12 Things We Learned From The Eighth Wonder Of The World: The True Story Of André The Giant

12. Meltzer's Two Most Important Matches In Modern Wrestling History

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To some, the wrestling newsletters - the dirt sheets, if you will - are a stain on the industry, while to others people like Dave Meltzer and Wade Keller are viewed as iconic wrestling historians whose expertise and insight is a highly valued commodity.

For those who like to bash Meltzer for his supposed anti-WWE sentiment, The Eighth Wonder of the World actually finds The Wrestling Observer Newsletter founder giving props to WWE for delivering the two most important matches in the modern era of professional wrestling-turned-sports entertainment.

In the early part of this André book, Uncle Dave credits Hulk Hogan vs. André the Giant and Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels as being the two most pivotal matches in recent wrestling times.

As Meltzer is quoted in The Eighth Wonder of the World, “The Hogan-André match at WrestleMania III and the Bret-Shawn match in Montreal in 1997 are the two most important matches in the history of modern wrestling."

Whether you agree with Dave on this or not, there's clearly an argument to be made for these two matches being held in such regard.

For Hogan vs. André, that match only further cemented Hulk's spot at the top of the wrestling tree, and it is a contest that brought a ridiculous amount of eyes to the then-WWF at WrestleMania III. For Hart vs. Michaels at Survivor Series 1997, that match is one that's often viewed as one of the true launching points of the Attitude Era and was key to the creation of the Mr. McMahon wrestling character who would prove such the perfect foil for 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin.