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WrestleMania, be there or be
square.
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We gonna be there.
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WWE is known for its
pomp, its pageantry,
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its dramatic storylines and
larger-than-life characters.
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How about getting your
foot off my shoulder?
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It's not up-
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So, it's no wonder
that celebrities feel
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right at home here.
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I got myself a second career.
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I'll be a wrestling manager.
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From rock legends,
and sports icons-
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Former champion of the world.
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-to silver screen stars and
soulful crooners.
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Ms. Aretha Franklin.
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WWE is a place that
pop culture A-listers
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can step into the
ring and revel
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in the spectacle of
Sports Entertainment.
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I'm back in the
world series again.
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Today we roll out the red
carpet, count down
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the most dazzling celebrity
appearances from the 1980s.
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This is WWE's Greatest Moments.
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Acknowledge me.
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My God.
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Stone Cold with the beer bath.
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Ooh.
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This is surreal.
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Look at this.
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He slammed him.
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Welcome, everyone, to
WWE's Greatest Moments.
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A celebration of those
core memories
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from Sports Entertainment's
vast incredible history.
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I'm Michael Cole,
and on this edition,
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we count down the
greatest celebrity moments
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in WWE from
the 1980s.
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The first WrestleMania
was notable for being
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the ultimate showcase of
Sports Entertainment.
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The marriage between
WWE and pop culture.
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And in 1985 Liberace, one of the
most colorful and flamboyant
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entertainers in all of show
business, joined in on the fun.
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The official timekeeper
for WrestleMania
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this Sunday
afternoon at 1:00 PM.
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We are high above
the streets of New York
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with Liberace.
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When you ask what it takes to
make WrestleMania 1 a success,
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it's so many different factors,
and so many different people.
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Hi.
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It is going gonna be
something else this Sunday.
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Oh, it's gonna be so excited.
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That first WrestleMania card
having the rock and wrestling,
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the celebrities involved.
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I-it seemed like
something different.
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It seemed like something bigger.
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The guest timekeeper, truly
one of the greatest performers
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in show business today, the
incomparable Liberace.
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Yeah, we had Liberace and
the Rockettes, you know,
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people that-that
particular interest.
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Everybody wants
to be a part of it.
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Well, there's something
going on here.
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I gotta see what it is.
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I gotta check it out.
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A happening presented by the
World Wrestling--,
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WrestleMania.
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Look at this, the
Rockettes from Radio City.
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Oh, I love it.
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Look at this, Jess.
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This wrestling thing is great,
but if we sprinkle in some
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Liberace, before you know it,
you have a spectacle.
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Look at this.
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Fans loving it.
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They're on their feet.
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New York, New York.
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Our number nine moment
comes courtesy of the former
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Philadelphia Phillies standout,
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and WWE Hall of
Famer, Bob Uecker.
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Mr. Baseball,
Bob Uecker.
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Bob Uecker famous
in the world
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of broadcasting
for baseball,
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but was so good, it took him
into the world of-of film.
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Vaughn into the windup
of his first offering.
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Just a bit outside.
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Bob Uecker
certainly is worthy
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of being the guest
ring announcer.
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I got the best
seat in the house.
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One of my greatest friends is
gonna be there, Andre the Giant.
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And then when the
Giant walked in,
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you can't appreciate
how big these guys
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are until you're
standing next to them.
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Hi, Andre.
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Hey, my good buddy.
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Go away, Bob, fan,
or you get me.
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You get The Giant.
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We hit it off right away.
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I had fun with him.
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How about getting your
foot off my shoulder?
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It's not up, okay?
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Hey.
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"
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Hey."
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I don't know what he was
trying to say there,
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but that's what he said.
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Andre the Giant.
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The guy's my best friend.
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I can't wait to see this guy.
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I-I-- I can't believe how
big his hand is.
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Then I looked at him,
this guy is enormous.
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People loved him.
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They loved being around him,
and I got along great with him.
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I-I had fun with him.
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I really did.
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Our number eight moment
takes up back to 1987
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when rock legend, and
Detroit native, Alice Cooper,
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made an appearance
at WrestleMania 3.
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Jake "The Snake"
Roberts
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with Damien
and Alice Cooper.
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Let me tell you, Alice Cooper,
if you think you're gonna
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put your hands on a colonel,
you'll never get a chance
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because The Honky Tonk
Man is gonna take care
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of Jake "The Snake".
