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WWEs Gratest Momments February 16th 2025

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00:00he's still incredibly relevant it was always fun to work with steve i'm very grateful for it
00:13monday night raw the longest running episodic show in prime time history
00:21the global success of wwe today would not be possible if not for the unforgettable moments
00:28of its flagship raw the very dna that runs through wwe the unique mashup of sports and entertainment
00:40is because of contributions by the wwe superstars and their tag team partner the amazing fans that
00:47watch each and every week my god these fans are on their feet and today we count down the very
00:53best from the first chapter in raw's illustrious history the 1990s all hell is broken look at this
01:03this is wwe's greatest moments
01:24welcome everyone to wwe's greatest moments the celebration of those core memories from sports
01:31entertainment's vast incredible history i'm michael cole it's now time to begin our countdown of the
01:36greatest wwe moments from monday night raw in the 1990s kicking us off with number 10 the night that
01:44it all started it all started the very first edition of monday night raw in new york city
02:01monday night raw is the premier wrestling show in america
02:06all right uncensored uncensored there you go you see the first monday night raw it was revolutionary
02:12in the sense that this is prime time this is monday night competing against some of the biggest tv
02:16shows that exist the hottest live action around it's wwf monday night raw that night was the
02:23establishment of a lot of these superstars as larger than life take a walking call right there not
02:29only can you go and see them but you can watch them every monday on television in one of the
02:33best
02:33wrestling venues that they had hey wait a minute bobby heenan i'm going in there no no no no oh
02:38yes
02:38i am you were replaced i were replaced i do definitely remember bobby heenan being locked out
02:44wait wait a minute bobby heenan i have to he's got the tickets for me for the night for the
02:50raw
02:50bobby heenan just trying to weasel his way pun intended any way he could in raw
02:58that was the beginning of something that just grew into what it is today which is amazing thank
03:04you for joining us tonight ladies and gentlemen we'll see you next week
03:11in january of 1998 iron mike tyson the baddest man on the planet had just been shunned by the boxing
03:18world for taking a bite out of world champion boxer evander holyfield's fear is now headed to wwe
03:25only one problem wwe's own unpredictable agent of chaos with none other than the texas rattlesnake
03:32he was about to crash iron mike's homecoming party
03:38ladies and gentlemen
03:41iron mike tyson
03:46this is big ladies and gentlemen mike tyson brings a lot of eyeballs from boxing and mainstream media and
03:52everywhere in the world mike tyson in a wwf ring he's wild he's a maniac he's crazy and he's got
03:59the
03:59most lethal hands in the world at wrestlemania in this very ring yeah iron mike tyson
04:09mike tyson is standing in stone cold green and business is about to pick up
04:17i remember watching and i was like oh somebody's gonna get knocked out this is awesome if you don't
04:22understand what i'm saying i always got a little bit of sound language so here's to you
04:30tyson and austin all hell is broken
04:32look at this it was just um chaos it is absolutely chaotic we have had a good time we are
04:41fighting
04:41that off having a ball the media attention surrounding was absurd iron mike tyson is back
04:48in the fight this time on a wrestling mat some say that was the turning point
04:53moment in the monday night wars since its inception monday night raw has been the premier
05:03destination for the wildest and most shocking moments in all of wwe a trend no doubt set by
05:09what many to this day still remember as one of the biggest upsets in wwe history and that just
05:15happens to be our number eight selection on the countdown featuring the bad guy razer ramon
05:20won this night in 1993 took on the scrappy upstart simply named the kid
05:30i don't believe this is going to be a rustic match at all i don't think anybody thought that the
05:35kid would be razer ramon oh my razer's just about ready to tear him in half razer ramon is not
05:42going
05:42to lose to this big little skinny kid watch this move oh my i got destroyed i didn't even get
05:49a
05:49punch it oh and i can't oh my goodness guys are missing why he really came in with that elbow
06:00and i think razer stays
06:02what is this he got him with that moonsault and the people went crazy that night in manhattan center
06:14people were literally like like that wasn't supposed to happen
06:20the one two three kids right yeah one two three kids
06:26it was the most important moment for me it laid the groundwork for everything else
06:34it's still to come
06:37wcw there's a bunch of flowers as a matter of fact this is your life
06:52step forward to find out which legend you're gonna be mentored by wwe lfg i don't understand
06:58the constant smirk on the face i just want to win this thing we're here we're having fun
