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WWE Greatest Moments 12 July 2026 (Full Epusode)
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00:02When it comes to the most inhuman horrors to ever enter the squared circle, well...
00:07That's gotta be Cain! Through hellfire and brimstone is Cain!
00:13Consumed by an infernal desire to set ablaze the lives of his fellow superstars,
00:17Cain left a scorched path of destruction behind his fiery footsteps.
00:22A winding boat! My God, he's on fire!
00:25Today, we're celebrating the haunting career of the devil's favorite demon.
00:30Welcome to your worst nightmare.
00:33This is WWE's Greatest Moments.
00:37He's your man!
00:39Oh my God, what the hell are you doing?
00:43Absolutely unbelievable!
00:45Welcome, baby, I'm just here.
00:53Welcome, everyone, to WWE's Greatest Moments.
00:56I'm Michael Cole.
00:57And on this edition, we're looking back at the best of Cain.
01:01Before the big red machine arrived, his story began with one of the darkest and most twisted origins in WWE
01:07history.
01:08In 1997, The Undertaker's former manager, Paul Bearer, revealed that the dead man may have an equal.
01:14Bearer claimed that The Undertaker's half-brother, Cain, thought to have been lost in their family house fire years ago,
01:21was still alive.
01:22He's waited 20 years to face his brother!
01:26He's coming, dead man!
01:28Cain's coming!
01:29He's coming!
01:30At Bad Blood, 1997, as The Undertaker faced Shawn Michaels inside Hell in a Cell, the WWE Universe was introduced
01:38to the embodiment of Hellfire and Brimstone.
01:41The demon finally revealed himself to the world.
01:47Now we'll come to Tombstone!
01:49No.
01:50Wait a minute.
01:51What the hell's that?
01:52Oh my God, wait a minute!
01:54It's Paul Bearer!
01:57That's gotta be...
01:58That's gotta be Cain!
02:00When you first see Cain, for the first time, you get this monster coming out in this awesome-looking mask,
02:07and the gear is incredible, you get him ripping the door off of the cell.
02:12Oh my God, he just ripped the door off his hinges!
02:15The live audience had no idea what was going on.
02:19Oh my God, look at the size of this human being!
02:23You get this look in The Undertaker's face that you've never seen before.
02:26There's this look of bewilderment in my eyes.
02:30Cain is the anti-Undertaker.
02:32He would come out and raise the lights by putting his hands up, so Cain threw his hands down.
02:38That was just all perfectly executed.
02:42Undertaker set up with a tombstone!
02:44Driven down to the canvas!
02:46For the first time, I actually felt like I was a WWE superstar.
02:50That's the greatest debut in WWE history.
02:54Cain has defeated The Undertaker!
02:57This is shocking!
03:02Cain tore his way through competitors.
03:04He's the baddest son of a bitch you'll ever see!
03:08Officials.
03:08Oh my God.
03:10Even Pete Rose.
03:11Pete!
03:12That's baseball's all-time hit leader!
03:14The hit king himself would be a guest ring announcer at WrestleMania 14, where he would come face-to-face
03:20with a different Big Red Machine.
03:25The City of Losers!
03:29You can't win a World Series!
03:32Something you've got to understand about Boston fans.
03:35We are passionate about our sports.
03:36We're serious about it.
03:37Pete Rose comes out talking trash.
03:39How about it?
03:45Hellfire and brimstone!
03:47Personified!
03:48Straight out of the mouth of hell comes The Undertaker's brother, Cain!
03:52Watching Pete Rose do his thing and realizing, my gosh, this guy's a great performer.
03:58He would have been a great wrestling heel.
04:01No!
04:02No!
04:02That's Pete Rose!
04:03To see Cain muscle Pete Rose up and then spike him, it's awesome.
04:09Pete Rose!
04:10I cannot believe it!
04:12Cain tombstone.
04:14It's not like that in baseball.
04:16It became a WrestleMania moment for a few years.
04:18It was like a running gag.
04:20If Pete Rose shows up, Cain's going to tombstone him.
04:22That's Pete Rose!
04:23Pete!
04:24Not again!
04:25Another tombstone to Pete Rose!
04:28It turned out to be kind of the folklore of WWE.
04:31Uh-oh!
04:31Oh, no!
04:32Pete Rose has got chump slammed!
