Emotion-filled moments you wish you could relive all over again

[D-Man]

I know that a lot of posters create numerous threads about things like our favorite finishers, favorite moments, and other "favorite" things but this thread is different.

Personally, I have moments that stand out in my mind as my favorite angles or storylines in pro-wrestling. But I also have moments that truly jerked at my sensitivity strings or really manipulated my emotions. I didn't particularly remember them because they were "smart booking" or "good for buy rates." I also didn't remember them because they "elevated a superstar properly." I remember these moments because they overwhelmed me with emotion. Whether I was extremely happy to the point where nervous energy caused me to completely mark out in excitement, I became so entwined in the angle that it brought tears to my eyes, or I became so disappointed that I became legitimately angry, some moments in pro-wrestling really stuck in my head over time.

I remember these moments distinctly because I can close my eyes and imagine that overwhelming feeling of emotional overload that came over my body. I love when professional wrestling gives me feelings like that and there are very few moments I can remember that I wish that same emotion could come over me again just like it was the first time. These are the moments I'd like you to share with us.

Mine are:


Anyone who watched this footage after the fact and wasn't around when it happened is a poor soul. No one could EVER understand the amount of emotion that went into this moment. Savage and Elizabeth were stuck like glue since he came to the WWE. When Savage made a heel turn following Wrestlemania V, he dropped Elizabeth as his manager and began a program with Sensational Sherri that lasted almost two straight years. Sherri played such a great bitch back then and she was more or less the Vickie Guererro of her time. When Savage and Warrior faced off at WM7 in their legendary retirement match and Savage lost, only to be attacked by Sherri, the audience (along with myself and family) were screaming at Liz to jump in that ring and protect Randy, which she did to a thunderous response from the crowd. Once Savage realized what happened and he embraced with Elizabeth, the world turned into Niagra Falls. A truly touching moment that may never be duplicated again.


From cries to excitement, its amazing what pro-wrestling can do to you. And if there was ever a moment that defined excitement, it's the one above. I'm no Mick Foley mark; not by any means. This match and its ending sends chills down my spine every time I watch it. But I don't think I'll ever duplicate the emotion I felt once Austin's music hit again. The match was perfect. It was a high-profile championship match on Raw, so not many people felt the title would change hands. But as the match went on, you knew something special was about to happen. And once Austin's music hit, to this day, I have never heard a crowd erupt like that. I feel it is one of the most exciting moments in the histry of professional wrestling.

If you had a moment in professional wrestling that overwhelmed you with emotion and you wish you could watch that angle and feel that emotion all over again, which moment would it be and how did it make you feel at the time when you first watched it?

 

[mrhexum]

I'm totally with you on the Savage/Elizabeth moment. I don't think there has been or ever will be two people that can pull off that kind of magical moment in this business again. I remember it happening when I was young and til this day is still get a little misty eyed watching it. Especially when Randy holds the rope down for Elizabeth.

Another one that really sticks out to me was when Owen beat Bret at WM. I was still very young at the time and never saw it coming. The whole feud leading up to this match was gripping. And when Owen won with the victory roll and not some heel tactic, it was crazy. I remember my parents watching with me and being in disbelief that Owen pulled it of, clean too.

 

[madrox]

I'm not gonna go into detail because I don't have the time but standouts for me would be:

* 4 Horsemen reunion in 1998 - you could see the emotion in their faces, especially Flair when he walked out with tears in his eyes

* WCW ending - I tuned into Nitro as usual and when I saw Vince McMahon's face at the start and the talk of it being the final Nitro for now, I was shocked as hell. Not having my own internet access at the time, I never saw it coming and when Sting and Flair had their match to close out the show, I admit I cried and wondered what I was gonna do as far as viewing wrestling again because Bravo had taken ECW off its schedule and with WCW ending, I had to make the extremely tough decision to actually tune into WWF again for the first time since September 1997 when I'd initially become bored of their product and stopped watching it.

