3) The Cream Of The Crop
Speaker: Macho Man Randy Savage | Date: May 11th, 1987
One of the best promos of the Macho Man’s career came on May 11th, 1987 during a backstage interview with Mean Gene Okerlund. Savage told the world that he was ‘The Cream Of The Crop’ in the WWF!
Randy Savage:
“I’m talking about all the way to the top, yeah. I’m justifiably in a position that I’d rather not be in. But the cream will rise to the top, ooh yeah. Macho Madness, yeah has got more to offer than President Jack Tunney thinks that I got yeah and let me tell you something right now, cards stacked against the Macho Man Randy Savage and Wrestlemania III let me say it yeah, let me say it out loud and let me point to the President of the World Wrestling Federation, The Macho Man Randy Savage is not happy with your decision, yeah. I am the cream in the World Wrestling Federation and there is no doubt about it, yeah, you Mean Gene Okerlund you know that I’m the cream of the crop!”
Mean Gene Okerlund
“Wait a minute though Randy, I’ve got to ask you very seriously, do you blame Mr. Jack Tunney, the distinguished President of The World Wrestling Federation, for Ricky Steamboat being the Intercontinental Champion today?”
Savage:
“Yeah, I do, yeah. Outside interference, yeah. In my moment of glory! Yeah. And now I’m living in a nightmare and I am the cream, and now, not only the Intercontinental Heavyweight belt must fall but, The World Heavyweight Championship belt! Because Hulk Hogan yeah, I am the cream, yeah, the cream of the crop. And there is no-one that does it better than the Macho Man Randy Savage! On balance, off-balance, doesn’t matter. I’m better than you are, yeah and I’m talking everyone in the World Wrestling Federation. And I’m even talking to President Jack Tunney, yeah. I’m on my way and nothing is gonna stop me. Nothing’s gonna stop me”
You can watch the promo here. Macho Man’s voice does it a lot more justice than the written words ever could:
The cream always rises to the top!
2) Austin 3:16 Is Born
Speaker: ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin | Date: King Of The Ring 1996
The promo that turned Steve Austin into a superstar. The birth of Austin 3:16. An incredible promo that skyrocketed Austin into one of the biggest stars that this business has ever seen.
“The first thing I want to be done, is to get that piece of crap out of my ring. Don’t just get him out of the ring, get him out of the WWF! Because I’ve proved, son, without a shadow of a doubt: You ain’t got what it takes anymore! You sit there and you thump your bible and you say your prayers, and it didn’t get you anywhere. Talk about your Psalms, talk about John 3:16—Austin 3:16 says: ‘I’ve just whipped your ass!’ All he has got to do, is buy him a cheap bottle of Thunderbird, and try to dig back some of that courage he had in his prime.
As the King Of The Ring, I’m serving notice to every one of the WWF Superstars. I don’t give a damn what they are, they’re all on the list—and that is Stone Cold’s list—and I’m fixing to start running through all of them. As far as this championship match is concerned son, I don’t give a damn if it’s Davey Boy Smith or Shawn Michaels. Steve Austin’s time has come. And when I get the shot, you are looking at the next WWF Champion. And that’s the bottom line, because Stone Cold said so”
You can watch the promo here:
One of the greatest of all-time no doubt.
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