Oct 16, 2020 3:07:13 GMT RT said:

Do you guys use the mobile version or desktop version when browsing on your phone? It's strange you're having problems but maybe switching from one to the other will help? I dunno.

Turns out I was using mobile version on my phone. I wasn't trying to be a jerk. You used spoiler tags. That's all anybody can ask for. 
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7. Mick Foley is thrown off the cell- The ultimate "oh my god" moment. This was the damnedest thing I had ever seen in a wrestling ring. And you know what? It still is. It's also the lone moment on my Top 25 that wasn't necessarily a markout moment. But it sure was memorable. And I'm not sure my #1 (Foley wins the title) happens without this occurring first.

I saw this live at my usual 1998 PPV destination- the Three Brothers house. There were a few other people there in addition to myself and The Brothers. Most notably this guy Zach who was a periphery member of our clique. He wasn't a wrestling fan. One of those annoying "Why do you guys watch this fake crap?" people. You know the type. Yet even he had his mind blown when Foley was thrown from the Cell. You can't fake that. 

For some strange reason the Three Brothers never taped the pay per views we ordered at their house. I didn't think much of it at the time, but it's so weird in hindsight. Get the most out of that $29.95, people! Yet I had to see it again. So I requested a tape the next day from an AOL wrestling chatroom guy whose name and location I still remember- SychoIn98 from Rhode Island. I assume he was a Sycho Sid fan? So KOTR 98 was one of the surprisingly few full WWF shows I owned on tape. All because of Taker/Mankind.

Mankind takes the most memorable bump in wrestling history. Taker comes across as the ultimate badass standing atop the Cell like a boss while the crowd rhythmically chants his name- Un-Der-Ta-Ker. Then Foley climbs back up the cage like a madman only to take another equally crazy bump a few minutes later. Terry Funk literally gets chokeslammed out of his shoes. Foley actually mounts a comeback before getting deposited on thumbtacks. OK, I'm rambling. But that's because there are some crazy people out there who called this match "overrated," or even "bad." Didn't get it then. Still don't get it now. Incredible match. Incredible moment.
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Hogan slams Andre- Blame me for this not winning. It made my big list (to be posted shortly!) rather than the Top 25 list I sent RT. That was a mistake. Often in these countdowns my Bakerness shines through and I get wrapped up in personal favorites rather than genuinely famous stuff. Gotta get that trifecta of Foreign Fanatics moments in my Top 10! If I'm being honest with myself, this is probably the most iconic moment in pro wrestling history even after 33 years.  Just watch the short 28 second clip RT posted. See the people jump to their feet. See them mark out. That says it all. I'll post the (favorites) list I sent RT in a little while. But if I had voted on genuine importance/famousness my Top 5 would have looked something like this....

1. Death of Owen Hart
2. Hogan slams Andre
3. Mankind is thrown off the Cell
4. Montreal Screwjob
5. Hogan turns heel- forms the NWO

Yet only 1 of those made the "favorites" list I sent RT.

1. Mick Foley wins WWF Championship for the first time (#6)
2. Sandman returns to ECW
3. Andre beats Hogan for the WWF Championship (#28)
4. Slaughter beats Warrior for the WWF Championship
5. Owen pins Austin at Canadian Stampede (#19)
6. Yokozuna squashes Hulkamania
7. Mankind gets thrown off the cell (#1)
8. Quebecers win tag titles from the Steiners
9. Ludvig Borga ends Tatanka's undefeated streak
10. Hart Foundation beat Bulldogs for the WWF Tag Team Championship

11. HHH returns from injury- January 2002 (#21)
12. Ric Flair wins the 1992 Royal Rumble (#23)
13. Mr. Backlund beats Bret for the WWF Championship
14. Ric Flair beats Vader for the WCW Championship
15. Honkytonk Man beats Steamboat for the IC Championship
16. Goldust beats Razor for the IC Championship
17. Dean Malenko beats Shinjiro Otani for the WCW Cruiserweight Championship on Worldwide
18. Undertaker returns at Judgment Day 2000 (#25)
19. Ric Flair returns to Nitro- Shoots on Bischoff. (#25)
20. Vader assaults corrupt commissioner Gorilla Monsoon

21. Horowitz Wins! (beats Skip)
22. Dude Love debuts. Wins tag titles with Steve Austin
23. Jerry Lawler invades the ECW Arena
24. Jerry Lawler beats Curt Hennig to finally win a World Championship (AWA)
25. Shawn Michaels collapses on Raw following an Owen Hart concussion kick
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And now for the long-promised Big List.
 
