Best Interview/Promo Ever

[Guest Your God]

My pick would have to be Brian Pillman's big up your's to the smart mark ECW fans in February 1996.  "Sma-a-a-rt maaaark...what's a smart mark?  A mark with a high IQ?!"  (My user name on the last Smarkboard).  Classic stuff, got him over as a heel big time as he found a way to make fans genuinely hate him.

[Guest Tony149]

There have been a lot of them, but I will go with Ric Flair's return promo on Nitro in 1998. Where he told Bischoff off.

[Guest joshicho]

My favourite promo is between Cactus Jack's "He's Hardcore" promo or Ric Flairs promo on the last ever Nitro

 

"Did I, Did I, WHOOOOOO! Did I happen to here Vince McMahon say he was going

to hold WCW in the palm.. of.. his... hand! Is that what he said ? Does that

mean that you are going to hold Jack Brisco, Dory Funk, Harley Race, the

Road Warriors, Sting, Luger, The Steiners, Ric Flair, Steamboat, does that

mean that you're gonna hold us all in the palm of your hand. To coin a

phrase, I DON'T THINK SO. You know, at 12 o'clock today, someone very

special to me said 'Don't go out on that show tonight knowing it's the very

last time that you'll ever be on TNT or TBS." She said to me, "Don't go out

there and cry. Don't go out there and say you're sorry," because I'm NOT.

I've been FOURTEEN TIMES (Crowd: "WHOOOOOOO!") THE WORLD CHAMPION, for the

greatest WRESTLING organization in the WORLD, WCW. We, I'm talking about the

Stings, the Steamboats, the Steiners, the Road Warriors, I'm talking about

my best friend Arn Anderson and the Four Horseman ("WHOOO!") We have been on

a par, and we have been equal to any wrestling organization in the WORLD. As

a matter of fact, we have run neck and neck with you, Vince McMahon, for

YEARS. And just for trivia Vince McMahon, did you know that in 1981 when you

were trying to become an announcer, your Dad was on the board of directors

and voted for ME to be the World Heavyweight Champion. WHOOOO! How 'bout

that! And ever since that day I have been a limousine riding, jet flying,

kiss stealing, wheelin deelin, SON OF A GUN, and ALONG WITH THE WHOLE DAMN

WCW, have kissed the beautiful girls world wide and made 'em cry. But you

see, we were EVERY BIT the force. We worked WCW, we lived, we breathed, we

sweat WCW. We paid the price to be the BEST. It's never been about the boys,

it's always been WWF versus the WCW. In the office, the boys have gone out

there night in and NIGHT OUT doing everything they could to be the very best

at what they've chosen to do with their lives. Those boys are here tonight.

WE ARE. We're not going anywhere. YOU CAN'T HOLD US IN YOUR HANDS and

control our lives. WE'RE WCW. We've bled and we've sweat. When was the last

time that you wrestled for an hour, cut yourself five times, bled for 45

minutes. WHEN WERE YOU THERE? YOU WEREN'T. YOU WEREN'T!! You weren't in the

dressing room, on the road 40 days and 40 nights, bleeding, sweating, going

to the next town. YOU CAN'T HOLD PEOPLE'S LIVES IN YOUR HANDS. We're the

greatest wrestling company of all time. I"m gonna say it again, You can't

control us OR our future. And in closing, let me say this... In all my years

in this sport, my greatest opponent in this company has been STING. So

tonight, if we're going out, if we're going out on a high-note, Stinger, The

Nature Boy wants you right here in the middle of the ring (HUGE POP) because

Sting, STING, my greatest opponent, STING, it's your last chance TO BE THE

MAN (Crowd starts chanting Sting's name, Flair's joins along). To be the

man, you've got to BEAT THE MAN. AND I AM, THE MAN!!!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Guest Drury37]

I think Ric Flair's promo after he won the WWF Title in the 1992 WWF Royal Rumble!!!That was just awesome,it was like an acceptance speech!!!

Thanks.

[Guest razazteca]

Chris Jericho's WCW Conspiracy promos

Cactus Jack&Mikey Whipwreck "He's Hardcore"

Taz on the 1st ECW TNN show

any Ric Flair interview on WCW Saturday Night

Raven vs Dreamer promos

Ric Flair begging Vince not to let the nWo in

Dudley Boys vs PG13 at ECW PPV

Hayabusa vs Mr Gannosake

Scott Hall showing up on Nitro the 1st time

Shane Douglas throwing down the NWA title

[Guest areacode212]

It's hard to beat Austin's KotR 96 speech.

[Guest RetroRob215]

My personal favorite was Mankind's transformation into Cactus Jack following the Royal Rumble in 2000.

