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The number one program in the
world,
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it's World Championship
Wrestling.
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World Championship Wrestling-
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WCW, where the big boys play.
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-the sports entertainment
promotion that rocketed
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to fame in the 1990s.
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The organization that competed
with rival WWE
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and nearly brought
it to its knees-
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We are at war
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-with its iconic stars.
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You can call this the New
World Order
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of Wrestling, brother.
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Edge storylines.
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What in the hell is he doing
here?
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And its epic battles.
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It's the one night the fans of
professional wrestling
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have been waiting for.
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Their innovation and competitive
fire would ignite a boom period
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for professional wrestling.
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We have a new World Heavyweight
Champion.
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In this countdown of
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the very best from World
Championship Wrestling.
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This is WWE's Greatest Moments.
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Who's next?
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Acknowledge me.
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My God.
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Stone Cold with a beer bath.
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This is surreal.
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Look at that.
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He slammed him.
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Welcome, everyone, to WWE's
Greatest Moments.
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I'm Michael Cole, and on this
edition, we celebrate World
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Championship Wrestling, WWE's
rival promotion in the 1990s
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that helped propel the Sports
Entertainment industry
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to new heights.
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Let's kick things off with WCW's
first serious challenge to WWE.
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A new program entitled Monday
Nitro, which would run head to
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head against Raw on Monday
nights.
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For the very first time,
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there was real competition on a
national broadcast level.
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And so we take you back to the
show that officially kicked off
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the famed Monday Night War.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The Mall of America, the only
building big enough to hold the
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debut edition of WCW Monday
Nitro.
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At the time, Monday Night Raw
was recorded
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live every other week.
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Nitro was going head to head on
Monday nights,
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and they were live every week.
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That was absolutely an act of
war.
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So much going on here in World
Championship Wrestling, WCW,
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where the big boys play.
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Not only were we going to have
a wrestling show on Monday
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nights, our Monday night
show was going to be live
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and anything can happen.
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What a matchup we have got in
store in this debut broadcast.
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What in the hell is he doing
here?
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Lex Luger was one of WWE's
biggest stars.
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Lex Luger's contract had
expired, and somehow WWE
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just let it slip between their
fingertips.
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He had jumped ship.
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Lex was supposed to be at Raw,
but he's here and it's live.
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I mean, even the wrestlers were
shocked.
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Because I was still on TV and
had done a house show the night
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before with WWE, so it was a big
shock to everybody.
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Well, you said things were
going to happen every Monday
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night, Bischoff, and
it's happening.
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Really helped set us up for
great success
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because there was
already a controversy.
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Wait, Luger's in there?
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Lex Luger in the ring.
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It told everybody that you
have to tune in to Nitro every
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week because you don't know
what's going to happen next,
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and you don't want to miss it.
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If you don't tune in next
week,
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you got a screw loose.
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One of the most storied
rivalries in WCW history belongs
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to two Hall of Fame legends, Ric
Flair and Sting.
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Since their first encounters in
the 1980s,
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fans witnessed pure magic.
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Anytime these two stepped into
the squared circle.
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Sting to be the man, you have
to beat the man.
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And by the summer of 1990, the
Nature Boy and the Stinger were
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ready to take their game to the
next level.
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Sting is just a matter
of hours now before
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you face the champion
for the title.
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What are your thoughts?
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Well, I'd be a liar, Gordon,
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if I was to say that I
wasn't nervous.
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This is what we came to see.
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The Heavyweight Championship of
the world.
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The Great American Bash, 1990.
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Sting is still relatively new.
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There comes a time where you
have an opportunity
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to really make somebody.
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This is a crowning moment right
here.
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The young man that people say
will dominate the 90s against
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the man that has dominated the
80s,
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The Nature Boy.
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You gotta remember that Flair
was probably at that time,
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at or near the top of his game.
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Oh.
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Wow.
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Unreal.
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Sting was like magic.
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He was so over and good looking,
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I mean, you're just not going to
hate Sting ever.
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Sting trying to go for the
figure four.
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This crowd now is standing.
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I mean, it was huge.
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They wanted to see this match
and they wanted to see the kid
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from Venice Beach, California
pull this thing off
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and become world champion.
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Here comes Flair going for the
figure four.
