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Wait 'til you hear this explosion

as soon as they hear that music.

There's nothing more electric

than a WWE Superstar's entrance.

The music-

the pyro,

the swagger to the ring enroute to do battle.

The roof about to explode here.

An entrance sets the tone for the excitement

you're about to witness.

From glass shattering to heightened senses.

Today, we look back

at the most exciting entrances of the 1990s.

That's what I call making an entrance.

This is WWE's Greatest Moments.

If you smell--

Oh, my God, what the hell are you doing?

Absolutely unbelievable.

Hulkamania is here.

Welcome, everyone,

to WWE's Greatest Moments, I'm Michael Cole,

and on this edition, we're taking a look back

at some of the most adrenaline inducing entrances

during one of the hottest eras

in professional wrestling history, the 1990s.

The entrance is one of the most important elements

of a superstar's presentation.

Once that music hits, the crowd gets deafening

and your entire WWE trajectory is off and running.

JR, that's what I call making an entrance.

Now, I just have one question for you.

Are you ready?

No, I said--

Are you ready?

Perhaps no entrance in history

could get audiences to rock out more than

the Hall of Fame group, D-Generation X.

DX brought the party wherever they went.

Raise some hell, make a lot of noise.

Take it from me, it was a

literal rave inside the arena every night.

But it was at SummerSlam 1998 that the leader

of the D-Generates, Triple H, shook Madison Square Garden

to its very core.

Are you ready?

That's Chris Warren and the DX Band-

Whoa.

performing live here.

This was a really cool moment

because we had not gotten to the era yet

of bands performing before a big match.

It was so super cool to see to see the guy--

You think you're better than us?

And he's walking to the ring.

You better--

Bow to the masters.

Break it down.

D-Generation X--

Sold out, people hanging from the rafters.

The reaction was so over the top, incredible.

It sounded great.

So loud in there, like I'm getting tingly

just thinking about it.

D-Generation.

I've been very lucky in my career

to have some of the biggest moments.

This one was really special.

One of the most popular stars in professional

wrestling was undoubtedly the man called Sting.

Whoo.

The bright face paint, the neon ring attire.

Fans worldwide loved Sting.

I have given my blood, my sweat and my tears for WCW.

But over time,

the Stinger's appearance changed.

A more mysterious and dark broody persona began

to emerge out of the icon.

The vibrancy was traded in for a plain black and white look.

After lurking in the shadows for a year, we saw the Stinger like

we've never seen him before at Starrcade 1997.

You have to go back to the end

of the summer of 1996

to remember the last time this man walked to the ring.

His return to the ring was a just huge event

regardless, but his entrance that night,

I'll never forget it.

When a man's heart is full of deceit,

it burns up, dies, and a dark shadow fights over his soul.

It was like a child's voice, and it's like-

it starts off in shadows.

This is Sting.

Me being the face of WCW for so many years,

I knew I had to change.

A little bit more cutting edge, a little bit more hardcore.

Wrestling fans wanted to see that.

And he sort of like walks to the ring,

but the whole thing feels so weighted

The dark, brooding, ominous Sting

was really the beginning of something that would be

a big part of defining his career moving forward.

There was an aura that night that was in the audience,

it was in the locker room, it was everywhere.

That's a cold stare, is what that is.

He was really excited about it.

I thought it was great.

The crowd reacted incredible.

The presentation that Sting walked out to--

For years we had bright colors,

all of a sudden more grimy, more dark.

It was a huge transition.

Just to hear the crowd react, to see the interest that

people had, and to hear the buzz all over the place.

One of the greatest times that I had.

Talking about the greatest entrances of all time,

we cannot leave out--

The phenom.

The prince of darkness.

The immortal Undertaker.

For three decades, the Deadman's entrance was a sight to behold.

Completely awe inspiring.

The ominous walk, the lightning, the thunder.

Everything about the Phenom sent chills up your spine.

I don't think there's any doubt that

is the most awesome entrance in history.

It was inside Madison Square Garden

where the Deadman would make entrance that would make

and the Dark Knight himself beam with pride.

I tried to keep people off guard, like,

"W-What's he gonna do next?"

I had envisioned this entrance where I would descend

into the building.

My vision was dragging a

demonic-looking, dragon-esque type creator.

You'd think, "That- that's kind of way over the top,"

somehow or another, it worked.

Welcome to the Survivor Series.

And we are going to see an Undertaker

like we've never seen before.

Survivor Series '96 was hands down one of my

favorite events that I ever attended.

He is the Undertaker, and look at that.

He's descending from above.

Seeing Taker come down like a bat was creepy,

but I thought it was cool in a way.

Sending chills up and down

the spine of this capacity crowd.

