1.
2. Kenny Omega wins the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
3. Rob Van Dam wins the WWE Championship
4.
5. Jon Moxley debuts in AEW
6. The Beer Truck
7. The Dudley Boyz turn on Right To Censor
8.
9.
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.
17.
18. Shane McMahon is the owner of WCW
21. Tommaso Ciampa turns on Johnny Gargano
22.
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

If you witnessed The Streak ending, it has to make your list. That's pretty much all there is to it.

In hindsight, it was pretty obvious that Brock was going to win that match. But it didn't make it any less shocking, especially how the match seemed to end abruptly. Undertaker ate like 3 F5's during the match, but it was paced out enough that the whole world expected him to kick out after that last one. Everyone was expecting a drawn-out kick-out fest like his past several Mania matches, but nope. That 3-count happened and the shock hit everyone. The crowd reactions are legendary, and I remember just sitting in my living room saying "holy shit" to myself over and over.

13. Brock Lesnar ends The Streak- This was the last moment in wrestling that truly got me. I thought the ref made a mistake and the collective gasp in the theater was huge. Still one of the more memorable viewing experiences seeing a theater full of people sit in stunned silence after so many raucous pops through the night. Fabulous booking and execution having one of the most cherished things in the business end in such a surprise way.

1.
2. Drew McIntyre claymore kicking Brock Lesnar over the top rope at the Rumble, January 26th, 2020
3. Stone Cold Steve Austin returns to help Team WWF during the invasion Raw, 16th July, 2001
4.
5.
6. Stone Cold Beer Truck, Smackdown March 22nd 1999
7. CM Punk kisses goodbye to WWE with the title, Money in the Bank July 17th, 2011
8. Eddie Guerrero defeats Kurt Angle Wrestlemania XX, March 14th, 2004
9. Edge spears Jeff Hardy from the top of a ladder, Money in the Bank match Wrestlemania X-7 April 1st, 2001
10. Tommaso Ciampa Air Raid Crash off the top of the cage, NXT War Games November 23rd, 2019
11. Steve Austin returns from injury, Backlash April 30th, 2000
12. Eddie Guerrero wins his first WWE championship from Brock Lesnar, No Way Out, February 15th, 2004
13. Edge cashes in his MITB on John Cena to win WWE Championship, New Year’s Revolution January 8th, 2006
14. Adam Cole wins the first NXT North American Championship at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, April 7th, 2018
15. CM Punk wins second MITB at Wrestlemania 25, April 5th, 2009
16. Edge returns at the Royal Rumble, January 26th, 2020
17.
18. Tommaso Ciampa turns on Johnny Gargano NXT TakeOver: Chicago, May 20th, 2017
19. John Cena returns as the Doctor of Thuganomics and humiliates Elias, Wrestlemania 35, April 7th, 2019
20. Balor the Ripper entrance, NXT TakeOver London, December 15th, 2015
21.
22. HBK superkicks Ric Flair to end his career, Wrestlemania 24, March 30th, 2008
23.
24. Eddie Guerrero gets Mr Kennedy disqualified, Smackdown, 11th November, 2005
25. Drew McIntyre appears in the audience at NXT TakeOver: Orlando, April 1st, 2017

3. Stone Cold Steve Austin returns to help Team WWF during the invasion Raw, 16th July, 2001

I'm a massive Stone Cold mark, it's one of the few things iron maiden and I don't agree on.  Stone Cold has returned more times than I care to mention, but this was done to perfection.  Nobody was sure which way Austin was going to go, alliance or WWF.  This was the last Raw before the Invasion PPV and Austin spent most of it sitting in a bar watching before leaving for the arena.  Then he arrived and for a glorious few moments we had the old Attitude Stone Cold back.  Stunners all round, it was beautiful.  Like I said, I will never not mark when that glass shatters.  

Nothing from the list I sent RT again. Been stuck on having 2 left for a while now.

