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Ricky Steamboat

Ricky Steamboat appears in three storylines documented on WrestlingFeuds, as a principal in two, spanning 1986–1989 in WWF, NWA and NWA/WCW.

Feuds and rivalries

Golden Era·WWF·1986–1987

Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Ricky The Dragon Steamboat (Nov 1986 – Oct 1987)

Randy Savage crushed Ricky Steamboat's throat with a ring bell. The revenge match, planned move by move on a legal pad, stole WrestleMania III. Steamboat's reward lasted 64 days.

Randy Savage · Ricky Steamboat · Miss Elizabeth · George Steele

Golden Era·NWA·1989

Nature Boy Ric Flair vs. Ricky The Dragon Steamboat (Jan 1989 – May 1989)

Steamboat's surprise return from a year away sparked a three-match series for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, at Chi-Town Rumble, Clash of the Champions VI, and WrestleWar, that Dave Meltzer rated five stars three times over and is still routinely called the best in-ring trilogy in wrestling history.

Ric Flair · Ricky Steamboat · Terry Funk · Eddie Gilbert

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Golden Era·NWA/WCW·1989

Nature Boy Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk (May 1989 – Nov 1989)

Minutes after Ric Flair closed out his trilogy with Ricky Steamboat, ringside judge Terry Funk asked for a title shot, got turned down, and piledrove Flair through a table, opening a six-month war that ran through a plastic bag over Flair's head and closed with an I Quit match the Wrestling Observer named 1989's Feud of the Year.

Ric Flair · Terry Funk · Gary Hart · Sting · The Great Muta

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