04:34And I always had just a tremendous time doing anything with him.
04:38Once again, Pete makes an ass out of himself for the third year in a row!
04:42I never envisioned that that would become part of Cain's legacy.
04:48After Cain sent Pete Rose back to the dugout, he would go on to face his older brother, The Undertaker,
04:54in their first epic encounter.
04:56The Undertaker has won this match!
04:58But it was clear there was unfinished business for the paranormal pair, as just one month later, they would clash
05:04in a battle like no other.
05:06It was the first ever Inferno match, where the only way to win is to set your opponent on fire.
05:14Do you feel the heat out here?
05:16Oh, hell yeah, I feel the heat.
05:16What do you think it feels like in that ring?
05:18The Inferno match.
05:20One of the craziest matches ever designed.
05:25Those flames exploded, JR!
05:26One of my favorite matches, because it was very unique, and I also think that that was our best match
05:32ever.
05:33The heat is unbearable, folks, I'm telling you.
05:36We were as close as anybody.
05:38All of a sudden, I could smell, you know, there's that distinct smell when something in there is getting singed.
05:43You talk about right in your face, folks.
05:44My eyebrows are singed!
05:46The fire is just sucking up all the oxygen, so there's no air to breathe, and we're going at it.
05:51Oh, wow!
05:52Undertaker through Cain over the top rope!
05:55How's he gonna get back in?
05:56And then we have to figure out how to get out of the ring.
05:58I ended up diving over the top.
06:00There's the Undertaker!
06:02Oh, my God!
06:03Knocking Cain into the ring post that set his arm on fire.
06:06Cain's on fire!
06:08Cain is on fire!
06:11Cain is on fire!
06:12He's burning!
06:13At this surreal moment where I'm looking at myself and I'm on fire in front of about 20,000 people,
06:19and, of course, millions of people watching at home.
06:21Put him out!
06:22Put him out!
06:23We made a faux sleeve.
06:25I was okay with what was happening.
06:28It was really an amazing moment.
06:30A lot of unique matches at one time, but nothing ever like this one.
06:36Still the cop.
06:37Cain must become the world's heavyweight champion or he must unmass.
06:41Oh, my God!
06:42You won't make it anybody here.
06:43No teams.
06:44Everybody working towards the same thing.
06:46What are you doing that for?
06:46You're either moving forward or you're going home.
06:49This is what it takes to be a WWE superstar.
06:51WWE LFG.
06:53New episode next Sunday at 10 on A&E.
06:55Watch next day on the A&E app.
06:58The legend of Cain had told us that his face was badly burnt as a child, so his iconic mask
07:04was a necessity.
07:05More than just concealing his injuries, his mask meant everything.
07:09It guarded his secrets.
07:10That's fire!
07:11Just figure, Cain!
07:12He's protected that identity his entire life.
07:14In 2003, Cain was given a world heavyweight championship opportunity, but if he lost, he would lose his mask, a
07:21risk worth taking.
07:26Most of the time, the challenger has everything to win and nothing to lose, but that's not the case with
07:31Cain tonight.
07:32Cain must become the world's heavyweight champion or he must unmask.
07:36Unmasking Cain was probably one of the top debates over the years that we've had.
07:44Here it comes!
07:46Here it comes!
07:48That's a favor!
07:50The referee didn't see Orton's interference!
07:53And no!
07:54Oh my God!
07:56Are we going to see it now, they are?
07:59When I lost the match, I was pretty nervous because I'd been very successful up until that point as a
08:08masked character.
08:10I realized that this was an opportunity to take Cain into another direction completely.
08:17Here it comes!
08:19Oh my God!
08:21I remember being terrifying.
08:23It was hideous.
08:24He had everything, he was like shaved, I think his eyebrows were gone and stuff.
08:27He looked horrifying.
08:29What the hell?
08:31What the hell is that?
08:33Crowd reaction was exactly what we wanted it to be.
08:37I think they were surprised and shocked.
08:38What in the world did we just see?
08:41Look at that grotesque face!
08:43My God!
08:45And you would go from being a physical monster to much more of a psychological monster.
08:55The mask was Cain's identity.
08:57It was all he knew.
08:58When he was forced to remove it, Cain struggled to face the world again.
09:02You will go out and appear in front of those people tonight.
