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00:02When it comes to the most inhuman horrors to ever enter the squared circle, well...
00:07That's got to be Kane! Through hellfire and brimstone, it's Kane!
00:13Consumed by an infernal desire to set ablaze the lives of his fellow superstars,
00:17Kane 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 Kane.
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, Kane, 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!
01:28Kane'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 Kane!
02:00When you first see Kane, 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!
02:21Look 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.
02:30Kane is the anti-Undertaker.
02:32He would come out and raise the lights by putting his hands up, so...
02:36Kane 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.
02:49That's the greatest debut in WWE history.
02:54Kane has defeated The Undertaker!
02:57This is shocking!
03:02Kane 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,
03:18where he would come face-to-face with 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
03:50comes The Undertaker's brother Kane!
03:52Watching Pete Rose do his thing and realizing,
03:56my gosh, this guy's a great performer.
03:58He would have been a great wrestling heel.
04:01No, no!
04:02That's Pete Rose!
04:03To see Kane muscle Pete Rose up
04:07and then spike him, it's awesome.
04:09Pete Rose!
04:10I cannot believe it!
04:12Kane 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.
04:19If Pete Rose shows up, Kane's gonna tombstone him.
04:22That's Pete Rose!
04:23Pete!
04:24Not again!
04:25Another tombstone to Pete Rose!
04:27It turned out to be kind of the folklore of WWE.
04:31Uh-oh!
04:31Oh, no!
04:32Pete Rose has got a chump slam!
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 Kane's legacy.
04:48After Kane sent Pete Rose back to the dugout,
04:51he 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,
05:02as just one month later, they would clash in a battle like no other.
05:06It was the first ever Inferno match,
05:08where the only way to win is to set your opponent on fire.
05:14Do you feel the heat out here?
05:16What do you think it feels like in that ring?
05:18The Inferno match.
05:20One of the craziest matches ever designed.
05:27One of my favorite matches, because it was very unique,
05:30and I also think that that was our best match ever.
05:33The heat is unbearable, folks.
05:35I'm telling you.
05:36We were as close as anybody.
05:38All of a sudden, I could smell, you know,
05:40there's that distinct smell when something air is getting cinched.
05:43You talk about right in your face, folks.
05:44My eyebrows are cinched!
05:46The fire is just sucking up all the oxygen,
05:48so there's no air to breathe, and we're going at it.
05:56And then we have to figure out how to get out of the ring.
05:58I ended up diving over the top.
06:03Knocking Kane into the ring post that set his arm on fire.
06:06Kane's on fire!
06:08Kane is on fire!
06:11Kane is on fire!
06:12He's burning!
06:13At this surreal moment, where I'm looking at myself,
06:16and 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! Put 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,
06:32but nothing ever like this one.
06:36Still they come.
06:37Kane must become the world's heavyweight champion,
06:39or he must come man.
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 Kane had told us
07:00that his face was badly burnt as a child,
07:02so his iconic mask was a necessity.
07:05More than just concealing his injuries,
07:07his mask meant everything.
07:08It guarded his secrets.
07:10That's fire!
07:11Just figure, Kane!
07:12He's protected that identity his entire life!
07:14In 2003, Kane was given
07:16a world heavyweight championship opportunity,
07:18but if he lost, he would lose his mask,
07:20a risk worth taking.
07:26Most of the time, the challenger has everything to win
07:29and nothing to lose,
07:30but that's not the case with Kane tonight.
07:32Kane must become the world's heavyweight champion,
07:34or he must unmask.
07:36Unmasking Kane was probably one of
07:39of the top debates over the years that we've had.
07:44Here it comes!
07:46Here it comes!
07:48That's all!
07:49Oh!
07:50The referee didn't see Orton's interference!
07:53And no!
07:54Oh, my God!
07:56Are we going to see it now, De'Arf?
07:58When I lost the match,
08:01I was pretty nervous because
08:03I'd been very successful up until that point
08:07as a masked character.
08:10I realized that this was an opportunity
08:12to take Kane into another direction completely.
08:17Here it comes!
08:19Oh, my God!
08:21I remember being terrifying.
08:23I mean, it was hideous.
08:24He had everything, he was, like, shaved,
08:25I 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!
08:43Oh, my God!
08:45And you would go from being a physical monster
08:48to much more of a psychological monster.
08:55The mask was Kane's identity.
08:57It was all he knew.
08:58When he was forced to remove it,
09:00Kane struggled to face the world again.
09:02You will go out and appear
09:04in front of those people tonight.
09:06Because if you don't,
09:09you're fired!
09:11And when his hand was forced,
09:12the big red monster would strike again.
09:17Well, we are back live here on Raw,
09:19and we're just as anxious as you are
09:21to see what's gonna happen here with Kane.
09:24That was one of those fun points in my career
09:27because it was a blank canvas,
09:29and we were just starting to paint it.
09:30Anyone that tried to get in Kane's way got destroyed.
09:33Oh, my gosh!
09:34On the steel!
09:35Good Lord, that's it!
09:37What is gonna happen?
09:38This guy's on the loose,
09:39and now he's like a true movie monster.
09:43What the hell?
