Hell Frozen Over - Shocking & Surprising WWE Moments
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When CM Punk made his WWE return, wrestling fans around the world thought that hell froze over. Punk making a WWE comeback felt impossible and many thought it would never happen, but this isn't the first time WWE has shocked viewers in this manner.
From Sting joining the WWE to Bruno Sammartino getting a Hall of Fame induction, from Bret Hart standing in the ring once again with Shawn Michaels to Vince McMahon purchasing WCW; these are some of the other moments in WWE history that hell froze over.
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Bret coming back to WWE is a very underrated "Hell Froze Over" moment. After the death of his brother Owen, the Montreal Screwjob, and not feeling appreciated by Vince for all he had done during his time there, there was almost no way in hell The Excellence of Execution was ever coming back to the company.
I thought it was choice that Punk opened with that quote just like Bret did. Aside from Wrestling Bios I don't think there are is any greater devotee of Bret than Punk.
How is it underrated though?
Na not underrated at all
I thought vince reached out to Bret after Hart suffered a stroke.
I don’t think it’s underrated, I just don’t think theirs many og wrestling fans watching the product these days so it doesn’t get appreciated
Another "Hell Froze Over" moment would be Mickie James appearing in the 2022 Women's Royal Rumble while being Impact Knockouts World Champion. While the Rumble had featured talent from other promotions in the past (though the last time was back in the mid-90s), it had never featured someone who was another promotion's champion. Sure, WWE didn't seem to exactly plan for this (it was definitely more of a "we need more women for this Rumble", likely with a bit of "we also want to make good with Mickie after the whole trash bag incident"), but to see Mickie James come out on a major WWE event with the Knockouts Title around her waist, with "Hardcore Country" playing as her theme, & even getting her own unique name card (though WWE simply called her "Impact Women's Champion") was something I don't think anyone ever expected. All the way up to the event people simply assumed that Mickie would come out to her WWE theme & without the title, with commentary never acknowledging her as an Impact champion, and they were all proven wrong.
Hopefully, one day, this will start to become more of a common thing in future Rumble matches.
I was there live, so yeah I was definitely happy to see Mickie when she came out at the rumble.
You got your wish this year with Jordynne Grace 👍🏻
Warrior returning to WWE and being inducted into the HoF is a pretty big Hell Froze over moment, after years of issues seeing Warrior one last time in a WWE ring was crazy, and what made it more iconic is he passed away the day after his last TV appearance on RAW, its as if life had given him just enough time to fix things and return one last time.
Don't forget the Self Destruction dvd.
@@A-Man79 was he in the dvd?, I thought they made that without his permission.
@ernieb352 You're right. It *was* without his permission, but my point is I didn't expect him to come back after that.
@@A-Man79 Oh I thought you meant him appearing in it, but as we've seen from this video WWE didn't care if the all the people involved in a controversy where in a DVD about it, they made one about Montreal without Bret even being in it.
@ernieb352 which one? I know there was one which was never released due to Bret deciding to make amends with Vince before it could be.
A few honorable mentions:
1. Jeff Jarrett returning to WWE to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
2. Ultimate Warrior's return to WWE
3. Scott Steiner, along with his brother Rick, get inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and is seen taking photos with Vince McMahon and HHH.
4. Randy "Macho Man" Savage kind of made amends with WWE when he appeared in a commercial for the WWE All-Stars video game.
I thought Scott Steiner would never make the Hall Of Fame to be honest
@@WrestlingCompilations I assume the reason Scott squashed the beef with WWE is because he wants his nephew Bron Breakker to succeed in the company.
@@jeremywilliams5141 Of course. Hope Bron Breakker does become a big success once he makes the main roster
Wait they got Macho Man for All Star but not Legends of Wrestlemania. Talk about dropping the ball.
Seeing Sting walk into WWE at Survivor Series was hands down a sight to behold
AJ Styles making his WWE Debut at the 2016 Rumble felt like a Hell freezing over moment. This is a guy who was best known for being a TNA guy and at the time seeing him in a WWE ring was a very surreal sight. The fact that he would go on to become WWE Champion is also crazy that years before people would have been like "Not a chance". Only way you could top that imho is if say Kenny Omega unexpectedly showed up on Raw one week. AJ seemed like one of those guys you would never see in a WWE ring, and whilst we are kind of use to it now, it was almost hard to believe at the time.
