So what if The Rock has defeated Stone Cold? Randy Savage managed to defeat (aside from the ones I've already mentioned) guys like Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior during their primes in some MSG shows. So yet again, you're grasping as straws because I can easily bring up bigger names Randy has faced AND defeated during their primes yet you decided to completely ignore/counter my argument about Randy Savage being quick on his feet and would not have any problem reanalyzing the match or situation he is in if something game changing were to happen.
Also, Rocky is nowhere near as resilient as Randy Savage. Randy fought in and won the first ever World War 3 match. He had to be the last man standing out of 60 men and was capable of doing so with absolutely no problem. Aside from that he too has had to deal with injuries during matches and interferences. So both men are resilient, I'm not denying that, but Savage has more resiliency.
You mean the match he wouldn't have won if not for The Giant? You mean THAT World War 3? On top of that, there were I'd say about 40 jobbers in that match, so it doesn't make the feat all that impressive either. Savage survived the attacks of people like the almighty Dave Sullivan, The Yeti, Super Assassins 1 and 2, Bobby Walker, Buddy Lee Walker, Scott and Steve Armstrong, Big Train Bart, Cobra (Fake Sting), Bunkhouse Buck, Joey Maggs, Maxx Muscle, Scott Norton, Sgt. Craig Pittman, Fidel Sierra, Dick Slater, Mark Starr, Pez Whatley, and James Earl Wright. That right there is 21 people and I could have gone on. I don't see why it is such a feat that he destroyed some simple jobbers.
What about The Rock's (match of the year winning) "I Quit" Match against Mankind? How about that for resilience? Low blows, Mandible Claws, weapons, you name it, Rocky survived it.
You saw why The Rock attacked Stephanie? Right? Because she decided to get right up in his face and tried to slap him. There is a huge difference between Steph and Elizabeth and that's the fact that Elizabeth didn't get herself physically involved in matches like that. So what reason would Rocky have to attack an innocent Elizabeth who has done absolutely nothing wrong? If you can show me evidence that The Rock would attack an innocent woman who didn't involve herself in matches like Stephanie did then I will change my stance on this matter. But for the time remaining, no, Rocky would not attack Elizabeth just because Randy would use her as a shield.
Yes, because that's the only time Rock has ever hit a woman.
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3 more times for you. In the first one, he didn't have to hit Stephanie, but he wanted to pull her in and impose his will on her. Same scenario with Chyna. She got in his grill, but he still hit her. You seem to be forgetting that Rocky made his millions during the Attitude Era, this kind of stuff was the norm.
Did I ever claim The Rock only beat specialized wrestler? I didn't think so. And Randy Savage not only beat some of the most versatile wrestlers of his time too but he also beat wrestlers that were overall better than the ones in Rocky's such as Ricky Steamboat, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, Sting, Chris Benoit, Jushin Liger and many more.
I'm sure the crazy or insane wrestlers Randy has fought and defeated are much more crazier than Stone Cold and Mankind. Some of them include Jake Roberts, George Steele, Meng, Doink the Clown and there many more as well.
Rock beat some of the guys on that list, and then in his own right beat some legends of this business as well. Hogan, Benoit, Austin, 'Taker, Triple H, the list goes on. Sure, Savage went against guys like Flair, Hart, Sting, and Steamboat that Rocky never faced, but who's to say he would have had as much success as Rock did against the people Rock had to face?
For one, none were crazier than Mankind. Do you remember his old boiler room promos and the bumps that guy took? Yeah, he was bat shit insane. Randy's list isn't as impressive as Rocky's, Doink and Meng, again, you're bringing up JOBBERS.
I never claimed he wasn't successful in those type of matches, but so was Savage when it came to Steel Cage matches. So the fact that both were successful in cage matches is something I can't argue, however I can argue that the much faster and agile wrestler would win the match. He has been able to keep wrestlers better than the Rock down long enough so I don't see why he wouldn't do the same here and climb out as fast as possible.
And in ladder matches you really don't need that much experience to begin with and it's not like The Rock is some ladder match expert so this match can go to either one of them. I personally think it would go to Randy Savage because although he hasn't been in a ladder match that I know of, it's not a complex type of match. He knows he needs to keep his opponents down long enough and would do so here. He also doesn't have the extra body weight that The Rock has to slow him down so that is also an advantage for him in the speed factor.
The faster and more agile wrestler doesn't necessarily have to be at an advantage. What about how Yokozuna beat Bret Hart in a cage match? He's definitely not faster or more agile than Bret Hart. The winner of the cage match would be the man who could inflict more pain on there opponent and I personally believe Rock could inflict more pain on Randy.
Again, size doesn't matter in a ladder match. Edge is a big guy, 6'5", yet he's had success in TLC/Ladder matches. 'Taker won a TLC match (basically the same concept) against Jeff Hardy, a speedy little goon. The extra body weight won't hurt Rock, that's just more weight to put behind his strikes.
Or he wasn't man enough to do his own dirty work. While The Rock wasn't man enough to take out a man himself, Savage wasn't afraid of any consequences. He did what he had to do in order to beat a man and would do the same to Rocky, even if meant taking him out of action.
No, that's called intelligence. Just because Savage would be reckless and stupid enough to do that doesn't mean Rocky has to be. The fact that he'd be willing to do anything and not fear the consequences would hurt him, it would make it easier for him to make a mistake. He'd be more reckless and more willing to do high risk maneuvers, not always a smart thing.
How exactly is that capitalizing on a mistake his opponent made? Yet again you fail to address the question with something completely unrelated to what I'm talking about.
Those things, such as working on a certain body part like the knee are called having psychology in a match, something Savage had as much of if not more than The Rock.
I remember the specific scenario, cannot find a video though. Benoit got reckless and missed a move injuring his knee. For the rest of that match, Rock picked him apart. If that doesn't count as capitalizing, then you're just being unreasonable. The psychology is wrapped in with that.