09:45Oh, my God!
09:46This guy was Hannibal Lecter,
09:47but 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.
09:57Kane was a real-life horror movie.
10:00He said he hated Robin!
10:02Oh, my God!
10:04Kane, Bishow!
10:05Oh, my God!
10:06For the love of God!
10:08Bishow's tongue slammed to hell by Kane!
10:11We just wanted to literally shock the audience.
10:14and do something so over-the-top
10:17that that would create the Bucks.
10:19My God!
10:21It didn't matter who it was.
10:23At that point,
10:24you did not get in Kane's way
10:26or something really bad was gonna happen to you.
10:29Oh, my God!
10:31Kane has destroyed Bishow!
10:35There's still the gun.
10:36Well, you ain't seen nothing
10:38until you see what I do tonight.
10:41Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
10:42Do-do-do-do.
10:45When Kane first appeared in the scene,
10:47he was a mysterious figure
10:48championed by his father, Paul Barrett,
10:50who did all his talking.
10:51Welcome to your worst nightmare.
10:54But slowly over time,
10:56Kane grew the confidence to open up.
10:58Kane has got two words for you.
11:01Drop it!
11:03He garnered a fan following
11:05that he dubbed the Canaanites.
11:0817,000 screaming Kane
11:10and I'm gross to their feet in Unicron.
11:13Audience gravitated toward Kane
11:15as he became emboldened by his power to talk.
11:18But in 2002,
11:19as Kane was about to team up
11:20with the Rock and Hulk Hogan,
11:21the WWE universe saw a side of the demon
11:24that no one expected.
11:29Ready to go out there and whoop,
11:30Candy, guys?
11:32Oh, I'm ready.
11:33Are you ready?
11:36Well, you bet your ass I'm...
11:38It doesn't matter if you're ready!
11:41That whole segment was amazing
11:43because it went from being just the guy
11:45that didn't talk to now,
11:47being very entertaining,
11:48obviously two of the most entertaining
11:49superstars of all time.
11:51And you know something, brothers?
11:52Whether it's the millions...
11:56The millions of Rock fans
11:58or 20,000 Hulkamania
12:01or 20,000 screaming Kane and Ike.
12:05It was a great play on Rock
12:07with his millions of fans
12:09and the 20,000 screaming Hulkamaniacs.
12:12Whatcha gonna do?
12:14The star was Kane
12:17and the reason he was the star
12:18is because of the reactions as well.
12:20Whatcha gonna do
12:21when Hulk Hogan and The Rock
12:23and the bitch
12:24riding the scene
12:25run wild for you?
12:29Whatcha gonna do?
12:32That was an incredible moment.
12:34Rock and Hogan enjoyed it as well.
12:35But for Hogan,
12:36it was an homage to him.
12:38And then, of course,
12:38you can see Rock's reactions.
12:41I see the guys out.
12:45No sibling rivalry
12:46in WWE history
12:48has been more volatile,
12:49more heinous,
12:50more destructive
12:51than that of Kane
12:52and his older brother,
12:53The Undertaker.
12:54There are many battles
12:55over the years.
12:55The dead man would come out
12:56on top over his younger brother.
12:58Rest in peace, Kane!
13:02But in 2010,
13:03Kane was the World Heavyweight Champion
13:04and hoped to shift the tide
13:06as The Undertaker
13:07sought his brother's gold.
13:08You are not worthy
13:10to carry that championship.
13:13You're living in a fantasy,
13:15big brother.
13:16The reality is
13:18I am now
13:21the dominant brother.
13:24A night of champions,
13:25the Satanic siblings,
13:26would once again
13:27come to blows
13:28in a no-holds-barred match.
13:33No holds-barred,
13:35ladies and gentlemen.
13:36Anything goes in this matchup
13:37for the world title.
13:38Undertaker wasting a little time
13:40going after his brother Kane.
13:42Many props as Kane gets,
13:43I think he's underrated.
13:45And now, in 2010,
13:46during that run,
13:47he was a menace.
13:49Well, a diseased soul
13:50has ravaged Kane
13:51and turned him into
13:52a bitter and jealous man.
13:54He's more of a monster.
13:55Undertaker was always here,
13:58but Kane definitely rose
13:59to that same level.
14:01And I think with these two guys,
14:03that 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 gonna have
14:13a new world heavyweight champion?
14:16Oh!
14:16Going for the tombstone!
14:18Kane reversal!
14:19Reversal by Kane!
14:22Counter by Kane!
14:24Tombstone pile driver!
14:27Kane has defeated
14:29his brother!
14:30I beat The Undertaker
14:32in, like, a huge match.
14:34Now, all of a sudden,
14:35it's like, wow,
14:35this dude's for real.
14:36Like, for real, for real.
14:38That was the most
14:39impressive match
14:40that I've ever seen
14:41Kane ever have.
14:45In 2003,
14:46when Kane was forced
14:47to unmask
14:48and show his face
14:48to the world,
14:49it altered his psyche
14:50even further.
14:51Look at that
14:52grotesque face!
14:53I think I just saw
14:54somebody throw up.
14:55The tortured soul
14:56that was Kane
14:57became emotionally unstable.