09:06Because if you don't, you're fired!
09:11And when his hand was forced, the big red monster would strike again.
09:17Well, we are back live here on Raw, and we're just as anxious as you are to see what's going
09:23to happen here with Cain.
09:24That was one of those fun points in my career, because it was a blank canvas, and we were just
09:29starting to paint it.
09:30Anyone that tried to get in Cain's way got destroyed.
09:33Oh, my gosh! On the steel!
09:35Good Lord! That's it!
09:37What is going to happen?
09:38This guy's on the loose, and now he's like a true movie monster.
09:43What the hell?
09:45Oh, my God!
09:46This guy was Hannibal Lecter, but he was 7 foot tall and 320 pounds.
09:50Oh, my God.
09:52Oh, he's going after Van Damme.
09:54It was constant escalation.
09:57Cain was a real-life horror movie.
10:00He said he hated Robin!
10:01Oh, my God!
10:04Cain, Bishow!
10:05Oh, my God!
10:06For the love of God, Bishow's tongue slammed to hell by Cain!
10:11We just wanted to literally shock the audience and do something so over-the-top that that would create the
10:18Bucks.
10:19My God!
10:21It didn't matter who it was.
10:23At that point, you did not get in Cain's way or something really bad was going to happen to you.
10:29Oh, my God!
10:31Cain has destroyed Bishow!
10:35Still the gun.
10:36Well, you ain't seen nothing until you see what I do tonight.
10:41Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
10:42Cain, Bishow, whoa.
11:03He even garnered a fan following that he dubbed the Canaanites.
11:0717,000 screaming Canaanites grows to their feet in unicons!
11:13Audience gravitated toward Cain as he became emboldened by his power to talk.
11:17But in 2002, as Cain was about to team up with The Rock and Hulk Hogan, the WWE Universe saw
11:23a side of the demon that no one expected.
11:29Ready to go out there and whoop, can the ass?
11:32Oh, I'm ready.
11:34Are you ready?
11:36You bet your ass I'm...
11:38It doesn't matter if you're ready!
11:41That whole segment was amazing because it went from being just the guy that didn't talk to now,
11:46being very entertaining, obviously, with two of the most entertaining superstars of all time.
11:51And you know something, brothers?
11:53Whether it's the millions...
11:56The millions of Rock fans!
11:58Or 20,000 Hulkamaniacs!
12:01Or 20,000 screaming Canaanites!
12:04Canaanites!
12:05It was a great play on Rock with his millions of fans and the 20,000 screaming Hulkamaniacs.
12:12Whatcha gonna do?
12:14The star was Cain.
12:17And the reason he was the star is because of the reactions as well.
12:20Whatcha gonna do when Hulk Hogan and The Rock and the bitch-reden-machine run wild for you?
12:29Whatcha gonna do?
12:31That was an incredible moment.
12:34Rock and Hogan enjoyed it as well.
12:35But for Hogan, it was an homage to him.
12:38And then, of course, you can see Rock's reactions.
12:41I see the guys out there.
12:45No sibling rivalry in WWE history has been more volatile, more heinous, more destructive than that of Cain and his
12:52older brother, The Undertaker.
12:54There are many battles over the years.
12:55The dead man would come out on top over his younger brother.
12:58Rest in peace, Cain!
13:02But in 2010, Cain was the world heavyweight champion and hoped to shift the tie as The Undertaker sought his
13:08brother's gold.
13:08You are not worthy to carry that championship.
13:13You're living in a fantasy, big brother.
13:16The reality is, I am now the dominant brother.
13:24A night of champions, the satanic siblings, would once again come to blows in a no-holds-barred match.
13:33No holds barred, ladies and gentlemen.
13:36Anything goes in this matchup for the world title.
13:38Undertaker wasting a little time going after his brother, Cain.
13:42Many props as Cain gets, I think he's underrated.
13:44And now, in 2010, during that run, he was a menace.
13:49Well, a diseased soul has ravaged Cain and turned him into a bitter and jealous man.
13:54He's more of a monster.
13:55Undertaker was always here, but Cain definitely rose to that same level.
14:01And I think with these two guys, it was mirror images.
14:04Big boot!
14:06Can he pull this off?
14:07Can Undertaker pull this off?
14:09Going for the chokeslam!
14:10Going for the chokeslam!