I was really trying to put something out there

that people would remember.

Now that's the Undertaker.

There's no question that one of the most

influential groups of all time is the New World Order,

led by "Hollywood" Hogan.

The nWo had a swagger that resonated

with audiences everywhere.

Here's the nWo.

The black and white gear,

the pompous attitude.

The New World Order had that cool factor.

Everyone wanted a piece of the nWo, including basketball icons.

The limousine has pulled up here

to the United Center, the home of the world champion

Chicago Bulls, tonight,

is the home of professional wrestling's number one program,

Nitro Live.

And, oh my goodness, that is an nWo limousine.

The city of champions.

Dennis Rodman, The Worm is here.

Just actually one of the coolest

entrances of all time.

The single camera shot from the limo,

all the way through the back, to the ring.

What a duo this is.

Well, they are making their way, apparently,

right to the entrance way, right to the ring area here.

They're coming right out here.

I feel like they were like the first guys that

was like, "We're gonna take over, and we're gonna do

whatever we want, and we're gonna look cool doing it."

Hulk Hogan, Dennis Rodman, together,

Eric Bischoff in tow.

This super cool brand of bad guys,

that still sold merchandise, that still were cool.

You see this capacity crowd on hand standing.

It's, uh, one of those things where people

just-just get hooked on.

One of the most fun things about a WWE

entrance is the interaction with the audience.

No one did that better than--

"The Road Dogg" Jesse James,

"The Badd Ass" Billy Gunn.

The tandem known as the New Age Outlaws presented

a different style of entrance where the crowd that was able

to play along while the D-O-Double G

did his thing on the microphone.

Welcome to the Dogg House.

And if you didn't know,

your ass better call somebody.

[crowd yells "Oh, you didn't know?

Your ass better call somebody"]

Oh, you didn't know?

Your ass better call somebody.

This was all stuff we were saying to each other backstage.

We were doing things at this point to entertain ourselves.

It just so happened that it turned into being entertaining

for the fans as well.

Every single night, we would turn it up to 100 and

try to blow the speakers out.

It was like being able to hang out with your best friend

and act like a complete idiot.

How much better than that does it get?

Those New Age Outlaws always kick

tha shiznit doggy style.

They were raucous.

The crowd was electric.

Everybody in the crowd was standing,

and everybody in the crowd was reciting every word I said.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages,

D-Generation X proudly brings to you its soon-to-be

WWE Tag Team Champions of the world,

"The Road Dogg" Jesse James,

"The Badd Ass" Billy Gunn, the New Age Outlaws.

Me and Road Dogg, that's what solidified us,

is "Hey, these guys are here, and we are badass."

And if you're not down with that, we got two words for you.

We've already seen the eerie presence

that the Undertaker makes each time he enters an arena.

Trust me, there's nothing like that feeling of witnessing

an Undertaker entrance.

The Deadman has risen.

The grand stage of WrestleMania 14 saw one of the most

eerie appearances of all time.

You hear the roar of that crowd and the love

that they're throwing out, it was pretty cool.

It was a pretty cool feeling.

The Druids representing the creatures

of the night worldwide.

I think what's amazing about Undertaker's

entrance, is over the years, being able to add elements

to that entrance, like by adding the druids,

it adds to the legend of the Undertaker.

Whoa.

There he is.

The Prince of Darkness.

There was an element of magic at hand.

The Undertaker already playing some mind

games with his younger brother.

It was really, really intimidating.

My disbelief was suspended.

And I'm the guy standing in the ring, and here he comes.

The druids, my big robe that I had on.

At that point, it was one of my bigger entrances.

My God, what an experience.

The arrival of the Deadman.

There's one man in professional

wrestling history that can define the word intensity

with just one note of his theme song.

We have never seen a man quite like this.

The myth of Goldberg is legendary.

This man literally walked through fire on his way

to spearing the competition.

Do I look like the kind of guy to mess around with?

And one thing was for certain.

By the end of the night, everyone would be chanting--

As the fans are standing in unison

and the most famous chant in professional wrestling

is filling up the MGM Grand.

When I would watch Goldberg's entrance,

it was probably one of the most original entrances

that I had seen.

Door would open, security would line up,

he would walk right by security.

It made him a star.

You know, this is an intimidating sight.

He stood out in such stark contrast

to everything else.

He's just this larger-than-life badass force of nature.

The man is here.

The entrance was captivating by itself.

As Goldberg's somewhere lost in that fire.

You always hope that your entrance would make

the biggest splash humanly possible.

And that night I took it to a completely different level.

There's not a butt on a chair in this place.

All that had kind of a prize

fight feel to it.

There's nothing like a Goldberg entrance.