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Sting's got him, inside cradle.
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Could this be all?
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Yes.
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A new Heavyweight Champion of
the world has been crowned.
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Sting has upset Ric Flair to win
the Heavyweight
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Championship of the world.
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It meant so much, you know,
and I became the champion
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for the very first time.
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And it was a great, great night,
a great memory.
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It's a big accomplishment for
the Singer in his short career.
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Thank you very, very much.
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Two years later, Sting was
again set to square off
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in a World Heavyweight
Championship match,
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this time against the
man called Vader.
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But due to injury, Sting was
unable to compete.
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In his place,
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Former Florida State Seminole
football standout Ron Simmons,
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who stepped into the spotlight
for a golden opportunity to
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become an indelible part of WCW
history books.
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And so it will be,
ladies and gentlemen,
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Ron Simmons with the
luck of the draw.
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Early 90s didn't see a lot of
black men fighting
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for the World Championship,
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And we are ready to go.
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The World's Heavyweight
Championship
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is on the line here.
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Although we didn't
speak about it openly,
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Ron and myself,
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we understood the
importance of the night.
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There was a buzz.
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This is the opportunity that
Ron Simmons has long for.
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Everyone in this business
strives
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to become a WWE champion.
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Vader's in the corner.
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He's going down.
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He's going down on his-on his
backside.
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Big Ron Simmons opening up with
the power.
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The match is rolling along.
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And you know they're having a
good solid hard hitting match.
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And then all of a sudden out of
nowhere.
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And Simmons, he's got him in a
powerslam.
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he's got him in a powerslam.
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He's got him.
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Simmons got him.
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Simmons has won the match.
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Simmons is the champion.
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Simmons has won the world title.
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Became the first
African-American world champion
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in the history of professional
wrestling.
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And new WCW World Heavyweight
Champion.
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Couldn't tell you what that
did for me as a kid,
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but there's a kid
in the front row
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who is also a young black
kid who loses his mind.
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That's the kid I would have been
at that age.
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That's what you strive to get to
in this business is the top
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and that is becoming champion.
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When it happened to me, it was
the top of the world.
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All those long hard hours in the
gym, traveling on the roads.
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Man, it finally paid off.
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He has realized his dream to
become the best in the world,
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and indeed he is.
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Drama and emotion are at the
heart of every great rivalry,
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and our seventh moment was no
exception.
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In 1997, the on screen
competition between Diamond
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Dallas Page and Macho Man Randy
Savage
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would captivate wrestling
fans worldwide.
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And at the Spring Stampede, the
animosity reached a boiling
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point in one of the most
exciting and ferocious battles
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in WCW history.
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If you thought
this was
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going to be pretty, you got
another thing coming.
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DDP,
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in order to sort of truly
solidify himself,
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he has to beat one of the best
who's ever done it.
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If you don't beat Savage
you're-
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you're never gonna, you know,
be a top guy,
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This isn't your big day.
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It's your last day on the planet
Earth.
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Oh, yeah.
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It was hot in there, and Randy
and I went out there
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and we tore it down.
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And it's no disqualification.
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They can do it all.
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They can go any place, and it
will probably happen.
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He beat me down and I come
back and he beat me down
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and I come back.
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Look at this.
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There you go.
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Page.
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One of my favorite moments was
he chucks me up
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goes to slam me
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It is on.
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He got him
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He hooked him Morris.
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One.
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Two.
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Three.
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He got him.
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He got him.
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The place went ballistic.
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It made me a top guy.
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Diamond Dallas Page the
biggest night in his career.
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An unforgettable rivalry
filled
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with so much passion
and chemistry.
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The same magic formula that
Latino greats Rey Mysterio
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and Eddie Guerrero possessed in
spades.
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Our sixth selection on the
countdown would see these
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legends meet with a unique
stipulation.
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Rey had to put his mask on the
line against Eddie's coveted
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Cruiserweight Championship.
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Well, I'll tell you
what, Tony,
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there's going to
be a fight here.
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Let me tell you
something.
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What's at stake here,
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Guys' livelihood's at
stake here.
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At the time, Eddie and I were
feuding and it came down
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to Halloween Havoc.
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And it was mask versus title.
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What does the mask mean in
Lucha libre?