14:12He does it!
14:13Are we going to have a new world heavyweight champion?
14:15Yeah!
14:16Going for the tombstone!
14:18Cain reversal!
14:20Reversal by Cain!
14:22Counter by Cain!
14:24Tombstone!
14:25Pile driver!
14:27Cain has defeated his brother!
14:31I beat The Undertaker.
14:32They had a huge match.
14:34Now, all of a sudden, it's like, wow, this dude's for real.
14:36Like, for real, for real.
14:38That was the most impressive match that I've ever seen Cain ever have.
14:45In 2003, when Cain was forced to unmask and show his face to the world,
14:49it altered his psyche even further.
14:51Look at that grotesque face!
14:53I think I just saw somebody throw up.
14:55The tortured soul that was Cain became emotionally unstable.
14:58Look out!
15:01WWE announcer Jim Ross sat down with the big red monster to discuss his feelings.
15:05This is gasoline, J.R.
15:07You make fun of me, and I will set you on fire!
15:13Leading to a destructive rampage.
15:18J.R., I was a normal, happy child until a fire turned me into a hideous monster.
15:24You don't appear to be scarred or deformed in any way.
15:27What are you saying, J.R.?
15:29Cain basically thinks he has this horrible physical deformity, even though he doesn't.
15:33Look at me, J.R.
15:35I'm a monster!
15:36Don't you see that?
15:38What he does have, though, is he has scars on the inside.
15:41Cain, I see a man that needs help.
15:44Cain was unhinged.
15:46You need to feel my pain!
15:54And he was diabolical.
15:56Cain was on the loose, and he was going to do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted,
16:00to whoever he wanted.
16:01Get!
16:02God!
16:03Cry, you son of a bitch!
16:05Cry!
16:08This is one of those moments where you're like, this seems a little too real.
16:13Cain set Jim Ross on fire.
16:16Somebody help him!
16:17It was a very volatile burn.
16:19Hot, quick.
16:21Somebody get somebody in there!
16:23One of those wrestling things that as a kid you had to sit back and go, did that,
16:27did that really happen?
16:28Did he really set him on fire?
16:31Are you on there, J.R.?
16:32J.R.
16:33J.R.
16:34Guys, we need help!
16:35Get some help!
16:37Up next is our final two moments on the countdown.
16:40Cain has earned the contract for a championship match!
16:43What will take the number one spot?
16:45It's Cain!
16:46It is a solving match!
16:51The devil's favorite demon was always competing at a high level, and mastered many match types.
16:57Cain wins the ambulance match!
16:59The inferno match.
17:01The rooks are simple, folks.
17:02You lose when you can set your opponent on fire.
17:05And the Hell in a Cell match.
17:08Oh!
17:08Got a cup on his hand!
17:10But how would Cain fare in a Money in the Bank ladder match?
17:132010, we'd all find out.
17:18That briefcase guarantees the victor a championship opportunity any time up to one year.
17:52Oh, no, no, no!
17:54That was a cover a go!
17:54Rey Mysterio just finishing the match of his career.
17:58Cain gonna cash it in on a weak Rey Mysterio!
18:01This was the moment that everyone realized you don't have to wait a year to cash in.
18:07Joke slam!
18:08You can cash in 49 minutes later.
18:12Cain!
18:14Tombstone pile driver!
18:16Cain with the cover!
18:21One of the highlights of my career.
18:22Anytime you win a World Championship, you're one of the faces of the company.
18:26That's really something special.
18:29Cain is the new World Champion!
18:34We have now reached our number one moment.
18:36And it's one that set more than just the WWE Universe ablaze.
18:40The sibling rivalry between half-brothers Undertaker and Cain was explosive.
18:45How much more of this will the Undertaker take?
18:48Literally and figuratively.
18:50Maybe not much more!
18:52At the 1998 Royal Rumble, the dead man faced the heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels in a casket match.
18:57For the zips!
18:58Wait a minute!
18:59They're ganging up on the Undertaker!
19:01Cain decided it was time to let his older brother feel the burn.
19:09Oh, my God!
19:10And they did Cain!
19:12There he is!
19:13There he is!
19:16Oh!
19:17Cain!
19:18Man handling!
19:20Anything that's moving!
19:22Everyone thought that I was there to save the Undertaker.
