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1[[quoteright:327:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steamboat_jericho.jpg]]
2 [[caption-width-right:327:[[StillGotIt "Legends Never Die" indeed!]]]]
3* His ''[=WrestleMania=] III'' match with Wrestling/RandySavage, considered one of the greatest of all time, and even upstaged the iconic Wrestling/HulkHogan vs. Wrestling/AndreTheGiant main event.
4* The Holy Trilogy: 1.[=Steamboat=] defeats Wrestling/RicFlair for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/nwa/world/nwa-h.html NWA World Heavyweight Title]], ''[[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] Chi-Town Rumble 89'', February 2, 1989. 2.[=Steamboat=]-[=Flair=], 2/3 Falls, ''[=NWA=] Clash of the Champions #6'', April 2, 1989, [=Steamboat=] retains. 3.[=Steamboat=]-[=Flair=], ''[=NWA=] Wrestle War '89'', May 7, 1989, [=Flair=] regains the title. '''ALL''' Five-Star Classics.
5* ''WCW Halloween Havoc 1991'', October 27, 1991, had started with Larry Zbyszko slamming a car door on Wrestling/BarryWindham's hand.[[note]](This led to both Larry getting his RedBaron "The Cruncher," and was a foreshadowing of the debut of [[Wrestling/PaulHeyman the Dangerous Alliance]].)[[/note]] This left [[Wrestling/{{Goldust}} Dustin Rhodes]] without a partner going into his match against Zbyszko and Wrestling/ArnAnderson for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Titles]] at ''WCW Clash of the Champions XVII'' on November 19th. Fast forward to the match itself. The champs are in the ring, and Dustin brings out a guy in a dragon suit, who unmasks to reveal, of course, Steamboat, scaring the heck out of AA and Zbyszko. The match is terrific, with AA muttering in exasperation "Not Ricky Steamboat", and later trying to rationalize to an increasingly unglued Zbyszko what turned out to be a hopeless situation by saying, "He's just a man!", being the icing on the cake.
6** [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz8eb9 Reveal at 5:23.]]
7* His match with Wrestling/ChrisJericho at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} 25''. [[StillGotIt "HE'S STILL GOT IT! (clap clap clap clap) HE'S STILL GOT IT!"]]

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