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This is the only title in the
wrestling world
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that makes you number one.
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The WWE Championship.
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For some, it's a symbol of
excellence.
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For all, it's the richest prize
in the game.
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Absolutely unbelievable.
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And in the 1990s, the
competition was fierce-
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He did it.
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-as every WWE superstar vowed
to reach the top
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of the mountain.
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I can't believe this.
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Today we look back at the best
WWE Championship matches
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of the 1990s.
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The Austin Era has begun.
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What a matchup this is.
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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 a beer bath.
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Ah.
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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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I'm Michael Cole, and on this
edition,
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we're looking back at the
very best WWE Championship
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matches and one of the most
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exciting decades in professional
wrestling-
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The 1990s.
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As the 1980s ended and we
embarked on a new decade,
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the man leading the
charge was none other
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than the WWE champion,
"The Immortal" Hulk Hogan.
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Hulkamania is the strongest
force in the universe.
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Hulkamania was truly at its
peak,
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but by 1990, a new star
was rising in popularity-
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The Intercontinental Champion,
The Ultimate Warrior.
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Now, Hulk Hogan, I come to
take what you believe in.
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In one of the biggest
WrestleMania main events of all
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time, Hogan would face the
ultimate challenge.
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Both titles are going to be on
the line at WrestleMania 6,
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The Ultimate Challenge.
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This place is
going bananas.
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67,000 of them
have waited for this.
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Wrestlemania 6, Hulk Hogan
versus The Ultimate Warrior.
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Hulk Hogan is
established,
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and now you've got a young alpha
male coming to take my place.
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Hogan had been
the guy for years.
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He was the white tiger.
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Whoa.
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What a show of strength by the
Hulkster.
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Take a look.
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This is what it's all about.
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And it was just electric.
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It was so loud.
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Oh, he moved out of the way.
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Look out.
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The big splash.
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One, two-
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He got him.
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He got him.
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The fact that I took the belt
from Hulk.
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Yeah, that was something.
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Unbelievable Hulkster and
unbelievable Warrior.
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When it comes to pure
athleticism and all around
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in-ring greatness, no one
carried the WWE Championship
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better than"The Heartbreak Kid"
Shawn Michaels.
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Everything Shawn Michaels is
about
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is about being the champion.
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In September 1996, Shawn
Michaels would face a superstar
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unlike anything he had ever seen
before
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the deranged Mankind.
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You see Shawn Michaels,
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I am going to take away
everything you love.
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At the event, appropriately
named Mind Games,
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The Heartbreak Kid looked to
overcome his toughest task yet.
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Could Mankind
and Paul Bearer
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be planning some
kind of plot?
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You know, a little bit
jittery, a little bit nervous,
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but one way or another,
Heartbreak Kid is going to do
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what he always does, and let's
find a way to get the job done.
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I had never worked with Mick,
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and you're wondering how
it's going to go-
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Because now I'm sort of known
as the real finesse worker,
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and that wasn't Mick's style.
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I knew I was going to be in
there with a
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better and faster athlete,
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and that I had to be able to
keep pace with him.
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The faster the pace, the
better it is for the champion.
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We had really good chemistry
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for two guys that never been
in the ring with each other.
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This is a genuine walk through
hell for the WWE champion.
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I think they really brought
out the best in-in each other.
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Mankind.
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Right up there with Michaels.
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Geez.
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Their backs may be broken.
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You have to consider the fact
that all the stuff they were
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doing was incredibly innovative.
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I don't ever remember the WWE
champion
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being in match like this, ever.
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Oh, did you see that?
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The winner of this bout
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as the result of
a disqualification
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Shawn Michaels.
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You got to be pretty cynical
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to watch what we did and then
feel like you were cheated.
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So for these two guys can go
out there and finish with a DQ,
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and fans can be happy with it,
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that tells you how good these
guys are.
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One of the most legendary
performers in the 1990s
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was The Excellence of Execution
Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
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I've dedicated my whole life
to become
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the World Wrestling-- Champion.
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The best.
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The Hitman did it all.
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But that also meant that
The Hitman was a target.
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Enter the bad guy-
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Razor Ramon.
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Oozing Machismo.
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Hitman-
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I'm going to have your gold
around my waist.
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Razor was set to take on Bret
Hart at the 1993 Royal Rumble.
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The following contest is for
the World Wrestling--
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Championship.
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Royal Rumble 1993.