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I can't wait, and I tell you,
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school's almost out
for these jerks.
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You know something?
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The difference between you two
and us is you're tail shakers
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and we've always been bone
breakers, you see?
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Alice Cooper, I mean, I-I
idolized as a kid.
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You know?
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The music and everything and
then going into the ring
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with him to 94,000 people,
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I mean, it was the most
incredible feeling.
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These guys have pulled out
all the stops in this one.
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It's a vendetta as far as
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Jake "The Snake" Roberts
is concerned.
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Oh, rammed, oh, right
into the steel post.
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Here comes Alice
to the rescue.
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With a helping hand.
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The oddballs that Alice
Cooper brought in, you know,
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he was hot off MTV, his
album was gold already.
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Uh-oh.
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Got him right in the corner.
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Oh, look at that.
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Look at Hart.
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Give me a break.
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That's gotta be a
disqualification.
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Three, he got it.
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He got it.
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The Honky Tonk wins it.
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Well, Honky Tonk Man won,
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which was something that
happened a lot back in the day,
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but just because they won
didn't mean they won the war.
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And Alice
Cooper is inside.
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Damien.
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Referee, get in
there and stop this.
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Damien got him.
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There was no more
venomous combination
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than Jake "The Snake" Roberts
and Alice Cooper,
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and they proved that at
WrestleMania 3.
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Look at them running
for their lives.
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Talk about excitement.
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This guy created a lot of it.
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The WWE and NFL have enjoyed
a longstanding history,
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a crossover that has seen many
a players make cameos inside
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the squared circle, but in 1986,
at WrestleMania 2, a handful of
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standout pro-football players,
including Super Bowl hero,
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William "The Refrigerator"
Perry,
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got in on the action for a
20-man Battle Royal.
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All right, ladies
and gentlemen,
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it's time for the 20-man over
- the-top rope Battle Royal.
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At WrestleMania 2, in
Chicago, the WWE pulled off
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one of the most
unconventional Battle Royale's
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that pitted WWE Superstars
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against some of the greatest
NFL players of the day.
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And now, ladies and gentlemen,
here are the participants.
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Jimbo Covert, The Iron Sheik,
Harvey Martin, Big John Studd,
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Bill Fralic, Bret
"The Hitman" Hart,
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and Jim "The
Anvil" Neidhart,
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"The Refrigerator"
William Perry,
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and last but certainly not
least, Andre the Giant.
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This Battle Royal
is underway.
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The only way you can be
eliminated is over the top rope.
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When you get these
NFL guys in the ring,
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you start to realize how
big they really are.
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Mayhem as these guys weighed
in a total combined weight,
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5,612 pounds.
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When I was a kid,
I'm thinking,
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"There's a guy
named Refrigerator?
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Hell yeah."
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Look here, they're trying to
get Refrigerator out.
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Four or five of them going to
work on the Refrigerator.
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He was such a force
to be reckoned with
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back in those days.
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Refrigerator has got Big John
Studd held up in the corner,
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and going after
him tooth and nail.
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Studd met him
with a big elbow,
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and there goes
Refrigerator.
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Oh, no, he's out.
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I really think he
could've quit football
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and gone into wrestling
the next day.
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The match is over, as
far as I'm concerned.
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Oh, look at that.
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He pulled Big John
right out of there.
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As always, the wrestlers
always come out on top.
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Andre the Giant
the winner here.
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Unbelievable.
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We leap ahead now
to WrestleMania 5
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for our number six moment
of the countable.
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This one featuring the famed
chain-smoking lightning rod
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of a talk show host
from the 1980s.
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Chain smoke in my face.
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Morton Downey Jr. who came
face to face with The Hot Rod.
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And now, here's the man
who can match anyone
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mouth to mouth,
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Morton Downey Jr.
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Morton Downey Jr. at that time
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in America was different.
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He was smoking cigarettes.
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He was yelling.
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He was nasty.
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He was controversial.
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The perfect antagonist for
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
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I'm running the show here.
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You ain't running nothing, fat
boy, with a belly like that.
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Who's the biggest mouth
in the business?
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Well, I am.
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There is one bigger.
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The one, the only
"Rowdy" Roddy Piper.
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We've had a lot of great
performers over the years
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that have captured the audience.
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But Roddy Piper almost had
them hypnotized in a way.
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You used to have all these
nasty warts all over your face.
