10 Terrible Wrestlers With One Incredible Match
6. Virgil (vs Ted Dibiase, WWE SummerSlam 1991)
An epic of near-cinematic proportions just as the story required it, Virgil's Madison Square Garden moment of redemption against Ted Dibiase paid off years of abuse he'd suffered at the hands and money of the Million Dollar Man.
The ex-bodyguard could never do a great deal, but his boxing stuff was believable and his babyface fire looked wild enough to burn down the world's most famous arena on a scorching hot summer night that had already been good to the babyfaces before Virgil took his boss' vanity belt away.
Dibiase pitched his selling majestically too. Timing his control segments with career-best aplomb, several cutoffs seemed impossible until announcers - including Virgil's inspirational friend Roddy Piper - reminded audiences of the vast experience gulf between the two. Virgil wasn't just fighting from underneath physically either - he was fighting back from years of oppression from this deliriously ludicrous cartoon of a human.
The roar generated by the result speaks to the catharsis of what he overcame - the iconic New York building hosted many a legendary moment, but few were louder than this one.