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Today's edition isn't about a particular moment, per se. At least it's not a moment that was shared by millions of wrestling fans. This one's personal.
Allow me to paint a picture for you. It's early 2005, around late March. I hadn't watched - and barely even kept up with - wrestling for just about four years. It's kind of funny that my fandom died down at the same time WCW went down in flames considering I always favored the WWE as my wrestling company of choice.
I missed a ton of stuff. I missed the entire Invasion - although that may not be such a bad thing -storyline, I missed the ascension of Brock Lesnar into the main event scene, I missed the return of my all-time favorite wrestler Shawn Michaels.
I did end up watching most of WrestleMania XX simply because my girlfriend's father had ordered it and I used the opportunity to chat wrestling with him so he wouldn't be reminded him that I was railing his daughter. But besides that, nothing.
That is until my good friend - and fellow life-long wrestling fan - forced me to watch an incredible move he had never seen before.
Check it out.
Petey Williams' Canadian Destroyer finisher -- a flipping piledriver -- single-handedly reginited my fandom. From that point on, it was on like Donkey Kong. I was attended shows -- including one stretch where I saw four WWE shows in three weeks -- including those of my local promotion Professional Championship Wrestling. I started a quasi-legal DVD business with my friend specializing in matches that stars in the US had across the Pacific. I was ordering just about every pay-per-view (PPV), be it WWE or TNA. I was absolutely hooked.
I wasn't born a wrestling fan but I certainly will die one.
And all it took was one move to remind me of that.
If you have any ideas for something that made you say "that was awesome!!!" pass it along. Make sure to include either your name or your SBNation handle -- whichever you'd like to be used -- and you'll get a shout you out if your idea is used! Contact me at sergio.hernandez.tx@gmail.com.