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Bret "The Hitman" Hart,
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who is the champion,
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and then you have Razor Ramon
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such a big guy.
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But he is incredible in the
ring.
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Razor is tough.
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It's all about leaving
an impression
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in the fans minds,
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And that's what we delivered
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There's not an eye in the back
that isn't watching this match.
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This is Bret Hart first reign,
and it was such a great
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first test as world
champion for Bret.
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When you're in there
with The Hitman,
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he'll make your pay
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right off the bat.
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I really love that match for
the back and forth
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struggle that we had.
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Look out.
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Hitman flying through the
ropes.
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He's got the sharpshooter.
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When he finally locks the
sharpshooter in,
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it just feels like David
beating Goliath-
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He's got the knees up.
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He's got him
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-and it becomes this epic
story.
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Yes
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It's over.
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And that gave me this
reputation
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for being the best there is.
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The best there was.
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And the best there ever will be.
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A standing ovation for that
man.
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The long history of Diesel and
Shawn Michaels is a classic
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example of good friends and
bitter enemies.
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Once the best of friends, the
duo went their separate ways.
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Big boot.
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Oh no, oh no.
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Diesel quickly became WWE
champion.
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How sweet it is
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because Big Daddy has got that
gold.
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This man to my left
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feels that he is the leader
of the new generation.
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That is where we have somewhat
of a conflict.
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The former buddies were set to
settle the score
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on the biggest stage of them
all, WrestleMania 11.
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Big Daddy Cool Diesel
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against his former
tag team partner
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in Shawn Michaels
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at WrestleMania.
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WrestleMania 11-
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We've got some celebrity
appeal to it
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with, uh, Pam Anderson and
Jenny McCarthy,
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so it makes your match a
little more important.
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Oh, hi.
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Hi.
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She's waving at me.
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Hi Pam.
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She's waving at you?
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When you look at that match
and you look at all the media
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that were around the ring,
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it really solidified just how
big Wrestlemania was
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as a whole and how big the stars
were here.
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Up on the top now.
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Michaels high risk maneuver.
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He and I had a really. good
match,
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and it was like one of
those, like, epics.
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Can play it in my head right
now.
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Oh.
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Big Daddy-
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Look out Shawn.
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Oh.
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You put those guys together
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and they just had this
amazing chemistry.
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Yes, jacknife.
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One, two.
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Yes.
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No.
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Special, special duo,
those two guys.
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Wrestlemania running on Diesel
power.
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Since his debut in 1990,
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one of the biggest stars of the
decade
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was "The Phenom" The Undertaker.
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The Deadman dug holes and buried
souls on a consistent basis,
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capturing the WWE Championship a
few times along the way.
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The WWE title lives in the
Dark Side.
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In September 1997,
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the WWE presented an exclusive
event in the United Kingdom,
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and Undertaker looked to
reclaim the gold-
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One night only.
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Standing in his way was the five
time WWE Champion,
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Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
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Bret Hart prepare to rest in
peace.
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The championship
up for grabs.
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It was a match that we had
overseas in Birmingham.
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It's really good, especially
for the time period.
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Oh.
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Oh no.
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It's a really unique,
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special night for the UK and
international audience.
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They have come to Birmingham
to give it everything they have.
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The chemistry that Bret Hart
and Undertaker had together,
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they understood their
characters,
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but they also knew how to be
hard hitting,
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which is timeless.
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Oh no, what was that?
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They got a cameraman.
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Undertaker, as big as he was,
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was a very skilled and
coordinated athlete.
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Man, the fans on their feet.
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Unbelievable matchup we are
witnessing here tonight.
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Bret Hart,
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he was one of the first guys
that I got to show
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that I was more than
just a gimmick.
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The ropes are like a vice
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on the neck of the champion.
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Bret Hart in a world title
match,
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you're gonna get a classic.
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Official trying to get
The Undertaker
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off of Bret Hart.
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Look out.
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No, that's got to be a
disqualification here.
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And sometimes when you have a
DQ, it can sour things for fans,
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but it doesn't take away from
the work that those two men
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put in before the DQ.
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What a matchup.
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When "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
won the WWE Championship
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at WrestleMania 14,
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the entire industry was set
ablaze.
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Stone Cold literally defined the
word attitude
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and was everything as very
corporate boss detested.
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Now, what, I want you to do is
bow down for Stone Cold.
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Ah.
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Mr. McMahon would do anything
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to get the title off his
problematic employee.
