One of the best parts to all of the work that the WWE has put in to building up for RAW 1000 has been seeing the Legends come back and work. Might I just throw in a plug for Heath Slater and how awesome it must be for him to work with all of these great Superstars from the past.

No doubt in my mind, the best Legends moment for me was Friday’s SmackDown when the crowd popped like crazy for Road Warrior Animal. I am a huge fan of the Road Warriors and Animal looked just like he did when he and Road Warrior Hawk were terrorizing tag teams all over the world.

When I think of the Road Warriors, several things come to mind. The were dominate. Click on the Road Warriors page at WWE.com. The names of teams they mowed through to their numerous titles is like a who’s who of professional wrestling. The Crusher & Baron Von Raschke to win the AWA belts, Wahoo McDaniel & Mark Youngblood as well as The Midnight Express in the opening rounds before eliminating Ronnie Garvin & Magnum T.A. in the finale for the $1,000,000 Crocket Cup-clinching win in WCW,  joining forces with Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff and Paul Ellering against The Four Horsemen at The Great American Bash in the first-ever War Games, and their name changes from The Road Warriors to Legion of Doom upon their WWE debut in 1990, but their results remain the same. Hawk & Animal make a splash at SummerSlam 1991 by defeating The Nasty Boys in a No Disqualification, No Countout Match to win the World Tag Team Championships, giving the duo the distinction of being the only team to hold the tag titles in WWE, AWA, and NWA. (thanks to WWE.com for the info used in this paragraph).

I can picture in my mind Animal placing an opponent on his shoulders and Hawk delivering that devastating clothesline off the top rope just like it happened yesterday. If you want to see what that move looked like, click here and go see their WWE entrance video. Unfortunately that is no longer the case as Road Warrior Hawk passed away in 2003.

Thank you WWE for the action in this video that Trevor posted from SmackDown – I’ve watched it several times and I get cold chills every time the music hits.