10 Memorable WWE Moments From Sunday Night Heat
Time to turn down the lights, turn back the clock and turn up the Heat!
During the programme’s ten year run from 1998 to 2008, Sunday Night Heat was a firm staple of WWE television. In fact, upon its inception in August of ‘98, WWF Sunday Night Heat was viewed as the second biggest weekly show produced by the World Wrestling Federation.
However, with the advent of Smackdown in ‘99, the WWF soon relegated Heat to third tier programming - much like Jakked and Metal that would follow - and the once prominent Sunday staple would gradually decline from there. Despite the public demotion, Heat still provided fans with some fantastic matches and memorable moments along the way.
In an era long before Video on Demand and even longer before the WWE Network, Heat gave wrestling fans much needed additional content to add to their weekly wrestling diaries of Raw and Smackdown. Particularly in the early days, Heat was necessary viewing for die-hard grapple fanatics and the site of some great TV, as well as a veritable goldmine of forgotten match-ups.
With WWE confirming that classic episodes of Sunday Night Heat will be coming to the WWE Network, we decided to take a look at the ten best moments from the show’s illustrious history.
10. Scott Hall Vs. Crash Holly
In the early 2000s, Crash Holly was the MVP of Sunday Night Heat. In the space of a two year period on the show, Crash had flown the flag for the Hardcore Championship, been a stand-out personality of the Light Heavyweight division and even gained himself a title shot against WWF Champion, Kurt Angle.
With that in mind, it’s only fitting that Crash be the man to make Heat history in 2002, as he took on Scott Hall in Hall’s first and only appearance on the Sunday night show. The bout also marked the very first time the New World Order was represented on the show as well.
The match itself was a typically short bout for an opening match on Heat but Crash's nippy agility and frantic pace helped get the action going from the very beginning. The size game eventually proved too much for the "Houdini of Hardcore" and Hall would eventually take over with some big moves, including his trademark fallaway slam, a big chokeslam and an even bigger back suplex off the top.
Inevitably, Crash would succumb to the Razor's Edge and Hall walked away victorious. Sadly, Hall would walk away from WWE altogether the following month as WWE wished him the best in his future endeavours.