Arn Anderson's Retirement Speech

[andrew8798]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-RLEnIYDog

[kickassforumguyme]

I was one of the young punks that enjoyed the NWO parody.

[Garee]

I thought the speech was great, and actually did hate the NWO parody

[mysterydriver]

I like how Mean Gene ruins the fact that Double A is back by announcing him when he didn't come out.

[Voldemar H. "Brak" Guerta]

One of the saddest promos in wrestling history.

[bobolebowski]

i was there that night live...i think i was about 10 or 11 and i remember looking around and wondering why there were people crying around me i guess i was too young to know the importance of it....i just remember when curt hennig accepted the spot in the horseman the crowd lit up and went crazy great memory and im proud to say i was there

[AmandaJ]

I was around 11 at that time and back then I didn't really understand the magnitude of it all. I remember getting chills though and being touched by it, and then really hating Curt Hennig when he turned on the horsemen

[DrizzlinShytes]

I loved the NWO Parody. It was the perfect parody because it was honest and mean-spirited. All other parodies after it lacked the razor edge that made the Nash "MY SPAHT!" impression work.

[Voldemar H. "Brak" Guerta]

amandaj said:

I was around 11 at that time and back then I didn't really understand the magnitude of it all. I remember getting chills though and being touched by it, and then really hating Curt Hennig when he turned on the horsemen

Yeah, Hennig turning on the Horsemen at Fall Brawl was like instant super heat, I really hated him for that. I think he even slammed Flair's head in the door of the cage too, I still remember how brutal it looked.

[eDemento2099]

kickassforumguyme said:

I was one of the young punks that enjoyed the NWO parody.

The nWo parody rocks - it's a million times funnier than anything that DX ever did. Sean Waltman did an EXCELLENT job mocking Ric Flair! ;D

[RareTradU]

This has to be one of the most emotional promos in wrestling history. Its not often that a wrestler gets to come out and say a goodbye to the fans, they usually get kicked to the curb never to be heard from again. An awesome pop from the crowd as well. Gave me goosebumps to watch again.

[eDemento2099]

Wow... watching that, Ric Flair looks younger in that video than in many of the videos I've seen of him from the 1980s.

[-Lithium-]

This is cool and the nWo thing was cool too...

[Brain Of F'n J]

The nWo parody is funny when taken in the context of JUST a parody. But then you remember that it was SUPPOSED to lead to a Horsemen revenge attack angle later on in the evening, but Bischoff and Hogan cancelled it, thus making the Horsemen look like chumps ... again ... and it loses a little something.

Jed Shaffer
~Man, why isn't Arn managing someone?

[AmandaJ]

theloosecannon said:

amandaj said:

I was around 11 at that time and back then I didn't really understand the magnitude of it all. I remember getting chills though and being touched by it, and then really hating Curt Hennig when he turned on the horsemen

Yeah, Hennig turning on the Horsemen at Fall Brawl was like instant super heat, I really hated him for that. I think he even slammed Flair's head in the door of the cage too, I still remember how brutal it looked.

Yep, he did, and I seem to remember the next Nitro opening up with a shot of Flair in a hospital bed looking all f***ed up.

[Bub (BLM)]

Awesome video, I remember this like it was yesterday. I love the Horsemen. Hennig would have been fantastic as a Horsemen, he fit the group so well. Damn shame Bischoff was such a selfish prick with the nWo angle that he had to stick every damn new big aquisition in the stable.

On a sidenote, this reminds me of how pissed off I was that they slapped the US Title on that green football player McMichael while Benoit had no title to speak of. That had to burn Chris up.