Enter The Dragon: A True Legend
Originally published in 2006
Written by Colm Kearns
Ricky Steamboat may not be the first name that comes into your head when you consider all time greats in wrestling (particularly if you are a younger fan), he hadn’t the mic skills to match Ric Flair or Shawn Michaels and he never wrestled as a heel but when it came to in ring talent and the ability to put on a classic match Steamboat was among the very best. Whether it was putting on all time classics with legends such as Ric Flair or helping to elevate younger stars like Steve Austin in WCW Steamboat done it with the skill, fluency and passion that are the mark of a great in ring talent.
Steamboat was born in New York on February 28th 1953. He was a talented amateur wrestler and planned to become a wrestling coach but was put off by the lack of job opportunities. As faith would have it, his girlfriend met Donna Gagne in Minneapolis.