[Guest Loss4Words]

I don't know if I consider this promo the best ever or not, but it definitely deserves a mention and is without a doubt in my top five. It didn't happen very long ago, so I think you'll know what I'm talking about.

 

From CRZ's transcript of WWF Smackdown 01/17/02:

 

Cut that music! Cut the damn music NOW!! How dare you, Rock. How dare you disrespect me, Rock! I AM THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPION - I AM THE MAN YOU WILL BE FACING THIS SUNDAY AT THE ROYAL RUMBLE AND YOU HAVE NOT EVEN MENTIONED MY NAME ONE TIME! On top of that, everybody's talking about facing you at WrestleMania as if it's some kind of a foregone conclusion that you're gonna beat me this Sunday - as if I'm some kind of a fluke champion, or a transitional champion, but they can all go to hell if they thing that! And all of YOU all can go to hell if you think that! But most importantly, Rock, YOU can go to hell, too. Because there's something a lot more painful than any beating you can get, Rock, and that is the truth - because the truth hurts!" Pause for "Rock E" chant. "The truth hurts, Rock, and the truth is you had the chance to become the Undisputed champ last month at Ven gea nce, but YOU FAILED! YOU were beaten by ME! And you wanna talk about facing the Undertaker or Steve Austin at WrestleMania - you can face anybody you want at WrestleMania, but it won't be for this Championship! ["Ass hole!"] Because this championship is not yours, Rock - this championship is MINE - it's MINE - IT'S ALL MINE - IT'S ALL MIIIINE - and the truth is...Chris Jericho is the most overlooked champion in WWF history! But you know what else is the truth, Rock? At WrestleMania, I will STILL be the Champion - because this is MY championship - this is my championship, dammit, and this is my show, and this is MY--" "Whoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoawhoa whoa whoa whoa whoa! Let the Rock clarify something to you, Undisputed champion or not, this is not YOUR show...this is SmackDown!, this is THEROCK's show! And what you're failling to realise is everybody is talkin' about WrestleMania, facin' the Rock, for one reason: because THEY know, them in the back, they know, the guys in the back, they know, them, the MILLIONS...and millions of the Rock's fans, they know that the Rock...is better than you. You see the guys in the back know it, everybody around the world knows it, you know it - and you see, Chris Jericho, the truth, it does hurt - it really really hurts - but not as much as the Rock is goin' to hurt you this Sunday at Royal Rumble IF YA SUH-MELLLLLLL--" "NO!!! NO NO NO NO NO!! THIS IS NOT A JOKE! I AM NOT A JOKE! I AM SERIOUS! AND YOU WILL NOT LOOK PAST ME, YOU STUPID SON OF A (BITCH)!" Crowd chants "Rock E!" as we see tears in Jericho's eyes. Rock removes his shades...slowly leaves the ring...and walks up the ramp..."Rock E!"...until he stands face to face with Jericho. "The Rock DOES NOT THINK that this is a joke. The Rock is not smiling - he's not laughing - (slowly circles round Jericho) - so you know, (station identification - top o' the hour) the Rock is taking you very serious, Chris Jericho - dead serious, Chris Jericho - and cannot wait to whup your candyass..." Now standing behind him. "...at the Royal Rumble this Sunday night. And just so you know, and you never forget...if you ssssssssssmell...what the Rock...(nose to nose)....is cookin'."

[Guest X-Factor Corperation]

I'm not sure if it is a promo but the milktruck. The Jericho promo was good too. Or the Vince promo.

[Guest JHawk]

Others we haven't mentioned:

 

The DX parody of the Nation

 

Steve Austin "Monday Nyquil"

 

Anything during Jericho's aborted feud with Goldberg

 

I don't know ifthis is considered a promo, but Any Piper's Pit (particularly the coconut incident)

 

The Rock's promo on SmackDown just prior to No Mercy 2000 ("take that 2 dollar, no, 50 cent, no, buy one get one free anybody got change for a nickel...")

 

The Angle-Austin sketches at the beginning of the Invasion

 

Joel Gertner at Guilty as Charged 1999

 

Arn Anderson's retirement speech (and the nWo's parody of it)

 

I'm sure I'm missing more.

[Guest goodhelmet]

If you watch some of Foley's promos from ECW and Japan the guy was a genius. But my favorite promo of all time was Foley teeling HHH the only way they could settle their feud was ....Hell in a Cell!!!

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

arn's retirement speech

flair's return speech

flairs last ever nitro speech

austin king of the ring

steve corino's speechs taunting dusty rhodes

bret Hart's promo where he said (paraphrasing) "if i was going to give america an enema i would stick the hose right here in pittsburg."

[Guest KOR420]

Taz promo from guilty as charged when he won the ECW title

 

"Camera,mic,mic camera Taz! I don't need you *Pushes announcer out of the way*

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

i almost forgot taz's promos when he would trash the wwf and wcw stars

[Guest imajackoff?]

