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WWEs Greatest Moments - Season 3 - Episode 01: WrestleMania in the 2000s
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00:03We welcome you to WrestleMania.
00:07WrestleMania is WWE Super Bowl.
00:10Year after year, superstars looked up the ante at the show of shows.
00:14Oh my gosh!
00:15Bringing nonstop excitement again and again.
00:18Damn!
00:19And Mayweather wins the match!
00:23And audiences were certainly not prepared for the breathtaking moments WWE would deliver
00:29as they entered the new millennium.
00:31Oh my God!
00:32Today we look back at some of the greatest WrestleMania matches of the 2000s.
00:36I cannot believe what we've just seen!
00:39This is WWE's Greatest Moments.
00:45He feels so mad!
00:48Oh my God, what the hell are you doing?
00:51Absolutely unbelievable!
00:53Welcome to the radio this year.
01:02Welcome everyone to WWE's Greatest Moments.
01:05I'm Michael Cole, and on this edition, we're looking back at WrestleMania matches from one
01:09of the most consequential decades in WWE history, the 2000s.
01:14As WWE was heading into the new millennium, two of its grandest stars would lead the charge.
01:21Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock.
01:25I got one reason, and one reason only to go inside that ring, and that is to beat Stone Cold
01:29Steve Austin.
01:30It's just that simple.
01:31I need to beat you, Rock.
01:33I need it more than anything that you can ever imagine.
01:37Over 67,000 passionate fans would fill the Houston Astrodome at WrestleMania 17
01:43to witness this iconic matchup.
01:46There can be only one.
01:50This J.R. is the main event.
01:54The atmosphere in the arena at WrestleMania 17 was through the roof.
01:59It was important to me that I was the one leading the pack.
02:06And Steve Austin sure as hell didn't want to be second.
02:10There was no stir-down.
02:12There was no trash-talking.
02:14These two just got it on in the most personal of title matches that I have ever won.
02:21It was the two biggest and best colliding again.
02:27The people hanging on every single move, waiting to see who was going to win this match
02:33because it was damn near 50-50 throughout the whole thing.
02:36Stunner!
02:38What the hell is this about?
02:40He handed the chair to Stone Cold Steve Austin!
02:45What the hell is this?
02:47It's a new champion!
02:50God don't marry him!
02:53Not only do you become world champion,
02:55now you align yourself with the company's top heel.
02:59Stone Cold Steve Austin has sold his soul!
03:04I know you perform to the highest level and you deliver.
03:06It's a great feeling.
03:08What a contest!
03:12In March of 2004,
03:14WWE celebrated the 20-year anniversary of WrestleMania.
03:18With a better way to cap it off
03:20than with a WWE Championship match for the ages.
03:24Newly crowned WWE Champion,
03:27Latino Heat,
03:28Eddie Guerrero,
03:29and the Olympic gold medalist,
03:31Kurt Angle.
03:31Two of the greatest in-ring competitors at that time.
03:35I am the WWE Champion!
03:39And I'll be proud to take it from you.
03:45So, ladies and gentlemen,
03:47for the 20th time,
03:48the WWE title is being defended at WrestleMania.
03:53WrestleMania 20.
03:54I got to wrestle Kurt Angle.
03:57What an honor.
03:59Oh!
04:00Shoulder knocked down by the champion.
04:02Oh, and another one!
04:03Eddie Guerrero, in his prime,
04:05was the greatest wrestler of all time, period.
04:08Eddie Guerrero!
04:10Yeah!
04:11It's correct!
04:12He's got it!
04:13He's got it!
04:14Eddie's got it!
04:14Oh!
04:15When I did wrestle Eddie,
04:17the matches were five-star.
04:19He was so polished.
04:20Yeah!
04:21Oh!
04:22Eddie and I,
04:23we connected.
04:24We understood each other.
04:25Eddie was the most passionate guy
04:27I've ever been in the ring with.
04:29Tap out!
04:29Just like a walk!
04:30Just tap it!
04:31Wait a minute!
04:32The blue went flying!
04:33The blue came off!
04:34Look at this!
04:35One package!
04:36One, two, three!
04:38Eddie wins!
04:38Eddie wins!
04:39But wait a minute!
04:40But that's a win!
04:42That's a chinchini!
04:44Special moment
04:45that I'm going to hold in my life
04:46because
04:47you never know
04:48when it's going to happen.
04:50Eddie Guerrero
04:51outsmarted Kurt Angle!
04:53Tremendous matchup!
