#8 Randy Savage wrestles his final match for WWF
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Despite losing so many of their stars from the 1980s, the WWF did manage to keep their relationship with Randy Savage going until well into the 90s. Savage’s role with the company would be fairly diminished, however, only making the odd appearance in the ring and spending most of his time behind the commentary table. 1994 would become Savage’s final year with the company, officially wrestling his last match at Wrestlemania 10.
The fact that The Macho Man did go on to enjoy a lengthy in-ring career with WCW after his departure from WWF does indicate that he wasn’t quite ready to hang up his boots back in 1994, and perhaps this was one of the reasons for him leaving.
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Vince clearly wanted to shift the focus onto the younger generation of athletes and was primarily using Savage as a way to get them over with the fans. Savage became a mouthpiece for guys like Bret Hart, Mr Perfect and Diesel, all the while remaining on the sidelines during PPVs and episodes of RAW.
Much like today’s WWE product, Wrestlemania 10 was an excuse to bring back some big names, and Savage was eventually brought into the fold in order to help the buy rate of the event. His match was against Crush, who had recently turned heel after a fairly successful run as a babyface in 1993. The two would compete in a falls count anywhere match, which Savage won by tying Crush up with cables backstage. Although the match was by no means terrible, it is seen as a bit of a shame for such a legend to go out in this fashion.
Wrestlemania 10 was clearly about the new generation, with guys like Owen, Bret, HBK and Razor taking centre stage. Savage's contribution to the event is very much downplayed all these years later.
Macho Man's relationship with the WWF reached breaking point later on in the year with his eventual departure to WCW in October 94, and an official reunion was unfortunately never able to transpire. When we look back on the Wrestlemania career of Macho Man, it's probably best to think about his championship victory at Mania 4 or his excellent match with Warrior at 7. You won't be forgiven for forgetting his match up with Crush ever happened.
