I'm not even saying it has to be a technical masterclass with chain wrestling. Look at the matches I brought up. The older ones there are HBK/Taker and Austin/Hart. Neither are filled with mat work or any of that. You could throw in Flair/Steamboat, Steamboat/Savage or any of those... it doesn't really matter. The common factor of these matches is a clear and compelling story, high drama and believable working. That's something you're a bit more likely to see in 80s and 90s than today (not saying it's extinct or anything, by any means).
I do get where you're coming from as well. I get the rationale for exposing them to the modern style. It may be more likely to convert them and get them interested in some AEW or NXT. I still think certain older matches can be just as good at making someone understand the intricacies of wrestling and why some people are so invested in it. Anecdotally, I have shown my friends who don't watch wrestling a lot of shit. Usually the matches they react best to are stuff like Joe/Kobashi, JBL/Guerrero and Taker/Michaels. And to be fair, Okada/Omega. I do have a couple of friends though who really did not react well to stuff from The Bucks, Lucha Bros, Ospreay, and the like because it's overly choreographed and comes off as fake and cheesy to them. But, that's just my experience.
Ultimately I don't disagree with your suggestion that you'd rather show them new stuff (may have sounded that way), I just stand by showing them classic matches as being just as effective.
