WWE began pushing the Edge vs. Randy Orton match that airs this Sunday at Backlash as the greatest wrestling match of all-time, even before it was taped. It’s an interesting concept and has created interest in B level PPV that likely wouldn’t have existed otherwise. Smartly, WWE has given both men the best possible chance of having the best match they can by taping it in advance, thus giving them the option to make edits and possibly redo spots, but the likelihood it lives up to the billing is very slim.
Ric Flair, widely regarded as one of the best ever in the ring, has seemingly taken this as an opportunity to remind fans of his own greatness by posting the below on Twitter along with a photo from his match against Ricky Steamboat at the Chi-Town Rumble in 1989.
In 1989 Flair and Steamboat wrestled three-times, starting at the Chi-Town Rumble, then Clash of the Champions, and finally WrestleWar. These matches set the bar for generations to come. The photo that Flair shared would indicate that he believes the first match of the trilogy was the best, or maybe it was the first image that came up on Google. Critics, though usually consider the match at WrestleWar to be the best of the bunch where for 33 minutes, the pair told a captivating tale between two amazing storytellers who were at the peak of their profession.
Realistically naming a match as the greatest ever is too subjective. That said, popular sentiment between wrestling aficionados is that the 2-out-of-3-falls Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada at New Japan’s Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall in June 2018 is as close to a perfect match that has ever taken place, and therefore what Edge and Orton have to aspire to.
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