Brock ending The Streak made my big list though. Watched it at a sports bar. My story is much the same as RT and Shootist. Only with more belly aching since I stormed out and drove home within minutes of The Streak ending. #ItsStillRealToMe.

Austin joining Team WWF was a cool moment as well.
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The other day I was thinking about what was left and didn't come all that close to guessing all the remaining slots. That's cool. Usually I have a good idea of what's coming when we get down to the nitty gritty. This time I have no clue what about 3 of them are going to be.

Oct 9, 2020 17:59:17 GMT Shootist said:

13. Brock Lesnar ends The Streak- This was the last moment in wrestling that truly got me. I thought the ref made a mistake and the collective gasp in the theater was huge. Still one of the more memorable viewing experiences seeing a theater full of people sit in stunned silence after so many raucous pops through the night. Fabulous booking and execution having one of the most cherished things in the business end in such a surprise way.

I went to take a piss during this match, as I knew Taker was going to get the 3 count. Came back to seeing Lesnar leaning on the rope and everyone at my house in silence..I assumed someone was injured at first or Brock hit the SSP.

Nope just missed the biggest moment in wrestling since I started watching.


Cut I missed this countdown, was going to submit a list and forgot 😭.

2. The night Vince got the old Stone Cold to return. And he cleared out the Alliance.

I was never really a WCW guy. I didn't care about most of them so seeing Austin roll up in his truck beat the Alliance from outside to the ring was amazing.

I SHOULD have had Lesnar beating the Undertaker and breaking 'The Streak' on my list, but it just pisses me off so much I didn't. IT'S REAL TO ME DAMMIT!!!!

I like Austin fine (probably more now than before), but Rogue is right when she says I never marked for him like others.

Tired enough today apparently that #9 is John Cena is #30 felt like an algebra problem to me.

1.
2. Drew McIntyre claymore kicking Brock Lesnar over the top rope at the Rumble, January 26th, 2020
3. Stone Cold Steve Austin returns to help Team WWF during the invasion Raw, 16th July, 2001
4.
5. John Cena surprise return Royal Rumble, January 27th, 2008
6. Stone Cold Beer Truck, Smackdown March 22nd 1999
7. CM Punk kisses goodbye to WWE with the title, Money in the Bank July 17th, 2011
8. Eddie Guerrero defeats Kurt Angle Wrestlemania XX, March 14th, 2004
9. Edge spears Jeff Hardy from the top of a ladder, Money in the Bank match Wrestlemania X-7 April 1st, 2001
10. Tommaso Ciampa Air Raid Crash off the top of the cage, NXT War Games November 23rd, 2019
11. Steve Austin returns from injury, Backlash April 30th, 2000
12. Eddie Guerrero wins his first WWE championship from Brock Lesnar, No Way Out, February 15th, 2004
13. Edge cashes in his MITB on John Cena to win WWE Championship, New Year’s Revolution January 8th, 2006
14. Adam Cole wins the first NXT North American Championship at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, April 7th, 2018
15. CM Punk wins second MITB at Wrestlemania 25, April 5th, 2009
16. Edge returns at the Royal Rumble, January 26th, 2020
17.
18. Tommaso Ciampa turns on Johnny Gargano NXT TakeOver: Chicago, May 20th, 2017
19. John Cena returns as the Doctor of Thuganomics and humiliates Elias, Wrestlemania 35, April 7th, 2019
20. Balor the Ripper entrance, NXT TakeOver London, December 15th, 2015
21.
22. HBK superkicks Ric Flair to end his career, Wrestlemania 24, March 30th, 2008
23.
24. Eddie Guerrero gets Mr Kennedy disqualified, Smackdown, 11th November, 2005
25. Drew McIntyre appears in the audience at NXT TakeOver: Orlando, April 1st, 2017

Oh man, I should have had Austin 3:16 on my list.  I thought about it but eventually didn't include it as I went for moments that happened while I was actually able to watch WWF/E.  I know how huge this was, it's iconic and the true birth of Stone Cold.  