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Everything.
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And here we go.
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I didn't want to give up
something
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that was part of my beginning.
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Our mask is our legacy.
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Nice arm drag by Mysterio.
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Don't try this at home.
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You know, I know he had
a lot to prove that night,
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and so did I.
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And a superb maneuver here.
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Pulling back on the chin,
sitting on the back.
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And here again digging on the
mask
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He's got the mask ripped.
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They went out there and showed
what lucha libre was all about.
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Those guys went out there and
changed the game.
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Rey Mysterio Jr. just will
not quit.
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One of my favorite matches.
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This is from the middle
turnbuckle.
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One.
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Two.
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Three.
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Yes, what a fight.
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What a battle.
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I was so proud of him and
happy for him because
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he not only deserved it, man, he
stole the show.
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That night, turned out to be a
perfect night for me.
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A night that changed my career.
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Put me on the map.
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And they are standing here for
this man, Rey Mysterio Jr.
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In our number six moment,
longtime rivals and hard hitting
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brawlers Vader and Cactus Jack
waged war at Halloween Havoc
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1993, in an epic Texas Death
Match.
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And yes, it's as brutal and
terrifying as it sounds.
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With victory being declared only
when their opponent is so badly
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beaten that they can't get to
their feet
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by the referee's ten count.
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Hello everybody, and welcome
to Halloween Havoc 93.
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Vader and Cactus Jack
in a Texas Death Match
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still to come.
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00:11:36,663 --> 00:11:38,597
Cactus seems very focused.
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00:11:38,598 --> 00:11:39,865
I guess that's what you call it.
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He still has that bag that he
won back at Fall Brawl with him.
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You can't hurt Cactus Jack.
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I would gear up
for those matches
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as if they were the biggest
matches of my life.
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The match will continue until
one man cannot get to his feet.
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00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:56,716
This style of match was
what Mick excelled at.
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00:11:57,150 --> 00:11:59,686
This may prove to be Cactus's
downfall.
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00:12:00,754 --> 00:12:02,088
Oh, he hit the post.
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00:12:02,689 --> 00:12:04,157
Cactus has a cactus.
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00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:08,293
Literally every single punch
you can hear.
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00:12:08,294 --> 00:12:09,896
It's absolutely brutal.
286
00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:12,265
Look at those series of lefts
and rights.
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00:12:12,632 --> 00:12:15,601
Oh, it's like the Night of the
Living Dead.
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00:12:15,602 --> 00:12:16,602
Oh.
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He was so big and so
intimidating
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and he hit so hard.
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00:12:21,107 --> 00:12:23,342
When I was on
Vader's back.
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Essentially crushed me.
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00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:26,145
Oh.
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Falls back with him.
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Cactus Jack.
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00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:30,749
Mick Foley's body would just hit
the ground.
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00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:33,585
Your body is not supposed to be
able to take that.
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00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:36,089
Throws him out to the runway.
299
00:12:38,391 --> 00:12:40,527
What does Race got in his hand?
300
00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:42,428
He's stung him with it.
301
00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:44,564
He got him with bolts of
electricity.
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00:12:45,932 --> 00:12:47,299
Vader's up in ten.
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This match is over.
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That was the first time I
really saw
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00:12:50,203 --> 00:12:51,603
that level of violence.
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00:12:51,604 --> 00:12:54,907
A moment that helps really put
WCW on the map.
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Halloween Havoc 1993 was wild.
308
00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:04,149
The competition between WWE
and WCW brought out the best in
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00:13:04,150 --> 00:13:09,989
both respective companies, and
in 2001, WWE purchased WCW.
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That's right.
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00:13:11,224 --> 00:13:14,626
I own WCW.
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It would air the final episode
of WCW Monday Nitro
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from Panama City, Florida.
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Welcome to a landmark
night in the industry.
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I have seen it and I still
cannot believe it.
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It was an exciting time for us
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00:13:33,346 --> 00:13:35,115
and we were simulcasting
this thing.
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00:13:35,515 --> 00:13:36,849
Huge.
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00:13:36,850 --> 00:13:37,584
Huge deal.
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00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:40,352
A historic day in Sports
Entertainment.
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00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:42,354
And it goes down on our very
last telecast.
