy” matches would headline the event, especially since nothing on TV seemed to hint at this. While it was a total shock, it also made total sense; after all, why shouldn’t two “good guys” face off if they were the top two guys in the rankings.

What made this extra special was the fact that the two “good guys” involved had a major history together as Warrior and Savage had faced off just over a year prior in the legendary career vs. career match at WrestleMania 7; but this time they were on the same side, and this time the title was on the line, it had all the makings for another legendary encounter in the same vein not only as their WrestleMania 7 match, but also Warrior’s classics “good guy” match with Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 6.

Along the way this match lost a bit of it’s straight “good guys” match since Ric Flair’s “advisor” Mr. Perfect became involved in the story, as the word was he was secretly advising one of the two combatants which had many fans believing one of them would turn. In the end, interference from Flair and Perfect resulted in a countout win for Warrior although he and Savage walked out together in the end. It seems that this match is often overshadowed by the WrestleMania 7 match, but the different scenario leading in to this match along with the fact that it happened in front of 80,000+ UK fans made it an epic encounter on its own.