![]() ![]() ![]() There is an argument to be had that the Ric Flair versus Kerry Von Erich match, December 25, 1982, was the best-booked match of all time. In many ways, the strength of the booking usurps even the quality of the matches themselves, though it often helps if the workers can get it done in the ring as well. If any of these individual moving parts isn’t quite right, you could be left with something good, but not great something engaging, but not territory-defining. ![]() Get the right type of wrestlers in the right place at the right time and you give yourself a license to print money. It is the strength of booking, whether it be an angle or a storyline or a match, that is the difference between success and failure. With a focus on the context in which these contests took place, take a walk back through time as we look at The Wrestling Classic. Over thirty years down the line and with the benefit of the internet and streaming services, Liam Byrne aims to take a look back at each match (where available) that made the list. In the 1989 Wrestling Observer Yearbook, Jeff Bowdren staked his claim as to the 100 greatest matches of the 80s. ![]()
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