04:56In the early 2000s,
04:58Trish Stratus
04:59was on top of the wrestling world,
05:00but awaiting her
05:01was a rivalry
05:02unlike anything
05:03the WWE Universe
05:05had ever seen before.
05:06Hi!
05:07Oh my God!
05:08I'm Mickie James!
05:09I'm Raw's newest diva!
05:10Newly debuting superstar
05:12Mickie James
05:13was a self-proclaimed
05:14Trish Stratus superfan,
05:16but her obsession
05:17became too much
05:18for the queen
05:18of Stratus' faction
05:19to handle.
05:20You and I,
05:21we just need
05:23some time apart,
05:23all right?
05:24He's a little overzealous
05:25sometimes with her passion.
05:27When her idol rejected her,
05:28James was absolutely furious.
05:31You let me down!
05:31In a rage
05:33fueled the confrontation
05:34between them
05:35that culminated
05:36the show of shows,
05:38WrestleMania 22.
05:41The following content
05:43is for the
05:43WWE Women's Championship.
05:47Superfan that becomes
05:48the worst enemy.
05:50And at WrestleMania,
05:52it came to fruition.
05:54Trish has been in the ring
05:55with the greatest competitors
05:56in the WWE,
05:57for no one
05:59as unpredictable
06:00as Mickie James.
06:02It was real emotion.
06:03People really felt
06:04one way or the other,
06:05to the point where
06:06some people were cheering me,
06:07which was,
06:08what is happening here?
06:09A lot of these fans
06:10are actually identifying
06:12with Mickie James.
06:13That's the only reason
06:14I bought that mania
06:15that year.
06:15As a young boy
06:17wanting to see
06:18the culmination
06:19of this wrestling story
06:21between these two women,
06:22I feel like
06:23that's a great thing
06:24in the evolution
06:25of women's wrestling.
06:26Oh, Mickie James
06:28may be the new champ.
06:30Will it be enough?
06:31Yes, it is.
06:32We've got a new champion.
06:34To have a WrestleMania
06:35moment,
06:36to have a WrestleMania match,
06:38we're pretty much
06:38at the highest point
06:39we've been
06:40with women in our company.
06:42It's one of those matches
06:43that you look at
06:43and you go,
06:44wow, let's go.
06:46Mickie James
06:47has won the women's title.
06:51The Dudleys,
06:52the Hardys,
06:53and Edge and Christian
06:54never disappointed
06:55the WWE Universe
06:57when pitted against each other.
06:58And when the stakes
06:59were raised,
07:00so was the energy.
07:01What the heck?
07:02As these six superstars
07:04were set to compete
07:05in a triangle ladder match.
07:07With the tag team championships
07:09hanging high above the ring,
07:11the three hottest tag teams
07:12of the era
07:13would step foot
07:14on the grandest stage
07:15of them all.
07:15And what followed
07:16would alter the landscape
07:18of WWE forever.
07:23This should be
07:24an amazing offensive display.
07:27You can expect
07:28some high-risk maneuvers
07:29like you've never seen before.
07:31It's competitive.
07:32Everybody's pushing each other
07:33to have the best match
07:34of the night.
07:35Okay,
07:36we better tear it up.
07:37This is some
07:38unbelievable innovation
07:40with these three ladders
07:41now in the ring.
07:43The Hardys
07:44and Edge and Christian
07:45had already done
07:46the ladder match.
07:47So we wanted to introduce
07:49the other aspects
07:50using the tables.
07:52Dylan Taber!
07:53Double TARDIS!
07:55We went out
07:55and beat the hell
07:56out of each other.
07:58All that stuff's so memorable
07:59because we were
08:00the first ones to do it.
08:01You've made it to WrestleMania.
08:03You've got to try
08:03to ride that wave
08:04wherever it takes you.
08:05Oh, for God's sakes,
08:06don't do it, Tim!
08:07It's a very insane
08:09risk versus reward scenario,
08:12but for the most part,
08:13there was no hesitation.
08:19We just continued
08:20to elevate standards
08:21for what that match
08:22could be.
08:23I think our legacy
08:24will have a lot to do
08:25with the ladder match.
08:26Matt Hardy!
08:27It's on!
08:28Oh!
08:29Edge pushed Matt
08:30right to the table!
08:31Edge and Christian!
08:33Edge and Christian!
08:34Edge and Christian
08:35have won it!
08:37Man, the Sixers
08:38just killed it.
08:39We crushed that.
08:40And that, to me,
08:41was the first instance
08:43of understanding,
08:45like, okay,
08:45we are all a part
08:47of something
08:47that is important
08:48to the product now.
