5. That... Was Perfect.
I don't know if this really counts as a montage since it just has Mr. Perfect's music in the background, plus there's people like Gerald Briscoe and Sgt. Slaughter talking in between, but still, it's a pretty nifty compilation of Curt Hennig's old vignettes.
I particularly like the part where he throws a Hail Mary pass across an entire indoor football field... TO HIMSELF.
4. The Scientist.
What I love about this video is the song itself, and how I think it's actually a veiled message from Vince McMahon, wishing that he could patch things up with Randy. There's a rumor that's been going around for a while now that the reason why Vince wouldn't ever work with Savage again was because the Macho Man boinked Vince's daughter Stephanie when she was a teenager.
That's right, I'm 27 years old, I still watch wrestling, and I just used the word "boink."
Anyway, here's to one of the all-time greats. The beat goes on for the Macho King.
3. Rooftops.
Here's an example of how montages aren't all about dead guys, and whaddaya know, it's actually pretty good. I was never a Jeff Hardy fan but I have to give props to the guys "in the truck" who came up with little video-ditty for the Charismatic Enigma (worst wrestling nickname ever, by the way).
I really don't have much to say about this video, other than: great music, great footage, and too bad he and his brother are coked up douchebags nowadays.
2. Here Without You.
I remember back in college, Bim and I were talking to another friend about things we watched that made us cry. The other friend said that it was when he watched "Land Before Time" as a kid.
I can't remember what Bim said but I'm pretty sure it was just as gay as what Other Friend Guy said.
I, of course, said that I had balls, and that I actually wish I had more than a pair of balls, like maybe a gaggle of balls, not just on my crotch but also on other parts of my body, like instead of triceps I'd have scrotums dangling from my arms, and that I. DON'T. CRY.
That was until I saw this video.
And another time after that, when Jin and Sun died on LOST. Anyway, different story.
So, Eddie died, just days before he was about to square off against Batista and Randy Orton in a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship on Smackdown. Rumor has it that WWE creative had penciled in a Guerrero win for the taped event, since Batista was going out with an injury. We're only left to wonder what might have been.
His passing was truly one of the saddest days in wrestling history. I really miss this guy.
1. Highway to Hell.
I remember watching Summerslam 1998 on the bus ride home from a field trip when I was a sophomore in high school. One of my classmates taped it from the Star Sports feed that had aired the night before. The girls in the bus were like "Eeeeewww let's watch Titanic instead" and the boys were like "Know your roles, Jabronis!" Then we all took our clothes off and had this wild-ass field trip bus orgy.
Okay that last part wasn't true, but a man can dream, can't he? Even if it involves fourteen year olds? No? *sadface*
Summerslam '98 was arguably one of the greatest Pay-Per-Views ever, as it featured a Lion's Den match between Owen Hart and Ken Shamrock, a Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship with The Rock and Triple H, and of course, a WWF Championship match that pitted the Undertaker against Stone Cold Steve Austin.
This video was made to open the event but clips had been airing for weeks to promote the big WWF Title match. It really didn't tell much of a story, unlike most WWE montages do in the years that followed, but it was pure, 100%, unadulterated badassery. And I have no complaints.
Lastly, this video is number 1 because it has two things that the other ones don't: Friggin' AC/DC, and at 1:51 --- BOOBIES!!!
Click here for the video. Linking was disabled by request. Boo. - Bim