Yes, as a fan of TNA in their early years it took me many many months to getting used to see AJ in WWE
Most definitely this! He came out at number 3 at the rumble and I didn’t recognize the music and when I saw who it was (cause they cut to Roman’s reaction for some reason). I legitimately lost it. My favorite TNA guy had come to WWE. I had to go back and watch all of his NJPW stuff because I didn’t know that’s where he was, and surprisingly AJ got me into NJPW even though he was no longer there lol
Yes so much this!!!!
Considering the internet and rumor mill being 25/8 (not a typo)
Huge shock that nobody leaked that before it happened
Sting going to WWF should've stayed a "what if".
The phrase never say never rings true when it comes to these moments.
The one true "Never" is Chris Benoit getting into the Hall of Fame, or being celebrated in any fashion.
Steve Austin wrestling a match, for the first time in almost 20 years.
Simply put, Steve Austin’s illustrious career was cut short because of the lingering neck injury, which forced him into retirement in 2003. Whilst other wrestlers made their in ring returns, Austin stayed out of wrestling. And for years, it seemed less likely we’d see him wrestle again. So you could imagine how shocking and surreal it was that in 2022, Austin would end up not only wrestling a match in almost 20 years, but a WrestleMania match in his home state of Texas.
YES!!! Hearing his music and watching him walk down to the ring made me feeling like a child again... Something we all thought would never happen again...
Eric bischoffs return for me was the biggest surprise. This is the guy who started a ratings war against Vince. Literally the competition boss to now working with the company he was facing off against. It was mind blowing to me seeing him but then I realized the power of money. It doesn’t matter what a person does in the past or what he or she says. If a lot of money is on the table it definitely makes you think about what you going to do now.
Vince not liking Eric’s business practices is pretty hypocritical of him seeing as he targeted the old territories and put them out of business with aggressive business practices 🤣
Vince is the most hypocritical person the business has ever seen, he is the living embodiment of one rule for one and another for everyone else
Vince is well known as a hypocrite. As is Bruce Pritchard.
@@My19812011 Yet fans still defend him
I will get some heat for this, but did Vince ever give out spoilers for any matches on any of his competitors' shows?
Honestly the true Hell Froze Over was when when Edge Returned in 2020 because for almost 9 years we thought edge wouldn’t wrestle again then at number 21 we heard the opening riff of mettalingus
YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME
& everyone went wild because the moment we all didn’t think would happen Happened
Gave me goosebumps!
I was watching it on the Network when it happened, I was in disbelief, it was like a fever dream!
WCW closing, Austin turning heel, Eric Bischoff joining WWE, & the end of the Undertaker's streak were the most shocking moments in WWE. They will stick in my mind forever
Austin was like a double heel
Imagine that, imagine that me Vince McMahon back on TNT television. Well how can that be? Well I bought AEW
They all feel like proper OMG! moments, especially Undertaker's streak ending
@@daa589Keep 'FANTASIZING'!!....... 😂
Sting appearing at Survivor Series was one of the only times in my adult life where I marked out like a kid again.
Edge coming back at the 2020 Rumble is definitely one of those moments. I know you can't fit them all in one vid but from retirement to another run.. No one saw that coming.
As a matter of fact, him jumping ship to AEW also! I thought he was a WWE guy for life.
Shawn Michaels' return also. We thought I was a one off. No one knew it'd turn into a second run.
How was Edge returning "hell freezing over"
Very true
20:30 i think Sting's bigger mistake was WHEN he came. From what i'Ve heard, WWE offered him a Wrestlemania program with UNdertaker (which, imho, would have all but guaranteed them doing their best to book the story well!) which would have happened THE SAME YEAR the Victory Road Fiasco happened. Sting should have taken that deal, maybe on a short term basis, avoided Victory Road, faced Undertaker and then, maybe returned to TNA or whatever. As it went, Sting faced Hardy, UNdertaker faced Michaels again.
why betraying TNA when they had the biggest buzz?
I agree he should've come in in maybe 05-07 he'd be an attraction could still go and would be a better asset
The Mania match vs HHH at 27 was very clearly supposed to be Sting. By the time he came the streak was dead and Sting was pretty much done too
taker fought hhh in 2012
@@TSY5800and in 2011
Bret lost so much in real life, including his own life he realized that all that anger was doing nobody any good. glad he returned.
CM Punk WWE return, Cody's WWE return, Sting's WWE debut, and Bret's WWE return and making peace with Shawn was Hell Froze Over moments I got to experience.
Warrior and Jarrett being welcomed back were shocks but think you pretty much nailed most of the important ones.