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You could tell he just did not
like Morton Downey Jr.
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What happened to the warts?
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I gave them to a
homeless warthog.
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I didn't know your
girlfriend was homeless.
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Morton Downey Jr. thought that
he could use some of the tricks
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that he did on his show
on the Piper's Pit.
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He took out his cigarette
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and blew smoke in
Roddy Piper's face.
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Don't blow no more
smoke in my face.
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Do you understand that?
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Roddy taking
exception to that.
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"All right.
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Well, I know how to
put this fire out."
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Give me that smoke, would you?
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Yeah.
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Take a look at that, Jess.
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There was perhaps no
sports icon in the world
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quite like Muhammad Ali.
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Ali's boxing skill was matched
only by his charisma
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and showmanship.
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One of the greatest
heavyweight boxing champions
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of all time.
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Muhammad Ali.
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Often when you talk
about Muhammad Ali,
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00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,603
you'll hear people
say The Greatest.
254
00:10:37,604 --> 00:10:38,904
I'm the lord of the ring.
255
00:10:38,905 --> 00:10:41,106
Not only the wrestling ring but
the boxing ring.
256
00:10:41,107 --> 00:10:44,543
The reason I love Muhammad Ali
is because he was a rebel.
257
00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:48,113
He was punk rock without
being labeled punk rock.
258
00:10:48,114 --> 00:10:50,450
Muhammad Ali is a trailblazer.
259
00:10:52,318 --> 00:10:55,321
Muhammad Ali is not just the
most famous boxer and probably
260
00:10:55,322 --> 00:11:01,326
best boxer that ever lived,
he's an American icon.
261
00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:06,765
And that star power was
unbelievably high right around
262
00:11:06,766 --> 00:11:10,602
the same time that WrestleMania
1 came to Madison Square Garden.
263
00:11:10,603 --> 00:11:14,707
The biggest wrestling
extravaganza of all time.
264
00:11:14,708 --> 00:11:19,144
Special guest referee, former
heavyweight boxing champion,
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00:11:19,145 --> 00:11:20,913
Muhammad Ali.
266
00:11:20,914 --> 00:11:24,049
WrestleMania had to be
something that everybody around
267
00:11:24,050 --> 00:11:27,319
the world would tune into that
would get so much publicity.
268
00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,355
So that's when they
pulled out all the stops.
269
00:11:29,356 --> 00:11:32,091
From the boxing world,
Muhammad Ali.
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"The Greatest" Muhammad Ali
looking tremendous.
271
00:11:37,163 --> 00:11:40,799
And look at chaos five minutes
into the match, Gino Monsoon.
272
00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,435
Ali stepped right in there.
273
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Oh, look at Ali, he
took a shot at Piper.
274
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The former champion
of the world.
275
00:11:49,843 --> 00:11:53,513
Muhammad Ali as the outside
official is maintaining order.
276
00:11:54,114 --> 00:11:58,050
Muhammad Ali validated the
mere presence of WrestleMania.
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Think about what Muhammad
Ali meant to that ring,
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meant to that
venue, to the world.
279
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It's just top-shelf stuff.
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00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:07,693
The people's champ
truly transcended
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00:12:07,694 --> 00:12:10,596
sports and entertainment.
282
00:12:10,597 --> 00:12:13,065
Onto a transcendent performance
of another kind
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in our number four moment
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featuring "The Queen of Soul"
Aretha Franklin.
285
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Here to sing America
the Beautiful,
286
00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:31,717
"The Queen of Soul"
Ms. Aretha Franklin.
287
00:12:42,529 --> 00:12:52,505
♪ O beautiful for
spacious skies ♪
288
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Being in your home city
289
00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:57,876
and being from Detroit, Aretha
Franklin goes without saying.
290
00:12:57,877 --> 00:12:59,511
You're talking about Motown.
291
00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:01,914
You're talking about a city that
has so much history of soul.
292
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So, having her coming out to
perform just blew my mind
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as a kid.
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♪ For purple
mountain majesties ♪
295
00:13:14,728 --> 00:13:16,128
Aretha Franklin in there
just belting it out.
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I can hear it in my
head right now.
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♪ Above the fruited plain
298
00:13:25,405 --> 00:13:27,673
She had moments that touched
people, that touched the world.
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00:13:27,674 --> 00:13:30,843
Just her performance, it gives
me goosebumps.
