He’s just so good at playing the clueless comedic foil to whoever he gets partnered with. Possible exception for Truth & Consequences, his TNA-era teamup with Consequences Creed (I.e. Xavier Woods), which was actually a serious team-up.
New category: WE’LL DO IT LIVE!
I.e. times when things didn’t go to plan and people were forced to improvise
The Wrestlemania 37 weather delay
Just before the first match on Night One was supposed to start, an unexpected storm forced them to evacuate the reduced-capacity-due-to-covid audience into the interior of the stadium. To fill time, they spent about half an hour cutting back and forth between different interviewers while the wrestlers cut unscripted promos about the storylines they were involved in, including a memorable weather update where Samoa Joe stood in the downpour wearing a plastic trash bag over his suit. It was glorious chaos.
I.e. times when things didn’t go to plan and people were forced to improvise
The Wrestlemania 37 weather delay
Owen Hart, 1999 Over The Edge PPV
Owen Hart vs. Steve Austin, Intercontinental Championship match, SummerSlam 1997
Owen broke Austin’s neck accidentally with a pile-driver, temporarily paralyzing him. Hart played to the crowd until Austin regained enough feeling to roll him up for the pinfall.
I.e. times when things didn’t go to plan and people were forced to improvise
The Wrestlemania 37 weather delay
Owen Hart, 1999 Over The Edge PPV
Owen Hart vs. Steve Austin, Intercontinental Championship match, SummerSlam 1997
Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, Halloween Havoc 98
The show went three-and-a-half hours, rather than the standard three and many PPV feeds ended at the 3-hour mark and during the main event. WCW aired the match the next night on Nitro.
I.e. times when things didn’t go to plan and people were forced to improvise
The Wrestlemania 37 weather delay
Owen Hart, 1999 Over The Edge PPV
Owen Hart vs. Steve Austin, Intercontinental Championship match, SummerSlam 1997
Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, Halloween Havoc 98
AEW Revolution Exploding Ring Barbed Wire Death Match, 2021
Eddie Kingston covers Moxley with his own body to protect him from the puff of smoke. Announcers loudly act like some huge explosion happened. After a momentary silence the crowd boos.
I.e. times when things didn’t go to plan and people were forced to improvise
The Wrestlemania 37 weather delay
Owen Hart, 1999 Over The Edge PPV
Owen Hart vs. Steve Austin, Intercontinental Championship match, SummerSlam 1997
Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, Halloween Havoc 98
AEW Revolution Exploding Ring Barbed Wire Death Match, 2021
Chris Jericho vs. Neville WWE Raw, 3/14/16
Neville breaks his ankle during the match and can’t put weight on it. Jericho tries to roll him up to end the match but only gets a two count, so he pushes the ref and gets DQd. Good veteran move by Jericho.
I.e. times when things didn’t go to plan and people were forced to improvise
The Wrestlemania 37 weather delay
Owen Hart, 1999 Over The Edge PPV
Owen Hart vs. Steve Austin, Intercontinental Championship match, SummerSlam 1997
Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, Halloween Havoc 98
AEW Revolution Exploding Ring Barbed Wire Death Match, 2021
Chris Jericho vs. Neville WWE Raw, 3/14/16
Sting vs. Jeff Hardy, TNA Victory Road 2011
Hardy came to the ring stoned out of his mind. Eric Bischoff came out to give instructions, and then Sting hit Hardy with the Scorpion Death Drop and did a hard pin to prevent him from kicking out. The crowd chanted “BULLSHIT!” and Sting said, “I agree!”
I.e. times when things didn’t go to plan and people were forced to improvise
The Wrestlemania 37 weather delay
Owen Hart, 1999 Over The Edge PPV
Owen Hart vs. Steve Austin, Intercontinental Championship match, SummerSlam 1997
Goldberg vs. Diamond Dallas Page, WCW World Heavyweight Championship, Halloween Havoc 98
AEW Revolution Exploding Ring Barbed Wire Death Match, 2021
Chris Jericho vs. Neville WWE Raw, 3/14/16
Sting vs. Jeff Hardy, TNA Victory Road 2011
Royal Rumble 2005 - Vinnie Mac tears both quads jumping into the rin
Wrestlemania 39 - Shane McMahon tears his quad seconds into his match with the Miz, so Snoop Dogg takes his place
WCW Thunder, 2000: Falling blood misses Kevin Nash in the ring by several feet; Nash just stares at it and everyone looks stupid (on a taped show; they didn’t reshoot or re-edit)
And speaking of Nash:
New category:
The Following Category Has Been Paid for by the New World Order
(Defining moments in the history of the nWo)
Lex Luger makes Hollywood Hogan tap out to the Torture Rack and wins the World Title; Monday Nitro 8/4/97
The Following Category Has Been Paid for by the New World Order
(Defining moments in the history of the nWo)
Lex Luger makes Hollywood Hogan tap out to the Torture Rack and wins the World Title; Monday Nitro 8/4/97
Rowdy Roddy Piper discovers that Eric Bischoff has secretly been the leader of the nWo, Monday Nitro 11/18/96
Hulk Hogan leg-drops Randy Savage and joins The Outsiders to form the nWo; Bash at the Beach 1996
Clash of the Champions 1997: After nearly a year of keeping everyone guessing whose side he was on, Crow Sting interrupts the nWo’s in-ring celebration by appearing in the rafters with a buzzard
“When a man’s heart is full of deceit, it burns up, dies, and a dark shadow falls over his soul. From the ashes of a once great man has risen a curse, a wrong that must be righted. We look to the skies for a vindicator, someone to strike fear into the black hearts of the same men who created him. The battle between good and evil has begun. Against an army of shadows comes a dark warrior. The purveyor of good, with a voice of silence and a mission of justice. THIS. IS. STING.”
