[Bret Hart has Steve Austin in the Sharpshooter]
Who would blame Stone Cold if he gave up?
KSKen Shamrock
[as Austin screams with blood pouring over his face] Say the word, Steve!
SCStone Cold Steve Austin
NOOO!!
The blood pouring from the forehead of Stone Cold Steve Austin. He continues to resist, continues to resist the pain.
These people are standing! Can you imagine the pain rushing through Austin's body?!
Look at the blood spurting from his temple.
SShamrock
Steve, answer me!
Austin's losing blood, Austin may be losing consciousness. [Austin starts pushing himself up] Austin trying to get one more rush of adrenaline!
Austin trying to power out! It's not a pretty sight! Stone Cold Stone Austin!
[Austin is almost all the way up] Impossible! He's doing the impossible!
Nobody's ever done this! Nobody's ever broken.
[Austin manages to topple Bret over, but Bret holds on]
He did it! He did it! Austin did it!
Austin broke the Sharpshooter! Or did he?!
[as Bret sits back into it] No, Bret still has it on! I thought for sure he broke it. Austin trying to reach that rope! Reaching for the rope. Austin will not surrender, he will not submit!
Bret Hart has beaten every Superstar in the WWF with this move. How in the hell Austin has not given up, I can't understand!
SShamrock
[over this] Answer me! Do you give up? STEVE, DO YOU GIVE UP?! If you do not answer me, I will stop the fight!
[Austin has passed out. Shamrock tells Bret to release the hold.]
Ken Shamrock stopping it, stopping it right now! That's it! Stone Cold Steve Austin! Austin passed out!
Austin is unconscious! Austin never gave up! Austin never gave up! But he passed out from the pain! Austin is out!
And Bret "The Hitman" Hart has defeated one of the gutsiest individuals ever in the World Wrestling Federation.
As a result of Stone Cold Steve Austin losing consciousness, the winner of this bout: Bret "Hitman" Hart!
[cont'd] I can tell ya, I've never seen a display of intestinal fortitude like we saw in Stone Cold Steve Austin, who is still unconscious, and quite frankly, needs medical attention right now.
Boy, that has got to be a tough act to follow, I'll tell you that.
[Opening of WrestleMania X8]
Every major sport has their special event. The NFL has the Super Bowl. Major League Baseball has the World Series. The World Wrestling Federation has WrestleMania.
CJChris Jericho
WrestleMania is the biggest show, by the biggest company in the entire world for sports entertainment.
RFRic Flair
To a lot of fans it's bigger than the Superbowl. To me, it's certainly bigger than the Superbowl.
WrestleMania is called The Granddaddy Of 'Em All. And you stand on the grandest stage of 'em all. It's that time of year, when you're on the card at WrestleMania, that you stand before millions of people, and you stand before your peers. And it lets people know that you mean something.
THTriple H
That's the ultimate dream— it's that bell rings and you're standing across the ring looking at another guy. You guys are the main event at the biggest event that there is. It couldn't mean any more.
SCStone Cold Steve Austin
Having that spot means everything to me.
HHHollywood Hulk Hogan
WrestleMania III was the greatest moment of my life. 93,000 people in the Pontiac Silverdome. When I got Andre The Giant over my head and I bodyslammed him, the wrestling world stood in awe.
WrestleMania? It's fever, man.
There's really that x-factor— an intangible I can't explain. You just have to feel it.
SHScott Hall
It's pressure. But it's that good kind of pressure.
SCStone Cold Steve Austin
That's an adrenaline rush every single time I stepped through that curtain.
CJChris Jericho
This is The Showcase Of The Immortals.
It's the time to shine, and to take that spotlight, and make it mean something.
THTriple H
Eight months of my life were spent in— in a rehab facility going through a lot of pain and— and hard times. All with one goal in mind: Once again, getting a shot to be WWF Champion. Once again, having the opportunity to get in the ring and— and go to WrestleMania again.
HHHollywood Hulk Hogan
This is my comeback WrestleMania.
This WrestleMania, WrestleMania X8, will be the biggest WrestleMania...in my entire career.
CJChris Jericho
Tonight, on the biggest stage of all time, this is my biggest chance to make my mark in history, and to be remembered and acknowledged, as one of the greatest.
HHHollywood Hulk Hogan
I'm here because I want to prove that Hulk Hogan is the Babe Ruth of the WWF, and I don't want anybody else to take that spot.
This match and match of this magnitude. The enormity of this match, uh, means so much. And it will be a torch passed on to me and letting me know, "It's your turn, it's your time. You're the best."
RFRic Flair
WrestleMania is undeniably the most magnificent.
SHScott Hall
It's the biggest pedestal to be put on.
CJChris Jericho
It's my biggest dream. And now it's my biggest reality.
THTriple H
God, there's no feeling that could be like that in the world.
SCStone Cold Steve Austin
It's nothing but 100% pure adrenaline.
That's what the memories of WrestleMania are made of for me.
[Opening of WrestleMania 23]
EEdge
When we were young...
KBKing Booker
When we were young...
We dreamed of this day...
BLBobby Lashley
Of this opportunity...
KMr. Kennedy
That I'm a superstar...
BBatista
More than you think...
And greater than you heard...
We've dedicated our lives...
Surrendered our bodies...
JHJeff Hardy
And focused our minds...
MVMontel Vontavious Porter
In the hopes to get here...
FFinlay
This is where it all comes together...
KBKing Booker
WrestleMania. Now...
SCStone Cold Steve Austin
I'm all grown up.
BBatista
I'm all grown up.
BLBobby Lashley
We're all grown up.
BBatista
Tonight is our night...
KMr. Kennedy
Where I will show the world...
BLBobby Lashley
I will prove to myself...
MVMontel Vontavious Porter
The most powerful...
CPCM Punk
That I'm the most extreme...
That the kid's still got it...
BLBobby Lashley
Am champion—