I was 10 years old when this happened. My family was on vacation in Mexico and I remember bugging my dad all day, bc I knew there was a time difference and I wanted to make sure I didn't miss Nitro bc I was desperate to find out what happened in the main event and who the third man was. I even convinced him to let me leave our family dinner early to back to the room to watch.

I had brought a Hulk Hogan action figure with me on the trip and was sitting on the edge of the bed, watching Nitro as they went through what happened the night before at Bash at the Beach. I was absolutely devastated. I dropped my action figure to the floor and was almost in tears as I watched my hero tell me to "stick it!". I spent the entire first commercial break lecturing my HH action figure, trying desperately to get answers.

It's a memory that's etched into my mind. 20+ years later, I can still tell you what that hotel room looked like and how I felt. Wrestling was never better before or since '96-'97.