I also thought about Jericho's debut (along with man of 1001 holds) but I'm kind of salty on Jericho right now so hence no Jericho moments for me. 

I only have one from this lot, and forgive me for waxing lyrical.

5. John Cena surprise return Royal Rumble, January 27th, 2008

2007 wasn't a highlight year for me, the only thing that I had to look forward to was a trip to what was to be my very first Wrestlemania, something that had been on my bucket list for the longest time but I was never able to even consider doing up to then.  I was going with a friend I'd met online iron maiden, and two other girls who I met through PW and DOMS.  I was so looking forward to the trip and I so badly wanted to see John Cena live.  Then he got injured, and was to be out through WM24.  I was so disappointed but still obviously looking forward to my trip.  I remember  telling my friends how disappointed I was that I wouldn't see Cena (it was a big deal to me).

Fast forward to the Royal Rumble (which I think watched live, if not then I watched the next day).  It was a good rumble, not great if I remember right.  The Rumble is one of my favourite PPVs of the year, I love the 'unpredictability' of it - the surprise returns, the seeing superstars you'd almost forgotten about.

Anyway, we come to No. 30 and that music hits, good god.  It was one of the few times that they'd managed to keep a big return like this secret, nobody expected Cena back that quickly and it was amazing.  I marked out so damn hard, it made me so happy.  So this one was quite personal to me.  Sorry for rambling.  

Oct 11, 2020 0:47:28 GMT 🤯 said:

Tired enough today apparently that #9 is John Cena is #30 felt like an algebra problem to me.

So I think I've figured it out:

John Cena is either 21 or -21 or both?

Sounds like an irrational number to 🤯.

-_-

1. Chris Jericho's WWF debut
2. Kenny Omega wins the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
3. Rob Van Dam wins the WWE Championship
4.
5. Jon Moxley debuts in AEW
6. The Beer Truck
7. The Dudley Boyz turn on Right To Censor
8.
9.
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.
17.
18. Shane McMahon is the owner of WCW
21. Tommaso Ciampa turns on Johnny Gargano
22.
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

I had to think long and hard about if Jericho's debut was going to remain my #1 with a bullet, or if Omega's title win was going to finally overthrow it.

Ultimately it came down to how I would look back on both moments. I still look back on Jericho's debut as an amazing moment in my wrestling viewing lifetime, but also a moment that changed wrestling forever, something Jericho seems to be good at doing.

I was a huge Jericho mark from around late 97 onward. Maybe early 98. I don't remember the exact moment, I just remember seeing him on WCW and immediately knowing that he was going to grow into something special. It's no secret that WCW didn't know what they had in him, and when he made the jump in 99 it felt like something had changed.

Jericho jumping to the WWF and having the debut that he did was the first huge blow to WCW in the Monday Night Wars. WCW was never the same after that happened, and it was clear from then on that the WWF was going to crush them eventually.

So to say that I marked when the Millennium Clock hit zero that night is an understatement. The guy I had been raving about for the past 18-ish months to anyone who would listen had just blown the wrestling world right open. And nothing would ever.......EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVERRRRR be the same again.

1. Mick Foley wins WWF Championship for the first time- Mick Foley was my generation's Daniel Bryan in that he was this likeable cult hero who had to scratch and claw for years just to get signed by WWF before eventually making it all the way to the top despite not fitting the mold of a traditional WWF superstar. This was his "Wrestlemania 30."

Nobody ever deserved it more than Mick because nobody ever worked harder than Mick. He left it all in the ring. For a few years Foley was my ideal WWF superstar, and I basically wanted all future top guys to earn it the way Mick had. Foley had spent over a decade taking the biggest bumps in the business. He came up with not one, not two, but three memorable characters. He was great on the mic. He could do comedic or serious with the best of 'em. He shed blood, sweat, and ears on multiple continents. He wrestled in bingo halls and big arenas. He headlined Halloween Havoc way back in '93 and tape collectors flocked to his Japanese Death Matches the way they would later collect classic Bryan Danielson indie matches. Mick's story was all about The Struggle.