To me, Eric Bischoff was the greatest General Manager in WWE history. There were a few others that I liked, but Bischoff was just perfect for that role.
Yeah he was one of my favourites too
AJ Styles showing up at the Rumble would be one of these moments - the face of TNA and a legendary talent
I disagree. It was inevitable A.J. would eventually join WWE if he had half a brain. TNA was no wcw. Even in their worst days, the company had money which allowed Sting to stay all those years. TNA was a joke of a promotion. They didnt have the resources to keep AJ. All the stars left pretty much at once. Sting, Angle, A.J,. Karma or Awesome Kong, Samoa Joe and even Abyss left TNA. Sting was made man when WCW folded. He could have retired for the rest of of his life and be fine. AJ was too young and TNA never paid wcw money.
You should do a video of Vincent Kennedy McMahon JR. On his whole career of all the wrestlers start from where they’re born all the way to present day. We could probably do it three episodes on him.
Good idea
As far as in-ring shocking moments besides the Undertaker finally losing at WrestleMania, there's the controversial pin by Andre on Hulk Hogan on the Main Event telecast, Jake Roberts slapping Miss Elizabeth, Randy Savage being bitten by a cobra and Kofi Kingston winning the WWE title over Daniel Bryan. There are plenty more but those I named were what I thought about.
I remember back in the mid 1980s my dad took my grandfather, brother and I to a local WWF corporate event/party and there were wrestlers there. We had our picture taken with some wrestlers and we were lined up like wrestlers, grandfather, wrestler, dad, wrestler, me, wrestler, brother, wrestler.
I was standing next to Vince McMahon and this was still years before I knew he owned the WWF and the whole time I was thinking "If they are going to put one of the TV guys next to me I wish it was Gorilla Monsoon or Lord Alfred Hayes"
Sting in wwe. Like ketchup on ice cream.
More like caviar on a stale saltine cracker.
The first WWE title win of the Undertaker & a beaten Hulkster in 1991 was shocking as a kid
and than the "Pipebomb" 2011 - both felt so real @ that time
My Hell Frozen Over moment is very of its time and of me at the age I was. I was 11 in 1985 and went to my first ever WWF match, a house show in Denver, Colorado. This was during the heyday of Hulkamania and Hulk Hogan was seen as unbeatable. At this show he wrestled Terry Funk in the main event. Through heel shenanigans by Funk, Hulk ended up outside of the ring and was unable to get back in before the 10 count, meaning he lost by DQ. Eleven year old me seeing the immortal Hulk Hogan lose, even if it wasn't by pinfall and no title changed hands, was shocking and mind blowing! I remember it clearly to this day. It was also the first time I really noticed Funk and started appreciating how great he was.
seeing The Ultimate Warrior return to wwe and his death, seeing the women of WWE getting this renewed focus on their wrestling skills after so many years of short under 10 minute matches and Triple H taking over WWE
All of these are definitely shocking. The one that I remember that traumatised me as a child was when Earthquake killed Damien (Jake's snake) by sitting on it. My young mind wasn't prepared for the horror and I felt like I needed to talk to someone about it but none of my friends at school watched wrestling. I think it may still affect me...
Sting lost a large chunk of his reputation the day signed with WWE
he was known at the time as 'the greatest wrestler to never sign with Mr McMahon'
regardless of how they used him, weather he would have had a winning streak or the losing streak they inevitably gave him - just the fact he was there, lost him that side of his legascy
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The fact that at one time there were two Doinks in the WWF is still hard to comprehend... :)
Originally I was going to pick Eric Bischoff’s RAW debut but what ruined it for me was remembering that backstage segment with Booker T. He already revealed himself and it kind of gave it away. Still a big moment tho.
Undertaker losing the streak, AJ Styles coming to the WWE and Edge’s return after thinking he may never wrestle again out for 9 years to wrestle again are my Hell Frozen Over moments
I'm surprised you didn't include Edge returning in the 2020 Royal Rumble. That was a huge surprise! He was forced to retire in 2011 due to triple fusion neck surgery, and it had been 9 years since then.
I think one reason some people don't like Jim Cornett is cause he has NO filter and tells it how it is at ALL times lol 😹😼🙀
I didn’t see the backstage reports of Sting being backstage, so when he came out on Survivor Series, me & my dad were shocked! 🤯
Sting was one of his favorites growing up.
Dude, this was a great video and such an awesome topic. One of my favorites you’ve ever done. Thanks for reliving all these moments.