08:50Edge and Christian
08:51are the new
08:52tag team champions!
08:55For over a decade
08:57and a half,
08:57The Undertaker
08:58was a dominant force.
09:00He'd achieved
09:00nearly everything
09:01a WWE superstar
09:03could ever dream of.
09:04In 2007,
09:05The Deadman
09:06would win
09:06his first
09:07Royal Rumble match.
09:08Undertaker
09:09is going
09:10to Wrestlemania!
09:12It didn't take long
09:14for the Phenom
09:14to defiantly
09:15choose a shot
09:16at Batista's
09:17WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
09:21Batista,
09:22at Wrestlemania,
09:24your reign
09:25as champion
09:26will
09:27rest
09:30in
09:32peace.
09:37This match
09:39is for the
09:40World Heavyweight Championship!
09:43Wrestlemania
09:44always means a lot.
09:45So,
09:45you go in
09:46such a huge match
09:47and it being
09:48really special
09:48because it's
09:49a world title match.
09:50We are about
09:51to see something
09:52that might get ugly,
09:53but we're about
09:54to watch
09:54one hell of a fight.
09:56There's a lot
09:57of pressure
09:57that comes
09:58with Wrestlemania.
09:59It's big time.
10:00I mean,
10:00it is.
10:02Undertaker
10:03measuring the champion
10:04flying through the air
10:05in the 300-pounder!
10:07That is what
10:08Wrestlemania
10:09is all about.
10:10I felt like
10:10I was doing
10:11things instinctively
10:13and without thought.
10:14I felt like
10:15I held my own
10:15with Undertaker
10:16when we gave
10:17the crowd
10:18the match
10:19of the night.
10:20Two great warriors
10:21going for all the gold.
10:23That's what
10:23it's all about.
10:26Undertaker!
10:27Look at this!
10:29Two stone
10:30pile
10:31driver!
10:32Wow!
10:32There's two!
10:33We have
10:34a new
10:35world champion!
10:37You have
10:38two guys
10:39that respect
10:39each other.
10:40They're at the top
10:41of their games.
10:42Can't ask for more
10:42than that.
10:4315-0
10:45at Wrestlemania!
10:48It was clear
10:49from day one
10:50that Randy Orton
10:51was a special talent.
10:52transforming from
10:54an eager rookie
10:55into a brash
10:56superstar.
10:57Orton quickly
10:58made a name
10:58for himself
10:59by targeting
11:00WWE legends
11:01including the
11:02dead man
11:03The Undertaker.
11:04At Wrestlemania
11:0521
11:06the legend
11:07of The Undertaker
11:08will become
11:09a myth.
11:10Randy Orton
11:11will rest
11:12in
11:14peace.
11:21It is the legend
11:22versus the
11:23legend killer.
11:25Randy Orton
11:26the legend killer
11:27being in the ring
11:28with The Undertaker
11:29that's huge.
11:31He's young
11:32he's brash
11:33he's arrogant
11:34and he is good.
11:35Here I have
11:36this young guy
11:37who obviously
11:38is a huge star
11:40already.
11:41Oh my!
11:42What's going through?
11:45He stepped up
11:46and delivered
11:46on the grandest
11:47stage of all.
11:48Here's the cover
11:49and Undertaker
11:51checked out.
11:53He's going
11:54for the tombstone
11:55and Undertaker
11:57reversed it.
12:00The point
12:01for The Undertaker
12:04an amazing match
12:06right there.
12:07That was awesome.
12:112006 saw
12:12Rey Mysterio
12:13overcome
12:14every odd
12:15and win the Royal Rumble
12:16from the number
12:17two spot.
12:18Rey Mysterio
12:19is going
12:20to Wrestlemania!
12:23Mysterio knew
12:23he only had
12:24one thing
12:25left to do.
12:26Win the whole
12:27darn thing.
12:28I hope I make
12:29you even more proud
12:30when I go on
12:31to Wrestlemania
12:32and win
12:33the World
12:34Heavyweight
12:35Championship!
12:38Rey was determined
12:39to win the world title
12:40in memory of his
12:41best friend
12:42Eddie Guerrero
12:43who passed away
12:44a few months prior.
12:45And to do so
12:46the legendary
12:47Luchador was faced
12:48with a near impossible
12:49task
12:49taking on both
12:51Kurt Angle
12:51and Randy Orton
12:52in a triple threat
12:53match
12:53for the World
12:54Heavyweight Championship.
