Yeah because I witnessed that era and consider myself so lucky that I was actually the part of that era. I am lucky that I witnessed so many WWE superstars in that era which we cannot find today in the present era. I consider myself even more lucky to witness the era of 2 biggest superstars in the history of WWE (WWF at that time) in the likes of Stone Cold and The Rock. I consider SCSA as number 1 and my most favorite and The Rock number 2 and my 2nd favorite in the history of WWE.
That WM19 match is a real "End of an Era" match. A standard singles match with no added stipulations. Sometimes simplicity is all you need to sell something. It was a beautiful end to the rivalry.
@@dreamshakejunya Let it go man. Rock and Austin love each other, what's your problem?! Actually don't answer, it will be some lengthy rubbish I won't read.
@@apostolostvable It was for sure massive but The Rock Vs Cena main event at WM28 is without a doubt the biggest draw. That match up is the reason WM28 is the most purchased wrestling event in history.
Their match at WM 19 is criminally underrated. The crowd exploded when The Rock won, it was pretty awesome to see The Rock finally get his Mania win, and it was sad to see Austin go, but it was a great way for him to ride off into the sunset.
@@dreamshakejunya Businesswise, it would've made no sense to have Rock go over Austin in their previous matches other than WM17. And that wasn't gonna happen cause Rock was leaving to film 'The Scorpion King. Before that, Austin was always the bigger star and should've been the one going over. Rock was supposed to get the belt back from Austin in 99, but he started getting over as a heel, so they turned him babyface and his program with Austin came to an end. They were also supposed to fued in 2000 with Austin as the heel, but Austin needed neck surgery so Triple H filled that void.
@@dreamshakejunya Agreed. I’ve also felt a little ehh about how the Rock didn’t enough wins over Austin. The Rock was always okay with putting people over in general and doesn’t get enough credit for it.
@@dreamshakejunya well to be fair, during 1998-2000 undertaker was also booked to lose most of the time against stone cold steve. In fact all of the wins of undertaker against austin have never been clean. If my memory is right, austin has beaten undertaker 5 times, undertaker has been austin 3 times. The rock has beaten austin 2 times in main events (survivor series, WM 19) . austin has beaten rock 3 times in main events (WM15,17 and backlash)
Ray Brice I see what you mean. I thought you were referring specifically to the video part of the promo. Ah well, they were a point in time and they were huge back then. I’ll always be grateful for the Rollin’ Remix featuring Method Man, Redman and DMX 🔥
J George I do the same thing man. It’s awesome, because of Raw’s, the PPV’s & eventually Smackdown’s, but it’s sad to know that there will never again be anything close to that!! I take pride in getting to grow up watching all of that from a kid all the way into high school. I’d come home from an away football game in Jr. high & pop in the Raw from that night that I recorded in the old VCR. hahahahaha. Man at least we got to live it I guess lol
150K isn't something to be underappreciated either. Do you have any idea of how many people that is, I mean really? That's like having both WM3s Pontiac Silverdome and WM6s Toronto Skydome attendances rolled into one. That's a monstrous amount of butts in seats, and quite an achievement.
The Attitude Era will never be topped. It was the Golden Age of Wrestling. I remember changing the channel back and forth from Raw to Nitro and getting frustrated because I couldn't watch both at the same time.
One of my favorite moments was The Big Show chokeslamming the Undertaker straight through the ring to end the match. It ran 10 minutes over on the USA network, so I never had to worry that I missed anything. My recent button was worn due to the Monday Night Wars.
Yeah I remember those days we would usually watch nitro for their openings would go back and forth during the middle of the shows because by then RAW would pick up the pace and would would finish the night with RAW cause nitro became predictable you knew who was gonna win.
We all do that witnessed it, stunned to his knees then the emphatic back roll legs extended high in the air to a front face bump. Legend reaction to the stunner. Their fued was legendary
The greatest wrestling rivalry of all time. The execution of the Survivor Series 1998 storyline was a thing of perfection, and this period encapsulated the hottest time wrestling has ever been, and ever will be.
