5 greatest Road Warrior Animal moments

#2. Animal and Hawk play the WarGames

Hawk and Animal's tenure in Jim Crocket Promotions (the NWA affiliate that Ted Turner would eventually purchase and rename World Championship Wrestling) was one of extreme violence. Whether it was stabbing Dusty Rhodes in the eye back before stabbing your opponent in the eye was cool, or knocking Jim Cornette of a scaffold and breaking his knees (this happened), the Road Warriors were more often than not looking to hurt somebody.

At The Great American Bash in 1987, Rhodes unveiled what was arguably his greatest creation of his backstage career: WarGames.

(This is just William Regal saying "WarGames" for an hour because William Regal saying "WarGames" is pretty much the greatest thing ever.)

We won't get into the nitty-gritty of the rules of the match, but essentially it's two rings, anywhere from eight to 10 wrestlers, a giant cage and lots of pain. Or, as Animal and Hawk would probably have put it, a normal Tuesday.

This particular match teamed the Warriors and Paul Ellering paired with Rhodes and Nikita Koloff to face the Four Horsemen of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, Tully Blanchard and their manager, J.J. Dillon. This match was so brutal that Animal, Hawk, Rhodes, and Dillon were all seriously hurt afterwards.

The match was eventually won by the good guys when the Warriors essentially pummeled Dillon (including hitting him with their iconic finisher, the Doomsday Device) mercilessly until he had no choice but to give up.

When talking about the best moments in the career of a WWE Hall of Fame member, there's only one to wrap things up with.