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It's been awhile since I've watched, as it got real stale about 3 or 4 years ago, but my favorite moment was probably when HHH and Stephanie McMahon were having their little wedding ceremony in the ring, and the crowd was drowning out everything they said with SCSA "WHAT?" chants.

A wedding. In the middle of a wrestling ring. With 12k people shouting "WHAT?" after every line. Surreal television.

Close 2nd: Mae Young giving birth to a hand. Oh. My. God.

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i remember king harley race vs. JYD, he refused to bow to the king and then they had a king match where the loser had to bow to the winner who was wearing the crown and robe. plus JYD rules!

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Watching George the Animal Steele eat the turn buckle was entertaining (admittedly not as entertaining as his Ed Wood role).

I watched a lot of NWA growing up in the early '80's and loved Dusty Rhodes. Every time he got 'suspended' the Midnight Rider would mysteriously appear.

The Four Horseman storyline was good with Barry Winham turning into a bad guy.

Anything with Ric Flair ("You may not like it, but you better learn to love it!! WOOOO!") was always entertaining.

Bunkhouse and lumberjack matches were great.

My all-time favorite announcer was Goron Solie(RIP). He was a bout 5'8" and 140lbs soaking wet and he usually got 'hit' at least one a year by a bad guy. Seeing him int he neck brace for next 6 weeks was excellent.

Hope this isn't too 'Old School' for you guys.

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The Rock and Sock connection.

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o man i totally forgot about that, that was awesome

I also really liked when Kane first showed up and him eventually lighting Undertaker on fire in a casket and then undertakers evnetual ressurection

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The only right thing they did in the post merger era was Austin and Angle, and Austin and RVD, thats some great stuff.

Most recently, Edge/Hardy worked but they blew their load and of course buried Hardy.

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I'll never forget when I learned the term "larynx." Randy Savage draped Ricky Steamboat across the railing and came down off the top rope with the ring bell across his throat. That that stayed with me for a while. I was pretty traumatized. And pretty hooked when it led to my favorite match ever.

Also, the Survivor Series tournament where The Rock became the Corporate Champion was a booking masterpiece that set in motion the greatest 6 month run of television that I can recall.

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Also, the Survivor Series tournament where The Rock became the Corporate Champion was a booking masterpiece that set in motion the greatest 6 month run of television that I can recall.

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The preceding weeks with the Rock going tweener and fan favorite should be included, but I totally agree. Pinnacle of booking.

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Also, the Survivor Series tournament where The Rock became the Corporate Champion was a booking masterpiece that set in motion the greatest 6 month run of television that I can recall.

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The preceding weeks with the Rock going tweener and fan favorite should be included, but I totally agree. Pinnacle of booking.

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Yeah. They used the entire time between SummerSlam and Survivor Series to set up for that one night. Shane-o was on Austin's side, Mankind being groomed as Vince's champ, Vince hated The Rock because he was "the People's Champ", etc... All swerves and they all worked, which seems pretty much impossible these days. Good stuff.

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Also, the Survivor Series tournament where The Rock became the Corporate Champion was a booking masterpiece that set in motion the greatest 6 month run of television that I can recall.

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The preceding weeks with the Rock going tweener and fan favorite should be included, but I totally agree. Pinnacle of booking.

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Yeah. They used the entire time between SummerSlam and Survivor Series to set up for that one night. Shane-o was on Austin's side, Mankind being groomed as Vince's champ, Vince hated The Rock because he was "the People's Champ", etc... All swerves and they all worked, which seems pretty much impossible these days. Good stuff.

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I'd really like to watch this again for the first time. Like more than anything. sigh...

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Anything involving Kurt Angle. Anything. Dude's awesome. Giving you one specific, back when Steffie didn't have tits the size of my head, the tease that Angle would steal her from HHH. Solid angle, great matches. Kurt's the man.

One that they started out so inredibly well but [censored] up beyond belief was ECfnW uniting. All they had to do was make ECW the faces, but no. Vince couldn't swallow his pride.