Top 3 WWE WrestleMania matches for the Intercontinental Championship

#2 Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat - WrestleMania III

This was certainly a classic match!

The "Citizen Kane" of professional wrestling matches, the widely acknowledged match between the ultimate babyface Ricky Steamboat and the master heel Randy "Machoman" Savage, for the Intercontinental Title.

The build-up was nearly as good as the match itself. Savage brutally attacked Steamboat, dropping him neck-first across a security barricade and "crushing his larynx." Steamboat returned months later, thirsty for revenge, and so we have this match.

It's about fifteen minutes of the most perfect professional wrestling you'll ever see, from two guys who at the top of their game could go as good as anyone, ever.

The finish, in which Steamboat turns an attempted bodyslam into a small package for the pin and the title, has been copied a hundred times since, including in Steamboat's NWA World Heavyweight Title defense against Ric Flair at WrestleWar '89 when Flair, in a cool bit of continuity, used the same move to win the title from Steamboat.

WrestleMania III was a huge success for the WWF and as a result, has been counted among the best shows in the series despite the fact that everything leading up to and following Steamboat vs. Savage was terrible. There's only one match on WrestleMania III worth seeing, and it sure as hell isn't Andre vs. Hogan.