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Enter Mick Foley in his
Dude Love persona,
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who was now in a partnership
with the boss.
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00:11:04,464 --> 00:11:08,934
A handshake is just not going
to do it.
263
00:11:08,935 --> 00:11:11,638
And the match was set for Over
the Edge 1998.
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00:11:12,605 --> 00:11:15,207
McMahon's stooges, Brisco
and Patterson each served
265
00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:17,209
as a timekeeper and
ring announcer.
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00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:22,148
There will also be a very
special guest referee.
267
00:11:22,248 --> 00:11:24,517
And McMahon himself would be
the special guest referee.
268
00:11:27,020 --> 00:11:27,986
We are sold out here,
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00:11:27,987 --> 00:11:29,187
and have been for weeks,
270
00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:30,923
and this is what
they come to see.
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00:11:30,924 --> 00:11:32,524
Over the Edge 98.
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00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:33,660
It's a sneaky classic.
273
00:11:34,761 --> 00:11:35,394
Oh no.
274
00:11:35,395 --> 00:11:36,028
Uh oh.
275
00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:36,995
Look at those punches.
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00:11:36,996 --> 00:11:38,197
Right hands.
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00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:39,365
Stop those fists Vince.
278
00:11:40,266 --> 00:11:41,668
Mick was always wanting to do
something
279
00:11:41,768 --> 00:11:44,069
that was going to be great
for the match,
280
00:11:44,070 --> 00:11:45,805
great for you and great for
him.
281
00:11:46,940 --> 00:11:49,208
Austin beating the hell out of
Dude Love.
282
00:11:49,809 --> 00:11:52,911
Not once did I visualize
leaving with my hand in the air,
283
00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:56,248
but I realized we have the
chance to do something
284
00:11:56,249 --> 00:11:57,283
really special here.
285
00:11:58,451 --> 00:12:01,687
Every time it got to the point
where Steve would win,
286
00:12:01,688 --> 00:12:03,789
they moved the goal post.
287
00:12:03,790 --> 00:12:06,959
In this match falls count
anywhere.
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00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:09,194
Since when?
289
00:12:09,195 --> 00:12:11,063
Since when?
290
00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:14,266
But if anyone was going to
overcome all those odds,
291
00:12:14,267 --> 00:12:16,034
it was going to be Austin.
292
00:12:16,035 --> 00:12:17,269
I dare you to touch him.
293
00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:19,806
Oh my God.
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00:12:21,808 --> 00:12:24,509
Stunner.
295
00:12:24,510 --> 00:12:25,878
Austin pulls the referee over.
296
00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:28,513
Oh no.
297
00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:31,683
He did it.
298
00:12:31,684 --> 00:12:33,519
He created a memory for
people.
299
00:12:35,121 --> 00:12:36,990
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
300
00:12:37,624 --> 00:12:40,393
is the toughest son of a bitch,
I ever saw.
301
00:12:43,396 --> 00:12:46,632
The WWE Champion Bret Hart was
one of the most popular
302
00:12:46,633 --> 00:12:49,034
WWE superstars of all time,
303
00:12:49,035 --> 00:12:51,371
and his younger brother Owen was
filled with resentment.
304
00:12:51,938 --> 00:12:53,906
You held me down all my life,
Bret.
305
00:12:54,007 --> 00:12:56,743
Owen infamously turned
his back on his family
306
00:12:56,843 --> 00:13:01,213
and challenged his sibling to a
title match at SummerSlam 1994,
307
00:13:01,214 --> 00:13:04,349
but this would be held in the
confines of the merciless
308
00:13:04,350 --> 00:13:05,518
steel cage.
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00:13:08,521 --> 00:13:11,556
Ladies and gentlemen,
this contest
310
00:13:11,557 --> 00:13:14,826
is for the World Wrestling-- Championship.
311
00:13:14,827 --> 00:13:16,962
People still talk about
Bret and Owen
312
00:13:16,963 --> 00:13:18,764
at SummerSlam in the steel
cage,
313
00:13:18,765 --> 00:13:20,866
because it was so unique
having these two
314
00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:22,934
brothers fighting one another.
315
00:13:22,935 --> 00:13:25,370
These two brothers have come
here to SummerSlam
316
00:13:25,371 --> 00:13:26,806
to battle it out.
317
00:13:27,206 --> 00:13:29,841
He had this magical story that
really took
318
00:13:29,842 --> 00:13:31,411
both of their
lifetimes to build.