@@Thor-Orion I watched the first of Shamrock only a couple years ago, and I'll say, even though I'm a child of the Ruthless Agression/PG turnover and mainly PG, in any other era, Shamrock would've been at the top of the card. Problem is, the Attitude Era already had a ton of stars who had better promo skills than Shamrock, and that's all it came down to, sadly.
Pensfan 5919 Yeah I always looked forward to a Shamrock match on Raw or PPV. Pity his promo skills couldn’t really elevate beyond angry and intense because he had everything else. When I think of that classic egg IC title, I picture Shamrock with it.
The Ali Fraizer of wrestling, pure lightening in a bottle Each could have carried a whole era separately but thank God they were both in same place at the same time Just a fantastic time for wrestling Great upload as always WB
The most iconic rivalry of all time, the one between the 2 wrestlers who made the attitude era so legendary. The fact at some point they were pratically both the faces of the company, both so popular and huge stars made it even more legendary. All the 3 wm matches are amazing for different reasons, especially the last 2. Wm 15 consolidated Austin and at the same time paved the way for Rock. Wm 17 was the biggest match in wrestlemania history in my opinion, the 2 man at the max of their popularity who finally collided again. Also it was a masterpiece of storytelling by the start to the end, where both turned in facts all the words they said in the previous interview with Jim Ross. Wm 19 in the end is simply my favourite match of all time. The perfect ending of a circle and in my opinion the last final chapter and definitive conclusion of the attitude era. Also the fact this was Steve's last match made it so poetic. Him fighting for the last time against his greatest rival was the best way to end his career and everytime i see the post match when Rock breaks character to thank him always gets me emotional. Rock vs Austin was the highest point of wrestling history. 2 GOATS
I wouldn't say the two Wrestlers that made the era Legendary, let's not discredit guys like Triple H, Undertaker, Mick Foley, Kurt Angle and more. Rock and Austin were just the heads of the Attitude era.
@@elijahbruno2814 nah, Austin deserved that Moment. For what concerns me , he can fight all the times he wants, we all know his real main stint as wrestler ended at wm19. The magic is all there
All due respect to the Austin Mcmahon rivalry which helped turn the tide for the wwe during the Monday night wars but The Rock vs Stone Cold was the greatest rivalry in the attitude era which gave us an epic trilogy of three classic Wrestlemania matches but for me their WM X7 battle was their greatest match in the main event. The buildup was fantastic and the match absolutely delivered which saw two of the biggest and most popular stars wage war for the world title to prove who was number one. It was the greatest time to be a wrestling fan and everytime these two got together, it was pure magic and a hell of a rollercoaster ride. I'm really glad Austin got to have his last match with Rock at Wrestlemania as it was a fitting end to a great trilogy.
@@TheLuscious I didn't have any problem with Austin winning but I actually wanted Rock to win the match but sadly that didn't happen but I'm glad he finally did beat him.
WarhawkBeyond2040 it made sense for austin to win at 17. Rock was going to film a movie and Austin hadn’t held the title since he got injured at summer slam 99.
I was 8 years old when I watched this at home on PPV in the UK, fast forward and I now live in Texas and I drove past the arena in Houston last year, couldn’t help but think back to WM17
Who knew that WM XIX would be Stone Cold's last match? Anyway his rivalry with the Rock is unforgettable. Even as allies there was tension between them at times.
19 was cool to see them break kayfabe and you saw how much respect they had for each other. 17 was a great match but like Austin said he should have stunned McMahon. Forming an alliance with Vince was kinda lame.
19 was a great end to an era. Other than the Austin heel turn at WM 17, it was an unrivaled time in pro wrestling. Austin went out on top against his greatest (wrestler) rival and didn't overstay his welcome. It would've been cool to have him for the RA era, but his body was breaking down. More matches against matured WWE wrestlers along with some of the incoming RA stars would've been awesome. WM 17 was more intense as a spectacle, but WM 19 was a great finale to an unrivaled legacy.