Foley almost always came up short in big matches. He seemed destined to forever be a top of the bottom/bottom of the top sort of guy....The kind of guy you could count on to adequately main event a B PPV when necessary, but deep down you "knew" he was never going to actually win the Championship in any of those matches. Nor was he even likely to headline a Big 5 PPV.

That all changed after the legendary Undertaker Hell In A Cell match. Now the hardcore internet fans desperately wanted to see Mick win the big one. He was our hero....A shining example of a guy who did things "the right way." Getting screwed at Survivor Series '98 only got the millions (and millions) of Foley fans more fired up to finally see him win the big one.

Then it happened! Foley beat Rock with Austin's help. The neewwww WWF champion then celebrated with DX. It was great. Now I actually think WWF might have went about it in a more money making way, but then we would have lost the infamous Schiavone Incident which infuriated millions of righteous Foley/WWF fans. And that wouldn't have been cool.

1. Mick Foley wins WWF Championship for the first time
2. Sandman returns to ECW
3. Andre beats Hogan for the WWF Championship
4. Slaughter beats Warrior for the WWF Championship
5. Owen pins Austin at Canadian Stampede
6. Yokozuna squashes Hulkamania
7.
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
12. Ric Flair wins the 1992 Royal Rumble
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
19. Ric Flair returns to Nitro- Shoots on Bischoff.
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

1.
2. Drew McIntyre claymore kicking Brock Lesnar over the top rope at the Rumble, January 26th, 2020
3. Stone Cold Steve Austin returns to help Team WWF during the invasion Raw, 16th July, 2001
4.
5. John Cena surprise return Royal Rumble, January 27th, 2008
6. Stone Cold Beer Truck, Smackdown March 22nd 1999
7. CM Punk kisses goodbye to WWE with the title, Money in the Bank July 17th, 2011
8. Eddie Guerrero defeats Kurt Angle Wrestlemania XX, March 14th, 2004
9. Edge spears Jeff Hardy from the top of a ladder, Money in the Bank match Wrestlemania X-7 April 1st, 2001
10. Tommaso Ciampa Air Raid Crash off the top of the cage, NXT War Games November 23rd, 2019
11. Steve Austin returns from injury, Backlash April 30th, 2000
12. Eddie Guerrero wins his first WWE championship from Brock Lesnar, No Way Out, February 15th, 2004
13. Edge cashes in his MITB on John Cena to win WWE Championship, New Year’s Revolution January 8th, 2006
14. Adam Cole wins the first NXT North American Championship at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, April 7th, 2018
15. CM Punk wins second MITB at Wrestlemania 25, April 5th, 2009
16. Edge returns at the Royal Rumble, January 26th, 2020
17. HBK kicks out of the Tombstone, Wrestlemania 25, April 5th, 2009
18. Tommaso Ciampa turns on Johnny Gargano NXT TakeOver: Chicago, May 20th, 2017
19. John Cena returns as the Doctor of Thuganomics and humiliates Elias, Wrestlemania 35, April 7th, 2019
20. Balor the Ripper entrance, NXT TakeOver London, December 15th, 2015
21. Steve Austin refusing to submit to Bret Hart’s sharpshooter, Wrestlemania 13, March 27th, 1997
22. HBK superkicks Ric Flair to end his career, Wrestlemania 24, March 30th, 2008
23.
24. Eddie Guerrero gets Mr Kennedy disqualified, Smackdown, 11th November, 2005
25. Drew McIntyre appears in the audience at NXT TakeOver: Orlando, April 1st, 2017

Considered the Eddie/Benoit moment for my list but ultimately didn't make the cut.  

21. Steve Austin refusing to submit to Bret Hart’s sharpshooter, Wrestlemania 13, March 27th, 1997

This is the one exception I made to my own rule of only picking moments that occurred when I was actually able to watch wrestling product.  The Austin 3:16 promo unarguably was the birth of Stone Cold, but this match is one of my favourites of all time.  Storytelling at it's absolute best with two masters of the game.  This match was the real passing of the torch moment.  