*Top 31 were all personal favorite markout moments. After that it's a mix of anything memorable- OK, so it's still mostly markout moments. But there are also some heinous deeds, unexpected swerves, cool moves, and...just anything memorable.

Like iron maiden I left off real life deaths. Otherwise Owen's death would be my #1. Any other ranking would be trivializing a tragedy.

26-150

SPOILER: Click to show

26. Hart Foundation entrances at Canadian Stampede
27. Kane debuts
28. Undertaker debuts
29. Taz debuts at Royal Rumble 2000
30. Mr. Perfect throws a football to himself

31. Flair vs. Steamboat: Final Countdown hype video
32. The Montreal Screwjob- Too heinous to crack the Top 25(#18)
33. Hogan slams Andre (#1)34. Hogan turns heel- forms the NWO (#7)
35. Funk piledrives Flair
36. Flair returns to WWF- November 2001
37. Sabu finally confronts Taz - November To Remember 96
38. Jeff Jarrett returns to WWF- December 95
39. Undertaker returns from his latest death to confront Kane- Raw 3/3/98
40. Jarrett beats Razor to win the IC title

41. Hart Foundation reforms. Not a dry eye in the house.
42. Dino Bravo sets the world bench press record at Royal Rumble 88 
43. Barry Windham turns heel on Lex Luger 
44. Ron Bass makes Brutus Beefcake bleed with a disgusting spur attack
45. Papa Shango lights a jobber's boots on fire via curse
46. Lex slams Yokozuna
47. HHH tragically retires Mick Foley.
48. Paul Orndorff meets Gary Spivey- becomes Wonderful again
49. Angle wins a Battle Royal for the Smackdown championship
50. Angle makes Brock tap like a bitch

51. Angle beats Rock to win his first WWF Championship
52. Undertaker turns babyface on Jake
53. Raven returns to ECW
54. Genius beats Hulk Hogan
55. Tatanka turns heel on Luger
56. Undertaker ascends to heaven
57. "I'm sorry, I love you." Ric Flair is forced to retire after losing to Michaels at Wrestlemania 24(#22)
58. Aries beats Joe for the ROH title
59. Those New Age Outlaw jerks give the Hardcore Legends a dumpster ride
60. Nailz perpetrates a heinous sneak attack on the Big Bossman

61. Jerry Lawler calls his own match
62. Funk wins the ECW title at Barely Legal
63. Owen wins KOTR
64. Mick Foley sit down interviews with JR- pick your favorite individual moment
65. Bret goes through a table at Survivor Series '95
66. King Kong Bundy elbow drops a midget
67. Ric Flair "shoot" promo on Hogan- Funeral Parlor segment some time in 1991
68. Benoit wins the title at Wrestlemania 20(#8)
69. Taz beats Douglas to finally win the ECW Championship
70. Hardcore Legends win tag titles from New Age Outlaws

71. Taz is shockingly pinned within the first few minutes of his Anarchy Rulz 99 title defense
72. Kurt wins KOTR
73. Mr. Backlund bestows The Dean with the Board of Education
74. Mr. Backlund snaps on Bret 
75. The PHONY (Original) Midnight Express ambush the REAL Midnight Express
76. Those Demolition creeps go on a rampage- lay waste to everyone- Superstars Halloween weekend 1987
77. That creep Killer Khan mists Outback Jack
78. The King returns from a lengthy injury induced absence- Early 80s Memphis
79. DX Invades Nitro
80. Taz squashes Douglas to win the ECW TV Championship