14:58Look out!
15:00WWE announcer
15:02Jim Ross
15:02sat down
15:03with the big red monster
15:04to discuss his feelings.
15:05This is gasoline, J.R.
15:07You make fun of me
15:08and I
15:10will set you
15:11on fire!
15:13Leading to a
15:13destructive rampage.
15:18J.R.,
15:18I was a normal,
15:19happy child
15:20until a fire
15:21turned me
15:22into a hideous monster.
15:24You don't appear
15:24to be scarred
15:25or deformed
15:26in any way.
15:27What are you saying, J.R.?
15:29Kane basically
15:30thinks he has
15:31this horrible
15:31physical deformity
15:32even 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,
15:39though,
15:39is he has scars
15:40on the inside.
15:41Kane,
15:42I see a man
15:43that needs help.
15:44Kane was unhinged.
15:46You need to feel
15:48all my pain!
15:51Oh!
15:53Oh!
15:54And he was diabolical.
15:56Kane was on the loose
15:57and he was going
15:58to do whatever
15:59he wanted,
15:59whenever he wanted,
16:00to whoever he wanted.
16:01God!
16:03Cry,
16:04son of a bitch!
16:05Cry!
16:08This is one
16:08of those moments
16:09where you're like,
16:10this seems a little
16:11too real.
16:13Kane set Jim Ross
16:15on fire.
16:16Somebody help him!
16:18It was a very
16:18volatile burn.
16:19He got hot quick.
16:21Somebody get
16:22somebody in there!
16:23One of those
16:23wrestling things
16:24that as a kid
16:25you had to sit back
16:25and go,
16:26did that really happen?
16:28Did he really
16:28set him on fire?
16:33Guys, we need help!
16:35Get some help!
16:37Up next,
16:38is our final two
16:38moments on the countdown.
16:40Kane has earned
16:41the contract
16:41for a championship match!
16:43What will take
16:44the number one spot?
16:45Kane!
16:46It is a solving match!
16:51The Devil's
16:52favorite demon
16:53was always competing
16:54at a high level
16:54and mastered
16:55many match types.
16:57Kane wins
16:58the ambulance match!
16:59The Inferno match.
17:01The rookies
17:01are simple, folks.
17:02You lose when
17:03you can set
17:04your opponent on fire.
17:05The Hell in a Cell match.
17:08You got stuff
17:09on his hand!
17:10But how would Kane
17:10fare in a Money in the Bank
17:12ladder match?
17:132010,
17:14we'd all find out.
17:18That briefcase
17:19guarantees the victor
17:21a championship opportunity
17:22any time up to one year.
17:24Oh, no, no, no!
17:25Oh!
17:25I was always the one
17:26that could use the ladder
17:27as a tool.
17:28I was the one
17:29that could cause
17:30a lot of havoc
17:31when I was in there.
17:32Kane sends McIntyre
17:34to the mat below!
17:35Kane has earned
17:36the contract
17:37for a championship match
17:39any time up to one year!
17:41Usually, there's
17:42this big, long build-up.
17:44No one's going to
17:44cash it in.
17:45And, of course,
17:46being Kane,
17:47I have to do things
17:47a little differently.
17:50Oh, my Lord!
17:51Kane just won
17:52the Money in the Bank
17:53about an hour ago!
17:54Rey Mysterio
17:55just finishing
17:56the match of his career.
17:58Kane going to
17:59cash it in
17:59on a weak Rey Mysterio!
18:01This was the moment
18:03that everyone realized
18:04you don't have to wait
18:05a year to cash in.
18:07Joke slam!
18:08You can cash in
18:0949 minutes later.
18:12Kane!
18:14Two stone
18:15mile driver!
18:16Kane with the cover!
18:18One, three, three!
18:21One of the highlights
18:22of my career.
18:22Any time you win
18:23a world championship,
18:24you're one of the faces
18:26at the company.
18:27That's really
18:27something special.
18:34We have now reached
18:35our number one moment,
18:36and it's one that set
18:37more than just
18:38the WWE universe ablaze.
18:40The sibling rivalry
18:42between half-brothers
18:43Undertaker and Kane
18:44was explosive.
18:45How much more of this
18:46will the Undertaker take?
18:48Literally
18:48and figuratively.
18:50Maybe not much more!
18:52At the 1998 Royal Rumble,
18:54the dead man faced
18:55the heartbreak kid
18:55Shawn Michaels
18:56in a casket match.
18:57What is this?
18:58Wait a minute!
18:59They're ganging up
19:00on the Undertaker!
19:01Kane decided
19:02it was time
19:02to let his older brother
19:04feel the burn.
19:09Oh my God,
19:10and they did Kane!
19:12There he is!
19:13There he is!
19:16Oh!
19:17Kane!
19:18Man's handling
19:20anything that's moving!
19:21Everyone thought
19:22that I was there
19:23to save the Undertaker.
19:24In fact,
19:25I was there
19:25to bury the Undertaker
19:26and end his career.
19:29Oh, no!
19:30Kane is assaulting
19:31his brother!
19:32No one did stuff
19:33like that to the Undertaker.