319
00:13:32,078 --> 00:13:33,146
Just like when they were kids.
320
00:13:33,246 --> 00:13:35,247
I mean, they're pulling out all
the stops here.
321
00:13:35,248 --> 00:13:36,916
Unvelievable.
322
00:13:37,383 --> 00:13:39,819
That match is really
323
00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:42,722
the psychology of the cage and
trying to get out.
324
00:13:43,356 --> 00:13:44,057
He's out.
325
00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:44,823
He's not.
326
00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:45,792
He's not out.
327
00:13:46,959 --> 00:13:47,826
Jump off Owens.
328
00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:49,027
Bret hanging.
329
00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:51,196
Bret now with Owens.
330
00:13:51,197 --> 00:13:51,898
And it's over.
331
00:13:51,998 --> 00:13:52,831
Oh, wait a minute,
oh, oh.
332
00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:54,466
Look at that.
333
00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:56,002
And Bret wins it.
334
00:13:56,602 --> 00:13:57,669
Oh, no.
335
00:13:57,670 --> 00:13:58,970
I've always said,
336
00:13:58,971 --> 00:14:02,574
I think it's the best cage match
I ever was part of, for sure.
337
00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:05,144
Bret "The Hitman" Hart has
done the impossible.
338
00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,748
There's no question where the
biggest braggarts in
339
00:14:08,848 --> 00:14:12,351
professional wrestling history
is "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair.
340
00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:17,122
Flair dominated his NWA and WCW
champion throughout the 80s,
341
00:14:17,123 --> 00:14:21,393
but in 1992 was finally the WWE
champion,
342
00:14:21,394 --> 00:14:23,062
And his ego only grew bigger.
343
00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:27,365
Savage, Elizabeth was mine.
344
00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:29,334
before she was yours.
345
00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:30,503
Woo.
346
00:14:31,137 --> 00:14:32,671
This drew the ire of the
incomparable
347
00:14:32,672 --> 00:14:34,473
"Macho Man" Randy Savage.
348
00:14:34,474 --> 00:14:36,074
Ric Flair, you're a total
liar.
349
00:14:36,075 --> 00:14:36,908
I'm telling you right now
350
00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:38,745
number one on the hit
list.
351
00:14:39,178 --> 00:14:42,614
In front of over 62,000 fans
at WrestleMania 8,
352
00:14:42,615 --> 00:14:45,751
two of the greatest superstars
of all time locked horns over
353
00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:49,155
the coveted WWE Championship.
354
00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:56,194
Standing ovation
for the Macho Man.
355
00:14:56,195 --> 00:14:59,298
What I remember most was the
way the match started.
356
00:14:59,398 --> 00:15:01,868
All the weeks of frustration,
357
00:15:01,968 --> 00:15:04,569
and now it's all come to a head.
358
00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:06,037
This is personal.
359
00:15:06,038 --> 00:15:06,906
He just wants to get out
there
360
00:15:07,006 --> 00:15:08,474
and tear Flair apart.
361
00:15:08,674 --> 00:15:10,743
He is a man possessed.
362
00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:11,944
Look at this clothesline.
363
00:15:13,513 --> 00:15:14,679
Wrestlemania.
364
00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:15,848
So this is the big time.
365
00:15:17,517 --> 00:15:19,118
Oh look at that.
366
00:15:19,585 --> 00:15:20,786
They were both
367
00:15:20,787 --> 00:15:24,389
at the top at different times
in their careers,
368
00:15:24,390 --> 00:15:27,260
and this was a time where they
were both fighting
369
00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,396
for dominance in
a whole new environment.
370
00:15:32,298 --> 00:15:35,433
You get sucked in watching
that match, it's art.
371
00:15:35,434 --> 00:15:37,170
But no, it's the Macho Man-
372
00:15:38,337 --> 00:15:40,405
grabbed him from
behind from the outside.
373
00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:42,374
He did it.
374
00:15:42,375 --> 00:15:44,676
History has been made here.
375
00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:47,212
It's a really great moment in
the end-
376
00:15:47,213 --> 00:15:49,514
to see Flair lose Savage.
377
00:15:49,515 --> 00:15:50,348
Once again.
378
00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:51,818
He has the gold.
379
00:15:56,456 --> 00:15:58,790
The WWE Championship has been
the centerpiece for some of the
380
00:15:58,791 --> 00:16:01,827
greatest rivalries in
professional wrestling history.