07:02but there can only be one winner i love it i love that and then wwe rivals mr t was
07:10a massive
07:11star piper just didn't like you bring me somebody outside our business i'm gonna eat his lunch wwe
07:17superstar sunday new episodes next sunday at eight only on a and e watch next day on the a and
07:22e app
07:24now to our seventh entry of the greatest raw moments of the 90s
07:27one of the most watched segments in monday night raw history the rock this is your life
07:35because i've got something i think you're going to like this is big rock as a matter of fact this
07:44is your life mankind just wanted to be accepted by the coolest guy on the planet and the coolest guy
07:52on the planet happened to be the rock the crowd picked up on these are two guys going out there
07:59having fun and entertaining us does mankind know how to throw a little poor dookie or what nick was
08:06still able to exercise those entertaining muscles he proceeds to bring out my high school teacher
08:12proceed to check directly into the smackdown hotel football coach the rock would like to take that
08:21whistle you got turn that some sideways and stick it straight up the reason why it garnered so much
08:28attention is because people kept wondering what was going to be next and here she is the rocks high
08:34school sweetheart how you doing honey it's no secret the rock he loves pie but the rock just has one
08:42thing to say to you poontang your ass on out of here it's wild it's chaotic and you really don't
08:49know what's going to happen say hello to your ball the goodwill that i was feeling was so legitimate
09:00what is your name it doesn't matter what your name is i think it had like eight million or so
09:08people
09:08watching at the time which is just so absurd because it was such a crazy segment i mean there was
09:13no
09:21one of sports entertainment's greatest rivalries was between stone cold steve austin and his scheming
09:27boss mr mcmahon and in april 1998 after months of mounting tension between these two alpha males
09:33the texas rattlesnake finally had an opportunity to get his hands or rather a hand on the boss
09:40in an officially sanctioned wrestling match there can only be one opponent for steve austin and that
09:49is mr vince mcmahon the rise of stone cold was undeniable and it brought a lot of people back to
09:58wwe and it made wwe must see the fact of the matter is i could probably beat your ass with
10:04one hand
10:04shot behind my back oh look at this ever have to eat your words huh
10:14oh here we go
10:17and just as we were about to get the match that we all wanted dude love crashed the party and
10:23attacked
10:24the texas rattlesnake
10:30giving the boss a reprieve on a well-deserved stone cold ass whooping
10:40still to come what is your name i told you it doesn't matter what your name is will you
10:48stephanie takes the lord of darkness as your spouse
10:54now on to our fifth selection of greatest raw moments of the 90s in the summer of 1999 a mysterious
11:02countdown clock for the millennium would appear on raw broadcasts and whatever it was counting
11:07down to well felt like it was going to be something big in an age of wild free agency
11:14and sports entertainment rumors ran rampant around who would appear and when in anticipation would
11:20build to a fever pitch as the clock zeroed in on the august 9th edition of raw
11:28it's counting down tonight we're finally gonna unravel the mystery we're gonna find out the significance
11:33of the new millennium clock that's a moment i remember very well because i was really hyped
11:40for it it felt like a big deal a lot of people really thought that at the year 2000 like
11:46the
11:46world was going to sort of like collapse on itself it was a thing called the y2k problem
11:51we're counting down when the countdown finally happened in the rocks in the ring you know
11:58whoever's coming out like this is a huge moment
12:11when jericho came out and he just had his like back to the camera is so exciting like
12:16to me is one of the coolest debuts of all time welcome to raw is jericho
12:26people go crazy i went crazy i remember watching at home it was a really cool moment and it was
12:31exciting to have a fresh face in wwe that hadn't been there before see jericho interact with all these
12:37big stars really exciting prospect in fact he was going toe to toe and with the rock while the rock
12:41was
12:42completely on fire at that point and it was very cool and to see him get an opportunity what is
12:46your
12:47name i told you it doesn't matter what your name is for a new superstar like chris jericho to debut
12:55in the same airspace as the rock was absolutely huge and it made you realize from the off that chris
13:01jericho was a main event player without question a star was born and the wwe would never be the same
13:08again again onward with our fourth selection of greatest raw moments of the 90s the wedding that
13:15had all fathers of the bride cringing where to stephanie
13:18i was abducted actually by the undertaker jesley mcmahon going to be sacrificed here and almost forced
13:32to marry the undertaker and what was the first of many many wwe weddings for me
13:41one thing that i did like about his undertaker obviously is going to bring his own swag to the