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.
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.
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

Haven't updated my list in a bit. Don't really have anything to add except for the latest post.

I take every opportunity to tell everyone that I was present at Wrestlemania X8 in Toronto and I don't think I will ever experience a crowd like that again. I put that one specific moment in my list because the roar was absolutely deafening, and if I had to pick one specific pop from that match, that was by far the loudest one. I was yelling my head off and I couldn't even hear my own voice.

This match got lots of votes for various moments so I lumped them all together because obviously. You can't really pick one specific moment from this match and there are very few matches like that in history.

Man I wish I made a list.

My #1 wrestling moment ever was Austin/Tyson. Probably the coolest thing ever. #2 would be Undertaker throwing Manking off of a cell and #3 would be Brock snapping The Undertakers streak.

Brock snapping the streak was such a surreal moment. One moment me and my mate are joking about how bad Taker is performing, the next it's just stunned silence. That victory gave Brock an aura and honestly it happened at the right time because The Undertaker really had nothing left beyond his matches with Brock later on.

I resisted voting for Mankind going through the cell because I didn't want to celebrate it, but it is one of the most striking visuals of that era and it really put Foley over the top. It's funny because that NAO dumpster bump was made to look trivial by comparison when it was treated like a major deal when it happened.

Savage-Elizabeth was my #5. It's one of those moments that might not resonate now, but this was two years in the making with Savage undergoing a character change and Elizabeth largely disappearing from television. She makes a special appearance on this one show and in an instant transforms one of the biggest heels in the company into one of the biggest babyfaces. It helps that it was coming off another really strong Warrior match who was bizarrely consistent at Wrestlemania around this time. For a guy who wasn't overly athletic or adept at grappling, he sure hit it out of the park on the big stage. Even his squash against Hercules was good for what it was. As far as Savage-Elizabeth it's a good example of what a moment can do for a match and how it can take it to another level.

There was that thread recently about being on the wrong side of history and Rock-Hogan was mine. Keep in mind, I only saw highlights of the match and the impressions I read wasn't anything special, so I was actually disappointed they turned Hogan babyface. I had seen the Red and Yellow revival in 1999 and it sucked so I thought it was another sign that the WWF was really going down the tubes. However there was something about having Hogan back in the WWF challenging The Rock at an event he basically created infront of his most loyal base. The crowd was fantastic and both guys did a brilliant job of giving them what they wanted, even though The Rock ultimately won the match. It was a befitting moment for a true icon in the business and such a great way to honour history.

It's why I consider X8 the true swansong of the Monday Night Wars since you get all these stars like Hogan, Flair, The Outsiders, DDP along with the Attitude Era style production and writing.

I had Daniel Bryan winning the title belt at Wrestlemania XXX but I wish it was him winning the belt at SummerSlam 2013. That was the moment with Bryan working a fantastic match with Cena only for WWE shenanigans to occur and for them to yank our chains just so we would be happy to see Batista put everyone in their place. It was Bryan's moment and despite every possible knock Bryan managed to get over and really helped carve out that niche for a lot of the talent we see today. Regardless Bryan finally got his moment and he got to be a hero, even if it was really for one day.

Austin-Bret was of course in there and this was the match that really set the blueprint for every Austin match that followed. Austin was always a fantastic prospect, Kilgore illustrated that perfectly over four years ago, but he just hadn't found his groove yet. It wasn't until this match where it was a fight that Austin came up with the formula that would make him millions upon millions of money. Here was this bully who had been thoroughly defeated, but he refused to yield and give his opponent the satisfaction.

