* Some argue in favor of a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for HulkHogan that arguably trumps slamming Andre the Giant -- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOB4UnRQfdc his infamous Face Heel Turn and joining of the newly-formed New World Order]] at ''Bash at the Beach 1996'', kicking off one of the biggest angles in the history of the industry and reinventing himself in the process.
--> ''"As far as I'm concerned, all this crap in the ring represents these fans out here. For two years, brother, for two years, I held my head high, I did everything for the charities, I did everything for the kids, and the reception I got when I came out here, you fans can stick it, brother. Because, if it wasn't for Hulk Hogan, you people wouldn't be here. If it wasn't for Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff would still be selling meat from a truck in Minneapolis, and if it wasn't for Hulk Hogan, all these Johnny-Come-Latelys that you see out here wrestling wouldn't be here. I was selling out the world, brother, while they were bumming gas to put in their car to get to high school. So the way it is now, brother, with Hulk Hogan and the New World Organisation of Wrestling, brother, me and the new blood by my side, whatcha gonna do when the new world order of professional wrestling runs wild on you? Whatcha gonna do?!"''

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* Some argue in favor of a CrowningMomentOfAwesome for HulkHogan that arguably trumps slamming AndreTheGiant -- [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOB4UnRQfdc his infamous Face Heel Turn and joining of the newly-formed New World Order]] at ''Bash at the Beach 1996'', kicking off one of the biggest angles in the history of the industry and reinventing himself in the process.
--> ''"As far as I'm concerned, all this crap in the ring represents these fans out here. For two years, brother, for two years, I held my head high, I did everything for the charities, I did everything for the kids, and the reception I got when I came out here, you fans can stick it, brother. Because, if it wasn't for HulkHogan, you people wouldn't be here. If it wasn't for HulkHogan, Eric Bischoff would still be selling meat from a truck in Minneapolis, and if it wasn't for HulkHogan, all these Johnny-Come-Latelys that you see out here wrestling wouldn't be here. I was selling out the world, brother, while they were bumming gas to put in their car to get to high school. So the way it is now, brother, with HulkHogan and the New World Organisation of Wrestling, brother, me and the new blood by my side, whatcha gonna do when the new world order of professional wrestling runs wild on you? Whatcha gonna do?!"''

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** Also at ''Bash at the Beach 1996'': the show was kicked off with a singles match between Rey Mysterio Jr. and his arch-rival Psicosis (Psychosis in WCW). The match itself was a classic, ranging on average between 4 and 4-and-a-half stars (depending on who you ask). The finish, when Psicosis tried to do a top rope move and Mysterio countered with a Rana ''in mid air'', brought the entire stadium to their feet. So, so many of the cruiserweights these days are following in the footsteps of Mysterio and Psicosis, and it's a Crowning Moment of '''Un'''Awesome that Psicosis never became a star like Mysterio did.
* Goldberg's electrifying defeat of Hollywood Hogan on ''Nitro'' in July 1998 to win the {{WCW}} World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Though the match really should have been saved for a pay-per-view in order to create a massive PPV payday, the deafening crowd reaction (thanks to WCW scheduling the victory in Goldberg's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia) and the mere fact that Hogan took a ''clean'' pinfall loss in [=WCW=] make it probably the last truly great CrowningMomentOfAwesome that [=WCW=] can attest to (since it was the last time ''Nitro'' defeated ''Raw'' in the ratings).
** Prior to that, winning the United States championship from Raven, after taking out the Flock. No-selling a shot to the head from a STOP sign was amazing.

