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* The 05/27/96 episode of ''[[WCW]] Monday Nitro'' featured the shocking return of [[Scott Hall]] and the beginning of a [[New World Order|landmark storyline]] in the industry, one that would effectively swing the balance of power towards [[WCW]] (legitimizing the company in the eyes of the mainstream public) and keep it there until the [[WWE]] came back with a vengeance a couple of years later.
** Of course, the ''big'' Wham of the storyline came at Bash at the Beach '96, when [[Hulk Hogan]] [[Face Heel Turn|went Hollywood]].
** The 07/29/96 episode of WCW Monday Nitro opens with the great announcement, tonight we have two title matches: [[The Big Show|The Giant]] and Arn Anderson for the World Heavyweight Championship and [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]] and [[Eddie Guerrero]] for the Cruiserweight Title. That alone is awesome, but after the opening match [[Ric Flair]]'s theme starts and it's [[Ric Flair]] and two of the Four Horseman against [[Wrestler/Sting|Sting]], [[Randy Savage|Macho Man]] and Lex Luger. Man, this show is going to be awesome. I mean, seriously SERIOUSLY awesome. In the middle of the match Stinger is getting the crap beaten out of him, and it's looking like it could be comeback time. But then Jimmy Hart runs into the arena screaming "Get back stage!" and we find [[Scott Hall]] and [[Kevin Nash]] tearing shit up and beating Arn Anderson and Marcus "Buff" Bagwell up with baseball bats. Then Rey Mysterio comes in only to get picked up and thrown into the side of a trailer HEAD FIRST and lies on the concrete motionless. EVERYBODY runs backstage and there is chaos, wrestlers in agony and people screaming for help. Then it hits you: there is going to be no title matches tonight. The nWo have hospitalized the competitors. Everything is ruined and the entire show is thrown into chaos. [[Bobby Heenan]] doesn't feel safe and walks out on the commentary team. Before this the nWo were nothing but [[Hulk Hogan]] and his buddies talking shit and pulling silly stunts. This episode, shit got real.
** Uncensored 1997. The nWo win the main event match and what amounts to basically a perpetual "Money in the Bank"-type clause for '''all''' WCW titles. The REAL development, however, is Sting ending months of speculation on whose side is he on by kicking the nWo's collective asses, striking the first real blow against the renegade group.
** [[WCW]] Monday Nitro Jan 4th, 1999. [[Finger-Poke of Doom]].
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* Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007. [[Chris Benoit]] is a no show. Next day, he along with his wife and son are found dead in their home.
* Monday, April 4th, 2011: [[John Cena]] and [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] make a challenge for a match at [[Wrestlemania]] 28 next year in Miami, Florida.
* In a more [[Real Life]] sense, [[Edge]]'s retirement in 2011 caused a pretty massive upset in the balance of WWE's main event roster, as he was the World Heavyweight Champion at the time. Due to there not really being a free main event [[Face]] at the time ([[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]] was in the middle of a feud with [[Cody Rhodes]]), it caused the draft to come about six weeks earlier than expected and caused some massive shifts in the roster, most notably sending [[Randy Orton]] to Smackdown while Smackdown mainstay Rey Mysterio and up and comer [[Alberto Del Rio]] were brought to RAW, in addition to mixing up the mid-card scene. Quite possibly the most drastic thing to happen as a result of this is the [[Internet Backdraft|Orton/Christian Title debacle]].
* September 9th, 1991 on WWF Prime Time Wrestling. [[Ric Flair]], the Real World's Champion, makes his debut in the WWF.
* [[Ring of Honor]] had a big string of these in 2004 alone; all of them coming after the Rob Feinstein nightmare. Generation Next started it all with Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, Alex Shelley, and Jack Evans shooting to the top of the card immediately. World Title Classic started the [[Samoa Joe]] - [[CM Punk]] trilogy. Reborn: Completion had the return of {{spoiler|[[Low Ki]]}}. Testing The Limit was the show with Austin Aries and [[Bryan Danielson]] wrestling for 75 minutes. [[Mick Foley]] debuted at Glory By Honor III. Jushin Thunder Liger came over stateside for the Weekend of Thunder. Joe vs. Punk II and All-Star Extravaganza II completed the Joe-Punk trilogy. All of this led to Final Battle 2004, and the two biggest wham moments of the year. Not only did {{spoiler|1=Austin Aries kick Alex Shelley out of GenNext, he ended [[Samoa Joe]]'s 21 month world title reign.}}
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