The Following Category Has Been Paid for by the New World Order
(Defining moments in the history of the nWo)
Lex Luger makes Hollywood Hogan tap out to the Torture Rack and wins the World Title; Monday Nitro 8/4/97
Rowdy Roddy Piper discovers that Eric Bischoff has secretly been the leader of the nWo, Monday Nitro 11/18/96
Hulk Hogan leg-drops Randy Savage and joins The Outsiders to form the nWo; Bash at the Beach 1996
Clash of the Champions 1997: After nearly a year of keeping everyone guessing whose side he was on, Crow Sting interrupts the nWo’s in-ring celebration by appearing in the rafters with a buzzard
The original nWo makes their way to the WWF; No Way Out 2002 (“The poison has arrived!”)
The Following Category Has Been Paid for by the New World Order
(Defining moments in the history of the nWo)
Lex Luger makes Hollywood Hogan tap out to the Torture Rack and wins the World Title; Monday Nitro 8/4/97
Rowdy Roddy Piper discovers that Eric Bischoff has secretly been the leader of the nWo, Monday Nitro 11/18/96
Hulk Hogan leg-drops Randy Savage and joins The Outsiders to form the nWo; Bash at the Beach 1996
Clash of the Champions 1997: After nearly a year of keeping everyone guessing whose side he was on, Crow Sting interrupts the nWo’s in-ring celebration by appearing in the rafters with a buzzard
The original nWo makes their way to the WWF; No Way Out 2002 (“The poison has arrived!”)
NJPW, 2013; Bullet Club adopts the “too sweet” salute and the “4 Lyfe” motto, establishing themselves as the latter-day successor to the nWo legacy
(Side note: I always thought the too-sweet was just a variation on heavy metal horns, but according to Wikipedia it originated with Turkish nationalists and its display is banned in some parts of Europe because of its association with far-right groups, and the nWo came upon it because X-Pac saw it somewhere and thought it looked cool)
The Following Category Has Been Paid for by the New World Order
(Defining moments in the history of the nWo)
Lex Luger makes Hollywood Hogan tap out to the Torture Rack and wins the World Title; Monday Nitro 8/4/97
Rowdy Roddy Piper discovers that Eric Bischoff has secretly been the leader of the nWo, Monday Nitro 11/18/96
Hulk Hogan leg-drops Randy Savage and joins The Outsiders to form the nWo; Bash at the Beach 1996
Clash of the Champions 1997: After nearly a year of keeping everyone guessing whose side he was on, Crow Sting interrupts the nWo’s in-ring celebration by appearing in the rafters with a buzzard
The original nWo makes their way to the WWF; No Way Out 2002 (“The poison has arrived!”)
NJPW, 2013; Bullet Club adopts the “too sweet” salute and the “4 Lyfe” motto, establishing themselves as the latter-day successor to the nWo legacy
Finger Poke of Doom, Monday Nitro, 1/4/99: Kevin Nash deliberately loses his World Title to Hollywood Hogan, the two nWo factions re-unite, and they beat up and spray-paint Goldberg. They also lose 600,000 viewers by spoiling the surprise of Mick Foley’s WWF Title win on RAW.
The Following Category Has Been Paid for by the New World Order
(Defining moments in the history of the nWo)
Lex Luger makes Hollywood Hogan tap out to the Torture Rack and wins the World Title; Monday Nitro 8/4/97
Rowdy Roddy Piper discovers that Eric Bischoff has secretly been the leader of the nWo, Monday Nitro 11/18/96
Hulk Hogan leg-drops Randy Savage and joins The Outsiders to form the nWo; Bash at the Beach 1996
Clash of the Champions 1997: After nearly a year of keeping everyone guessing whose side he was on, Crow Sting interrupts the nWo’s in-ring celebration by appearing in the rafters with a buzzard
The original nWo makes their way to the WWF; No Way Out 2002 (“The poison has arrived!”)
NJPW, 2013; Bullet Club adopts the “too sweet” salute and the “4 Lyfe” motto, establishing themselves as the latter-day successor to the nWo legacy
Finger Poke of Doom, Monday Nitro, 1/4/99: Kevin Nash deliberately loses his World Title to Hollywood Hogan, the two nWo factions re-unite, and they beat up and spray-paint Goldberg. They also lose 600,000 viewers by spoiling the surprise of Mick Foley’s WWF Title win on RAW.
Nitro, 7/29/1996; The nWo enters the arena to “Rockhouse” for the first time
I vaguely recall Scott Hall referring to it as “the soundtrack from your favorite adult movie”, which is a pretty solid description. It’s actually a collection of samples from various Jimi Hendrix songs, which I didn’t know until just recently but explains why Hogan started using “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” as his theme the following year.