*Jim Ross* : and the time is upon us Paul!!! *Paul Heyman* the time is now, it's the match that both men need to win and either men can't afford to lose!!!!
check check out, stone cold is going to wrestle mania OH HELL YEA, and its over the rock is the wwf champion CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT ITS GONNE BE LIKE AT WRESTLEMANIA.
The Rock and Stone Cold had the best promos. They truly defined the Attitude Era because although they were the two biggest icons of their era, they were so vastly different.
Correction. The Rock didn't lose the right to face Triple H at WM19. In the backstage segment he said to Bischoff he didn't want to face Triple H because at this time he needs a victory over Austin at WM rather than the world title. So he cancelled his match with Booker T. Then Bischoff said that he still needs The Rock in the match at RAW because "sponsors and advertises were promised to see The Rock in action" or something like that. So The Rock went on to face The Hurricane with whom he had a backstage segments for some weeks during that period. Still an awesone video though. One of the best feuds of all time. Maybe you can cover the rest of their matches too? Would be great!
The two biggest wrestling stars in the history of the industry. People many times have said either one would have dominated an era of wrestling, but this rare point in history they both coexisted in the same era, the best era. Many sports have classic and legendary rivalries and events. These two were IT for pro wrestling! It’s poetic that Austin’s final match was against the Rock in Wrestlemania.
We need a triple h vs the rock rivalry history just like this one, great work brother keep it up. I believe the ending segment from smackdown March 29th 2001 Austin’s interview with Kevin Kelly when he went in a cussing tirade planted the seeds for heel turn slowly. Also we should have an Austin vs Kurt feud like this too.
Great video. I think one comment that could have added to the lead up to WM17 was Austin returning from being run over and then losing his 3 stages of hell match with HHH. I think Austin losing that match plays into the fact that Austin doubts himself enough to "sell his soul" to McMahon to be WWF Champion.
Austin's heel turn was just awkward; there were some great moments but it just felt wrong with his persona. The Rock on the other hand was a far more compelling and entertaining heel; Hollywood Rock was his best gimmick IMO.
At first, Austin's heel turn had a lot of potential. HHH getting injured pretty much messed that up. Him sucking up to McMahon was hilarious, but probably turned a lot of people off from wrestling in general. Even still, when he briefly turned face against the Alliance, he got one of the loudest, longest crowd reactions I've ever heard. That second heel turn really hurt his popularity, even though he did great work as a heel and honestly had some of his best matches ever (Angle and Benoit matches come to mind).
Austin’s first heel turn was alright, but would have worked better if Rock was there, unfortunately Rock was in Hollywood, and it left us with a missing puzzle piece. Austin’s second heel turn when he joined the Alliance was absolutely horrible, it was the nail in the coffin, I still don’t understand why they did it.
@@roodypoochrisw They were considering a HHH face turn for the first Austin heel turn so that would have been the summer program, but obviously the injury messed it up. The second one could have been saved if they did Rock vs Austin at Summerslam but making Austin leader of the Alliance was dumb and it killed any heat it could have had. What I would have wanted to see was Austin/HHH for the title at WM 18, that match would have deserved to headline instead of the mess we got with Austin/Hall and HHH/Jericho.
No one wanted him to turn but it was funny. Austin is just one of those guys you always want to cheer same went when they tried turn taker heel he still got cheered
Excellent telling of perhaps the greatest tale WWE will ever have. Won't lie it got emotional when you started talking about XIX, and you did a great job really giving it the weight it deserved. There will never be another Stone Cold and he went out like a man.
