Top 10 Intercontinental Title matches in  WrestleMania History

#2 Ricky Steamboat def. Champ Randy Savage (WrestleMania III, 1987)

Savage and Steamboat square off at the Pontiac Silverdome

Many people would put this match at number one on the list without even giving it a thought. It’s an extremely good wrestling match between a pair of extraordinary wrestlers. It took place on one of the biggest and most important WrestleMania cards in history. The storyline leading up to it, with Savage destroying Steamboat’s windpipe with the ring bell, was beautiful in its simplicity and made the crowd want Steamboat to vanquish the villainous Savage like you wouldn’t believe.

This match, being cemented in wrestling lore as one of the all-time classics (and it is), is also not very historically significant. It happened a long time ago, sure, but that’s really it. Steamboat held the title for 65 days before losing it to the Honky Tonk Man. He never won another title in the WWF, and after losing in the first round of the WWF Title tournament at WrestleMania IV the following year he would be gone.

He returned for the majority of 1991 and didn’t do anything of note (this was the infamous “The Dragon” time period) but spent the rest of his active career with WCW before retiring in 1994. Savage would never hold the IC Title again and did the exact opposite at WrestleMania IV. Instead of losing in the first round, he won the whole tournament. Amazing match, amazing memories, amazing WrestleMania moment.