10 Wrestling Career Turning Points That Took Place ON AIR

10. The 1-2-3 Kid

Pro wrestling is magnificent.

The oft-relived footage of The 1-2-3 Kid absorbing the sh*t-kicking of a lifetime from Razor Ramon before peeling off a moonsault of all things for the win would be aesthetically pleasing even if the action wasn't also awesome. The intimate Grand Ballroom within the Manhattan Center was always small-but-perfectly formed as far as establishing Monday Night Raw as a new wrestling hotbed, not least with Kid and Razor's striking attires pinging off the classic colour palette of the New York landmark.

Having lost squashes in the weeks leading up to his battle with 'The Bad Guy', The Kid was at this point seen as such a loser that there’s not a single point he’s got a chance until he’s sprinting out of the building with his panicked arms raised.

That he did it with such a dazzling move served as the icing on the cake - the win was a fluke but the nature of it was a combination of career-defining guts and skill.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for nearly 10 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 65,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live.

First Posted On: 9th Sep 2022