* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerpoke_of_Doom The Fingerpoke of Doom,]] a self-induced HumiliationConga that many see as directly responsible for WCW's collapse in 2001. It started with the main event--Hulk Hugan, Kevin Nash, and the poke in question, which knocked Nash over and allowed Hulk to pin him, marking the reunion of the NWO. Soon after, Tony Schiavone gave away the results of MickFoley's WWF championship match, sarcastically claiming it would "put some butts in seats." Immediately half a million fans changed the channel to [[WWeRAW RAW]] and the live audience threw bottles and refuse into the ring. For months after, fans migrated to RAW shows in droves, bearing signs reading "MickFoley put my ass in this seat."
** ItGotWorse, yes I know we don't like that trope but here it's accurate. Nitro ran ten minutes longer than Raw. Why is that significant? Because fans who saw Foley's win and changed back to WCW saw what is in any top three DethroningMomentOfSuck lists for wrestling. That half a million fans turned into most of WCW's viewership, and in one night WCW was killed. It took two years afterwards to happen but this was the night experts point to where WCW died.

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* '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerpoke_of_Doom The Fingerpoke of Doom]]''' is often labeled as the pivotal moment (though by no means the only moment) that led to WCW's collapse in 2001, made worse because there were several ways the promotion ''could've'' saved the angle (such as ''not destroying [[{{Goldberg}} their top draw at the time]]''), but on the bright side at least it had [[FingerpokeOfDoom a Trope]] named after it. At the end of the telecast, the fans made their displeasure known by throwing all manner of bottles and trash into the ring.
** As an added bonus: on that same show, Tony Schiavone launched a TakeThat at [[MickFoley Mick "Mankind" Foley]] and the WWF, revealing that he was going to win the WWF Championship and sarcastically proclaiming "that'll put some butts in seats". Hundreds of thousands of fans immediately switched over to ''[[WWERaw Raw]]''; throughout the next few months, signs showed up on ''Raw'' that said "MickFoley put my ass in this seat". In Schiavone's defense, he was ordered to say it by Bischoff despite not wanting to.

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* In the 1990s, Tony Schiavone was an adequate, if not good, commentator with a pair of bad habits in irrational exuberance and calling just about every move he didn't know the name of a "face jam". But as WCW hit the skids and management began to fall apart, so did Schiavone's commentary. Part of this was due to the EnforcedMethodActing that WCW used on the commentators to keep their commentary "more spontaneous" - they never allowed them to see the pre-taped segments, so they would then not know how to sell them and make stupid comments. However, Schiavone was bad enough on his own. He proclaimed every episode of ''Nitro'' to be "[[ItsTheBestWhateverEver the greatest (moment/night/event) in the history of our sport!]]", for which he ([[MemeticMutation and the phrase]]) was mocked mercilessly by [[SmartMark smarks]] and [[{{Fan}} marks]] alike. He also proclaimed just about everything "the most shocking swerve ever" after VinceRusso came in. This went over even less well, and was so mocked it became [[ShockingSwerve a Trope of its own]].

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* In the 1990s, Tony Schiavone was an adequate, if not good, commentator with a pair of bad habits in irrational exuberance and calling just about every move he didn't know the name of a "face jam". But as WCW hit the skids and management began to fall apart, so did Schiavone's commentary. Part of this was due to the EnforcedMethodActing that WCW used on the commentators to keep their commentary "more spontaneous" - they never allowed them to see the pre-taped segments, so they would then not know how to sell them and make stupid comments. However, Schiavone was bad enough on his own. He proclaimed every episode of ''Nitro'' to be "[[ItsTheBestWhateverEver the greatest (moment/night/event) in the history of our sport!]]", for which he ([[MemeticMutation and the phrase]]) was mocked mercilessly by [[SmartMark smarks]] and [[{{Fan}} marks]] alike. He also proclaimed just about everything "the most shocking swerve ever" after Wrestling/VinceRusso came in. This went over even less well, and was so mocked it became [[ShockingSwerve a Trope of its own]].

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