During the late 1990s, Bret "The Hitman" Hart

was in a war with the United States of America.

I've been all over the United States of America,

and the one thing that I've been particular look forward to

is leaving it.

As backup, The Hitman recruited his own family

to join the cause, the Hart Foundation.

July 1997, WWE presented In Your House, Canadian Stampede,

held in Calgary, the birthplace of the Harts.

It's absolutely phenomenal the popularity

for the greatest wrestling family in the game.

Those entrances at Canadian Stampede are insane.

The Hart Foundation make their entrances separately.

Brian Pillman.

This was like the pinnacle, like maybe the

greatest moment of triumph to come back to our hometown.

It was like a magical time.

Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart.

That was probably the largest pop

I've ever gotten.

The British Bulldog.

Every entrance would get louder,

and I remember the reaction to Owen was really crazy.

Owen Hart.

I mean, everybody was so happy to be in Calgary,

and we were the heroes at home.

Leading the charge-

Bret "Hitman" Hart.

It actually hurt my ears.

I remember this is the loudest sound I've

ever heard in my life.

This building is shaking.

You gotta be here to feel this.

It gave me goosebumps

and just was such a-a powerful moment.

There is a celebration for the entire Hart

family and the Hart Foundation.

Sometimes, all you need to make a lasting

impression is a sound-

that lets everyone know who you are and

what you're all about, and that a tall glass of whoop ass

is about to be served.

I'm talking about none other than "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.

No champion has ever entered Madison Square Garden

with that kind of ovation.

When that glass shattered,

you knew that hell was about to be raised.

And with that take no prisoners walk, Austin meant business.

If you want to see Stone Cold,

give me a hell yeah.

I'll never forget sitting at ringside

on January 4th, 1999,

when Mankind was battling The Rock

for the WWE Championship.

I've been in WWE for almost three decades,

and I've never heard a reaction like when the Texas Rattlesnake

made his presence felt.

The WWE Championship is up for grabs.

Mankind has locked in the Mandible Claw.

Yes.

Oh.

Mick Foley has his back against the wall,

and you think the deck is completely stacked against him.

Look out.

There's Billy Gunn.

One of the corporate members came in.

Billy Gunn nailed the hell out of him.

They let it hang for like about five seconds.

DX and the corporate team are going at it.

What?

Oh, no.

Stone Cold is here.

Place went crazy, and you thought,

"Wow, that was a crazy reaction from the crowd."

Oh, no.

Stone Cold is here.

As soon as that glass breaks,

it's a shot of adrenaline.

The Rattlesnake is here.

Look out.

Oh, Stone Cold with a chair.

Don't do it.

It was just like a wave of voices

that just wouldn't stop the entire time I was out there.

Every single soul is on their feet.

They love "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.

It is now time for our number one moment,

and it's one that has been in highlight reels for 30 years.

Shawn Michaels.

The Heartbreak Kid had it all.

The looks, the athleticism, and the entrance.

What charisma.

What athleticism.

Shawn Michael, Mr. Flamboyant.

But one thing is for sure, The Heartbreak Kid

is gonna be kicking it with The Klique.

But perhaps none of HBK's entrances can top the

one at WrestleMania 12.

And if you wanna see a slammin' jammin'

entrance, what I've done in the past is nothing

compared to what I'm going to do tomorrow night.

Introducing first,

"The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels.

There's no Shawn Michaels.

What's going on?

Wait a minute.

Whoa.

Is that who we think it is?

Vince came up to me, and he was informing me

about this was gonna be my entrance.

And I was like, "Yeah, okay."

I'm like, "Are you kidding me?"

Shawn Michaels,

ladies and gentlemen, high above.

It's just such a cool visual, too,

just to see this man, like, parasailing down to the ring.

Unbelievable, what a ride.

Wow, baby.

He's doing a show up there, too, you know?

You know, he's not just holding on terrified.

I remember thinking there's not a chance in hell

they could've talked to me into doing that that day.

Certainly, in practice, I mean,

it seems all like a good idea, and it was a fantastic idea.

He said at the Slammys just last night,

"You ain't seen nothing yet."

Little did we know, he meant this.

It was, sort of,

it felt like my coming out party.

There's only one "Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels.

Oh, no.

Look at that.

One thing is for sure,

there is indeed only one Shawn Michaels.

Being a part of a WWE entrance and being surrounded

by that energy from the crowd is an indescribable feeling.

It not only sets the table for the in-ring performers

but brings you into the show and hooks you

into a live event like no other.

Well, that'll do it for this edition

of WWE's Greatest Moments.

I hope you've enjoyed this look back at some of the most

memorable entrances from the rocking era of the 1990s.