Foley's "farewell" promo on the Smackdown before No Way Out '00

[Guest crandamaniac]

some of my favorite promos:

 

1.) Cactus Jack after Wrestlemania XIV when he retired. I felt he definitely got his point across on how disappointed he was with the fans, and it was very moving.

 

2.)Jericho's Debut in the WWF.  Perhaps the best debut of any wrestler i've ever seen.

 

3.)Paul Heyman befor Survivor Series. IMO, if they built the invasion on this promo, no McMahons (or at least no Stephanie) then we'd probably would have seen (Schivane mode) the greatest angle in the history of our sport (Schivane mode off).

[Guest dreamer420]

Jericho's debut when the Rock was delivering a promo was hair raising.  I knew when that countdown hit that it would be Jericho for some reason and when his name flashed on the Titantron, the fans went nuts, and it was a wicked 10 minutes of WWF programming.

[Guest hockeytown9321]

I'd have to go with Foley's promo on SmackDown the week before No Way Out 2000.  He also did a promo on Sunday Night Heat before the 2000 Rumble which does not get enough credit.

[Guest razazteca]

a few more ECW moments:

 

Steve Austin mocking Hogan, wearing Hulkmania Yellow&Red!!!!!

 

Steve Austin explaining how he was held back in WCW

 

Shane Douglas and Pit Bull2 "Halo" incident

 

Lance Storm telling Douglas he was trained at CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA

 

Dean Malenko's fairwell speech in ECW, the fans were chanting "Please don't go"

[Guest KOR420]

The week after the New Age Outlaws joined DX and destroyed Foley and Funk and Foley cut the promo the next week about how when they were carried away by EMT's the fans chanted Austins name

[Guest Metallica]

* Paul Heyman's promo on Vince stealing his life/money/ideas

 

* Bret Hart's heel turn the day after Wrestlemania 13

 

* Shawn Michaels' "I lost my smile" promo

 

* Mankind/Dude Love/Cactus Jack all appearing on the TitanTron at the same time

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

My favourite is Arn's retirement speech, with Flair's return a close second.

[Guest jaCko]

I'd go with Mick Foley's promo before No Way Out in 2000.

 

Other nominees include

 

Austin's 1996 King of the Ring promo

Bret Hart's profanity laced tirade after losing to Sid

Shawn Michaels and Triple H showing the Kliq incident after Badd Blood

Hulk Hogan at Bash at the Beach

Shane McMahon on Nitro, only for the fact of seeing Shane McMahon on Nitro

[Guest ratboy]

8/9/99--The Y2J problem emerges. Plus, Kane's got two words for ya...

 

Highly entertaining, if not in a dumb ass sorta way.

[Guest converge241]

The famous Jake the Snake - Dibiase

"the money you grovel for is your own"

 

The Ric Flair Royal Rumble acceptance

The Austin KOTR speech

 

The last two were especially good in watching with a bunch of old-school marks who have to cheer for the good guy and had no clue about NWA/WCW. Their reactions just added to the greatness

[Guest krambigmac]

Dusty Rhodes promo about how the LOD tried to blind him with the spike before Starrcade 88.  It's the I'm still breathing one and that thing was so emotional, you can't forget about it.

[Guest Some Guy]

One of my favorite promos was Austin in ECW.  He climbed up a ladder, and said, "I never got to climb to the top of WCW like this."  ....  "As I look down (on the Sandamn, Mikey,(I think) and Woman) I see 2 jabronies and about a $5 piece of ass.  Don't get all pissed off at me honey because you're the one who married a midget not me.  If I had a paper abg clothespin for my nose I might just give you a drive."  

My quotes are mostly accurate, either way you get the idea.  Austin then grabbed Woman over his shoulder and took her to the back kicking and scraming.

 

I love this promo and just about everything Austin did in 97.  His best all a around year as a performer, IMO.

[Guest Annoyed Grunt]

Anyone remember when Foley told off Rock after he thought he threw out his book?  Now THAT was a good promo, too bad it really didn't lead anywhere.

[Guest dreamer420]

Foley got pretty hot during that interview and he certainly made it look as real as possible.  Foley also had a great one where he threatened to fire HHH because he was not bigger than the WWF.  I don't remember much more than that except that Foley was in some kind of cage or storage room for his office.

[Guest JHawk]

The best promo I ever saw on a non-WWF, WCW, or ECW show was on an indy show in 1990.  Cactus Jack was wrestling Preston Steele in the co-main.  This was four months after his first NWA/WCW run ended, so he grabbed the mic and said, "I know it's been a few months since I've been on TV, but I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't make any comments about how big my ass has gotten lately."  The entire building was rolling.