12 Reasons WWE’s Ruthless Aggression Documentary Is An Absolute Mess

11. The Turning Point

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For those keeping track of such things, WWE won the Monday Night Wars not when DX drove that not-a-tank over to where Nitro was being taped or when Vince McMahon screwed Bret Hart or when Hulk Hogan poked Kevin Nash in the chest or when The Radicalz signed or when Stone Cold Steve Austin won the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XIV or when Kane debuted but actually when 'The Rattlesnake' confronted Mike Tyson the night after his Royal Rumble 1998 victory.

'The Rattlesnake' confronting 'The Baddest Man On The Planet' was absolutely electric and well worth the many hours that have already been spent celebrating it, but if t's almost as if a bust-to-boom period for a multi-million dollar enterprise can't be boiled down to one solitary moment no matter how much the company telling the story try to frame it.

Heads were still up a*ses at this point in the premiere - perhaps they were removed when it came to discussing the purchase of WCW some three years later?

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