* The moment I saw RVD and Dreamer interrupt a match on Raw, a lot of WWF guys confronted them in the ring and then the realisation that "wait a minute, everyone in that ring other than Kane were all in ECW together" before most of them turned to look at Kane and Jericho and attacked them, starting the Invasion angle

(For the record, that was probably my one and only WWE moment that sticks out as amazing and emotional because I was too young to understand the Savage/Elizabeth stuff at the time and Benoit winning the World title wasn't that exciting to me because I'd seen him do it in WCW 5 years before so him "finally" winning the big one just didn't do it for me like it did for those who never saw WCW)

I honestly can't think of any others, the moments that stick out in my mind the most are all the hilarious things from WCW that always bring a msile to my face like Disco Inferno's version of Konnan's rap music video or the nWo parodying the Horsemen while Torrie Wilson and David Flair sat on the couch with them in early 99.

Have to also give a mention to the hilarity of Screamin' Normal Smiley and his attempts to not only protect himself from danger but him inadvertently retaining the Hardcore title despite his best efforts to get rid of the thing. Another one I'll leave you with was during a Lord Steven Regal match when he had an opponent in the corner next to the camera and as he gave a knife edge chop, he said "you bloody tart" at the same time. Gave birth to a quasi-catchphrase in my high school when we discussed it the monday after (we always had WCW Nitro and WWF Raw air on fridays in the UK back then)

 

[Foshinzo]

I was watching when they announced live that Owen had died, but obviously I wouldn't want to relive that moment.

Not to sound cheesy, but the one I'd want to relive would be when Eddie Guerrero finally won the WWE Championship. I loved it at the time because I honestly didn't see it coming, and I'd want to relive it again because I didn't know how much it meant. If I could relive it live again, it would have been even bigger, to me. That was one of the best pops I'd ever heard, still to this day, and it would have been monumental to go back and see it again.

 

[Nate DaMac]

I know this probably doesn't fit the criteria too well since this is the "Old School" section, but nothing in professional wrestling has ever brought a tear down my face before until this happened. We all want our favorite guys to be successful and most of my favorites have grabbed the brass ring several times before. But for some reason or another, seeing Christian get his moment was something special for me.

Of course, I was angry like a lot of other guys with the decision to take the title right back off of him. But that was not the angriest I had ever been at a wrestling moment.


This pissed me off to no end when I was younger. Not just because Kane lost his mask, but because I wanted Kane to win the World Title, badly. Even after he was unmasked he never even got to avenge it by taking the title from Triple H. Instead he just feuded with RVD and fucking Shane McMahon. It always pisses me off when I think back on this. Kane deserved his reign.

Those are probably the most emotional moments I've had/

 

[RoseFire81]

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you know when he hit that spear not one seat was in their seat and not one voice wasnt yelling

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I have never screamed so loud --- "TAP TAAPPP TAAP YOU MOTHER F!@#$ER TAAAPPP!!!!!!!" And yes i cryed with my hero and i felt proud for him. Hell honestly fought back tears watching it to post it


Those are the two that have always stuck with me im sure if i thought a bit i could come up with more but these two are burned im my heart .

Ps -- can someone explain how to post the video and not just the link please

 

[edgethefuture]

In my opinion i have 5 moments that really stand out some old a few newer but here they are
1.Shawn michaels beats Ric Flair at wm 24 it was very emotion filled and everyone new shawn was gonna win and i just wish i could relive it all over again it would be great.
2.The Rock beats Stone Cold at wm 19 Idefinetly think this should be nmber 2 The Rock finally beat Stone cold at wm and it was pretty emotional for me.
3.Shawn michaels retires wm 26 same reason as nmber 1 it was just an exciting match and i was actually shocked though when taker won cause shawn was gettin so big and he lost and the heartbreak kid was over after a 20sum year long career.
4.The Mcmahons buy WCW and WCW is done forever it just had such a great legacy and it would be great to watch the episode again WCW was very huge till about 96 when nwo and them showed up it featured huge legends like dusty rhodes sting ric flair harley race even bret hart eventually signed there.
this brings me to the last but never least Cm Punks shoot promo on raw it was one of those promo's i could watch 100 times over and still laugh when he called Triple H a doofus and im still shocked when he makes fun of Vince it was just something that changed the entire landscape of the WWE.
6 and more ones that also qualify.
vince burys hatchet with stone cold wm 17 i think
shawn michaels and chris jericho wm 19
Jeff hardy leaves WWE for good 2009
Matt hardy turns heel and screws jeff RR
Bret hart gets screwed over 1998
Shawn and Bret bury the hatchet 2010
thats it thanks for reading reply if u think different