If one includes a Rhodes moment, I think Dusty becoming an integral part of WWE first as a performer, later as a trainer/mentor in NXT should have been included over his Cody's return.
Dusty was the face of the opposition, both as an in-ring talent and as a booker backstage.
Him turning up in the then WWF and accepting that, for those who knew him from his NWA days ridiculous 'polka dots' gimmick and getting it over with younger fans like myself, is in a way an even bigger hell froze over monent!
21:29 I remember watching that Raw, that was an awesome shot, an awesome way to end Raw!
Great content friend,thank you for constantly uploading new videos and bringing good old memories back.
Any Golden Era comebacks, be it Bret, Hogan or Warrior were moments people never thought would happen.
I love your videos. Been watching for years. Reliving the war is awesome but it's nice getting videos like this that take a break from RLW.
These videos make doing chores around the house something to actually look forward to.
My 7 year old son loves this channel. Thank you sir. Mad love from central new york
I know people have been ragging on Punk & Bret for being "hypocrites" by working with WWE (especially lately), but honestly, knowing when to put aside an old grudge & make peace instead of continuing to dig in your heels is a sign of genuine maturity. It shows someone willing to reflect on themselves and realize that, at minimum, they don't want that weight on themselves anymore & have some sense of accountability. As a world-class grudge holder, I kinda envy their ability to at least let some of their grudges go & move on (of course Bret still has hating on Goldberg, but I think he's allowed to still have one).
Bret return will remain forever my favorite hell froze over
Closely followed by Eric bishoff arriving in wwe
This was a fantastic video, kudos.
The Bret and Shawn segment was awesome enough as it was, but it's even better knowing that it was genuine and the two actually had made peace
It’s weird hearing Vince get talked about in past past tense now with all the “was” and “would have”
GOOOOD SUBJECT. Excellent timing for this type of video to do.
Always nice to see a wrestling bios video has been uploaded thank u 🙏 for the content
10:18 watched with my dad and this was his most surprising moment
It was so Incredibly weird even SEEING Jericho on Stone Colds podcast
They did that teaser with the countdown and Jericho and Austin sitting at the table
I thought surely he won't mention AEW
This Is a WWE show
and he did
He mentioned all the AEW wrestlers by name on a WWE show
Great video and one big one you didn't include, was Stone Cold's return to in ring action after 19 years at WM38. Ironically when it comes to this video's title. Stone Cold's first theme to feature the glass shatter intro is named "Hell Frozen Over". BTW I too was there at WWE's 2017 HOF! Fun time especially when we were all signing Kurt Angle's songs! 😄
Good work mate
Always great seeing a bonus WB video pop up!
Dude great vid
Sasha banks & Naomi walking out was something.
I actually bought the Bret Hart DVD at Tesco's in my home town back in 2005 it's a tremendous DVD 🤘
It's so good I had the dvd and psp version lol
Last time I was this early people were still excited for the InVasion!
stick around and watch the video, too. don't just leave a vague comment.
@@G.MONEY. Oh, I am as I type. :D I love Wrestling bios, best wrestling channel on UA-cam.
@@RKStrikerJK5 good man. Brock Lesnar beating the undertaker streak is gonna be on here. It HAS to be...
@@G.MONEY. Turns out it was. Wrestling Bios for the win AGAIN! :D
Warrior's 2014 return is a big moment missed here. Seemed about impossible for a long time for more than one reason.
In 3 days we saw Warrior getting Inducted into the HOF, first Raw appearance in nearly 18 years & sadly 24 hours later passing away. The Raw speech is still eerie nearly 10 years later
still upsets me
@@HabsMike25
@@HabsMike25 I remember feeling at the time live something felt off. then a day later he was gone. Crazy to believe this was nearly a decade ago now btw, wow. Time flies.
@ajk Remember thinking something was really off about Warrior that weekend but I truly noticed it on Raw where his face was red & breathing was heavy. I thought he was going to have a heart attack there. The speech was very eerie. When I watched it as I recorded it I thought omg it feels like he knows his time is up & it would sadly come to fruition 24 hours later. It is still eerie almost a decade later. Time sure flies by
Great video
Another great video
Good as always my friend
Man I'll always remember that wwe 2k commercial when they showed Sting and you could hear the crowd roaring thinking sting was coming to the WWE at that time but then immediately booing once they realized it was just a promo for a video game 😂😂
Woooooooooooo
This was a lot of fun to watch. Cheers
This videos is well put together it's in my top 5 now 😊
CM punk's return is a perfect definition of 'never say never in wrestling'. After 7 long years being able to make a comeback and having top tier fueds with the current roster like Seth is unbelievable.