81. Jake turns heel on Ultimate Warrior
82. Berzerker tries stabbing Undertaker with a sword
83. Mongo swerve- Great American Bash 96
84. Papa Shango curses the Ultimate Warrior
85. HBK vs. Taker- Royal Rumble 2007 finishing stretch
86. Brock ends The Streak (#11)
87. Arn pins Hogan on Nitro
88. Cactus Jack beats Vader- WCW Saturday Night 4/17/93
89. IRS smashes Brutus Beefcake's face with a briefcase
90. Jake's snake bites Macho Man

91. Rick Martel blinds Jake with Arrogance
92. That jerk Steve Austin Pillmanizes Pillman's ankle 
93. King Kong Bundy beats Hulk Hogan on SNME
94. Bret gives Steve Austin so thorough a beating that Stone Cold passes out in a pool of his own blood- Wrestlemania 13 (#8)
95. The Rock gifts Farooq a giant portrait of himself
96. Marty Jannetty hits Skip with a mind blowing Top Rope Powerbomb 
97. Cappotelli vs. Jeter face off with a line of refs 
98. Doink assaults Crush with a fake arm
99. Superman HBK simultaneously eliminates Vader & Yokozuna from the 1996 Royal Rumble because wrestling is fake
100. Raven debuts in TNA
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101. Jeff Jarrett attacks Hogan in Japan 
102. Benoit & Angle get a standing ovation at Royal Rumble 2003
103. Angle debuts in TNA 
104. BWO debuts- November To Remember 96
105. Pitbulls beat Raven & Richards after a bunch of glorious shenanigans
106. D'Lo Brown upsets HHH for the European Title
107. Kurt Angle makes Hogan tap at KOTR 02
108. Ultimate Warrior defeats Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania VI in the most epic match I had seen up to that point (#18)
109. Benoit & Arn beat up Kevin Sullivan at Great American Bash 1996
110. Mr. Perfect returns at the 2002 Royal Rumble

111. Quebecers beat the Harts when Owen turns on Bret
112. HHH's Wrestlemania 22 entrance
113. A perplexed Ultimate Warrior talks to his hands vs. Randy Savage at WM 7
114. Ludvig Borga hits Marty Jannetty with the Launch Punch
115. John Tenta is a man
116. The Lana Star Christmas Special
117. Jeff Hardy upsets Razor Ramon 
118. Dreamer finally beats Raven
119. Cactus Jack's ECW farewell
120. Midnight Express Reunion- ROH

121. Cappotelli beats Jeter for the OVW title
122. Beach Blast 1993 mini movie
123. Dungeon of Doom "It's Not Hot" vignette featuring The Giant's debut
124. Billy & Chuck wedding angle
125. Undertaker joins The All Americans Survivor Series team
126. Undertaker returns to his Deadman persona at Wrestlemania 20 
127. Twin Towers eliminate Hulk Hogan from the 1989 Royal Rumble
128. Vader powerbombs Cactus Jack on the floor- WCW Saturday Night 4/24/93
129. JBL survives the Big Show
130. Mr. Perfect beats Tito for the IC Title

131. Eddie Gilbert runs over the King
132. Lawler vs. Kaufman
133. Jobber has the audacity to look The Narcissist's mirror. Jobber then gets blasted with the loaded forearm of doom for his insolence.
134. Paul Orndorff makes quick work of Disco Inferno after Disco looks in his mirror
135. X-Pac returns to WWF- shoots
136. The Giant dropkicks Chris Benoit
137. The Mountie tells a tourist to go the wrong way
138. Goldberg and Brock are booed out of the building at Wrestlemania 20
139. Matt Hardy returns to Raw- shoots 
140. Mr. Perfect beats Texas Tornado for the IC Title

141. Hardys return at Wrestlemania 33
142. Story of the Blue Bloods- WCW Saturday Night 12/30/95
143. Ringmaster debuts on the Brother Love Show as Ted Dibiase's new Million Dollar Champion
144. Only The Great Muta can prevent cage fires- Halloween Havoc 89
145. Vote JBL 
146. Daniels spears Low Ki in mid cartwheel- immediately transitions into Last Rites seemingly all in one motion- ECWA 11/3/01
147. Rougeau Brothers "I'm Jacques and I'm Raymond- just kidding" promo
148. The Bulldog is bizarre
149. Jean Pierre Lafitte vignette
150. Stan Hansen blasts some jobber with a hard chop

Placeholders I never got around to filling

Ted Dibiase vignette- pick one
Goldust vignette/early appearances- pick one. Honestly could have picked 10 early Goldust moments for the big list
Val Venis vignette- pick one
Dean Douglas vignette- pick one
Larry Zbyszko AWA promo- pick one
Broken Matt Hardy- pick one
Version One Matt Hardy- pick one

Thanks for playing along everyone. This was a lot of fun to throw together.