The visual quality of the clips you used are amazing. Very quality video you made here. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us down the road! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
While yes, the Debra angle of the whole feud is mostly forgotten leading into X7 I do appreciate how it helped fill out the time between the rumble and the mania match pretty successfully. The sit down interview overshadows everything but there was months of television/ppv’s produced before that pinnacle moment and the Rocks pursuit of the title was very effectively kept connected to Austin with the inclusion of the rattlesnakes wife. You look at the months long builds done since then, the Becky/Rousey train wreck of a build with knee injuries and Trips/Steph and then McMahon/Flair inserting themselves into the whole mess and having Austins wife manage the Rock for a few weeks before taking a bump resulting in Steve attacking Rocky is grade A writing.
The I love you line from The Rock, to Stone Cold Steve Austin. Makes me teary eyed, just a little bit. Because these 2 proud warriors hated each other, and that line was heart felt in my point of view. These guys made my childhood during, The WWF's Attitude Era.
Fantastic video covering a fantastic topic. Rock vs. Austin is basically one of those feuds that we should have been honored to witness as we grew up as fans. It's the feud of a generation.
This was probably some of the best wrestling I had ever witnessed. Natural enemies, Stone Cold, and The Rock they put on clinics every time they met in the ring.
Kurt actually won the WWF championship from The Rock in a one on one title match at October's No Mercy PPV. Kurt successfully defended the WWF championship in December's Armageddon Hell in a Cell Match.
Quite excellent video. Perfectly sums up a wonderful time in professional wrestling. I'm somewhat sad we'll never witness anything quite like this again...
It seems appropriate that the consensus Greatest Wrestlemania of All-time also marks the unofficial end of Professional Wrestling greatest Boom Period. Could you have picked a more perfect representation of the Attitude Era than The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin battling it out for the Winged Eagle?
xThe_noJx EVERYTHING about it was sublime, which sadly made it rather bittersweet because it truly did feel like the end of wrestling. It’s hard to articulate, but there was an emptiness and a sort of knowing at the time that wrestling had reached its ultimate peak.
I have found myself binge watching the content on this channel for the past two weeks. My favorite vids are definitely the Monday Night Wars series. Good to revisit this match trilogy too.
For those too young to remember, Angle won the Title off Rock at No Mercy in the October (Austin against Rikishi in a No DQ match), defended against Taker at Survivor Series (Rock vs Rikishi, Austin vs Trips, which of course led to HiaC @ Armageddon). Austin had a 2 out of 3 Falls with Trips @ No Way Out (1/ Straight match. Austin won. 2/ Street Fight. Trips won. 3/ Cage Match. Trips won).
Seen this in person. If you look over stone colds shoulder @19:38 you still cant see me. I was in the nose bleed section. But damn it was a good show. It was my first WrestleMania. One of the best. The only thing that would have made it better was of we could hear the commentary.
A rivalry I grew up watching from 2001-2003 (I was too young to remember anything prior to 2001, besides small moments like the World Rally Championship) I have always been a fan of both Steve Austin and The Rock, so this will be an excellent 30 minutes of my time.
I think the only way The Rock would have got equal backing from the crowd is if Austin went into Mania as the champion, I feel like fans like a title change at Mania. The whole angle with Austin needing to be the champ could have been flipped to just say he needs to BE champ. I loved this match tho and I hated it when Austin turned heel
I remember as a kid, Schoolyard talk with Rock Vs Stonecold was split down the middle and everyone had a reason to why one was better than the other. Seeing this video gave me flashbacks of those days.
I’ve been waiting for the past 2 weeks for a video like this. I wanted something with the Rock or Stone Cold Steve Austin, but you gave us both. Thank you very much.
@Ultra Instinct 94 I mean I wish Rock won that second one but Austin needing to cheat and go that far overboard to beat Rock is almost as good. To be fair if Rock did win that second match clean Austin would be yesterday's news in a heartbeat. It was a smart plan to keep both guys at the top.
