Sting v. Diamond Dallas Page - WCW World Heavyweight Championship
April 26, 1999 - WCW Monday Nitro - Fargo, North Dakota

One of the very last times that I watched Nitro instead of Raw, Piper was in charge...he was our Reality Check...and he was making the card one of the most memorable of all Nitros.

This wasn't even the main event...this match took place at the end of hour one of three, yet it easily stole the show. Because the match took place so early on, you kind of felt like there was a pretty good chance that Sting was going to win, and he did. It saw a lot of back and forth, action outside the ring, and potentially my favorite ending sequence of all time...Diamond Cutter block, Diamond Cutter block, Diamond Cutter reversed into Scorpion Death Drop. It was beautiful, and classic. Clearly one of the most underrated matches in WCW history (mainly because Sting lost the title later that night, and smarks whine about a short title reign).

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Sting v. Hollywood Hulk Hogan - WCW World Heavyweight Championship
December 28, 1997 - Starrcade 1997 - Washington, D.C.

I selected this match for its overall and historical significance. Everyone knows what happened here...the biggest buildup to the biggest clash of all time. Sting doesn't speak for like a year, and he is being pushed as the hero to save WCW.

But Hogan wouldn't let Sting go over cleanly...and it ruined it (or Nick Patrick's failure to perform a fast count ruined it), but it was so big that this couldn't even prevent it from being talked about for years to come (as Mike Tenay accurately predicted during the bout). Hogan was HATED at this point, and Sting was getting responses that were off the charts. The amount of Sting masks seen riddled through arenas at the time was shocking, and it was the only thing that could compete with the nWo merchandise craze.

This could have been so much more...but it was still quite enough.

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It also gets the nod because of The Dream on the announce team.