19:34He was the
19:35irresistible force.
19:37The Undertaker
19:37in the casket!
19:38Michael Shep
19:40Now you've got
19:41somebody that's
19:42eye-to-eye
19:43with the Undertaker,
19:44even bigger
19:45than the Undertaker.
19:46They're locking
19:47the casket!
19:48Where are Paul
19:49and Kane
19:50taking the Undertaker?
19:51He's this crazy
19:53big red monster
19:54and you just
19:55didn't know
19:56which way
19:56it was going to go.
19:58What is he doing?
19:59He's destroying
20:00the casket
20:00but the Undertaker
20:01is in the casket!
20:03This is nothing
20:04but tarnage!
20:05I don't think
20:06the audience
20:06ever believed that
20:07wow,
20:08the Undertaker
20:08is actually in trouble.
20:10Well, with Kane
20:10they did believe that.
20:14And my God!
20:15The casket's on fire!
20:17The casket's on fire!
20:19It just took me
20:20to a completely
20:21different level.
20:22But now it's like
20:22oh man, wow.
20:23Kane is like
20:24a bad dude.
20:25The Undertaker
20:26is in the casket!
20:28People were astonished.
20:29You set your opponent
20:30on fire.
20:31It's the best story
20:32that WWE's ever told.
20:34I still can't believe it!
20:36A creature so terrifying
20:38Kane was extracted
20:40directly from
20:41your childhood nightmares.
20:42There is no question
20:43that the big red machine
20:44was one of the best
20:45to ever do it.
20:47That's all for this edition
20:48of WWE's Greatest Moments.
20:50I hope you've enjoyed
20:51this look back
20:51at the best of Kane.
20:55We welcome you live
20:57to the King of the Ring!
21:00Hear ye, hear ye!
21:02Long live the King!
21:04The King of the Ring
21:04tournament
21:05has always played
21:06a massive role
21:06in WWE's
21:08illustrious history.
21:09The few superstars
21:10that prevail
21:11demand our respect
21:12as masters
21:13of the squared circle,
21:14having the pride
21:15and prestige
21:15to carry the mantle
21:16of King.
21:17You know who's the King?
21:19You're looking at him!
21:20Today we're holding
21:21course to look back
21:22at some of the greatest
21:23matches from the King
21:24of the Ring
21:24premium live events
21:25throughout the years.
21:27And that's the bottom line
21:28for Kostoko said so.
21:31This is WWE's
21:33Greatest Moments.
21:37He's your son, man!
21:39Oh my God!
21:41What the hell are you doing?
21:43Absolutely unbelievable!
21:45Oh my God!
21:47Oh my God!
21:53Welcome everyone
21:54to WWE's
21:56Greatest Moments.
21:57I'm Michael Cole
21:58and on this edition
21:59we're looking back
21:59at the best
22:00of the King of the Ring
22:01premium live event.
22:03In 1985,
22:04WWE debuted
22:06a single elimination
22:06wrestling tournament
22:07known as
22:08the King of the Ring
22:09where the winner
22:10was awarded
22:11the coveted crown.
22:12The King Harley Race!
22:15Oh!
22:16That's King Hacksaw Duggan!
22:18Thus the notion
22:19of royalty
22:19in professional wrestling
22:21becoming a time
22:22and honor tradition.
22:23The Macho King
22:24Randy Savage!
22:26Yeah!
22:27But it wasn't
22:27until 1993
22:28when the King of the Ring
22:30evolved into a premium
22:31live event of its own.
22:33Beating a gauntlet
22:34of superstars
22:34and sitting on the throne
22:35is an honor
22:37that has launched
22:37countless careers
22:38into higher esteem.
22:40King Guther!
22:42Such was the case
22:43in 1997
22:44where two rising stars
22:46collided.
22:47Who will be crowned
22:49King?
22:50Will it be mankind
22:51or will it be
22:52Hunter Hearst Helmsley?
22:56And this is what
22:57it's all about.
22:58The finals here
22:59to the King of the Ring.
23:00The King of the Ring
23:01was a cool moment for me.
23:02It was something to prove
23:04for both of us.
23:05Maybe more so for me.
23:07The sky is the limit
23:08for the cerebral
23:09Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
23:11The King of the Ring
23:121997
23:12was really significant
23:14and it just became
23:15this great study
23:16and contrast.
23:17If it breaks down
23:18into a slugfest
23:19mankind
23:20got to be
23:21the overwhelming
23:21flavor.
23:23Working with him
23:24and it brought
23:24something out more
23:25than me
23:26from an aggression
23:26or a violence standpoint.
23:28Unbelievable.
23:38When I won it
23:40they gave me a crown
23:41I just demolished it
23:42on Foley afterwards.
23:45Winning King of the Ring
23:46put me at a different level.
23:47The 1997 King of the Ring
23:50Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
23:54Throughout the 1970s
23:55one of the biggest names
23:56in professional wrestling
23:57was the self-proclaimed
23:58King of Wrestling
23:59Jerry Lawler.
24:01You should all be down
24:02on your hands and knees
24:04and kissing
24:04my royal feet.