19:24In fact, I was there to bury the Undertaker and end his career.
19:29Oh, my God!
19:30Cain is assaulting his brother!
19:32No one did stuff like that to the Undertaker.
19:34He was the irresistible force.
19:37The Undertaker in the casket!
19:38Michael shut the lid!
19:40Now you've got somebody that's eye-to-eye with the Undertaker.
19:44Even bigger than the Undertaker.
19:46They're locking the casket!
19:48Where are Paul Baird?
19:49And Cain taking the Undertaker!
19:51He's this crazy big red monster, and you just didn't know which way it was gonna go.
19:57What is he doing?
19:59He's destroying the casket, but the Undertaker is in that casket!
20:03This is nothing but tarnage!
20:05I don't think the audience ever believed that, wow, the Undertaker is actually in trouble.
20:10Well, with Cain, they did believe that.
20:14And my God!
20:15The casket's on fire!
20:17The casket's on fire!
20:19It just took me to a completely different level.
20:22But now it's like, oh man, wow, Cain is like a bad dude.
20:25The Undertaker is in the casket!
20:28People were astonished.
20:29You set your opponent on fire.
20:31It's the best story that WWE's ever told.
20:34I still can't believe it!
20:36A creature so terrifying, Cain was extracted directly from your childhood nightmares.
20:42There is no question that the big red machine was one of the best to ever do it.
20:47That's all for this edition of WWE's Greatest Moments.
20:50I hope you've enjoyed this look back at the best of Cain.
20:55We welcome you live to the King of the Ring!
21:00Hear ye, hear ye, long live the King!
21:04The King of the Ring tournament has always played a massive role in WWE's illustrious history.
21:09The few superstars that prevail demand our respect as masters of the squared circle,
21:14having the pride and prestige to carry the mantle of Cain.
21:17You know who is the King?
21:18You're looking at him!
21:20Today we're holding course to look back at some of the greatest matches
21:24from the King of the Ring premium live event throughout the years.
21:27And that's the bottom line for Costoco said so.
21:31This is WWE's Greatest Moments.
21:37Here's your son, man!
21:39Oh, my God!
21:41What the hell are you doing?
21:43Absolutely unbelievable!
21:53Welcome everyone to WWE's Greatest Moments.
21:57I'm Michael Cole.
21:58And on this edition, we're looking back at the best of the King of the Ring premium live event.
22:02In 1985, WWE debuted a single elimination wrestling tournament known as the King of the Ring,
22:09where the winner was awarded the coveted crown.
22:12The King Harley Race!
22:15Oh!
22:16It's King Hacksaw Duggan!
22:18Thus the notion of royalty and professional wrestling becoming a time-honored tradition.
22:23The Macho King, Randy Savage!
22:26Yeah!
22:27But it wasn't until 1993 when the King of the Ring evolved into a premium live event of its own.
22:33Beating a gauntlet of superstars and sitting on the throne is an honor that has launched countless careers into higher
22:39esteem.
22:40King Gunther!
22:42Such was the case in 1997, where two rising stars collided.
22:47Who will be crowned king?
22:49Will it be mankind?
22:51Or will it be Hunter Hearst Helmsley?
22:56And this is what it's all about.
22:58The finals here to the King of the Ring.
23:00The King of the Ring was a cool moment for me.
23:02It was something to prove for both of us.
23:05Maybe more so for me.
23:07The sky is the limit for the cerebral Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
23:11The King of the Ring 1997 was really significant.
23:14And it just became this great study and contrast.
23:17If it breaks down into a slugfest, mankind caught him in the overwhelming favor.
23:23Working with him and it brought something out more than me from an aggression or a violence standpoint.
23:28Unbelievable!
23:30Everybody sets him up with a pair!
23:32He's out in El Camini!
23:34It is!
23:38That is sick!
23:39When I won it, they gave me a crown.
23:41I just demolished it on Foley afterwards.
23:45Winning King of the Ring put me at a different level.
23:47The 1997 King of the Ring, Hunter Hearst Helmsley!
23:54Throughout the 1970s, one of the biggest names in professional wrestling was the self-proclaimed King of Wrestling, Jerry Lawler.
24:00You should all be down on your hands and knees and kissing my royal feet!
24:06In 1993, when Bret the Hitman Hart won the King of the Ring tournament, not everyone was in his corner.
