9. Excellent Commentary Reaction To Dusty's Turn
If you're reading these WTF articles and not watching the shows, I can't encourage you enough to go and check out the ending to the Zbyszko/Hall match with the Dusty turn. Tony Schiavone becomes practically silent. Bobby Heenan has to explain how much Dusty meant to Tony and what the betrayal of a beloved friend meant to the play by play man. Schiavone even says on-air "Wendy, you need to get Tenay out here, I can't do this right now". The announcer was so emotionally scarred by a heel turn that he told a producer on air that he needed some time to digest it. What a sell job! People might trash Schiavone for the "butts in seats" call in 1999, but what he did here is better than anything I've seen in wrestling in the last five years. It's that good.
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