24:07In 1993
24:07when Bret the Hitman Hart
24:09won the King of the Ring
24:10tournament
24:10not everyone
24:11was in his corner.
24:12There is only one king
24:14in the World Wrestling Federation.
24:17Lawler attacked
24:18the excellence of execution
24:19during his coronation ceremony
24:21sparking a rivalry
24:22that would last for years.
24:24Jerry Lawler
24:24you are going to be
24:25the king of nothing.
24:27Heading into the 1995
24:29King of the Ring event
24:30the Hitman challenged Lawler
24:31to one of the most
24:32unique matches in history.
24:34The loser
24:34of this match
24:36he's going to have to
24:37kiss
24:37the feet
24:38of the winner.
24:42First time ever
24:44kiss my foot match.
24:45As I walked out
24:46every night
24:47I would tell
24:47all the fans
24:48that you people
24:48should bow down
24:49and kiss my royal feet
24:51and so
24:52the kiss my foot match
24:53came out of that.
24:54Oh god
24:54I can't
24:55I can't
24:56I can't
24:56I can't
24:56I can't
24:57I can't
24:57I can't
24:57I can't
24:58I can't
24:59I can't
24:59I can't
25:00I can't
25:00A lot of fans
25:01tell me it's one of
25:01their favorite matches
25:02in one.
25:03Jerry was one of the greatest
25:05villains in Western history.
25:07He's got the shot
25:08shooting
25:08nothing was
25:09talked about
25:10there
25:10and that's it
25:11oh no
25:13We had a lot of fun
25:14working and we had
25:15worked out a great match.
25:17Open wide
25:18Mr. Lawler
25:18kiss
25:19a royal foot
25:20stuck down in his mouth
25:22look at that
25:22It was so outlandish
25:25and so cartoony
25:26but I dug it so much
25:28Jerry the King Lawler
25:29and then Brett
25:31pretzeling Jerry Lawler
25:38not only had to kiss Brett's beat
25:40he actually somehow
25:41stuck my own nasty foot
25:43in my mouth
25:44it was quite the rivalry
25:45it was a lot of fun
25:50the world of sports entertainment
25:52has provided a wealth
25:53of once in a lifetime
25:54superstars
25:54and in 2002
25:55the WWE universe
25:57would bear witness
25:58to the birth
25:59of the next big thing
26:00Brock Lesnar
26:01Look at this monster
26:04The Beast Incarnate
26:05quickly set his sights
26:06on the King of the Ring tournament
26:07Lesnar wins it
26:09So now we know
26:10the King of the Ring final
26:11later tonight
26:12live here
26:13Lesnar reached
26:14the tournament final
26:15where he would face
26:16the whole damn show
26:17Rob Van Dam
26:22And we are ready now
26:23buddies
26:23until the crown
26:24the 2002
26:25King of the Ring
26:26our final matchup
26:27is here and now
26:28Brock was a rookie
26:29by then
26:30but the guy is just
26:31an anomaly in general
26:33Lesnar is a
26:346'3
26:36295 pound machine
26:37but
26:38RVD is so unorthodox
26:40it's physical
26:41I felt like
26:42I had worked so hard
26:44for that moment
26:45This guy is superhuman
26:47Oh look at this
26:48Lesnar overpowering
26:50Van Dam
26:50Van Dam
26:51I knew that I had
26:52that opportunity
26:53in front of me
26:54but if I didn't seize
26:55the moment
26:56and secure that opportunity
26:58and take it
26:59and fight for it
26:59it would never be there again
27:02Wow
27:03Lesnar just
27:04he just caught
27:04Van Dam in midair
27:05Oh the Empire
27:08Lesnar caught
27:09Van Dam in midair
27:10and it's over
27:11Dodger the King of the Ring
27:13Made me feel good
27:14I felt great
27:15I fell on top of the world
27:17Any fan watching
27:18WWE in 2002
27:20thought Brock Lesnar
27:21was the next big thing
27:23By God
27:24Brock Lesnar
27:25looks to be
27:25the next big thing
27:27Has he made a believer
27:28out of you now
27:29JR?
