Swamp Acid
07-15-2006, 09:49 PM
The one moment in Wrestling that has always stood out in my mind happened on August 25, 1997(which was my 13th birthday) in Columbia, South Carolina. It was an episode of Nitro when the nWo was fueding heavily with the 4-Horsemen. This was also the time when Curt Henning had jumped ship over to WCW form WWE and was being pursued by the 4-Horseman.
Anyway, Rick Flair, Steve McMicheals, and Chris Benoit were in the ring and were asking Curt Henning to join the 4-Horseman. As everyone knows Henning went on to say that he wasn't ready to give them an answer on whether or not he would join the group. Next, Arn Anderson(my favorite all time Wrestler) comes out to address Henning as well as the crowd. Anderson went on to say he was in the gym recently and one of his friends walked up to him and slapped him on the back, which made him drop his cup of water. He said he then realized that his hand was now too weak to hold a glass and too weak to button a button and that him stepping into the ring again would be suicide. SO he conitinued on saying to the fans "I want you to remember me as I was and not as I am. And for all you people out there that have ever boutgh a ticket to se Arn Anderson Wrestle, whether you love me or you hate me you knew that when that bell ring I gave you everything I had". I remember seeing him hold back tears as well as Benoit and Flair in the back ground. I remember him touching Flair on the shoulder and saying to the crowd "And other than be anything than the Enforcer in my best friends eyes I'd rather walk away." This was his fairwell speech from the ring to the crowd.
Anyway, Rick Flair, Steve McMicheals, and Chris Benoit were in the ring and were asking Curt Henning to join the 4-Horseman. As everyone knows Henning went on to say that he wasn't ready to give them an answer on whether or not he would join the group. Next, Arn Anderson(my favorite all time Wrestler) comes out to address Henning as well as the crowd. Anderson went on to say he was in the gym recently and one of his friends walked up to him and slapped him on the back, which made him drop his cup of water. He said he then realized that his hand was now too weak to hold a glass and too weak to button a button and that him stepping into the ring again would be suicide. SO he conitinued on saying to the fans "I want you to remember me as I was and not as I am. And for all you people out there that have ever boutgh a ticket to se Arn Anderson Wrestle, whether you love me or you hate me you knew that when that bell ring I gave you everything I had". I remember seeing him hold back tears as well as Benoit and Flair in the back ground. I remember him touching Flair on the shoulder and saying to the crowd "And other than be anything than the Enforcer in my best friends eyes I'd rather walk away." This was his fairwell speech from the ring to the crowd.