381
00:16:01,828 --> 00:16:04,429
And in the Attitude ERA, there
was perhaps none bigger than
382
00:16:04,430 --> 00:16:07,066
"Stone Cold Steve" Austin and
The Rock.
383
00:16:08,067 --> 00:16:09,034
Come on, Rock.
384
00:16:09,035 --> 00:16:11,070
You do suck and you know it.
385
00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:13,839
For years, these two megastars
would battle it out in some of
386
00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,075
the greatest wars the squared
circle had ever seen.
387
00:16:17,076 --> 00:16:20,512
There ain't no way that
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
388
00:16:20,513 --> 00:16:23,849
will ever beat The Rock.
389
00:16:23,850 --> 00:16:26,718
At Backlash 1999, they would
do it one more time in one of
390
00:16:26,719 --> 00:16:29,487
the greatest no holds barred
matches in the decade-
391
00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:30,923
They both redefined.
392
00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:38,664
The title is
on the line here.
393
00:16:39,732 --> 00:16:41,100
Remember, no holds barred.
394
00:16:41,801 --> 00:16:43,669
There must be a winner in this
matchup.
395
00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:45,237
We were fighting.
396
00:16:45,238 --> 00:16:45,971
We were animals.
397
00:16:45,972 --> 00:16:46,605
We were pitbulls.
398
00:16:46,606 --> 00:16:47,239
We were lions.
399
00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:48,975
We were all those things.
400
00:16:49,442 --> 00:16:50,675
Ah.
401
00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:53,612
All those aggressive animals
that wanted to be number one.
402
00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:54,647
It was important
403
00:16:55,114 --> 00:16:56,715
This is not a wrestling match.
404
00:16:56,716 --> 00:17:01,286
This has nothing more than a
Sunday night fist fight.
405
00:17:01,287 --> 00:17:04,189
They knew what they had to do.
406
00:17:04,190 --> 00:17:08,226
They had inert ability to go out
407
00:17:08,227 --> 00:17:10,762
feed off the audience and
feed off one another.
408
00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:12,030
Put the camera down.
409
00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:13,632
Rock commandeered the camera
410
00:17:13,633 --> 00:17:14,966
and he's looking around
at the crowd.
411
00:17:14,967 --> 00:17:15,868
And then he looks around-
412
00:17:15,968 --> 00:17:16,568
Oh no.
413
00:17:16,569 --> 00:17:18,069
Watch this.
414
00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:19,839
Austin goes up-
the stunner.
415
00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,874
Anytime we stepped in the
ring-
416
00:17:22,875 --> 00:17:24,911
It was on.
417
00:17:25,511 --> 00:17:26,679
My God it was close.
418
00:17:28,147 --> 00:17:31,417
The people hanging on every
single move
419
00:17:31,517 --> 00:17:33,385
waiting to see who was going to
win this match
420
00:17:33,386 --> 00:17:34,886
'cause it was damn near 50/50
421
00:17:34,887 --> 00:17:36,222
throughout the whole thing.
422
00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:38,157
The stunner.
423
00:17:38,591 --> 00:17:40,192
With the belt.
424
00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:43,828
Austin.
425
00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:44,963
No.
426
00:17:44,964 --> 00:17:46,465
Yes.
427
00:17:47,266 --> 00:17:49,434
He gave me one of the best
opponents,
428
00:17:49,435 --> 00:17:51,270
if not the best opponent
I've ever had.
429
00:17:52,271 --> 00:17:55,608
And it's in that rivalry that
in so many ways made
430
00:17:56,943 --> 00:17:58,344
The Rock.
431
00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:01,881
The most unbelievable title
match I've ever seen.
432
00:18:03,516 --> 00:18:05,818
It is now time for our number
one moment.
433
00:18:05,918 --> 00:18:10,288
There was no bigger stage than
WrestleMania 12 for a WWE first.
434
00:18:10,289 --> 00:18:12,625
The first ever WWE Iron Man
matchup.
435
00:18:13,259 --> 00:18:14,626
And at the forefront were none
other than
436
00:18:14,627 --> 00:18:15,961
Bret "The Hitman" Hart
437
00:18:15,962 --> 00:18:18,063
and "The Heartbreak Kid"
Shawn Michaels.
438
00:18:18,064 --> 00:18:19,864
Unbelievable.
439
00:18:19,865 --> 00:18:21,100
What a ride.