27:32Still the comp
27:33I'm speechless
27:33I might have lost
27:34the words
27:35I am the greatest
27:36attraction in this company
27:38Fight
27:39The King of the Ring
27:40is highlighted by
27:41its prestigious tournament
27:42and crown
27:43but other historic matches
27:45have taken place
27:46at the event
27:46throughout the years
27:47After finishing his story
27:49and becoming
27:50WWE Champion
27:51Cody Rhodes
27:52welcomed all challengers
27:53who would vie
27:54for a chance
27:55to be thrown him
27:55The American Nightmare's
27:57next opponent
27:57would be none other
27:58than the Maverick himself
27:59United States Champion
28:01Logan Paul
28:02Let's talk about this
28:03me
28:04knocking you out
28:05and walking out
28:06of Saudi Arabia
28:07as the WWE
28:09Undisputed Champion
28:10With the WWE Championship
28:13at stake
28:13Rhodes and Paul
28:15would head to the
28:15Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
28:16headlining the
28:17King and Queen of the Ring
28:19Premium Live Event
28:22The following contest
28:24is for the
28:25Undisputed
28:26WWE Championship
28:29He's been an
28:30excellent champion
28:31and he will always
28:32be remembered
28:33as an excellent champion
28:34The thing about
28:35Cody's story though
28:36is
28:36it's over
28:37Logan Paul
28:39hoping to hold
28:40the WWE title
28:41and the United States
28:42title
28:42at the same time
28:44Seeing Logan
28:44come in there
28:45and battle Cody Rhodes
28:46I think honestly
28:47that was a night
28:48you had to have
28:48a little respect for him
28:51We're going viral
28:52Jenna
28:54Logan from the top
28:55through Cody
28:56damn it
28:57Cody's front
28:59I'm not sure
29:00a lot of people
29:01gave Logan Paul
29:02a real chance
29:02but certainly
29:03once he hit
29:04the frog splash
29:05through the table
29:05you have to think
29:06there's a chance
29:07he's actually going to do
29:08Cover
29:09we're going to crown
29:10a new champion
29:11now
29:11Cody kicked
29:12To be a champion
29:14of any kind
29:15it's not about
29:16just winning it
29:16it's about defending it
29:18Crossroads
29:19Cody Rhodes
29:21champion
29:23The match
29:24it was a banger
29:25it was a doozy
29:26a beautiful experience
29:27Cody Rhodes
29:28remains
29:28on the top
29:30of the mountain
29:32At WrestleMania 9
29:34the monstrous
29:34Yokozuna
29:35stood victorious
29:36claiming the
29:36WWE Championship
29:38Yokozuna
29:39did it
29:39Following the match
29:41a challenge was made
29:42to Hulk Hogan
29:42Here we go
29:43in the ring
29:44right now
29:45did you cover the ring
29:46right now
29:47The pair would
29:49immediately regret
29:50that decision
29:50as the Hulkster
29:51secured his
29:52fifth world title
29:56Their rematch
29:57was set for
29:58King of the Ring
29:591993
29:59I hear
30:01the fear
30:02in Yokozuna
30:02in Mr. Fuji's
30:04walk brother
30:04What's you gonna do
30:06when the strongest force
30:08of Hulkamania
30:09runs wild
30:10on you
30:15championship
30:16on the line
30:18The place was already
30:19electric
30:19it was like
30:20we dropped a bomb
30:21in the ring
30:21Look at this
30:22Yokozuna
30:23Oh my god
30:25Hulk Hogan
30:26get in the ring
30:26with Yokozuna
30:27it was already there
30:30Hulkamania
30:30is alive
30:31in world
30:31in Dayton, Ohio
30:33Backdown world
30:34Yokozuna
30:351, 2
30:37Oh my god
30:38I can't believe it
30:39To win
30:39Yoko would do
30:41whatever
30:41he needed to do
30:55When you beat
30:57the Golden Goose
30:58and you beat him
30:59in that fashion
31:00it means you've arrived
31:01Yokozuna
31:03has defeated
31:04Hulk Hogan
31:05to win
31:06the WWF
31:07championship
31:07You couldn't beat him
31:09he was undefeatable
31:15It gave him
31:16the momentum
31:16he needed
31:17to keep moving
31:18forward
31:18at a fast pace
31:19I cannot
31:20believe
31:21what I've seen
31:24Still the cup
31:25Oh my god
31:30Being stuck
31:31in the shadow
31:32of an older sibling
31:33can be tough
31:34to maneuver
31:34and no one
31:35knew the meaning
31:35of sibling rivalry
31:37quite like
31:37Owen Hart
31:38Embroiled in a
31:39family feud
31:40Owen was on a mission
31:41to prove he could
31:41do anything
31:42his older brother
31:43Brett could do
31:43but better
31:44After watching
31:46the hitman
31:46become king
31:47of the ring
31:47a year prior
31:48Owen entered
31:49the 1994 tournament
31:50and looked to also
31:51claim the crown
31:52I am gonna win
31:53the king of the ring
31:54It's a long way
31:55Oh beautiful
31:56drop it
31:57Oh he got us
31:59With a victory
32:00over Tataka
32:01in the first round
32:02Owen was next set
32:03to face the high-flying
32:041-2-3 kid
32:05in one of the greatest
32:07displays of entering
32:08mastery
32:08we've ever seen
32:12Let the best man
32:13win right here
32:14If there was one thing
32:15I remember from
32:16that tournament
32:17was Owen
32:18and Kidd
32:19those guys
32:19had incredible chemistry
32:20Speechless
32:21I'm gonna have lost
32:22for words
32:23It is unbelievable
32:24I remember that match
32:26being really high impact
32:27It's short
32:27but if you watch it
32:28you wouldn't have guessed
32:29that you only watch