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** Also at ''Bash at the Beach 1996'': the show was kicked off with a singles match between ReyMysterioJr and his arch-rival Psicosis (Psychosis in WCW). The match itself was a classic, ranging on average between 4 and 4-and-a-half stars (depending on who you ask). The finish, when Psicosis tried to do a top rope move and Mysterio countered with a Rana ''in mid air'', brought the entire stadium to their feet. So, so many of the cruiserweights these days are following in the footsteps of Mysterio and Psicosis, and it's a Crowning Moment of '''Un'''Awesome that Psicosis never became a star like Mysterio did.
* {{Goldberg}}'s electrifying defeat of Hollywood Hogan on ''Nitro'' in July 1998 to win the {{WCW}} World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Though the match really should have been saved for a pay-per-view in order to create a massive PPV payday, the deafening crowd reaction (thanks to WCW scheduling the victory in Goldberg's hometown of Atlanta, Georgia) and the mere fact that Hogan took a ''clean'' pinfall loss in [=WCW=] make it probably the last truly great CrowningMomentOfAwesome that [=WCW=] can attest to (since it was the last time ''Nitro'' defeated ''Raw'' in the ratings).
** Prior to that, winning the United States championship from {{Wrestler/Raven}}, after taking out the Flock. No-selling a shot to the head from a STOP sign was amazing.

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* Diamond Dallas Page and Randy Savage had been feuding for a good portion of 1997, thanks to Savage being in the [=nWo=] and Page outright refusing to join the group. Page would resort to trickery at times, but Savage and the [=nWo=] were always prepared...except for one night. Savage was wrestling the masked ''luchador'' La Parka, and it seemed like it would be an easy win for him, so the [=nWo=] members he came to the ring with went to the announcers' table to start harassing Larry Zybysko. When they were distracted, "La Parka" hit a Diamondcutter on Savage and ripped off his mask to reveal that he was, in fact, Page in disguise - this earned him a '''huge''' pop from the crowd. Page picked up the three count and escaped through the audience before the other [=nWo=] members could get to him, gloating with the fans.
** Speaking of DDP, while newer fans may know RandyOrton as the guy who can hit an RKO out of nowhere, he is preceded by Diamond Dallas Page and his Diamond Cutter. The variations and counters that DDP had for his move were even more numerous than Randy's RKO, and there was always a new one every Monday night for about two years. Perhaps his most infamous ones were when he countered out of Goldberg's Jackhammer at ''Halloween Havoc 1998'' with the Cutter, which had the audience convinced that he ended the streak (Golberg secured a mini CMOA just for kicking out); and a few months later at ''Starrcade'' when he maneuvered out of a top-rope Chokeslam from the Giant into a Top-Rope Diamond Cutter. DDP used to boast that he could deliver the Diamond Cutter once a week for a year and never do it the same way twice -- and kept footage on his website of all 52 ways to deliver it to prove it.

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* Diamond Dallas Page and Randy Savage had been feuding for a good portion of 1997, thanks to Savage being in the [=nWo=] and Page outright refusing to join the group. Page would resort to trickery at times, but Savage and the [=nWo=] were always prepared...except for one ''Nitro''. Savage was wrestling the masked ''luchador'' La Parka, and it seemed like it would be an easy win for him, so the [=nWo=] members he came to the ring with went to the announcers' table to start harassing Larry Zybysko. When they were distracted, "La Parka" hit a Diamondcutter on Savage and ripped off his mask to reveal that he was, in fact, Page in disguise - this earned him a '''huge''' pop from the crowd. Page picked up the three count and escaped through the audience before the other [=nWo=] members could get to him, gloating with the fans.
** Speaking of DDP, while newer fans may know RandyOrton as the guy who can hit an RKO out of nowhere, he is preceded by Diamond Dallas Page and his Diamond Cutter. The variations and counters that DDP had for his move were even more numerous than Randy's RKO, and there was always a new one every Monday night for about two years. Perhaps his most infamous ones were when he countered out of Goldberg's Jackhammer at ''Halloween Havoc 1998'' with the Cutter, which had the audience convinced that he ended Goldberg's undefeated streak (Golberg secured a [=mini-CMOA=] just for kicking out); and a few months later at ''Starrcade'' when he maneuvered out of a top-rope Chokeslam from the Giant into a Top-Rope Diamond Cutter. DDP used to boast that he could deliver the Diamond Cutter once a week for a year and never do it the same way twice - and to prove it, he kept footage on his website of all 52 ways to deliver it.

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