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00:13:30,844 --> 00:13:33,712
♪ America
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00:13:33,713 --> 00:13:36,682
I think for anybody who
wasn't taking wrestling
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00:13:36,683 --> 00:13:38,517
or WrestleMania seriously,
303
00:13:38,518 --> 00:13:41,620
suddenly they were
paying attention.
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Aretha Franklin, she
transcended the industry.
305
00:13:44,791 --> 00:13:48,060
And suddenly, you have
her in her hometown
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00:13:48,061 --> 00:13:50,262
performing at WrestleMania.
307
00:13:50,263 --> 00:13:52,631
All eyes were on the spectacle.
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00:14:04,644 --> 00:14:05,677
Take a look.
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00:14:05,678 --> 00:14:07,613
It's unreal.
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00:14:07,614 --> 00:14:08,580
A happening.
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History will be made
here this afternoon
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at the Pontiac Silverdome.
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This next moment created a
nationwide buzz fueled
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00:14:18,291 --> 00:14:21,827
by an unmatched
commitment to character.
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00:14:21,828 --> 00:14:24,897
Is that how you talk to me
from Tennessee, Mr. Lawler?
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00:14:24,898 --> 00:14:27,834
Featuring the legendary
Andy Kaufman.
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00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:31,804
You, Mr. Lawler, you
challenged me
318
00:14:31,805 --> 00:14:32,905
to a wrestling match.
319
00:14:32,906 --> 00:14:34,807
I think you bit off a little
more than you can chew.
320
00:14:34,808 --> 00:14:37,443
Jerry Lawler as the
King of Memphis,
321
00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:40,312
and then you have Andy Kaufman
come down talk about the South,
322
00:14:40,313 --> 00:14:42,514
and that he's gonna show
him how to use soap.
323
00:14:42,515 --> 00:14:45,117
This is a bar of soap.
324
00:14:45,118 --> 00:14:48,922
Not sowp, not sewp, it's soap.
325
00:14:49,522 --> 00:14:51,924
I've wrestled every
wrestler you can think of,
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00:14:51,925 --> 00:14:54,760
but my greatest match
was not with a wrestler,
327
00:14:54,761 --> 00:14:57,396
it was with a 150 pound
comedian.
328
00:14:57,397 --> 00:14:59,132
Andy, he doesn't
want any part of it.
329
00:15:00,433 --> 00:15:02,768
Kaufman did a hell of a job.
330
00:15:02,769 --> 00:15:05,271
He had more heat than probably
anybody in that building.
331
00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,108
When Jerry Lawler
piledrive him,
332
00:15:09,109 --> 00:15:12,044
he spent a weekend
in the hospital.
333
00:15:12,045 --> 00:15:13,178
And that got a
lot of attention.
334
00:15:13,179 --> 00:15:16,081
Suddenly, we'd get called by
The David Letterman Show.
335
00:15:16,082 --> 00:15:18,317
Tonight, for the first time on
network television, they meet
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00:15:18,318 --> 00:15:22,354
face-to-face, here are Andy
Kaufman and Jerry Lawler.
337
00:15:22,355 --> 00:15:24,556
I had to spend three days in
the hospital in traction,
338
00:15:24,557 --> 00:15:26,058
and I was given this neck
brace in the hospital.
339
00:15:26,059 --> 00:15:27,459
This is a very real neck brace.
340
00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:28,494
I could have been killed-
341
00:15:28,495 --> 00:15:29,528
Well--
342
00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:30,662
-and I could
have been--had my neck broken.
343
00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:35,100
To get the buzz that they
got for that moment speaks
344
00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:36,368
to Andy Kaufman's genius.
345
00:15:36,369 --> 00:15:37,836
I could have sued you for
everything you're worth.
346
00:15:37,837 --> 00:15:39,104
Well I didn't because
I'm not that kind of a guy.
347
00:15:39,105 --> 00:15:40,272
Yeah.
348
00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:41,073
You know what--
349
00:15:41,074 --> 00:15:42,141
What kind of a guy are you?
350
00:15:48,715 --> 00:15:50,582
The slap was part
of the show.
351
00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:52,484
Letterman was going
to commercial.
352
00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:54,920
Kaufman goes on that
profanity-laced tirade.
353
00:15:54,921 --> 00:15:57,222
Andy, are you coming
in here again, or?
354
00:15:57,223 --> 00:15:58,824
I'm sick of this [bleep].
