The most famous encounter that "Stunning" Steve Austin and Ricky Steamboat had in WCW was when Austin injured and retired the Dragon in August of 1994 in a weird bit of karmic foreshadowing for Austin himself (having had his career ultimately shortened on an errant Owen Hart piledriver). About six months before that, the two had a number one contendership match for Ric Flair's WCW World Heavyweight Championship on WCW Saturday Night. It was a pretty decent match with an insanely hot flurry of pin attempts from Steamboat at the end, which finished with Steamer winning on a DQ because Austin's manager, Col. Robert Parker, entered the ring to give his charge an advantage. Notable in this match is a pairing of Bobby Heenan and Tony Schiavone where they worked well together. I guess Eric Bischoff and the Monday Night Wars were to blame for Schiavone's descent into shill-happy sucktitude. Anyway, enjoy!
Ricky Steamboat vs. Steve Austin
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