1. CM Punk’s pipebomb on Raw, June 27th, 2011
2. Drew McIntyre claymore kicking Brock Lesnar over the top rope at the Rumble, January 26th, 2020
3. Stone Cold Steve Austin returns to help Team WWF during the invasion Raw, 16th July, 2001
4.
5. John Cena surprise return Royal Rumble, January 27th, 2008
6. Stone Cold Beer Truck, Smackdown March 22nd 1999
7. CM Punk kisses goodbye to WWE with the title, Money in the Bank July 17th, 2011
8. Eddie Guerrero defeats Kurt Angle Wrestlemania XX, March 14th, 2004
9. Edge spears Jeff Hardy from the top of a ladder, Money in the Bank match Wrestlemania X-7 April 1st, 2001
10. Tommaso Ciampa Air Raid Crash off the top of the cage, NXT War Games November 23rd, 2019
11. Steve Austin returns from injury, Backlash April 30th, 2000
12. Eddie Guerrero wins his first WWE championship from Brock Lesnar, No Way Out, February 15th, 2004
13. Edge cashes in his MITB on John Cena to win WWE Championship, New Year’s Revolution January 8th, 2006
14. Adam Cole wins the first NXT North American Championship at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, April 7th, 2018
15. CM Punk wins second MITB at Wrestlemania 25, April 5th, 2009
16. Edge returns at the Royal Rumble, January 26th, 2020
17. HBK kicks out of the Tombstone, Wrestlemania 25, April 5th, 2009
18. Tommaso Ciampa turns on Johnny Gargano NXT TakeOver: Chicago, May 20th, 2017
19. John Cena returns as the Doctor of Thuganomics and humiliates Elias, Wrestlemania 35, April 7th, 2019
20. Balor the Ripper entrance, NXT TakeOver London, December 15th, 2015
21. Steve Austin refusing to submit to Bret Hart’s sharpshooter, Wrestlemania 13, March 27th, 1997
22. HBK superkicks Ric Flair to end his career, Wrestlemania 24, March 30th, 2008
23.
24. Eddie Guerrero gets Mr Kennedy disqualified, Smackdown, 11th November, 2005
25. Drew McIntyre appears in the audience at NXT TakeOver: Orlando, April 1st, 2017

1. CM Punk’s pipebomb on Raw, June 27th, 2011

For the final time, Phil Brooks is an ass.  But I love CM Punk.  Separating the wrestler from the man isn't always something I do easily, but I'm trying.  I appreciate what Punk achieved in his WWE run, which was surely one of the best I've ever seen.  A lot of it was down to this one promo.  From the minute Punk walked out wearing that Stone Cold shirt, sat cross legged on the top of the ramp and delivered that masterpiece of a promo, I was absolutely riveted.  This was the moment that catapulted him to the big leagues, he'd been heading that way - for a long long time he was the best thing WWE had.  Nobody, but nobody could get heat like CM Punk.  I'd been at shows where you could barely hear him over the boos.  

Was this a shoot?  A work?  A worked shoot?  I think the latter is most likely, to be honest.  But it's 7-8 or so minutes of some of the best promo work I've ever heard, from a master of the craft.   The fact the pipebomb is still talked about today, 9 years after he did it, attests to how big this was.  I bloody loved it.  

I hate to be THAT person, but for some reason neither my desktop nor phone is allowing me to open the list thread anymore. Last I was able to open it was Brock breaking the streak. Would someone be so kind to post the results that I've missed in boring text format here for me please and thank you.

Going off Rogue 's post above.

5. CM Punk Pipe Bomb June 27 2011. I probably should have had it at #3 but hindsight and all that. I echo Rogue 's sentiments 100%. I loved Punk. if he was on, I was watching. He took anything they gave him and made it gold. Very few have that gift. You can only polish a turd (prove yourself) so many times before frustration boils over into resentment. So he went into business for himself and delivered a promo that shocked everyone. Was it a work? A shoot? A mix of both? Who can say for sure, but it absolutely had the desired effect.  It catapulted him to the next level.  He vocalized what fans and other wrestlers had been thinking.  Was he held back because he was an ass? Maybe, but we all know there have been as big or bigger assholes that got pushed to the moon. Frankly, I'd like to see Vince called out more.  'You can't say wrestler anymore' and Punk answered him by saying 'I'm the best WRESTLER in the world'.  He called out the fans, he admitted that the WWE wheel would keep turning and he was just a spoke on it.  He called out the bullying campaign which frankly I've always thought was hilarious because the WWE characters are bullies.  Hell Vince himself is a bully.  He took another turd (of a situation) and polished it into gold and love him or hate him, there is a reason they still chant his name.