24:12There is only one king in the World Wrestling Federation!
24:17Lawler attacked the excellence of execution during his coronation ceremony, sparking a rivalry that would last for years.
24:24Jerry Lawler, you are going to be the king of nothing!
24:27Heading into the 1995 King of the Ring event, the Hitman challenged Lawler to one of the most unique matches
24:33in history.
24:33The loser of this match, he's going to have to kiss the feet of the winner.
24:42First time ever! Kiss My Foot Match!
24:45As I walked out every night, I would tell all the fans that you people should bow down and kiss
24:50my royal feet.
24:51And so, the Kiss My Foot Match came out of that.
24:54Oh, God!
24:55Oh, God!
24:57Whenever they kiss your foot match, I have a Jerry Lawler.
25:00I've had a lot of fans tell me it's one of their favorite matches in my life.
25:03Jerry was one of the greatest villains in wrestling history.
25:07He's got the shot shooter!
25:08Nothing was fucking hurt there!
25:10Oh, no!
25:13We had a lot of fun working, and we had worked out a great match.
25:17Open wide, Mr. Lawler!
25:19Kiss My Royal Foot!
25:21Stuck down in his mouth! Look at that!
25:23It was so outlandish and so cartoony, but I dug it so much.
25:28Jerry the King Lawler!
25:30And then Brett pretzeling Jerry Lawler.
25:36Look!
25:36No!
25:38Not only had to kiss Brett's feet, he actually somehow stuck my own nasty foot in my mouth.
25:44It was quite the rivalry. It was a lot of fun.
25:47Get out!
25:50the world of sports entertainment has provided a wealth of once-in-a-lifetime superstars and in
25:552002 the wwe universe would bear witness to the birth of the next big thing brock lesnar
26:01look at this monster the beast incarnate quickly set his sights on the king of the ring tournament
26:07lesnar wins it so now we know the king of the ring final later tonight live here lesnar reached the
26:14tournament final where he would face the whole damn show rob van dam
26:22and we are ready now buddies until the crown the 2002 king of the ring our final matchup is here
26:28and
26:28now brock was a rookie by them but the guy is just an anomaly in general lesnar is a six
26:34foot three
26:36295 pound machine but rvd is so unorthodox it's physical i felt like i had worked so hard
26:44for that moment this guy is superhuman oh look at this i knew that i had that opportunity in front
26:54of me but if i didn't seize the moment and and and secure that opportunity and take it and fight
26:59for
26:59it it would never be there again wow lesnar just he just called van damen in midair oh the empire
27:08lesnar called van damen in midair and it's over gods are the king of the ring
27:13made me feel good i felt great i fell on top of the world
27:17any fan watching wwe in 2002 thought brock lesnar was the next big thing
27:23by god brock lesnar looks to be the next big thing has he made a believer out of you now
27:29jr
27:32still to come i'm speechless i'm gonna walk for words i am the greatest attraction in this company
27:38fight the king of the ring is highlighted by its prestigious tournament and crown
27:43but other historic matches have taken place at the event throughout the years
27:47after finishing his story and becoming wwe champion cody rhodes welcomed all challengers
27:53who would vie for a chance to dethrone him the american nightmare's next opponent would be none
27:58other than the maverick himself united states champion logan paul let's talk about this me
28:04knocking you out and walking out of saudi arabia as the wwe undisputed champion
28:10with the wwe championship at stake rhodes and paul would head to the kingdom of saudi arabia
28:16headlining the king and queen of the ring premium live event
28:23the following contest is for the undisputed wwe championship
28:29he's been an excellent champion and he will always be remembered as an excellent champion
28:34the thing about cody's story though is it's over
28:37logan paul hoping to hold the wwe title in the united states title at the same time
28:44seeing logan come in there and battle cody roads i think honestly that was a night you had to have
28:48a
28:49little respect for him we're going viral jenna
28:54rogan from the top rope through cody damn it cody's front
28:59i'm not sure a lot of people gave logan paul a real chance but certainly once he hit the frog
29:04splash
29:05to the table you have to think there's a chance he's actually going to do
29:08cover we're going to crowd a new champion now cody kicked
29:12to be a champion of any kind it's not about just winning it it's about defending it
29:19crossroads cody rhodes champion
29:23the match it was a banger it was a doozy a beautiful experience
29:27cody rhodes remains on the top of the mountain
29:32at wrestlemania 9 the monstrous yoko zuna
29:35so victorious claiming the wwe championship
29:40following the match a challenge was made to hulk hogan