12:56It is one of the
12:58most emotional
12:59matches I've ever
13:00had the honor
13:01of calling.
13:04The following
13:05contest is a
13:06triple threat
13:07match scheduled
13:08for one fall
13:09and it is for
13:10the World
13:11Heavyweight
13:13Championship!
13:14WrestleMania 22
13:15was the peak
13:17of my career
13:18and a tribute
13:21to Eddie
13:21he saw me
13:22from the heavens.
13:23There's a
13:24right here
13:24talking on the
13:25smaller man!
13:27Double German!
13:28Oh my!
13:29Oh my!
13:29Oh my!
13:29Oh my!
13:30Oh my!
13:30Randy Orton, watch!
13:32Any fan that
13:34watches knows
13:35that he can
13:35beat you
13:35at any moment.
13:36He has that
13:38I can overcome
13:39factor.
13:41Mysterio!
13:42Watch out!
13:43He's seen it
13:43that time!
13:44Look at this guy!
13:45He's covering it!
13:46He got low!
13:47He got it too!
13:48I got it!
13:48He had no idea
13:49who was going to win.
13:50Everyone was on
13:51the edge of their
13:51seats the whole
13:52entire time.
13:53Springboard!
13:55Wow!
13:55Goal!
13:56Oh my God!
13:58He got it!
13:59He got it!
14:00He got it!
14:01Oh my!
14:02Mysterio wins
14:03the title!
14:04We're not here
14:05forever.
14:06You have to make
14:07the best out of
14:07each and every
14:08moment because
14:09you don't know
14:09if it's going to
14:10come back again.
14:13Eddie would have
14:14loved to have
14:16seen me as a
14:17champion.
14:18Dreams will
14:18indeed come true!
14:20Rey Mysterio is
14:22the world
14:23heavyweight champion!
14:27arguably the
14:29greatest of all
14:29time.
14:30Ric Flair had
14:31an in-ring career
14:32that spanned over
14:3330 years.
14:352008, the
14:35Nature Boy was
14:36reaching the end
14:37of the line as a
14:38WWE superstar.
14:39The first match
14:41you lose, your
14:42career is over.
14:44Flair was more
14:45resilient than ever
14:46issuing a challenge
14:47to Shawn Michaels.
14:48It would be my
14:49honor to wrestle
14:50you at
14:51WrestleMania.
14:52One night, after
14:53being immortalized
14:54in the WWE Hall
14:56of Fame,
14:57Flair was face
14:59to face with
15:00Mr.
15:01WrestleMania.
15:04The time has
15:05come for the
15:06Nature Boy, Ric
15:07Flair, to put his
15:07career on the line
15:08against Shawn
15:09Michaels.
15:11The biggest
15:12moment in my
15:13wrestling career
15:14was Shawn and
15:15me in my
15:16retirement.
15:17Flair wanted to
15:18be in the ring
15:18with the best.
15:20Oh, good
15:21grief.
15:22Flair's got to
15:23capitalize here
15:24early.
15:26Michaels explodes
15:27on the floor.
15:29Given all the
15:30amazing things he
15:31had done in his
15:32career, it needed
15:33to be extra
15:34special.
15:35God's sakes!
15:37Flair's got the
15:38figure four!
15:39Michaels too
15:40close to the
15:41ropes!
15:42The showstopper
15:43hits for the
15:44elbow!
15:44Shawn was the
15:45perfect guy to
15:46do it.
15:46It's the emotion
15:47that he puts
15:47into things.
15:51Oh my God,
15:52what a shot!
15:53That was just
15:54me sort of
15:55telling Rick,
15:56I think the
15:56world would
15:56do it.
15:58Michaels
15:58will it be!
15:59Yes!
16:02Yes, and I
16:03love you.
16:04It's a great
16:05moment of
16:05wrestling.
16:06I don't care
16:06what it says.
16:07The greatest
16:08ever lace a
16:09pair of boots.
16:14As the
16:15decades passed,
16:16WWE sees new
16:17faces that
16:18capture the
16:18attention of
16:19the WWE
16:20universe and
16:21usher the
16:21company into
16:22new eras.
16:23In the early
16:242000s, The
16:24Rock was just
16:25that face.
16:26But the
16:27Brahma Bull
16:28wasn't the
16:28first to have
16:29the WWE
16:30universe in
16:31the palm of
16:31his hand.
16:32That honor
16:33went to the
16:34immortal Hulk
16:35Hogan.
16:36The Hulkster
16:37had recently
16:37made his
16:38return to
16:38WWE as part
16:39of the
16:39villainous
16:40New World
16:41Order.