440
00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,401
Whoever scored the most
decisions within the hour
441
00:18:23,402 --> 00:18:26,571
would lay claim to the very
prize that drove each man
442
00:18:26,572 --> 00:18:28,975
the WWE Championship.
443
00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:33,845
Get ready, ladies and
gentlemen,
444
00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:35,480
for a long solid hour
445
00:18:35,481 --> 00:18:39,352
of nonstop World
Wrestling-- action.
446
00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:40,952
You know, as the match goes,
447
00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:43,355
and it's really important
to make sure
448
00:18:43,356 --> 00:18:44,991
we didn't lose the audience
449
00:18:46,192 --> 00:18:47,959
40 minutes into this matchup,
450
00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:48,961
ladies and gentlemen.
451
00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:51,764
And surprisingly, there has not
been a decision.
452
00:18:53,299 --> 00:18:55,233
Those guys were able to tell a
story
453
00:18:55,234 --> 00:18:57,435
over the course of 60 minutes.
454
00:18:57,436 --> 00:18:58,436
If anything, they didn't slow
down.
455
00:18:58,437 --> 00:18:59,371
They sped up.
456
00:18:59,372 --> 00:19:00,672
Michaes sets up- oh.
457
00:19:00,673 --> 00:19:01,707
Did you see what he did?
458
00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:05,810
Bret Hart barely standing and
down to the-
459
00:19:05,811 --> 00:19:06,711
He caught him.
460
00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:09,348
Sharpshooter he got him.
461
00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:10,882
When Shawn came
off the top rope
462
00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:15,021
in the last minute of the match,
that blew everybody away.
463
00:19:15,454 --> 00:19:17,722
I just thought it was so neat
to be in this hold and
464
00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:18,924
oh, about to give up.
465
00:19:20,026 --> 00:19:21,861
Michaels trying to hang on.
466
00:19:25,865 --> 00:19:28,733
The end of 60 minutes no one
had defeated anyone.
467
00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:29,567
It was a draw.
468
00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:31,002
It was unprecedented.
469
00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:32,471
We restarted the match.
470
00:19:33,072 --> 00:19:34,173
We're in overtime.
471
00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:36,074
I can tell you right now,
472
00:19:36,075 --> 00:19:37,675
Bret Hart does not like
this decision.
473
00:19:37,676 --> 00:19:39,712
And he's going to take it out on
Shawn Michaels.
474
00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:41,846
You want this so badly,
as a child,
475
00:19:41,847 --> 00:19:44,549
it was amazing because we all
went with them on that ride.
476
00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:46,518
Michaels sweet ch-
he got all of it.
477
00:19:46,519 --> 00:19:48,553
Michael' got all of it.
478
00:19:48,554 --> 00:19:49,487
Michaels with the cover.
479
00:19:49,488 --> 00:19:50,388
One.
480
00:19:50,389 --> 00:19:51,556
Two.
481
00:19:51,557 --> 00:19:52,357
Yes.
482
00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:53,059
No.
483
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:56,227
I look back on it as a match
that I'm proud of,
484
00:19:56,228 --> 00:19:58,463
and I thought it was monumental.
485
00:19:58,464 --> 00:20:01,166
Very seldom an entertainment
event
486
00:20:01,167 --> 00:20:04,035
ever live up to the expectation.
487
00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:05,570
So many people have said,
488
00:20:05,571 --> 00:20:07,907
"That is the match that made
me want to be a wrestler."
489
00:20:08,007 --> 00:20:12,111
The boyhood dream has come
true for Shawn Michaels.
490
00:20:13,979 --> 00:20:16,148
And with that incredible
match, the boyhood dream came
491
00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:18,316
true for Shawn Michaels.
492
00:20:18,317 --> 00:20:20,919
There's no question that every
superstar gets into the business
493
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:23,721
to become the WWE champion.
494
00:20:23,722 --> 00:20:27,125
It's an accolade that very few
get to achieve, but for those
495
00:20:27,126 --> 00:20:30,463
who do, it's an accomplishment
that solidifies your place in
496
00:20:30,563 --> 00:20:32,630
professional wrestling history.
497
00:20:32,631 --> 00:20:35,600
That'll do it for this edition
of WWE's Greatest Moments.
498
00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:36,869
I hope you've enjoyed this
499
00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:39,204
look back at some of the best
matches surrounding the richest
500
00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:40,772
prize in the game.
501
00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:43,875
One of the most competitive time
periods in history-
502
00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:44,944
The 1990s.
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