 

[FunKay the Inevitable]

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It was early on in my wrestling life, so I was still pretty new to the whole thing, and I saw Kurt Angle as the #1 face in the company. I hated how he didn't get the title at SummerSlam, and despised Steve Austin at the time. Then, along came 9/11 and everyone was pretty on edge for a little while, and especially the USA. I saw it on the news and sympathised with the people. Wrestling was a great way to lose yourself and to see the All American babyface, in his home-town, vanquish the biggest evil in the company, it was a really uplifting and emotional moment, obviously not just for me. I was jumping for joy when Kurt won.

 

[The Brain]

My brother was always a huge fan of Shawn Michaels, particularly when he was with Diesel. When the nwo came to the WWF in early 2002 he predicted at some point Kevin Nash would walk to the ring, say there was a new member of the nwo, and simply do that nwo point toward the stage as HBK’s music played. It was kind of more wishful thinking than an actual prediction but it wasn’t impossible by any means. In April 2002 my brother passed away. Six weeks later this happened.

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I couldn’t believe his prediction/wish came true exactly as he described it. I only wish he was there to watch that with me.

 

[yur_momma]

wow my biggest moments?

I remember my dad absolutely flipping the hell out about Arnold Skaaland throwing in the towel for Bob Backlund resulting in Iron Shiek becoming the champion. I was like 9 so I didnt fully grasp what was going on but I knew the dastardly bad guys had beat my humble All American champion and my dad hated it...so I hated it lol. One of the few memories I have of my dad.

Warrior beating Hogan for the belt and become both IC and World Champ was an amazing moment for me I was a total Warrior mark (had the teddy bear, the "wrestling buddy", action figures, posters, etc). I still liked Hogan but was just tired of him by then...but my love would return!

The night the nWo was formed. Just a month before I went from being homeless for 4 years to living in freakin "Leave it to Beaver's" neighborhood in Virginia. I was working, new friends, life was good. Went home after work to watch the ppv and when Hogan came out I was PISSED. Hogan saved the day every week for months and WCW made you absolutely sick of it, which in hindsight was brilliant. When Hogan turned bad I swear I had to pause and just sit...the world just stopped. Hogan bad? He was the one CONSTANT in my life, the one thing you could always rely on was Hogan was good and would be the hero. This is my biggest wrestling moment.

Seeing Mean Mark come out as the Undertaker at SSeries ('91?). My best friend who just died about two months ago called me all hyped up screaming "dude thats Mean Mark!!". His new character was awesome and we both knew he would be a major star. Too bad he will never get to see whatever happens to the streak...never would have guessed that back then.

Roddy Piper confronting Russo during a TNA weekly show. I dont recall which one, we ordered them all but Im sure it is out there somewhere. To this day I have no idea if that was a work because Russo came out later and cut another shoot on Piper...very strange show.

Cena not being able to give his shirt away at the ONS ppv because the crowd kept throwing it back lol

 

[Takerfan]

Mine would be the return of The Undertaker at WrestleManina 20. It wasn't a great match, but it was my first WM, and the first time seeing Undertaker in his "deadman" form.

My second choice would be the unmasking of Kane, I remember to this day, what I did just prior to Raw coming on. I was hoping that Kane would win, because like so many others, I didn't want Kane to be unmasked.

 

[daqwanjamal]

Benoit winning the World Heavyweight Championship no doubt. Then the moment Eddie Guererro came to the ring, and they hugged in the middle of the ring. I was like 8 but everytime I see it my heart drops. It was one of the most emotional moments in recent memory.

