10 Most Crowd-Pleasing Victories In WWE History
"Sometimes, People Deserve To Have Their Faith Rewarded."
The Internet age brought with it a platform for wrestling fans to complain and criticise about wins and losses, booking decisions and character development. Or lack thereof.
Crying foul at outcomes and scrutinising every detail of WWE booking has, in many ways, become the "in" thing to do.
In some ways, it is completely justified.
While doing so, though, some become so caught up and impassioned in their criticism of the current product that it becomes difficult to remember the moments of joy and elation when fan-favourites actually did emerge victoriously, winning championships and securing their legacies.
Instead of celebrating the matches, moments and wins that reaffirmed fandom for WWE and pro wrestling in general, they opt to make the same tired arguments against Roman Reigns' title run or for Kevin Owens' immediate push.
With WrestleMania 32 in the rearview mirror and several outcomes that divided audiences, hop in the DeLorean, fire up WWE Network and relive these 10 crowd-pleasing victories by some of the most celebrated and decorated stars in WWE history...
...and a certain beloved female competitor helping to revolutionsze women's wrestling as you know it.
10. Here Comes The Ax And Here Comes The Smasher (1990)
Fire up the WWE Network app on your Playstation 4 or Roku streaming stick and take a listen to the reaction when Demolition enters the historic Skydome in Toronto for their WWE Tag Team Championship match against Andre the Giant and Haku, known collectively as The Colossal Connection.
Better yet, skip through the otherwise nondescript match and take another listen, this time to Ax and Smash's victory over their massive opposition.
The outcome blows the roof off of the historic building, igniting one of the biggest pops of the entire broadcast. That is a testament to the work WWE had done in building Demolition into an overwhelming fan-favourite.
It is also proof positive of the audience's desire to see the bruising twosome reclaim their position atop the tag team mountain.
After watching as Ax and Smash had the titles robbed from them, once again by a Bobby Heenan-managed tag team, fans rejoiced as the duo recaptured what they never should have lost in the first place.
It was the last major championship victory for Demolition, who turned heel later in the year and were dismantled by the spring of 1991.