32:29a four minute match
32:30I can't believe
32:31what I'm seeing
32:32There was a lot
32:33crammed into that match
32:34man
32:34We were cooking
32:35man
32:36We were at a hell
32:37We were at a pace
32:37on that
32:38He's gonna do it here
32:40at the King of the Ring
32:41A shot
32:42shoot him on a rocket
32:43It's all over
32:44The rocket
32:45Owen Hart
32:45takes on the bad guy
32:47Razor of All
32:47The finals folks
32:49What a matchup
32:53This place is going crazy
32:56History has been made happen
32:58Owen as King of the Ring
32:59showed what a massive star
33:01Owen could be on his own
33:02I am the King of Hearts
33:09Tonight I will recreate
33:10my Olympic winning victory ceremony
33:14Here comes the money
33:15Olympic gold medalist
33:17Kurt Angle
33:17was no stranger
33:18to a challenge
33:19Kurt, sorry for the interruption
33:20Oh my God
33:22Oh my God
33:23The Angle slam
33:24from atop the medal stand
33:25Angle had a score
33:27to settle
33:27with Shane McMahon
33:28Shane McMahon
33:29Since you happen to be
33:30from the
33:31main streets of Greenwich
33:33I, Kurt Angle
33:34challenge you
33:35Shane McMahon
33:36the King of the Ring
33:37to a street fight
33:41Shane McMahon
33:43has been playing games
33:44all night long
33:45Kurt Angle
33:46is going to take
33:46Shane McMahon apart
33:47Kurt versus Shane McMahon
33:49was probably
33:50my favorite match
33:51for a very long time
33:53It's extremely violent
33:55really chaotic
33:56Oh my God
33:57Wrestling Shane McMahon
33:59will do anything
34:00He is one crazy SOB
34:03Kurt and I just clicked
34:04He's always pumped up
34:06and excited
34:06He's extremely intense
34:07He went after it
34:09told a very physical story
34:10Oh my God
34:11Oh my
34:12Good God Almighty
34:14One of the most iconic
34:15moments for me
34:16is when Kurt Angle
34:17does the overhead
34:18belly to belly suplex
34:19on Shane McMahon
34:20and the glass
34:21doesn't break
34:23I can guarantee you
34:25that was worse
34:25than actually going
34:26through the glass
34:27Oh not again
34:28Oh my God
34:30Oh no
34:32Good freak
34:33Shane just keeps
34:34landing head first
34:35on the concrete
34:36so finally when he
34:37just threw him in
34:38I was relieved for him
34:39Oh my God
34:44I still have tons
34:45of reminders
34:46of Kurt every morning
34:47I have all these little
34:48scars from going
34:49through that window
34:50Oh no
34:51It's the angle slam
34:52from the top
34:53Real memorable match
34:55even though it wasn't
34:55part of the King of the Ring
34:56tournament
34:56obviously one of the
34:58highlights of that King of the Ring
34:59that year for sure
35:00And it's over
35:01Mercifully
35:02I've seen a lot of
35:03street fights
35:04but this one was amazing
35:08The inaugural King of the Ring
35:09event in 1993
35:10saw Bret the Hitman Hart
35:12as the favorite
35:12to emerge victorious
35:14Razor Ramon
35:15I'm the number one seed
35:16and I got you
35:17in the first round
35:19After a grueling contest
35:20with the bad guy
35:21Razor Ramon
35:22The Hitman Hart
35:24will advance
35:24in a tournament
35:25and then another
35:26tough bout
35:26with Mr. Perfect
35:27There's the three
35:29The Hitman
35:30found himself
35:31in the finals
35:31when one more
35:32roadblock stood
35:33between Bret
35:34and the Cram
35:34I have the opportunity
35:36to be the King
35:37of the Ring
35:38Waiting for Hart
35:39in the finals
35:40of the 6'4
35:41nearly 400 pound
35:42Bam
35:42Bam
35:43Bigelow
35:47One of these
35:47two men
35:48will be the King
35:49of the Ring
35:51You can tell
35:52with the King
35:52of the Ring
35:52I have more confidence
35:54than I ever did
35:55and if anything
35:55I'm going to prove myself
35:56today with three
35:57different wrestlers
35:58I'm going to beat
35:59all three of them
36:00Look at this move
36:02Bam Bam was always
36:04the most coordinated
36:05the most skilled
36:06strong
36:07big man
36:07Bigelow can move
36:09and you can see
36:10in this match
36:10just what kind of
36:11an after
36:12Bam Bam was
36:14Brett against Bam Bam
36:16was a really
36:16exciting match
36:17Brett took a beating
36:19people could really
36:20feel it
36:21And again
36:22Oh my God
36:23How much more
36:24can this guy take?
36:25That match is
36:26a real classic
36:27that people don't think
36:28about much anymore
36:29but that's a great match
36:38He pinned him
36:39in a victory roll
36:39at the end
36:40Brett could really show
36:41why he was
36:42the best wrestler
36:42in the world
36:43during that time
36:44King of the Ring
36:45in 1993
36:45I'm not going to say
36:46it's Brett Hart's
36:47greatest moment
36:47because God
36:49how do you count them all
36:50but it's definitely
36:51one of them
36:51Brett the Hitman
36:53Hart
36:54the King
36:55King of the Ring
36:59Up next
36:59is our final two moments
37:01on the countdown
37:01What will take
37:02the number one spot?
37:04What the hell is that?
37:06Look at that ugly boy
37:07had a hurt angle
37:08and life
37:09back up his head
37:09Come on
37:10You won't make it
37:11anybody here
37:12No team
37:12Everybody working
37:13towards the same thing
37:14What are you doing that for?