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00:13:42,355 --> 00:13:44,590
We got Sting and Ric Flair one
last time.
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00:13:44,591 --> 00:13:45,524
He's got it on.
324
00:13:45,525 --> 00:13:46,592
Center of the
ring.
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00:13:46,593 --> 00:13:47,359
It's over.
326
00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:48,862
And Sting wins.
327
00:13:48,962 --> 00:13:50,229
Got to see Booker T.
328
00:13:50,230 --> 00:13:52,097
That's the match that I
remember vividly
329
00:13:52,098 --> 00:13:54,199
like, you know, seared in
my brain.
330
00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,334
I was making history.
331
00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:56,802
He's got it, Book End
332
00:13:56,803 --> 00:13:57,803
Here it is.
333
00:13:57,804 --> 00:13:59,038
One, two.
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00:13:59,039 --> 00:13:59,672
Could it be it?
335
00:13:59,673 --> 00:14:00,272
Yes it is.
336
00:14:00,273 --> 00:14:01,040
Yes.
337
00:14:01,041 --> 00:14:02,308
Booker T.
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00:14:02,676 --> 00:14:05,044
It was kind of mixed emotions,
actually, you know, because it
339
00:14:05,045 --> 00:14:06,513
was the end of an era.
340
00:14:07,113 --> 00:14:11,550
The last Nitro was was surreal
and a little bittersweet.
341
00:14:11,551 --> 00:14:13,052
And you kind of felt like.
342
00:14:13,053 --> 00:14:13,986
Mm.
343
00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:15,588
What's next?
344
00:14:16,222 --> 00:14:18,324
Shane McMahon is on Nitro.
345
00:14:18,325 --> 00:14:19,591
Nuh uh.
346
00:14:19,592 --> 00:14:20,460
It's not how it ends.
347
00:14:21,094 --> 00:14:23,228
The deal is finalized.
348
00:14:23,229 --> 00:14:26,999
And the name on the contract
does say McMahon.
349
00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,702
Shane McMahon.
350
00:14:30,637 --> 00:14:32,638
Oh my God.
351
00:14:32,639 --> 00:14:35,809
I now own WCW.
352
00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:45,150
Our next moment takes us to
the summer of 1994, when Hulk
353
00:14:45,151 --> 00:14:49,621
Hogan, who was the face of WWE
for nearly a decade, shocked the
354
00:14:49,622 --> 00:14:53,425
world by signing with the rival
World Championship Wrestling.
355
00:14:53,426 --> 00:14:56,962
Hogan's debut would be a dream
match against WCW's World
356
00:14:56,963 --> 00:15:01,266
Heavyweight Champion at the
time, The Nature Boy Ric Flair
357
00:15:01,267 --> 00:15:03,069
at the inaugural Bash at the
Beach.
358
00:15:05,705 --> 00:15:09,108
And now WCW is about to
dominate the globe in
359
00:15:09,109 --> 00:15:10,976
professional wrestling.
360
00:15:10,977 --> 00:15:14,380
That's why we're here today, to
sign the contract for a match
361
00:15:14,381 --> 00:15:16,782
between two of wrestling's
biggest superstars,
362
00:15:16,783 --> 00:15:18,785
Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair.
363
00:15:20,553 --> 00:15:21,787
You had to put our best foot
forward.
364
00:15:21,788 --> 00:15:23,155
You had to go for broke.
365
00:15:23,156 --> 00:15:25,358
There was no putting off Hulk
Hogan and Ric Flair.
366
00:15:26,459 --> 00:15:29,995
It's the one night the fans of
professional
367
00:15:29,996 --> 00:15:31,997
wrestling have been waiting for
368
00:15:31,998 --> 00:15:35,968
Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan finally
tonight.
369
00:15:35,969 --> 00:15:37,469
Shaq was at ringside.
370
00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:41,306
The ovation for the great
Shaquille O'Neal.
371
00:15:41,307 --> 00:15:43,909
Shaquille O'Neal was a friend
of Hulk Hogan's.
372
00:15:45,111 --> 00:15:46,545
There's nobody out buying
popcorn.
373
00:15:46,546 --> 00:15:48,347
There's nobody in the kitchens
at home.