Oct 15, 2020 23:51:43 GMT iron maiden said:

I hate to be THAT person, but for some reason neither my desktop nor phone is allowing me to open the list thread anymore. Last I was able to open it was Brock breaking the streak. Would someone be so kind to post the results that I've missed in boring text format here for me please and thank you.

Going off Rogue 's post above.

5. CM Punk Pipe Bomb June 27 2011. I probably should have had it at #3 but hindsight and all that. I echo Rogue 's sentiments 100%. I loved Punk. if he was on, I was watching. He took anything they gave him and made it gold. Very few have that gift. You can only polish a turd (prove yourself) so many times before frustration boils over into resentment. So he went into business for himself and delivered a promo that shocked everyone. Was it a work? A shoot? A mix of both? Who can say for sure, but it absolutely had the desired effect.  It catapulted him to the next level.  He vocalized what fans and other wrestlers had been thinking.  Was he held back because he was an ass? Maybe, but we all know there have been as big or bigger assholes that got pushed to the moon. Frankly, I'd like to see Vince called out more.  'You can't say wrestler anymore' and Punk answered him by saying 'I'm the best WRESTLER in the world'.  He called out the fans, he admitted that the WWE wheel would keep turning and he was just a spoke on it.  He called out the bullying campaign which frankly I've always thought was hilarious because the WWE characters are bullies.  Hell Vince himself is a bully.  He took another turd (of a situation) and polished it into gold and love him or hate him, there is a reason they still chant his name.

11. Brock Lesnar ends The Streak - Wrestlemania 30
10."Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!"
Chris Jericho's WWF debut
9. John Cena is #30
8. Chris Benoit & Eddie Guerrero close Wrestlemania 20 as Champions
Stone Cold Steve Austin refuses to tap out
7. "You're looking at a New World Order, brother!"
6. Mankind wins the WWF Championship
5. Icon vs. Icon - Wrestlemania X8
4. Macho Man & Miss Elizabeth reunite - Wrestlemania 7
3. The Pipe Bomb

Thank you X-zero.

6. King of the Ring Promo by SCSA Austin 3:16 June 1996

While I was never much of a SCSA fan, this was one hell of a promo and sparked a legendary catch phrase and legendary character back when King of the Ring meant something.

8. Macho Man and Elizabeth Reunite WMVII March 24, 1991

As I said previously, I LOVED Macho Man and Miss Elizabeth. This was one of those awesome moments that just gets you in the feels. Macho Man has just lost his match, Sheri is literally kicking him when he's down and....there's Elizabeth who takes care of Sheri and then takes care of Macho Man. Color me happy.

12. Benoit and Eddie win titles WMXX

While one is legendary and the other infamous now; at the time this was a moment no one thought they would see. Two men who had worked hard their whole life and who were rewarded. Two friends able to share the moment together.

Oct 15, 2020 23:51:43 GMT iron maiden said:

I hate to be THAT person, but for some reason neither my desktop nor phone is allowing me to open the list thread anymore.  

I haven't been able to access the list on my phone in ages. Works just fine on my laptop though.

Nothing from the list I sent RT has popped up over the past few days. A bunch of those iconic moments did crack my big list of 100+ though.

PW voted for a quality Top 2. No complaints here. Only voted for one of the two, but either one would be a deserving winner.

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.

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The final two moments should be pretty obvious, but which one finished #1? I'll post both tomorrow to wrap this up.

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.

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The final two moments should be pretty obvious, but which one finished #1? I'll post both tomorrow to wrap this up.

They work fine on my phone.

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.

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The final two moments should be pretty obvious, but which one finished #1? I'll post both tomorrow to wrap this up.

