Vince McMahon quotes from WrestleMania

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the magnificent Silverdome! And welcome to Wrestlemania III! And now here to sing America The Beautiful - the Queen of Soul - Ms. Aretha Franklin!!!

[as he watches Undertaker enter the arena] The Undertaker, a man who has never lost at WrestleMania!

[moments later, as Shawn is awarded the WWF title] The boyhood dream has come true for Shawn Michaels.

Here comes the Undertaker!

Heavyweight champion of the world in the locker room just one hour away from his moment of destiny.

Well you know they said it was my last ride man! Yesterday when I finished hanging and banging. When I jumped on the Harley man. As I went thru the intersection. As I headed for the mountains, some of the nonbelievers in the gym said, "See ya later Hulkster, man! This is your last ride." It ate me alive brothers. When I felt the fury as I ripped, as I tore this shirt, as I headed for the sunset man, I looked down brothers, and as the sun beamed off the gold in my eyes, I realized that sooner or later, you gotta live and die and you gotta face the truth. And for you, Andre the Giant, it's time to face the truth brother. Because when I think about what you and I have to do man. What I have to do is nothing. All I have to do is merely beat a seven foot four 550 pound giant. But Andre, you've gotta face the truth brother. In its purest form man. The purest truth there is man. The training, saying your prayers, eating the vitamins. And to beat me man, You've got to beat every little Hulkamaniac, every little Hulkster in the world. Everyone that plays it straight. All the ones that don't take any shortcuts brother. And they usually say "If the dirty air don't get you, the politicians will." But in this case. It's going to be Hulkamania. And the reason it's going to get you man, it's the purest form of the truth there is. And I can't wait to see you go down at the feet of Hulkamania in front of 90,000 plus in the Silverdome. What you gonna do Andre The Giant when the real truth, the 24 inch pythons and Hulkamania runs wild on you?

CAESAR'S PALACE! LAS VEGAS, NEVADA! SITE OF WRESTLEMANIA IX! HERE IS YOUR HOST, GORILLA MONSOON!

Welcome to Caesar's Palace! Welcome to WrestleMania IX and the largest toga party in the world! First time ever for me to have on a toga! I could get used to this! They'll be a lot of first here at WrestleMania IX! And here's one of them! Latest addition to the WWF Broadcast Team: Jim Ross!

Thanks very much, Gorilla Monsoon! Indeed it will be a day of first, ladies and gentlemen! My very first WrestleMania! First time that yours truly, from the great state of Oklahoma, has ever been in a toga myself! This is quite an impressive outfit! And I, too, could really get used to this! What do you think of these gold shoes? How would those play in Tulsa? What a day— My first day to meet a Centurion! [knocks on a Centurion's armor] And this guy is in great shape! Just a smile! But folks, we're gonna have a great time! Over 16,000 fans and a worldwide television audience— What a day it's going to be! Two tremendous main events you're going to see: Bret "The Hitman" Hart defend the championship against the 505 pound Yokozuna! And indeed, Hulkamania will run wild when Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, The Mega Maniacs, challenge Money Incorporated for the Tag Team Championship. It is, indeed, the world's largest toga party! What a day we're gonna have! But right now, ladies and gentlemen, let's go up— You know him as Howard Finkel, but today...he's Finkus Maximus!

Oh no! Did you see that?

No I was looking at the president.

Did you see what he just did?

That's bad luck!

Well, you can bet he did it for a reason-

Yeah! He's stupid!

[as Yokozuna prepares a Banzai Drop on Bret Hart] Yokozuna's going up. Bret Hart is not moving. [Yokozuna loses his balance and falls off the rope, Bret getting away just in time] Wait a minute, he's losing his balance! He just lost his balance on the rope!

What?! He's hit his head!

[Bret crawls to Yokozuna and covers him as Piper counts] 1, 2, 3!

No! No! No way!

We have a new champion!

No way!

Yokozuna can't believe it.

The winner of the bout and new World Wrestling Federation Champion: Bret "The Hitman" Hart!

They have seen a new World Wrestling Federation Champion crowned!

No!

We are witnessing, ladies and gentlemen, a brand new era! We are witnessing the blastoff of the next decade in the World Wrestling Federation!

Shawn Michaels won five Slammy Awards last night.

I heard he dedicated one of those Slammys to Jose Lothario.

That's right.

I bet you'll probally see it in a pawn shop in Tijuana tomorrow.

Gentlemen, this match is for the World Wrestling Federation Championship. This is an Iron Man match. You will be wrestling for 60 minutes.

Wow.

The man who wins the most decisions will be declared the winner and the World Wrestling Federation Champion.

[referring to Bret Hart giving a thumbs-up approval to a fan] The Hitman's cool.

A decision can be earned by a pinfall, a submission, a countout, or a disqualification. You MUST... must break on the count of 4; I will disqualify you on the count of 5. If you leave the ring, or if you're thrown out, you have a 10-count to return, or you'll be counted out. Do you gentlemen both understand the rules?

[Bret Hart winks at someone, then both nod their heads] Oh, the Hitman, ever confident.

Are there any questions?

[Both shake their heads "no"] No questions from either individual.

Good luck to both of you.

It's not over! This capacity crowd buzzing. They've never seen anything quite like this, and you would only see it in the WWF... [Shawn Michaels loads up his boot...] Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Michaels steps - [and hits Sweet Chin Music on Bret Hart] he got it! He got all of it! Michaels got ALL OF IT! [Michaels pins Hart] MICHAELS WITH A COVER! [counting along with Earl Hebner] ONE, TWO, YES!

No!

Ladies and Gentlemen, the winner of this bout, and NEW World Wrestling Federation Champion: "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels!

Here's a man who's had a great legacy. But that legacy has taken a real turn.

I know he took you for a turn when he shoved you on your keister.

Yes and I didn't appreciate it one bit. I think Bret was out of line for doing that. As well as all the obscenities that he uttered on live television. There's no excuse for that no matter how many times this man so called has been screwed.

Well you called him a son of a...

If Bret Hart loses this match, you wonder what he's gonna come up with as an excuse, because he'll have none in my view.

Who, Bret Hart? Sure he will! He's a whiner.

Well, it's what it seems that... his sort of mind is of late, and that's too bad.