411’s WWE Greatest Moments Report: Backstage Chaos

-Written: 06.15.26
-Run Time: 30 Minutes (w/ commercials)
-Source: A&E

-Plug: LFG Season 3 – Episode Eight

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10. Dropping The Roof
-SmackDown: Feb, 7, 2002

-Let’s go back to heel Taker as he gives Rock a Tombstone on the roof of a limo. Rock says there were exciting times and they raised the bar. I don’t remember this moment at all.

9. Nitro’s New Disorder
-Nitro: July 29, 1996

-On one hand, props for including WCW. On the other, this should be way higher and you could make a case it should be #1. This was amazing and just heavy stuff at the time. The nWo attacks WCW in the back lot of Disney MGM. LAWN DART OF REY MYSTERIO! Still one of the sickest bumps of all time. The show came to a halt and it was just panic and chaos. Cops and firetrucks showed up because fans called 9-1-1 according to Eric. Just so awesome and I will never get sick of watching it.

8. The Beast Attacks
-RAW: May 22, 2023

-See, in no universe is this greater than the previous nWo moment and even Cody would tell you. What we have is a pissed off Brock jumping Cody backstage and beating the crap out of him. He uses a keg to break Cody’s hand and we get old footage of Brock saying, “he was a threat to me and I had to take him out.” Yeah, that wasn’t about Cody as that was a young Brock with a buzz cut and they needed some kind of audio from Brock. Lazy!

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7. Just for Kicks
-RAW: June 23, 2023

-Mick Foley is signing his newest book for Vince McMahon and says something to Ric Flair and Randy Orton as they pass. Flair and Orton attack and Orton punts Foley down a sets of stairs. Mick says his head was split open by a bottle broken over his head. Great stuff as it set up Foley/Orton that was paid off almost a year later with an amazing match at Backlash.

6. Battle of Behemoths
-RAW: Aug. 26, 2024

-Strowman and Bronson Reed have a MONSTER FIGHT in the back and into the parking lot. KO: “These guys are walking houses. I can live in one of these guys and it would be nice.” Reed gives Strowman a TSUNAMI off a wall onto a car. That looked amazing. There is always something cool about two monsters destroying each other.

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5. Crushing The Rock
-RAW: Feb 18, 2002

-More nWo, but the WWE version, so not as cool. Hogan hits Rock in the head with a hammer and as he is being taken out by an ambulance, the nWo attack and Hogan drives a semi-truck into the ambulance. Impressive visual, but they kind of dropped that as we got closer to the match because it wasn’t needed. No way this should have been above the other nWo moment, but WWE > WCW I guess.

4.Dumpster Fire
-Aug. 25, 2003

-Kane and Shane McMahon are in the middle of their feud and Kane tries to throw Shane into a literal dumpster fire. Shane escapes and Kane gets kicked into the blazing inferno. Again, silly things like this are a bit too far to believe.

3. Mega-Shocker
-The Main Event II

-I LOVE EVERY SECOND OF THIS! THIS SHOULD BE #1 AND NOTHING COMES CLOSE. Amazing bump by Liz as Savage gets tossed onto her by Akeem. Hogan carries Liz to the back and we see the backstage in a time that didn’t happen. Savage is pissed as THOSE EYES LUST ELIZABETH. Just chaos and again, I love it so much. If you listen closely you can hear the dollar signs ringing up like a cash register in Vince’s eyes. My favorite feud of all time and I smile every time I see the moment The Mega-Powers exploded.

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2. An Arresting Development
-April 1, 2019

-Great moment to add to the Mania build, but this has nothing on the nWo or Hogan/Savage moment. It was tremendous chaos though as Ronda, Charlotte, and Becky are all cuffed and taken out by police. They are all cussing and screaming at each other and Ronda runs an undercover cop car into another car. Windows get shattered. Great stuff! Chris Van Vliet pops up as a talking head.

1. Don’t Cross The Final Boss
-RAW: March 25, 2024

-The Rock beats the dog piss out of Cody Rhodes in the pouring rain while dropping curse words. This was wonderful as it was different than anything we were seeing in the WWE in years. Cody bled all over the place because he’s a Rhodes and Rock got to do whatever he wants because he is the Boss.

-Fun list and gave me the nostalgia I needed. For fun I will take the 10 moments and put them in my own personal order. I used to do this, but stopped for a bit. This one seems like a good time to bring it back.

10. The Beast Attacks
09. Dropping The Roof
08. Dumpster Fire
07. Crushing The Rock
06. Battle of Behemoths
05. Just for Kicks
04. An Arresting Development
03. Don’t Cross The Final Boss
02. Nitro’s New Disorder
01. Mega-Shocker

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