355
00:15:58,825 --> 00:15:59,925
You're full of [bleep], my
friend.
356
00:15:59,926 --> 00:16:01,460
I will sue you for
everything you have.
357
00:16:01,461 --> 00:16:02,728
I will sue your ass.
358
00:16:02,729 --> 00:16:06,165
You're a [bleep] as far as I'm
concerned.
359
00:16:06,166 --> 00:16:06,632
You hear me?
360
00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:09,635
[bleep] you.
361
00:16:09,636 --> 00:16:11,104
I will get you for this.
362
00:16:11,905 --> 00:16:16,008
That show that night, it
made Andy and I famous,
363
00:16:16,009 --> 00:16:19,279
and it made celebrity
involvement in wrestling famous.
364
00:16:20,714 --> 00:16:22,681
I think you can use some
of those words on TV.
365
00:16:22,682 --> 00:16:24,149
I'm not--
366
00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,988
In 1985, a charismatic,
beloved, and mohawk star
367
00:16:28,989 --> 00:16:31,623
of the 80s was about
to help the WWE launch
368
00:16:31,624 --> 00:16:35,194
an epic new venture
called WrestleMania.
369
00:16:35,195 --> 00:16:36,195
That's right, fool.
370
00:16:36,196 --> 00:16:37,430
It's Mr. T.
371
00:16:38,031 --> 00:16:39,798
And in the run-up to competing
on the grandest stage
372
00:16:39,799 --> 00:16:42,267
of them all, Mr. T
prepared by training
373
00:16:42,268 --> 00:16:45,472
with none other than
Hulk Hogan, brother.
374
00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:47,674
A true A-team.
375
00:16:51,578 --> 00:16:53,645
Mr. T, if I could
have your attention.
376
00:16:53,646 --> 00:16:54,380
T?
377
00:16:54,381 --> 00:16:55,948
What you want, fool?
378
00:16:55,949 --> 00:16:59,718
Mr. T was one of the
biggest draws in the 80s.
379
00:16:59,719 --> 00:17:00,586
You're dead meat.
380
00:17:00,587 --> 00:17:01,787
And I pity you, fool.
381
00:17:01,788 --> 00:17:05,591
The show The A-Team was
such a cultural phenomenon.
382
00:17:05,592 --> 00:17:09,228
From the name, to his look, to
his demeanor, to his charisma,
383
00:17:09,229 --> 00:17:12,265
wrestlers could
learn from Mr. T.
384
00:17:13,066 --> 00:17:16,468
The entire plan all along was
get to the first WrestleMania,
385
00:17:16,469 --> 00:17:18,737
uh, with Mr. T involved.
386
00:17:18,738 --> 00:17:22,441
But without a great antagonist,
your protagonist means nothing.
387
00:17:22,442 --> 00:17:24,543
And Roddy Piper was the
greatest antagonist
388
00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:25,845
you could possibly have.
389
00:17:26,346 --> 00:17:28,580
The children of America
today must be sick
390
00:17:28,581 --> 00:17:29,948
to look at some of--
391
00:17:33,053 --> 00:17:34,219
They said they'd could be
in the-- Wherever they at,
392
00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:36,055
I'm going to be there, and
I'm going to find them.
393
00:17:36,056 --> 00:17:38,657
Welcome, everyone,
as the World Wrestling--
394
00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:41,460
presents WrestleMania.
395
00:17:41,461 --> 00:17:43,763
Everything was on the line
that night at WrestleMania.
396
00:17:45,098 --> 00:17:48,434
And I knew we better put
on the best show we could
397
00:17:48,435 --> 00:17:51,071
and tear the roof
off The Garden.
398
00:17:51,905 --> 00:17:56,476
Mr. T giving a welcome
here to the multitudes.
399
00:17:58,878 --> 00:18:00,546
Hulk was moving
around, so first,
400
00:18:00,547 --> 00:18:02,948
then the crowd started
hollering T, T.
401
00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:06,719
The fans are chanting,
"T, T, T."
402
00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:08,687
Then he tagged me in,
"Ah, now I got him."
403
00:18:08,688 --> 00:18:10,256
You know?
404
00:18:10,924 --> 00:18:14,561
Oh, slap across the face, and
a return slap by Mr. T.
405
00:18:15,428 --> 00:18:16,628
Oh.