Mobile version on my phone. 

All good.  Sorry to be a pain.  You've done an amazing job.  I was having an awesome time watching all the clips.  Some I'd never seen before.

The key to the Pipebomb is that it wasn't a shoot for the sake of a shoot, it did an excellent job of promoting CM Punk and John Cena, which at the time was looking like an easy win for John before Punk went out there and told everyone what he was thinking. It felt like an honest promo too, he conceded that Cena was a good guy, he didn't cut him down, all he said was that he was better and the only reason he wasn't in John's position was because of the opportunity. Consider the legacy of the promo as well. Nobody used the expression 'Paul Heyman Guy' until the promo. The talk of brass rings and everything else really only started trending here.

Looking back when you hear those names they don't register like they did at the time, but hearing Heyman's name for the first time in 5 years was shocking. Hearing Punk refer to Brock, who was persona non grata in the WWE just made the promo feel that more genuine.

If the pay-off had been better this would have been a lock for my Top 10 moment. However, Punk coming back after only a couple of weeks took a lot of steam out of his character and while he still went on and had a good run it never lived up to what it should have been. If anything, it made the WWE lean into booking itself as the heel which became played out by 2014.

The list thread takes a very long time to load on my desktop. Even with all the spoiler tags, apparently all the videos are still loading in the background.

1. Owen Hart falls to his death- Over The Edge 5/23/99
2. Formation of the nWo- Bash At The Beach 7/7/96
3. Scott Hall invades Nitro- Monday Nitro 5/27/96
4. Bret Hart wins his first WWF Championship- Saskatoon, SK 10/12/92
5. Vince McMahon calls for the bell- Survivor Series 11/9/97
6. Hulk Hogan bodyslams Andre The Giant- Wrestlemania III 3/29/87
7. Ric Flair wins the Royal Rumble- 1/19/92
8. Owen Hart pins Stone Cold- Canadian Stampede 7/6/97
9. Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth reunite- Wrestlemania VII 3/24/91
10. Megapowers Unite- Saturday Night's Main Event 10/3/87
11. Lex Luger comes out on Nitro- Monday Nitro 9/4/95
12. Ultimate Warrior's Eulogy- Raw 4/7/14
13. Brock Lesnar ends The Streak- Wrestlemania 30 4/6/14
14. Four Horsemen Reunion- Monday Nitro 9/14/98
15. Bret Hart cuts on the fans- Monday Night Raw 3/17/97
16. Terry Funk wins the ECW title- Barely Legal 4/13/97
17. Bret, Owen and Davey reunite- Monday Night Raw 3/31/97
18. Sting wins his first NWA title- Great American Bash 7/7/90
19. Mick Foley gets thrown off the Cell- King Of The Ring 6/28/98
20. Steve Austin nails Mr. McMahon with a bed pan- Raw 10/5/98
21. Hulk Hogan's ovation- Raw 3/18/02
22. Randy Savage uses the ring bell on Ricky Steamboat- WWF Superstars 11/22/86
23. Terry Funk attacks Ric Flair- Wrestle War 5/7/89
24. Sting repels from the roof of the United Center and leaves with Randy Savage- Monday Nitro 1/20/97
25. nWo attacks the WCW Roster- Monday Nitro 7/29/96

Well, one good thing about getting a new laptop is I found this site again.

Oct 16, 2020 20:56:06 GMT jTjohncenaGOAT said:

I finally got to view the list. My phone just gives up with all of the Youtube coding on the page. So I'm using my laptop. So glad to see John Cena making the top 10 moments of all time. That Royal Rumble return was amazing. He got the smarky New York crowd to pop like crazy for him. Definitely worthy of a top 10 finish.

Also, this should seal the deal with John Cena being better in every possible way than Brock Lesnar. Dumb dumb couldn't even muster up a top 10 moment of all time and finished below him in the all-time greatest wrestlers. Sorry 🤯, it's science.

If Trump doesn't believe in science then neither do I!