Randy Savage vs. The Honky Tonk Man

[7.0] "It shows how great the characterisation really was when the crowd are this crazy for it as this throughout the whole match! Honkey Tonk is a classic chickenshit heel where he keeps running away from Savage whenever he's in a fair fight and finds frustrating ways to keep a cheap advantage with a lot of interference from Jimmy Hart as well as targeting Elizabeth several times to keep him unfocused. Savage was always great at these kind of matches, especially because of how he sells and also his energy when he starts to make a comeback. It's just impossible not to cheer for him. Honkey eventually finds a cheap way to keep his title by count out and there was a great moment after the match where he tries to hit Macho Man with his guitar and Elizabeth puts herself in front of him which it buys him just enough time to fight back. Savage was clearly on to bigger things, while this was one of many times Tonk managed to salvage his title in a cheap way."

[6.0] "Technically rather light, but a fine example of the difference between a match with and without a storyline. Every move carried the crowd away and gave real importance to what was happening in the ring. The rivalry goes on and on, but it's far more gripping than the one between Steele and Savage. In-ring quality: 0.5/4. Stakes: 1.5/2. Justification: 1/1. Place on the map: 0.75/1. Suspense: 1/1. Bonus/Malus: none. Total: 5.75/10. Match seen on the WWE Network."

[6.0] "This is pretty crazy in terms of heat, this is the peak of the WWF right here. Its very understandable why Honky Tonk Man refuses to lose the belt on this show. But it didnt matter as Savage beat the crap out of him and Jimmy Hart anyway. And Savage will be given the WWF title as a makeshift anyway. This is a short but effective match with an incredible angle afterwards. Honky gets his comeuppance but keeps the belt, which is what he wanted. Its a win-win situation which is rare when politics come to the forefront. ***"

[7.0] "I have a funny specific memory about this match that I will share at the end. This is your typical Macho Man vs Honky Tonk match, which is to say "always better than you expect". Everything is hot, everything is important, the finish is of the non variety and chaos of some form ensues. This has a happy enough ending though. Don't worry about Savage, his career will be fine. Ok so the memory. My childhood friends and I were chanting "Go Macho Go! Go Macho Go! " and I accidentally once said "Go Honk-I - uh, I mean Go Savage Go! " lol. 7.25"

[7.0] "I believe this is the match that Honky Tonk Man refused to lose to Savage and thus ended up getting Savage the World Heavyweight belt instead at Wrestlemania 4 and then was squashed at SummerSlam by the Ultimate Warrior. He was never again near the main event and was driven out of wrestling his own selfish choices. So Savage has to settle for a count out win instead of the I-C Title here. But it was enough to settle their feud and free Savage up to do the Mega-Powers storyline."

[6.0] "A fun match with a red hot crowd. Randy Savage having to deal with not only his opponent but Jimmy Hart and Honky's girlfriend "Peggy Sue". The result is messy and frantic, in a good way. They have solid chemistry and Randy's battle against the odds doesn't leave a sour taste in the mouth when he didn't win the belt back. He'd get a nice consolation prize a few months later!"

[6.0] "This is a pretty fun match. I don't always enjoy Honky Tonk Man matches, but this was one of the rare ones I did. I didn't like Peggy Sue, who was a female manager they were trying with HTM; I wouldn't have realized it was Sherri if not for my friend. This of course didn't have a clean finish; but if you didn't expect that going into a Honky Tonk IC title defense I don't know how to help you."

[5.0] "Nearing the end of the feud as Savage/Honky just kinda sputtered out as Savage went onto bigger things. Honky bails and takes the count out again to save his belt."

[6.0] "Another fun Intercontinental title tussle between Honky and Savage, the two always clicked together. It wasn't their best match by any means, but I enjoyed it. [**3/4]"

[6.0] "Wasn't a great match by any means, especially with Jimmy Hart's non stop shenanigans which should of easily been a dq or him getting thrown out but other then that but it still was a better than average HTM match."

[7.0] "This was a good match, the crowd was red hot from the start so they didn't have to do much. Savage's bumping and selling is great and, alhough the finish of the match makes Savage look kind of dumb, the post match is great, everyone plays their part perfectly."

[6.0] "This was perfectly fine, some of Honky Tonk Man's best matches in the company were with Savage, though they were hardly what I'd call thrilling or anything. Still, this was solid enough and I'd say it's worth a look."

[4.0] "Weird to see that the WWF still didn't get over this pairing so close to Wrestlemania IV and Savage's title reign. Honky Tonk Man really does nothing for me so it's really about seeing what Savage can do, plus Sensational Sherri as "Peggy Sue" is kind of fun to see."