29:48the pair would immediately regret that decision as the holster secured his fifth world title
29:56their rematch was set for king of the ring 1993
29:59i hear the fear in yoko zuna in mr fuji's walk brother
30:04what's it gonna do when the strongest force of hulk of mania runs wild on
30:16championship on the line the place was already electric it was like we dropped a bomb in the ring
30:21look at this
30:24and then hulk hogan get in the ring with yoko zuna it was already there
30:38to win yoko would do whatever he needed to do
30:55when you beat the golden goose and you beat him in that fashion
31:00it means you've arrived
31:01yoko zuna has defeated hulk hogan to win the wwf championship
31:07you couldn't beat him he was undefeatable
31:15it gave him the momentum he needed to keep moving forward at a fast pace
31:19i cannot believe what i've seen
31:25still the cup
31:28oh my god
31:30being stuck in the shadow of an older sibling can be tough to maneuver
31:34and no one knew the meaning of sibling rivalry quite like owen hart
31:38broiled in a family feud owen was on a mission to prove he could do anything his older brother brett
31:43could do but better
31:44after watching the hitman become king of the ring a year prior
31:48owen entered the 1994 tournament and looked to also claim the crown
31:52i am gonna win the king of the ring
31:59for the victory over tataka in the first round owen was next set to face the high-flying
32:04one-two-three kid in one of the greatest displays of entering mastery we've ever seen
32:12let the best man win right here
32:14if there was one thing i remember from that tournament was owen and kid those guys had incredible chemistry
32:24i remember that match being really high impact it's short but if you watch it you wouldn't have guessed that
32:29you only watch a four-minute match
32:30i can't believe what i'm seeing there was a lot crammed into that match man we were cooking man
32:36we were at a hell of a pace on that
32:38he's gonna do it here at the king of the ring
32:41a shot shooter by the rocket it's all over
32:44the rocket owen hart takes on the bad guy razor of all the finals folks
32:49what a matchup
32:58owen as king of the ring showed what a massive star owen could be on his own
33:02i am the king of hearts
33:08tonight i will recreate my olympic winning victory ceremony
33:16olympic gold medalist kurt angle was no stranger to a challenge
33:19kurt sorry for the interruption
33:20oh my god oh my god the angle slam from atop the medal stand
33:25angle had a score to settle with shane mcmahon
33:28shane mcmahon since you happen to be from the main streets of greenwich
33:33i kurt angle challenge you shane mcmahon a king of the ring to a street fight
33:42shane mcmahon has been playing games all night long
33:45kurt angle is going to take shane mcmahon apart
33:47kurt versus shane mcmahon was probably my favorite match for a very long time
33:53it's extremely violent really chaotic
33:56oh my god wrestling shane mcmahon will do anything
34:00he is one crazy sob
34:03kurt and i just clicked he's always pumped up and excited
34:06he's extremely intense
34:08he went after it told a very physical story
34:10oh my god oh my good god almighty one of the most iconic moments for me is when kurt angle
34:17does the overhead belly to belly suplex on shane mcmahon and the glass doesn't break
34:23and i can guarantee you that was worse than actually going through the glass
34:27oh not again oh my god oh my god oh no good freak and shane just keeps landing head first
34:35on the concrete so finally when he just threw him in i was relieved for him oh my god
34:44i still have tons of reminders of kurt every morning i have all these little scars from going through that
34:50window
34:50oh no it's the angle slam from the top
34:54real memorable match even though it wasn't part of the king of the ring tournament
34:56obviously one of the highlights of that king of the ring that year for sure
35:00and it's over mercifully i've seen a lot of street fights but this one was amazing
35:08the inaugural king of the ring event in 1993 saw brett the hitman hart as the favorite to emerge victorious
35:14razor ramon i'm the number one seed and i got you in the first round
35:19after a grueling contest with the bad guy razor ramon
35:22the hitman hart will advance in a tournament and then another tough bout with mr perfect
35:27the hitman found himself in the finals when one more roadblock stood between brett and the cramp
35:34i have the opportunity to be the king of the ring
35:38waiting for hart in the finals with the six foot four nearly 400 pound bam bam big alone
35:51you can tell with the king of the ring i have more confidence than i ever did and if anything
35:55i'm going to prove myself today with three different wrestlers i'm going to beat all three of them
36:00look at this move