374
00:15:48,348 --> 00:15:50,750
Every eyeball in the world is
glued to this.
375
00:15:51,117 --> 00:15:53,686
We had a really good match in
Orlando and made everybody
376
00:15:53,687 --> 00:15:55,355
look and not look away.
377
00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:56,989
The big boot.
378
00:15:56,990 --> 00:15:58,390
Oh, no.
379
00:15:58,391 --> 00:15:59,158
Please, no.
380
00:15:59,159 --> 00:16:00,092
The leg drop.
381
00:16:00,093 --> 00:16:00,759
Oh, no.
382
00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:01,794
Please, I'll do anything.
383
00:16:01,795 --> 00:16:02,861
One
384
00:16:02,862 --> 00:16:03,829
Two.
385
00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:05,097
Three.
386
00:16:05,098 --> 00:16:08,668
Hulkamania lives in World
Championship Wrestling.
387
00:16:09,436 --> 00:16:10,335
It was magical.
388
00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:11,805
The night could not have been
better.
389
00:16:12,238 --> 00:16:14,440
Shaquille O'Neal in the ring
390
00:16:14,441 --> 00:16:15,909
with the Hulkster.
391
00:16:16,443 --> 00:16:19,345
We knew that Hulk Hogan
joining WCW would be a really
392
00:16:19,346 --> 00:16:22,514
big deal, but none of us
anticipated the phenomenal
393
00:16:22,515 --> 00:16:25,951
ratings, traction, and
growth that WCW
394
00:16:25,952 --> 00:16:27,587
experienced
until it happened.
395
00:16:28,054 --> 00:16:32,591
The Hulkster becomes the WCW
Heavyweight Champion
396
00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:34,728
of the world.
397
00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:39,399
Here' the nWo.
398
00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:43,435
In the late 1990s, the nWo was
on a tear.
399
00:16:43,436 --> 00:16:46,572
They were lawless anarchists who
ran roughshod
400
00:16:46,573 --> 00:16:48,708
over the entire WCW roster.
401
00:16:49,275 --> 00:16:51,343
No one seemed to be able to stop
them.
402
00:16:51,344 --> 00:16:54,380
Sting high above the ring.
403
00:16:54,381 --> 00:16:58,283
That is, until the enigmatic
Sting stepped out of the shadows
404
00:16:58,284 --> 00:16:59,284
and into the light.
405
00:16:59,285 --> 00:17:00,419
Here he comes.
406
00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:02,821
Only one man makes a dramatic
entrance like that.
407
00:17:02,822 --> 00:17:04,056
Setting the stage for
408
00:17:04,057 --> 00:17:07,093
our number two moment,
the match of the century.
409
00:17:11,031 --> 00:17:15,100
Welcome to
Starrcade 1997.
410
00:17:15,101 --> 00:17:18,103
Whether they love
nWo or hate them,
411
00:17:18,104 --> 00:17:22,642
they wanted to see somebody,
you know stand up to him.
412
00:17:24,678 --> 00:17:27,746
As the world looks on tonight
at this Starrcade,
413
00:17:27,747 --> 00:17:29,248
this match of destiny,
414
00:17:29,249 --> 00:17:31,016
Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Sting.
415
00:17:31,017 --> 00:17:32,451
Hear the crowd react.
416
00:17:32,452 --> 00:17:35,020
To see the interest that people
had.
417
00:17:35,021 --> 00:17:37,857
And you know, hear the buzz all
over the place.
418
00:17:38,258 --> 00:17:41,026
Ladies and gentlemen, we are
so glad you could be
419
00:17:41,027 --> 00:17:42,395
with us for this moment.
420
00:17:42,896 --> 00:17:47,933
Sting was the face of WCW and
Hogan being the face
421
00:17:47,934 --> 00:17:49,302
of WWE for so long,
422
00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:53,940
getting them in a world title
match is just a dream match.
423
00:17:54,340 --> 00:17:58,577
Sting is going to bring back
the Scorpion Deathlock.
424
00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:00,312
It's right in Hogan's face.
425
00:18:00,313 --> 00:18:01,113
He's calling for the bell.
426
00:18:01,114 --> 00:18:03,416
Hulk Hogan lost to Sting.
427
00:18:03,817 --> 00:18:06,019
Sting won the world
championship.
