The Undertaker, Chris Jericho and others in “Unfinished Business”

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.

WrestleMania is the biggest show, by the biggest company in the entire world for sports entertainment.

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.

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.

Having that spot means everything to me.

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.

It's pressure. But it's that good kind of pressure.

That's an adrenaline rush every single time I stepped through that curtain.

This is The Showcase Of The Immortals.

It's the time to shine, and to take that spotlight, and make it mean something.

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.

This is my comeback WrestleMania.

This WrestleMania, WrestleMania X8, will be the biggest WrestleMania...in my entire career.

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.

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."

WrestleMania is undeniably the most magnificent.

It's the biggest pedestal to be put on.

It's my biggest dream. And now it's my biggest reality.

God, there's no feeling that could be like that in the world.

It's nothing but 100% pure adrenaline.

That's what the memories of WrestleMania are made of for me.