 

[HailTheGillberg]

There were quite a few moments in professional wrestling that struck me emotionally. My horrible memory has tarnished my ability to recall a lot of them off of the top of my head. With that in mind, I will touch on one of them that stood out to me the most.

Rock turns Hogan at WM18 - I had been watching wrestling since 1999, and The Rock had become one of my favorite wrestlers of all time. I also had developed an appreciation for wrestling history by this time. Having realized the impact that Hogan had in the wrestling business (as well as being a fan of the NWO angle that took place in WCW not long before), I thoroughly enjoyed this match. What I remember most, however, was the face turn from Hogan after the match as him and The Rock posed in the ring together. This stands as a classic moment in the WWE, in my opinion.

Great thread!

 

[svsuperfly]

I have just two that jumped me out of my seat. First is when Monday Nitro started and Vince was there with the Raw is War sign behind him. Second and always epic...was the countdown expiring when the Rock was in the Ring for the first coming of Y2J.

Oh man I almost forgot. The Rock vs Hogan at WM. Everyone chanting Hogan's name and booing the Rock. Then the hand shake at the end. Hall and Nash jumping Hulk at the end. Next night the return of red and yellow.

 

[El Pee]

For me it was British Bulldog beating Bret Hart in 92. Was only 6 and seeing my favourite wrestler win in a match like that had me shouting like, well, a 6 year old.

In my adult life I'd go with Benoit winning the title at WM. Despite his now tarnished legacy, at that time I'd not been happier for anyone to win a match.

 

[relentless1]

Goldberg winning the world title from hogan, ric flairs farewell was a huge emotional moment also ric flair beatin bischoff for the presidency was pretty big but id have to say austin beatin hbk at wm 14 was a huge highlight, it was the first wrestlemania id ever witnese live and boy was that a special moment

 

[THTRobtaylor]

Jericho's debut was pretty outstanding for me as was the moment Jericho introduced Cena as the first draft pick for RAW... the way Jericho "marked out" was the best example of the boys not knowing what was to come...

The Rocker's reunion a few years back also gave me goosebumps, not only for the nostalgia but cos Marty genuinely looked like he hadn't lost a beat in the ring and there was serious talk of the team reforming permanently... such a shame that the demons were still there...

From the older times, Davey finally beating Bret at Summerslam 1992 is the most emotional moment WWE has produced in my opinion... Flair and Shawn was close, Benoit and Eddie closer... but being in the stadium that day in the 4th row, I have never experienced an atmosphere like that, not for England winning at football, not anywhere... Everyone knew they had not just seen their "hometown hero" win... but win what had seemed like the best match ever... (Savage/Steamboat was rehearsed, this was called in the ring...so it has the slight edge for me...)

 

[AntiChristDeicide]

Mine would be when the NWO re-united into one group in WCW. Yeah, some people may say that it was the beginning of the end for WCW, but for me it was one of the best moments. Imagine both sides of the NWO were fighting for control, so nobody thought that Nash and Hogan could work together again. Then boom Hogan , Nash, Hall, Steiner Luger, Bagwell and Liz participated in the beatdown of Goldberg and the NWO was reborn and stronger than before.

 

[CKwence92]

When Shawn and Razor Ramon had their first ladder match, at the time I was really huge fans for both of them. I just remember being like 9 or 10 watching that match and just feeling so conflicted about who to go for and more so upset because both of my favorite guys were out there "seriously hurting" each other with the ladder (way before i understood the nature of wrestling and that it was fake).

when Brock first jumped the guardrail and annihilated everyone in the ring made me jus jump and yell wtf? lol at the time it just looked like this random guy was jus jumpin to the ring and whoopin ass and no one was able to stop him lol

lets see... when Dreamer & RVD came out and looked like the "dubya dubya eff guys" (JR voice) were gonna beat them up alongside Y2J & Kane and then all of a sudden ECW came into the frame of the Invasion Angle.

