Steamboat/Muraco at WM 1?

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Sept 3, 2011 10:58:43 GMT -5 Squirrel Master said:

Ricky Steamboat and Don Muraco's house show matches were tremendously entertaining to me as a youngster at ringside. Muraco and Mr. Fuji were the essence of sadism as they tortured our handsome favorite.

It seemed to me the sadistic Mr. Fuji was striving to cripple Ricky Steamboat in order to put him out of wrestling for good. I think that's why Vince McMahon opted not to put this bout on the original Wrestlemania card; having Steamboat carted out on a stretcher was not in accord with his vision of getting the mainstream casual fan and the curious excited about WWF.

"The Evil One" Mr. Fuji was not to be trusted to behave in front of live cameras during this crucial experiment in national exposure for the WWF. And I may be wrong but Magnificent Muraco seemed high as a kite most of the time...

Honestly that picture makes Fuji and Muraco look like they're going to swing Steamboat back and forth until just throwing him down.