37:15You're either moving forward
37:16or you're going home
37:17This is what it takes
37:18to be a WWE superstar
37:20WWE LFG
37:21New episode
37:22next Sunday at 10
37:22on A&E
37:23Watch next day
37:24on the A&E app
37:26During my illustrious career
37:28at WWE
37:29I can tell you
37:30that there is one match
37:31that is talked about
37:32more than just about
37:33any other in history
37:34In the 1990s
37:36there was no more
37:36physical rivalry
37:37than that of mankind
37:38in The Undertaker
37:40These two waged war
37:41against each other
37:42in some of the most
37:43dangerous matches
37:44in WWE history
37:45But nothing could prepare us
37:47for the carnage
37:48these two
37:49would inflict on one another
37:50It happened at the
37:511998 King of the Ring
37:53and it was called
37:54Hell
37:55in a Cell
38:00What's going to happen here?
38:02Undertaker fighting back
38:03He's fighting back
38:04Don't run above us
38:05folks
38:05Watch these two
38:07huge individuals up there
38:08I had a feeling
38:10something bad
38:11was going to happen
38:21I can see myself
38:23standing there
38:24watching him fall
38:25He ain't getting up for this
38:28And the MTs now
38:29are bringing a
38:30stretcher here
38:31I'm thinking to myself
38:32I don't know if I can
38:33but if I can
38:35I'm going to roll off
38:36that gurney
38:36and I'm going to
38:37climb that cell again
38:38Look, look
38:40You're kidding me
38:41How in the hell
38:41is he standing?
38:42Oh my God
38:43I had no idea
38:44that we were going to
38:45be able to go back
38:46up on top
38:47and do the things
38:48that we did
38:48He throws him up
38:51on the other side
38:55I hit that mesh
38:57and it just
38:58like a hot knife
39:00through butter
39:00to this day
39:01still missing those teeth
39:03Oh my
39:04And he's smiling
39:14Truth is
39:15no one has ever
39:16forgotten that mesh
39:17and it just continued
39:18to grow
39:19As long as I live
39:21I will never forget
39:22what we just witnessed
39:23right there
39:26We've now reached
39:27our number one moment
39:28one that would start
39:29the WWE universe
39:30on an unforgettable
39:31ride of a lifetime
39:32In 1996
39:34the King of the Ring
39:35field was stacked
39:35as we saw
39:36the up and coming
39:37Stone Cold
39:38Steve Austin
39:38throw his hat in the ring
39:40Austin plowed
39:41through the early rounds
39:42earning himself a spot
39:43on the King of the Ring
39:44premium live event
39:45Steve Austin
39:46will win
39:47Steve Austin
39:48will dominate
39:48the rest of the tournament
39:49And after taking down
39:51Mark Miro
39:51in the semifinals
39:52all that stood
39:53between the Texas
39:54Rattlesnake
39:55and the throne
39:55was another
39:56cold-blooded reptile
39:58Jake
39:58the Snake Roberts
40:00How could I lose
40:01if I just go out there
40:03and know the power above
40:04is reaching down
40:05and lifting me up
40:06But it was the aftermath
40:07that would have
40:08the entire world
40:09buzzing
40:17Austin is one of the brightest
40:19shining stars
40:20in the entire
40:21WWF
40:23Now the coronation
40:23begins
40:24One of the guys
40:25came up to me
40:26and he goes
40:26Hey kid
40:27I just want you to know
40:28Jake Roberts
40:29he cut a religious
40:30based promo on you
40:31You sit there
40:32and you thump your Bible
40:34and you say your prayers
40:36and it didn't get you anywhere
40:39Talk about your Psalms
40:41Talk about John 316
40:44Austin 316
40:45says I just whipped your ass
40:47That was an authentic
40:49honest reaction
40:51Like
40:51Oh God
40:52Did he just say that?
40:54Steve Austin's time has come
40:55and when I get those shots
40:57you're looking at the next
40:58WWF champion
40:59I remember thinking
41:00halfway through this promo
41:01like
41:02I'm watching this guy
41:03get made
41:05All of a sudden
41:05there's Austin 316 signs
41:07and we realize
41:08that there might be
41:08something here
41:09The Austin era
41:10has begun
41:11This crowd is deaf
41:13It was an opportunity
41:14that was presented to me
41:16and I grabbed the opportunity
41:18and made the most of it
41:19And that's the bottom line
41:21because Skoko said so
41:28The words that came out
41:29of the mouth of Austin
41:30that night
41:30would alter the course
41:31of WWE forever
41:33The King of the Ring
41:33is a place where
41:34legacies have been built
41:35and legends have been made
41:36a way to determine
41:37the best of the best
41:38Well that'll do it
41:39for this edition
41:40of WWE's Greatest Moments
41:41I hope you've enjoyed
41:42this look back
41:43at the best
41:44of the King of the Ring
41:45premium live event
41:47to sail by
41:47there to be
41:47of fans
41:47so
41:47tastes like
41:47it
41:47Oh
41:48it
41:48doesn't
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