16:41How do you
16:42feel about
16:43headlining one
16:44more Wrestlemania
16:44with The
16:45Rock?
16:48Yes!
16:56And look at
16:56the flashballs.
16:59This is a
17:00Wrestlemania
17:01moment.
17:02That
17:03stare down
17:03with The
17:03Rock was
17:04magic.
17:05Once that
17:05happened, I
17:06knew the
17:08match was
17:08going to
17:08work.
17:1060,000 plus
17:12fans at the
17:13Sky Dome
17:13going crazy.
17:17Oh!
17:18Oh, the
17:18power of
17:19Hogan.
17:19I don't know
17:20if this is
17:21nostalgia or
17:22what, but
17:22it's amazing
17:23that the
17:23crowd is so
17:24softly behind
17:25Hulk.
17:26I thought
17:26for sure
17:27they'd be
17:27booing me
17:28and throwing
17:28stuff at
17:29me and
17:29trying to
17:29get at
17:29me and
17:30kill me.
17:30These
17:31people love
17:33you more
17:33than you
17:33ever
17:34imagined
17:34they
17:34would.
17:49people were
17:51really just
17:52engrossed in
17:53the match
17:53like I've
17:54never seen
17:54before.
17:56Rock with
17:57the people's
17:57elbow on
17:58Hogan.
17:59And the
18:00Rock wins
18:01it.
18:02What that
18:03meant to
18:04me, I'm
18:05grateful to
18:06Hulk.
18:08This match
18:09lived up to
18:09the hype.
18:10It didn't
18:10live up to
18:11it, it
18:11far surpassed
18:12it.
18:15It's now
18:16time for our
18:16number one
18:17moment, and
18:18it's the one
18:18that is widely
18:19considered the
18:19greatest
18:20WrestleMania match
18:21of all
18:21time.
18:22The
18:22Undertaker's
18:23undefeated
18:24streak at
18:24WrestleMania was
18:25one of the
18:25most impressive
18:26beats a
18:27superstar has
18:27ever achieved.
18:28The man
18:29has never
18:29lost at
18:30WrestleMania.
18:31Not even
18:31at all.
18:32You can't
18:32stop.
18:3312 and
18:340.
18:3415 and
18:360.
18:37The greatest
18:37streak alive.
18:40At
18:40WrestleMania 25,
18:41the Dead
18:41Man's
18:42challenger was
18:43none other
18:43than Mr.
18:44WrestleMania
18:45himself,
18:46Shawn Michaels.
18:47You may
18:48be 16 and
18:490 at
18:50WrestleMania,
18:51but I am
18:52Mr.
18:53WrestleMania.
18:54HBK would
18:55attempt slaying
18:56the streak in
18:57a match that
18:57literally saw
18:58heaven and
18:59hell colliding.
19:04Can
19:04Michaels hang
19:05the first
19:06loss ever on
19:07The
19:07Undertaker?
19:08That's been
19:08the question
19:09on everyone's
19:10mind.
19:13It was
19:16magic.
19:17The stars
19:17aligned.
19:18You just
19:19know when
19:19you're out
19:20there.
19:20Like,
19:20we are
19:21killing
19:21us.
19:25Storytelling
19:26is what
19:26we do.
19:29It was
19:30just amazing
19:31that it
19:31happened on
19:32the grandest
19:32stage of all.
19:36end all
19:37be all of
19:38doing this
19:39job is just
19:40creating a
19:41glimmer of
19:42doubt.
19:42There it is!
19:44Music again!
19:45Hit the
19:45streak of
19:46eyes!
19:47And
19:47again!
19:49That's
19:50probably the
19:50greatest
19:50match I've
19:51ever seen.
19:53match I've
19:54done.
20:01What an
20:02absolutely
20:03unbelievable
20:04match.
20:06WrestleMania
20:07has always
20:08been and
20:09always will
20:09be the
20:10biggest night
20:11in sports
20:11entertainment.
20:12In the
20:132000s proved
20:14just that,
20:15providing some
20:15of the most
20:16memorable matches
20:17the WWE
20:18universe has
20:19ever seen.
20:20That'll do it
20:21for this
20:21edition of
20:21WWE's Greatest
20:23Moments.
20:23I hope you've
20:24enjoyed this
20:24look back at
20:25some of the
20:25most iconic
20:26WrestleMania
20:26matches in a
20:28pivotal era in
20:29professional wrestling
20:30history.
20:30The 2000s.
20:32Show
20:36the
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