Agreed. It was by far the best era of wrestling, ever. What they do now can't even come close to comparing. The personalities are weak compared to back then and the PG shit kills it.
Probably the audience reaction to Hogan when he came out to fight The Rock at the SkyDome. Canadian fans have almost always cheered for whoever they liked more regardless of the storyline in play but this one was incredible. The commentators tried to talk over it saying The Rock and Hogan had split the crowd but the pop for Hogan was so massive that he recalls it as the highlight of his entire career. ps. not a fan of Hogan but still.
Close second for me is the Hall of Fame speech by Roddy Piper--can't remember who was being inducted, I think Hogan. For whatever reason Piper was on some kind of coke-powered rant and making next to no sense at all, referencing people and shows from forever ago, and generally confusing the hell out of everyone watching. They cut to Christian in the crowd who looked at the camera and mouthed "what the fuck?" and we burst out laughing in my living room 'cause that's what we were saying too.
Older ones, um... Jericho's debut... anything with Owen... the beer truck & milk truck... the Bushwackers at Royal Rumble running in, getting thrown out immediately, and running back out... The Rock's This Is Your Life with Mick Foley... original TLC match... the ladder matches of the 90s with Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramone... the crazy gimmicks of the late 80s early 90s like The Repo Man, Duke The Dumpster Drosey, and Atom Bomb... Bret Hart working several great matches at King of the Ring 1... so many. It's really a shame what it's become these days.
Also can't forget the classic Iron Man match between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels. Absolutely incredible match. Basically any match that involved the Hardy Boys, Edge and Christian, and the Dudley Boys were incredible matches, and exponentially better than any tag team crap they throw out there now. Reminiscing over these times make me really miss the old days...
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I agree that the Jericho debut is one of the best moments in WWF. He and Rock went together like peanut butter and jelly.
I don't know about you guys, but Edge is in my top 5 greatest wrestlers of all time. He's so good on the mic and in the ring.
