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Kane dominating in the 2001 Royal Rumble. If my favourite wrestler hadn't have been so unpredictably monsterous during this match, I probably wouldn't have been a fan.
Wrestling could have died after Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero celebrated in the ring to close WrestleMania XX. Seriously, this is coming from someone who isn't even that much of a Chris Benoit mark, his push starting with the 2004 Royal Rumble win was just emotional stuff. Instead of trying to shove new guys down our throats, the WWE should be listening to its fans and doing things like this.
Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon forming their alliance at WrestleMania X7 was awesome stuff at the time. I was so shocked I talked to my dad about it on the phone, and just basked in the revelation WrestleMania had put on me. The WWE would kind of kill the essence that was Stone Cold afterwards. They should have made him the same Stone Cold, only doing whatever it takes to keep the WWF Championship. It would have been truly captivating stuff. Triple H really should have turned face (at No Way Out he got a clean victory over Stone Cold, it would have made sense), and it was the perfect time to give Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho major babyface pushes against Austin. With the purchase of WCW, they should have just scrapped the whole Invasion idea, and just had Booker T come in as another top babyface.
A moment which hasn't really been mentioned, is the original One Night Stand PPV. It just worked as a whole, and while some matches didn't live up to expectations, we got Super Crazy hitting an epic Moonsault, Awesome vs. Tanaka and Paul Heyman's promo.
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