RVD returning at the Royal Rumble made me mark out lol ummm when HBK won the WCW (world heavyweght) title in the Elimination Chamber.

the casket match where Kane (masked) vs Taker, won and then proceeded to light it on fire.

the night Foley as Mankind FINALLY won the World title on RAW. when the Outsiders invaded WCW, at the time i didnt really know anything about WCW besides it existed but i never knew it was broadcasted on TNT so i would always watch RAW then to my surprise i just happened to change the channel at commercial at the EXACT moment they 'invaded' and was just stunned.

when Nash jacknifed Bischoff/Bubba powerbombed Mae Young off the stage thru a table.
made me trip balls lol

there a lot of other ones but i cant think right now

 

[dxparza]

I have 2, one that I saw on Pay per view and one that I was actually there in person.

First the one I saw on tv. When Benoit won the title at wrestlemania 20. Seeing him and Eddie hug and both holding world titles was special..

Second and most memorable is when I was there for Wrestlemania 25. After wanting to go to a wrestlemania since I was a little kid, it was definitley special. The whole weekend from seeing Austin inducted into the hall of fame to seeing My favorite of all time help steal the show (of course I'm talking about Shawn Michaels). Hell during the singing of America the Beautiful, I had goosebumps and a tear in my eye.. I'm sure the Margaritas had nothing to do with that.. I'd give anything to relive that moment again..

 

[CKwence92]

oh remembered a few more: when DX reunited the VERY first time only for HHH to turn on Shawn pissed me the fuck off! when Mankind first debuted and attacked the undertaker at the end of RAW and put the Claw on him til he started frothing at the mouth had my whole house quiet at a standstill. when Sid shattered his leg in WCW that was a really bad one. and i think when HBK finally won his very first word title against Bret in the ironman match and "lived his childhood dream" that ne had me pretty happy for him.

 

[Mitch Henessey]

2002 Triple H Return

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Triple H's return at MSG that night was a memorable moment for me. The crowd exploded, when his music hit, and the insane reaction he received was unreal. Everything about this return still manages to give me goosebumps. The roar of the crowd, Triple H's excitement, and I'll never forget the amount of flashbulbs that went off during the signature water spit on the ring apron, because it was a breathtaking sight. Triple H's return felt epic. He was a big star, who had to take a lot of time off, and the fans were more than happy to see him back in the middle of the ring. Also, I think Kurt Angle's interruption was a nice touch. He wanted to spoil the big moment, and I went nuts, when these two started going at it.

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Shawn's return in 2002 was special, and this is one moment I'll never forget. I didn't expect HBK to win the gold here, and I just knew HHH was going to retain the gold in this match. Shawn winning was a nice surprise, and seeing him have one more brief run with a world championship provided some good nostalgia. Shawn lost the gold at the very next pay per view, but I still loved this moment, and I'll never forget how loud I screamed, when Shawn finally pinned HHH.

 

[Calderownz]

Arn Anderson "passing the torch" to Curt Hennig was cool. However, the fact that it was his official retirement makes it a pretty interesting watch. You don't see many people's retirements in a legit manner. So, when you do, it adds a bit a reality to what ever you're watching.

"Stone Cold" Steve Austin winning the Intercontinental championship after injuring his neck. Especially knowing how serious it was now, it makes it all the more awe-inspiring. Very crazy video to watch now.

Bret Hart Vs. Chris Benoit doing the memorial match for Owen Hart. The match was great and the hug afterwards with Benoit bawling his eyes out.

 

[The A]

Mine would be the undertaker returning at judgement day 2000. They way they cut the scene to show the titan tron with the scary little girls and how that bike just roars out and the crowd just erupts.
Jim Ross screaming "It's the Undertaker!" and of course him clearin the ring of Dx and the coporation. I get chills just thinkin about it.

 

[Pedigree1]

These are all great moments but the best for me was the smackdown after 9/11!! The bonding the caring from every wrestler heel or face ref announcer it was just very special!! To see those stars in a different light you know.. That to me was the most emotional moment ever