My favorite will always be Wrestlemania 17, it's where I realized that while I really liked Stone Cold, The Rock was definitely my favorite wrestler ( he is my favorite all-time now ). I remember watching it at a movie theater with one of my buddies and his brother and everyone there being hype. I also remember it being weird because it was a completely different atmosphere from when I'd usually go there to watch a movie ( it was basically a wrestling audience but watching at a movie theater. I remember being super pissed at how Rock was being booed ( even after Stone Cold had clearly aligned with McMahon ). Good times... lol
What Rock said to Austin at the end of Wrestlemania 19 is not new information. Austin revealed what was said on the Mania of Wrestlemania documentary that was part of the Wrestlemania 20 DVD released in 2004. (Great documentary by the way. Narrated by Jesse The Body Ventura)
Its funny how he says hes not gonna give a play by play of the first match because we all saw it, then proceeds to give us a play by play of the forst match. Great videos!!!!!! I LOVE WATCHING THEM.
It’s okay for matches to be heavily choreographed, Randy Savage was famous for it, but the point is to make it a believable looking fight. So i agree for the most part.
Nothing was the same after they both left the full time roster. They were the Ali/Frazier of the company. The two greatest we've ever seen. Hogan, Michaels, Taker, Hart, Flair are in the second tier. Rock/Austin really are in a class of their own. I miss the peak 98 - 2001 days with Kurt and Jericho, too.
Most of the time I am working on something either as a hobby or sometimes for work when I have the tv on in the background, but this was so captivating I had to stop everything and just enjoy this. Another great factual portrayal of history, thank you WB, you do a great service to the history of sports entertainment with your tributes.
XV man those times for me were great I was 17 just enjoying life. Everything was fresh then. Now I'm old and bitter but watching this nice to bring me back
@@keynansanders7949 maybe but because Bret Hart and HBK made their rivalry professional and personal. However, I consider their rivalry in my top 10 best rivalries in WWE history.
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20 years have passed, and people are still coming back to this era.
Often too
Well, thats because it was the last time the WWE was good.
That's because wrestling is garbage now.
Yeah because I witnessed that era and consider myself so lucky that I was actually the part of that era. I am lucky that I witnessed so many WWE superstars in that era which we cannot find today in the present era. I consider myself even more lucky to witness the era of 2 biggest superstars in the history of WWE (WWF at that time) in the likes of Stone Cold and The Rock. I consider SCSA as number 1 and my most favorite and The Rock number 2 and my 2nd favorite in the history of WWE.
@@Spongemonkey26 Facts!
That WM19 match is a real "End of an Era" match. A standard singles match with no added stipulations. Sometimes simplicity is all you need to sell something. It was a beautiful end to the rivalry.
Hell, their WM 17 main event was probably the biggest drawing main event of all-time and they never went off the top rope once.
@@dreamshakejunya
Let it go man.
Rock and Austin love each other, what's your problem?! Actually don't answer, it will be some lengthy rubbish I won't read.
@@apostolostvable It was for sure massive but The Rock Vs Cena main event at WM28 is without a doubt the biggest draw. That match up is the reason WM28 is the most purchased wrestling event in history.
@@apostolostvable biggest drawing main event is actually Rock vs Cena
To me the WM15 was my favorite because the time between 15 and WM2000 was the greatest time in WWF history.
Their match at WM 19 is criminally underrated. The crowd exploded when The Rock won, it was pretty awesome to see The Rock finally get his Mania win, and it was sad to see Austin go, but it was a great way for him to ride off into the sunset.
@@dreamshakejunya Businesswise, it would've made no sense to have Rock go over Austin in their previous matches other than WM17. And that wasn't gonna happen cause Rock was leaving to film 'The Scorpion King. Before that, Austin was always the bigger star and should've been the one going over. Rock was supposed to get the belt back from Austin in 99, but he started getting over as a heel, so they turned him babyface and his program with Austin came to an end. They were also supposed to fued in 2000 with Austin as the heel, but Austin needed neck surgery so Triple H filled that void.
@@dreamshakejunya
Austin let the Rock throw him in a river.
@@dreamshakejunya Agreed. I’ve also felt a little ehh about how the Rock didn’t enough wins over Austin. The Rock was always okay with putting people over in general and doesn’t get enough credit for it.