428
00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:09,588
Sting has brought it back.
429
00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:10,656
It's a big moment, yeah.
430
00:18:10,657 --> 00:18:12,859
It-it-it was good.
431
00:18:13,993 --> 00:18:20,066
Sting was the antihero, but
really a hero that we needed.
432
00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:22,202
And it really, really worked.
433
00:18:25,138 --> 00:18:27,473
There's not a right way to
approach Goldberg.
434
00:18:27,474 --> 00:18:31,210
You're in trouble when they ring
the bell.
435
00:18:31,211 --> 00:18:33,579
Goldberg burst onto the scene
and amassed an incredible
436
00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:36,248
winning streak over 100 strong.
437
00:18:36,249 --> 00:18:39,618
Goldberg is for real, and this
is another chapter
438
00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:42,054
in the legend that grows.
439
00:18:42,055 --> 00:18:43,689
With momentum on Goldberg's
side,
440
00:18:43,690 --> 00:18:49,028
the stage was set for a showdown
on Nitro on July 6th, 1998.
441
00:18:49,029 --> 00:18:51,864
The rafters of the Georgia Dome
were packed to capacity to
442
00:18:51,865 --> 00:18:54,733
witness Goldberg face off
against the villainous leader
443
00:18:54,734 --> 00:18:58,638
of the nWo, World Champion
Hollywood, Hulk Hogan.
444
00:19:01,541 --> 00:19:03,675
The fans are ready.
445
00:19:03,676 --> 00:19:06,179
Millions of homes all
over the world are ready.
446
00:19:10,583 --> 00:19:14,020
106 consecutive straight A's
for Goldberg.
447
00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:16,423
There has never been a world
champion undefeated.
448
00:19:16,890 --> 00:19:18,857
Will Goldberg be able to
measure up
449
00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:20,493
to that pressure here on Nitro?
450
00:19:20,894 --> 00:19:23,862
I was nervous to the nth
degree because, you know,
451
00:19:23,863 --> 00:19:25,664
I had just gotten
in the business.
452
00:19:25,665 --> 00:19:29,269
He may have been green, but he
got better really fast.
453
00:19:29,636 --> 00:19:31,904
You got to prove beyond a
shadow of a doubt
454
00:19:31,905 --> 00:19:32,871
that you belong
here.
455
00:19:32,872 --> 00:19:35,674
For Goldberg, the
time is right now.
456
00:19:35,675 --> 00:19:38,277
Goldberg in the ring is one of
those guys
457
00:19:38,278 --> 00:19:39,345
that was intense,
458
00:19:39,346 --> 00:19:41,081
but he was what we needed.
459
00:19:43,783 --> 00:19:44,750
It was the real deal, man.
460
00:19:44,751 --> 00:19:46,151
When he hit you and kicked you,
461
00:19:46,152 --> 00:19:47,586
you better hang on for that
ride.
462
00:19:47,587 --> 00:19:49,389
He was just ready for the best.
463
00:19:53,059 --> 00:19:54,661
He's got him up.
464
00:19:57,197 --> 00:19:59,431
It was the best night of my
wrestling career,
465
00:19:59,432 --> 00:20:02,267
my athletic career in my life.
466
00:20:02,268 --> 00:20:04,069
We've got a new champion.
467
00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:05,472
Listen to this.
468
00:20:06,740 --> 00:20:09,808
To beat Hogan in front of
40,000 people,
469
00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:11,111
that was pretty damn cool.
470
00:20:16,016 --> 00:20:20,085
Certainly one of the loudest
crowd reactions in WCW history,
471
00:20:20,086 --> 00:20:24,423
and a true embodiment of the
drama and thrills the WCW gifted
472
00:20:24,424 --> 00:20:26,225
us throughout its existence.
473
00:20:26,226 --> 00:20:27,726
Well, that'll do it for this
edition
474
00:20:27,727 --> 00:20:30,396
of WWE's Greatest moments.
475
00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:31,663
Hope you've enjoyed this
476
00:20:31,664 --> 00:20:34,299
look back at the very best of
World Championship Wrestling and
477
00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:38,070
its unforgettable contributions
to the one of a kind industry
478
00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:40,273
known as Sports Entertainment.
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