He did have good run in AEW before that and he would still be there if it wasn't for his ego and idea that he has that he can do what ever he wants.
@@johannesmakila2459Or the stupidity of Jungle Jackoff and the "Elite"
@@johannesmakila2459 Real glass
I'm looking forward to the next couple of years when you review the last nitro show in 2001
Glacier not appearing in WWE was a hell frozen over moment.
On the real, I think a few of the wrestlers that went on to Hollywood and came back were some moments. You expected them to promote something or cut a promo putting someone over but never step foot back in the ring.
Hell will freeze over when I start watching modern WWE.
Everything about CM punk's return was incredible, From the crowd, To the atmosphere. It was perfection.
Those people will sour on him once he reveals his true colors.
@@johannesmakila2459The people that welcomed him? That was in Chicago. Chicago is more likely to root for the Packers than turn against Punk.
Great video idea
Hell already froze over when The Eagles reunited
Harley Race going to WWE would have been a huge "hell froze over" moment.
10:03 This is the ultimate for me. I quite literally fell out of my chair onto my knees on the floor. Insane 😱🤯
The new generation era crossover with ECW was extremely surreal to me. Maybe if you were a fan of both at the time and knew they were recording down the hall from each other it would have made more sense, but it just seems like something that shouldn't have happened given the huge gulf in match types.
The WCW portion of this video makes me realize we're only about a year and a half away from the end of Reliving The War 😢 between Wrestling Bios and Geography NOW, you look forward to their uploads until you realize both series have a definite end 💔
Jinder Mahal winning the WWE Championship was definitely one of those moments 😂
Hell surely froze over with cm punk coming back n Cody too..very surprised..like they say" anything can happen in the wwe"..
Paul hayman bringing ecw to monday night raw in early 97
15k views in 4 hours, not shocking or surprising.... You are the best on youtube.
Scotty Steiner coming back to WWE after all these years especially for a Hall of Fame induction with his brother Rick
Can’t help but noticed you left out Giant Gonzalez when talking about notable streak opponents
That's on the same level as the Warlord getting eliminated quicker from the '89 Rumble than Bushwacker Luke getting eliminated from the '91 Rumble
@@roccojamison89gooker51 sounds like you’re disappointed he was left off the list as well… I respect you booker man
Love the Pillman reference
I had a very similar reaction to Wrestling Bios when the streak ended. The streak should've ended but it should've been Bray who ended it.
If I was Sting I woulda been super cautious about joining WWE cause theres some wrestlers that came from WCW that Vince made Superstars like Steve Austin and Mick Foley Undertaker etc.. there's also wrestlers that were "stars" in WCW and Vince turned them to garbage when they joined WWF/WWE so yeah I don't blame Sting one bit for being Extra Cautious with Vince
Great video and imo the last entry was the most significant. Vince McMahon sells WWE; I never thought I'd see the day that would happen.
All Elite Wrestling was officially announced on January 1, 2019. AEW is about to hit it's 5 year anniversary. Dynamite will celebrate 5 years in October.
There I was in the patreon list!!!! Woo!
If I am being honest, the only time I can recall feeling Undertaker's WM Streak was in real jeopardy was the year he fought Punk. NOT because I am a huge CM Punk fan, but because he was coming off two straight PPV losses to Rock. I am one of those fans that stand by The Streak should've never ended. But if it was destined to be, Brock was not the guy. Undertaker said so himself.
I just find it impossible to care about anything that happened in WWE post 2006. Good on you for continuing to watc.
The day of the last Nitro episode aired around 10AM My Dad called me to the living room. He was watching Bloomberg TV and they were announcing that McMahon bought WCW. So just because of that I knew about the simulcast as I they said it was going to happen. I was waiting and watched with baited breath.
The Texas tornado theme goes with everything. Kerry had an awesome theme.
Shawn Michael's return, Warrior's return, and Edge's return are probably a couple more if you ever wanted to do another one of these videos ( which I hope you do by the way.)
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0:55 ninja boy rig flair ?? 😂😂😂😂
Legit Sting showing up on Raw TV commercial was shocking to me then him signing and having matches (all 3) was a surprise too
I think this could have been a series to analyze different occurrences. Good topic.
Bret going back was the biggest hell frozen over moment. If a company was responsible for the death of one of my brothers, I wouldn't work for them
Hell froze over with Glacier being introduced!