13:45day he said you know what baby girl get up on my undertaker sign i'm going to levitate you during
13:49this
13:50process will you stephanie mcmahon take the lord of darkness as your master and your spouse
14:03who has the courage to come out here and stop this the good part about wwe weddings is you know
14:09something's coming you don't know something's coming you don't know what i now pronounce you as the unholy union of
14:16darkness you may now kiss your bride
14:42and then that stupid undertaker symbol that starts surfing on there while drinking beer which is uh
14:49pretty amazing being able to go out there and surf on that symbol was just a way to
14:55ad lib and do something funny the experience was absolutely one of the most fun moments i've ever had
15:03in 1995 the monday night flagship faced opposition from a rival professional wrestling company
15:10wcw nitro and for 83 consecutive weeks nitro dominated raw in the television ratings the battle for
15:17sports entertainment supremacy was often intense but until this next moment no one had ever crossed into
15:24enemy territory that is until d generation x decided to wage war on world championship wrestling
15:44very rarely did you ever see like a physical crossover so to see dx on a tank driving right to
15:51wcw
15:52like going okay you want us to turn up we are here that is the craziest thing still to ever
15:57happen
15:57ladies and gentlemen follow dx as we invade wcw it was a blast
16:06i mean their own fans were with us and saying wcw sucked do you think wcw sucks
16:16we are d generation x and we will take no prisoners
16:21if dx could have driven their tank down to the ring in wcw that could have been the biggest moment
16:26in wrestling history get a shot of them closing the gate but the power agenda by closing the gate
16:34you're pounding on that door i can hear them there's this old man that would just say open the door
16:39always i can't in retrospect now i just would i should just pie face him and push the thing
16:48up next we are down to the final two what will take the number one spot
16:54hey watch your mouth stick around for the bottom line on the greatest wall moments of the 90s
17:02when we return i haven't even told four legendary coaches compete to build the next wwe superstar
17:10and building something special 16 challengers there is no playing for second place i don't
17:18like to lose don't make me look better in a wrestling competition fighting for their future
17:25let's go wwe lfg new episode next sunday at 8th wwe superstar sunday only on any watch next day on
17:32the
17:32game and ef if it feels very heavy on the attitude era well that's because raw in 1997 through 1999
17:41was absolutely on fire providing unforgettable memories that will live forever like the number
17:48two moment on the countdown one of the most thrilling action-packed and emotionally charged moments in the
17:53history of wwe the wwf championship is up for grabs the rock against mankind there's no disqualification
18:06this was the cool kid versus the outcast mankind obviously the underdog watch look at this his desire
18:14to entertain an audience through great impact with his body was mind-boggling the rock is putting
18:23mankind through a tremendous amount of punishment that guy is locked in the middle of a claw
18:29no disqualification and there's billy gun one of the corporate members came in billy gun nailed the
18:37hell out of the hell out of him dx and the corporate team are going at it
19:03and the dream of everyone else who's been told you can't do it
19:09people like me don't reach the summit they don't reach the pinnacle until we do
19:18no adrian i did it
19:25butts were in the seats that night to witness the micker winning the big one from the rock
19:31with an assist from the rattlesnake who just happens to occupy our final moment
19:38the number one monday night raw moment of the 1990s featuring stone cold steve austin in the infamous
19:46beer truck
20:13back then it was the wild west yeah yeah just drive that thing in it'll it'll be
20:17be all right wwe was different the world was different back then things were a little more chaotic
20:25it's just a hell of a sight stone cold steve austin is going to take his ass to philadelphia
20:31check right in to the smackdown hotel throw right in through 316 and burn that son of a bitch to
20:39the
20:42the beer truck was something else you know to drive an actual like complete truck in the building and
20:48then just spray beer all over everyone from the guys in the ring to people in the front row if
20:53you're
20:53talking about entertainment really can't get much more entertaining than that
21:04vance trying to swim in the middle of the ring in a beer and it was just a great time
21:09and people just
21:10ate it up
21:13the fact that we're talking about it now 20 plus years later tells you the impact that a segment like
21:18that
21:18what a reaction and what a time austin 316's contributions to the industry cannot be overstated
21:33enough and for that we raise our beers and salute to the texas rattlesnake and all the superstars who
21:40laid the foundation for raw becoming the powerhouse that it became
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