36:03bam bam was always the most coordinated most skilled strong big man big alone can move
36:09and you can see in this match just what kind of an athlete bam bam was
36:14breath against bam bam is a really exciting match
36:17breath took a beating people could really feel it
36:25that match is a real classic that people don't think about much anymore but that's a great match
36:38he pinned him in a victory roll at the end brett could really show why he was
36:42the best wrestler in the world during the time
36:44king of the ring 1993 i'm not going to say is brett hart's greatest moment because god
36:49how do you count them all but it's definitely one of them
36:51brett the hitman hart the king of the ring
36:59up next is our final two moments on the countdown what will take the number one spot
37:03what the hell is that
37:06look at that ugly boy
37:10you won't make it anybody here no team everybody working towards the same thing what are you doing
37:14that for you're either moving forward or you're going home this is what it takes to be a wwe superstar
37:20wwe lfg new episode next sunday at 10 on a and e watch next day on the a and e
37:25app
37:26during my illustrious career at wwe i can tell you that there is one match that is talked about
37:32more than just about any other in history in the 1990s there was no more physical rivalry
37:37than that of mankind in the undertaker these two wage war against each other in some of the most
37:43dangerous matches in wwe history but nothing could prepare us for the carnage these two would
37:49inflict on one another it happened at the 1998 king of the ring and it was called hell in a
37:56cell
38:00what's going to happen here
38:02under checker fighting back he's fighting back that run above us folks
38:05you watch these two huge individuals up there i had a feeling something bad was going to happen
38:21and see myself standing there watching him fall he get nothingness and the mts now are bringing a
38:30stretcher here i'm thinking to myself i don't know if i can but if i can i'm going to roll
38:35off that
38:36gurney and i'm going to climb that cell again look look you're kidding me how in the hell is he
38:42standing
38:42oh my god i had no idea that we were going to be able to go back up on top
38:47and do the things that
38:48we did
38:48i hit that mesh and it just like a hot knife through butter to this day still missing those teeth
39:03oh my god
39:04and he's smiling
39:14truth is no one has ever forgotten that match
39:17and it just continued to grow
39:19as long as i live i will never forget what we just witnessed right there
39:26we've now reached our number one moment one that would start the wwe universe on an unforgettable
39:31ride of a lifetime in 1996 the king of the ring field was stacked as we saw the up-and
39:37-coming
39:37stone cold steve austin throw his hat in the ring austin plowed through the early rounds
39:42earning himself a spot on the king of the ring premium live event
39:45steve austin will win steve austin will dominate the rest of the tournament
39:49and after taking down mark mirro in the semi-finals all that stood between the texas rattlesnake and
39:55the throne was another cold-blooded reptile jake the snake roberts how could i lose if i just go out
40:02there and know the power above is reaching down and lifting me up but it was the aftermath that would
40:08have the entire world buzzing
40:14and the stutter apart again one two and he got it
40:18austin is one of the brightest shining stars in the entire wwf now the coronation begins
40:24one of the guys that came up to me and he goes hey kid i just want you to know
40:28jake roberts he got a
40:30religious-based promo on you you sit there and you thump your bible and you say your prayers and it
40:37didn't get you anywhere talk about your psalms talk about john 316 austin 316 says i just whipped
40:46your ass that was an authentic honest reaction like oh god did he just say that steve austin's
40:55time has come and when i get those shots you're looking at the next wwf champion i remember thinking
41:00halfway through this promo like i'm watching this guy get made all of a sudden there's austin 316
41:06signs and we realize that there might be something here the austin air has begun this crowd is
41:13death it was an opportunity that was presented to me and i grabbed the opportunity and made the
41:18most of it and that's the bottom line because skunko said so
41:28the words that came out of the mouth of austin that night would alter the course of wwe forever
41:33the king of the ring is a place where legacies have been built and legends have been made
41:36a way to determine the best of the best well that'll do it for this edition of wwe's greatest
41:41moments i hope you've enjoyed this look back at the best of the king of the ring premium live event
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