406
00:18:16,629 --> 00:18:18,464
WrestleMania wouldn't
have been WrestleMania
407
00:18:18,465 --> 00:18:20,065
without Mr. T involved.
408
00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:23,370
I think pro wrestling owes a
debt of gratitude to Mr. T.
409
00:18:25,472 --> 00:18:27,906
A slam by Mr. T, as
Piper goes down.
410
00:18:27,907 --> 00:18:29,142
Oh.
411
00:18:29,242 --> 00:18:30,242
It was just perfect.
412
00:18:30,243 --> 00:18:33,179
Mr. T, wow.
413
00:18:33,980 --> 00:18:34,947
He got him.
414
00:18:34,948 --> 00:18:36,149
They got him.
415
00:18:36,683 --> 00:18:39,585
I can't think of a person that
brought so much to the table
416
00:18:39,586 --> 00:18:41,787
in the very beginning to really
417
00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:43,156
making this mainstream
entertainment.
418
00:18:43,857 --> 00:18:44,923
I will never forget it.
419
00:18:44,924 --> 00:18:47,360
It was something.
420
00:18:49,763 --> 00:18:51,797
Our next celebrity
was one girl
421
00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:53,632
who just wanted
to have some fun.
422
00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:56,068
That's right, the
incomparable music legend
423
00:18:56,069 --> 00:18:59,471
and 80s pop culture
icon, Cyndi Lauper,
424
00:18:59,472 --> 00:19:01,941
in this number
one moment.
425
00:19:04,077 --> 00:19:06,478
A lot of people said to me,
"Cyndi, what about acting?"
426
00:19:06,479 --> 00:19:07,946
And I said, "No.
427
00:19:07,947 --> 00:19:10,116
I know, I'll be a
wrestling manager."
428
00:19:11,017 --> 00:19:14,019
This is a badass woman who
was putting a spotlight
429
00:19:14,020 --> 00:19:17,589
on the women's championship by
managing Wendi Richter.
430
00:19:17,590 --> 00:19:19,625
This is a powerful woman and
I'm a powerful manager now
431
00:19:19,626 --> 00:19:22,394
because I was taught by
"Captain" Lou Albano
432
00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:24,196
just how to manage.
433
00:19:24,197 --> 00:19:29,835
Cyndi was focused on managing
Wendi Richter at WrestleMania 1.
434
00:19:29,836 --> 00:19:32,204
And The Fabulous Moolah has
got Wendi Richter by the hair.
435
00:19:32,205 --> 00:19:33,572
And here comes
Cyndi Lauper,
436
00:19:33,573 --> 00:19:35,774
and we've got a melee
on the floor, Gino.
437
00:19:35,775 --> 00:19:38,345
We got the mangers on
the floor going at it.
438
00:19:41,681 --> 00:19:43,082
A new champion.
439
00:19:44,150 --> 00:19:45,819
Wendi Richter regains
the championship.
440
00:19:46,319 --> 00:19:50,656
It brought in a whole wider
audience and put WWE
441
00:19:50,657 --> 00:19:54,060
at the forefront of pop
culture with this icon.
442
00:19:54,828 --> 00:19:58,530
Wrestling kinda played a
very big part in my career,
443
00:19:58,531 --> 00:20:02,167
and I in wrestling.
444
00:20:02,168 --> 00:20:05,104
History made here
at WrestleMania.
445
00:20:05,105 --> 00:20:07,139
We taught them
the bad principle.
446
00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:10,075
Beaten, annihilated
and destroyed.
447
00:20:10,076 --> 00:20:11,744
Whoo.
448
00:20:11,745 --> 00:20:14,613
Cyndi Lauper's true colors
certainly shined through on what
449
00:20:14,614 --> 00:20:17,116
was a magical night at
Madison Square Garden,
450
00:20:17,117 --> 00:20:19,918
helping make the event a huge
success and laying the blueprint
451
00:20:19,919 --> 00:20:22,588
for all celebrity
collaboration to come.
452
00:20:22,589 --> 00:20:23,856
Well, that'll do it
for this addition
453
00:20:23,857 --> 00:20:25,891
of WWE's Greatest Moments.
454
00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:27,393
Hope you've enjoyed
this look back
455
00:20:27,394 --> 00:20:30,062
at the celebrity appearances
that have helped make the WWE
456
00:20:30,063 --> 00:20:33,266
the best in the world for
Sports Entertainment.
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