9. Sprite Commercial With Sting (1999)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiC_FVYSr3I And here we return to the man who inspired this countdown to begin with, the man called Sting. "But wait!" you might be shouting at your monitor (you should get that checked out, by the way). "Sting has never been in WWE until now, and this is supposed to be a WWE list!" Well, WWE bought WCW, so all WCW ads are now basically WWE ads. That's our story, and we're sticking to it. Also, it hasn't stopped WWE from including WCW in all their retro material, so we're playing by the same rules here. But we digress; the craziest part of this whole thing is that Sting says he's visiting from the "Dream Come True Fantasy Foundation," which one supposes is much like the Make A Wish Foundation-- you know, the one John Cena is always granting wishes to sick and terminal children for. But rather than a hug, a t-shirt, or front-row seats to a Monday night wrestling event, Sting is here to do what Sting does best: Wrestle! And so he gives Timmy the soundest thrashing of what we're led to assume is a very short life (possibly even shorter after this) while his parents watch on, clearly buying into the whole "everything is fake" schtick. What makes it even more interesting is that there are actually two versions of the commercial. A little too late, perhaps, someone apparently caught on to the connotations of the original and edited the clip to have Sting say he's from the "Dream Come True Fantasy Contest," complete with a cutaway before he finishes saying the line. See the revised version for yourself here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ovZpscicY Something tells us little Timmy is going to be just fine... assuming his parents have medical insurance, that is.
David Oxford
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Former Nintendo Power writer, current Nintendo Force writer. Wrote the book on Mega Man (The Robot Master Field Guide). Was once fired by Vince McMahon. Dabbles in video games, comic books, toys, and fast food curiosities. Once had a new species of exotic bird named after him. It died.
You can find more of his writings, musings, and other such things on his websites at Nyteworks.net.
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