Once again Mick Foley's peril reigns supreme as our top moment in wrestling history, and somewhere out there a chill runs down shinobi's spine, yet he does not know why.

Here's my completed list with some honourable mentions. I could have added more but didn't think too hard about them once I had a handful jotted down/pushed off my top 25.


1. Chris Jericho's WWF debut
2. Kenny Omega wins the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
3. Rob Van Dam wins the WWE Championship
4. Hollywood Hogan hulks up against The Rock at Wrestlemania X8
5. Jon Moxley debuts in AEW
6. The Beer Truck
7. The Dudley Boyz turn on Right To Censor
8. The Pipe Bomb
9. Mankind wins the WWF Championship
10. Brock Lesnar ends The Streak
11. Katsuyori Shibata attacks KENTA after he joins Bullet Club
12. Finn Balor attacks Johnny Gargano
13. The Hardy Boyz return at Wrestlemania 33
14. CM Punk signs his WWE contract on the ROH World title
15. The Milk Truck
16. Benoit & Eddie close Wrestlemania 20 as Champions
17. Mankind is thrown off the HIAC
18. Shane McMahon is the owner of WCW
21. Tommaso Ciampa turns on Johnny Gargano
22. Formation of the nWo
21. Paul Heyman confronts Mr. McMahon before Survivor Series 2001
22. Chris Jericho enters the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Kingdom 12
23. Hiromu Takahashi returns from injury; confronts Will Ospreay
24. The Dudley Boyz return after Summerslam 2015
25. Seth Rollins cashes in at Wrestlemania 31

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Daniel Bryan title win WM 30
Scott Hall invades WCW
Dolph Ziggler cashes in
Mark Henry fakes his retirement
Brock Lesnar returns; F5's John Cena
John Cena is #30
CM Punk steals the WWE Championship
The Revival main roster debut against The New Day
Johnny Gargano turns on Tommaso Ciampa
Keith Lee becomes the first NXT dual champ
EVIL wins the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships
Orange Cassidy is in the trunk - Parking Lot Brawl AEW Dynamite Sept 16 2020
Sue (TRENT's mom) flips off Proud and Powerful after the Parking Lot Brawl
"It's a dilapidated boat!"
Bray Wyatt wins his first WWE Championship
Kofi Kingston wins the WWE Championship
Lance Storm joins the WWF; attacks Chris Jericho (this happened at a house show I was at in Toronto the night before his TV debut...basically the same spot they did on TV, just in front of a bunch of unsuspecting Canadians. It was fucking sweet)

Thanks for this RT and everyone who took part. Loads of fun!!!

Most of my Top Memories are things that made me laugh and still make me laugh when I watch them. Looking back there were some I forgot or should have changed their placement but meh.

Top Wrestling Moments

1. Sexy Kurt
2. DX Invades WCW
3. Undertaker throwing Mankind off cage HIAC
4. Edge spears Jeff Hardy from top of ladder TLC 2 WM X7
5. CM Punk Pipe Bomb June 27 2011
6. King of the Ring Promo by SCSA Austin 3:16 June 1996
7. Shawn kicks Jannetty through Barber Shop Window
8. Macho Man and Elizabeth Reunite WMVII March 24, 1991
9. Chyna enters and wins Royal Rumble 1999
10. Randy Orton wins WHC at 24 at SS 2004 (Breaking record previously held by Brock Lesnar)
11. DB wins title WM XXX
12. Benoit and Eddie win titles WMXX
13. ‘I’m Sorry. I love you.’ HBK Retires Ric Flair WM XXIV
14. End of an Era: Undertaker/HBK/HHH aka HBK’s retirement – after WM26
15. Adam Cole wins First Ever NAC Ladder Match Takeover: New Orleans April 7, 2018
16. Chyna turns on HHH and joins the Corporation
17. Roddrick Strong Joins UE April 7, 2018
18. DX impersonating Vince & Shane
19. Macho Man Proposes to Miss Elizabeth 07-06-1991
20. John Cena deadlifts the weight of both the absurdly overweight Big Show and Edge on his shoulders at WrestleMania 25 (jTjohncenaGOAT’s words)
21. Shane McMahon jumps off the Titantron
22. SD June 2003 Brock and Big Show collapse the ring
23. Rise of The Man: Becky leads SD against RAW and takes one for the team
24. HHH’s Conan Entrance WMXXII
25. Seth turns on The Shield June 2 2014

Honorable Mentions:

Bret, Owen & Davey reunite The Hart Foundation - March 31st, 1997
Austin Beer Truck
Angle Milk Truck
Rock this is Your Life by Mankind
John Cena returns at WrestleMania 35 as the Doctor of Thuganomics and humiliates Elias. (jTjohncenaGOAT’s word)
Kane Promo with Hogan & Rock (Kananites)
The Rock’s Armageddon 2000 HIAC promo
Jericho’s Man of 1001 Holds Promo
Austin Bedpan Vince Segment
Brock: Paul say something stupid

Great stuff, RT .

1. Kawada pins Misawa (Misawa/Kobashi vs. Kawada/Taue - AJPW 6/9/95)
2. Savage and Liz reunite (Savage vs. Warrior - WWF WrestleMania VII 3/24/91)
3. Hogan Hulks Up (Hogan vs. Rock - WWF WrestleMania X8 3/17/02)
4. Matsumoto cuts Nagayo's hair (Nagayo vs. Matsumoto - AJW 8/28/85)
5. Hogan slams Andre (Hogan vs. Andre - WWF WrestleMania III 3/29/87)
6. Hogan heel turn (Sting/Savage/Luger vs. Hall/Nash/? - WCW Bash at the Beach 7/7/96)
7. Austin passes out in Sharpshooter (Bret vs. Austin - WWF WrestleMania 13 3/23/97)
8. Funk piledriving Flair on table (Flair vs. Steamboat III - WCW WrestleWar 5/7/89)
9. Warrior pins Hogan (Hogan vs. Warrior - WWF WrestleMania VI 4/1/90)
10. Hart Foundation entrances (Hart Foundation vs. Austin/Shamrock/Goldust/LOD - WWF King of the Ring 7/6/97)
11. Bret wins title at MSG as Owen stares him down (Bret vs. Yokozuna - WWF WrestleMania X 3/20/94)
12. Hokuto and Kandori slap hands (Hokuto/Kandori vs. Aja/Bull AJW 3/27/94)
13. Taker throws Mankind off cell (Undertaker vs. Mankind - WWF King of the Ring 6/28/98)
14. Flair returns to WCW (WCW Nitro 9/14/98)
15. Hashimoto brainbusters and submits Takada (Hashimoto vs. Takada - NJPW 4/29/96)
16. Magnum stabs Tully in the head and makes him quit (Magnum vs. Tully - NWA Starrcade 11/28/85)
17. Davey pins Bret at Wembley (Bret vs. Davey - WWF SummerSlam 8/29/92)
18. Misawa pins Jumbo (Misawa vs. Jumbo - AJPW 6/8/90)
19. Goldberg pins Hogan (Hogan vs. Goldberg - WCW Monday Nitro 7/6/98)
20. Terry Funk's first retirement (Funk Brothers vs. Hansen/Gordy - AJPW 8/31/83)
21. Duggan punches DiBiase with coal miner's glove (Mid-South 3/22/85)
22. Mega Powers split (WWF The Main Event II 2/3/89)
23. Andre wins title from Hogan (WWF The Main Event 2/5/88)
24. Austin helps Mankind win WWF Title (Rock vs. Mankind - WWF RAW 1/4/99)
25. Cobra bites Savage (WWF Superstars 11/23/91)