“I’m Better Than You, And You Know It”

"Every Man Has A Price For The Million Dollar Man"

"The Best There Is, The Best There Was, And The Best There Ever Will Be"

"Whatcha Gonna Do, When Hulkamania Runs Wild On You"

"And That's The Bottom Line Because Stone Cold Said So"

<p>Great promos are what transforms mere wrestlers into true superstars. They can catapult a mediocre wrestler into the stratosphere and that is why mic skills are as important as the in-ring skills if not more. These three WWE promos prove that the greatest ever wrestlers were so because of the way they could talk up pretty much anything.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Stone Cold Steve Austin’s 3:16</strong></h2>



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<p>If you study the history of Stone Cold then you will find that his push or the meteoric rise that followed were never planned. What makes this promo even more astonishing is that it wasn’t scripted but was ad-libbed on the spot by Austin.</p>



<p>Austin had just come back from a hospital having gone to check a concussion and just delivered the promo that would make him the biggest star in all of pro-wrestling. The biggest irony in all of this is that Austin wasn’t even supposed to be in this spot as it was Triple H who was supposed to win the King of the Ring tournament but was pulled out of the push after the “curtain call” incident.</p>



<p>This was the night that the Rattle Snake was born and the Attitude Era got its face. Some of the best things that have ever happened have been unplanned and this is an excellent example of that.</p>







<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Rock’s Armageddon</strong></h2>



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<p>Even if The Rock could not wrestle, he would still be a legendary wrestler. That was how good he was on the mic. He could rip into anyone with his verbal jabs and no man has as many iconic catchphrases as this electrifying megastar.</p>



<p>It was a blast to see this man with a microphone and no one, not even the seemingly untouchable superstars were spared. This was on display during this promo when the Rock insulted and made fun of men like Stone Cold, Triple H, Undertaker, Kurt Angle and Rikishi. The impersonations were on point and he made sure that the match was built up in an awesome manner.</p>



<p>If you can watch only one of Rock’s promos then make sure that it is this one. It has everything – intimidation, humor, badassery and seamless wit.</p>







<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>CM Punk’s Pipe Bomb</strong></h2>



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<p>If you are a millennial then chances are that you do not know much about the first two promos we mentioned and for you this is “the” promo for the ages. This was iconic because it suddenly injected life into a wrestling scene that had become an exhibition of the mediocre.</p>



<p>CM Punk until that point was just another underutilized wrestler with great potential. This promo shook the world and made everyone including the top WWE brass take notice of this man. What followed was a few months of unadulterated awesomeness before WWE ruined it in a way only they can.</p>



<p>While this story might not have a happy ending, that night with CM Punk delivering one of the most heartfelt promos in WWE history in a Stone Cold T-Shirt changed the wrestling landscape forever.</p>



<p>While his return to a similar capacity seems highly unlikely, no one can ever take away the honor of delivering the best promo of the modern era from CM Punk.</p>

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