I wish their third match was the main event of WM 19 instead of Brock and Angle. But it will always be the main event for me.
@@dreamshakejunya well to be fair, during 1998-2000 undertaker was also booked to lose most of the time against stone cold steve. In fact all of the wins of undertaker against austin have never been clean. If my memory is right, austin has beaten undertaker 5 times, undertaker has been austin 3 times.
The rock has beaten austin 2 times in main events (survivor series, WM 19) . austin has beaten rock 3 times in main events (WM15,17 and backlash)
The greatest match promo has to be the “My Way” match promo for their second match
Ray Brice Why begrudgingly?
Still get goosebumps off it. Best promo package ever!
Ray Brice I see what you mean. I thought you were referring specifically to the video part of the promo. Ah well, they were a point in time and they were huge back then. I’ll always be grateful for the Rollin’ Remix featuring Method Man, Redman and DMX 🔥
Blind Lazarillo I love that version of it
That’s FACTS
As wrestling fans, we were spoiled during that time. We were witnessing some of the best wrestling we would ever see and to never see again....
Yep. We had no idea. I thought they finally realized what people wanted and that it would be really good from then on. I was wrong.
It breaks my heart and hurts my brain trying to figure out how we got from this to what we have now!!
bill gates amen to that my friend!! I’m no tough guy & don’t claim to be, but Jesus man it’s ridiculous!!
I’ve been rewatching the whole attitude era and I’m right before wm17 I’m sad. They were both super over and faces.
J George I do the same thing man. It’s awesome, because of Raw’s, the PPV’s & eventually Smackdown’s, but it’s sad to know that there will never again be anything close to that!! I take pride in getting to grow up watching all of that from a kid all the way into high school. I’d come home from an away football game in Jr. high & pop in the Raw from that night that I recorded in the old VCR. hahahahaha. Man at least we got to live it I guess lol
There's not a rivalry in Wrestling today that comes close to having the intensity and passion of this one!
This rivalry and the HBK vs Triple H rivalry are probably both the best rivalries of all time.
Wow just forgot about bret and hbk.
tor howell Dusty and Flair. Sting and Flair is great for more modern wrestling as well.
I liked Taker vs Michaels comes close to Rock vs Austin
Hogan vs Savage? Warrior vs Hogan? Savage vs Warrior?
I don’t say this often, but i’ll make an exception here.
Wrestling Bios should have more subscribers.
150K isn't something to be underappreciated either.
Do you have any idea of how many people that is, I mean really?
That's like having both WM3s Pontiac Silverdome and WM6s Toronto Skydome attendances rolled into one.
That's a monstrous amount of butts in seats, and quite an achievement.
Igor Ivanov accurate description
You should definitely say that Wrestling bios deserves more subs more often, mate
Facts!! 💯
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McMahon needs to give Wrestling Bios a job.
the rock oversold the stunner because he and Steve Austin used to bet cases of beer on how much rock could oversell his stunner
russell vs chamberlain , bird vs magic, ali vs frazier, austin vs rock. i got to see all 4. very lucky
The Attitude Era will never be topped. It was the Golden Age of Wrestling. I remember changing the channel back and forth from Raw to Nitro and getting frustrated because I couldn't watch both at the same time.
DjivoryKeyZ Sadly that amazing period will never happen again.
One of my favorite moments was The Big Show chokeslamming the Undertaker straight through the ring to end the match. It ran 10 minutes over on the USA network, so I never had to worry that I missed anything. My recent button was worn due to the Monday Night Wars.
Yeah I remember those days we would usually watch nitro for their openings would go back and forth during the middle of the shows because by then RAW would pick up the pace and would would finish the night with RAW cause nitro became predictable you knew who was gonna win.
Always loved the way The Rock sold the Stone Cold Stunner
09:37 flopping like a fish 🤣😆 did the same thing too in Smackdown 1&2 the ps1 video games
I actually hated it. It was just too ridiculous looking to take seriously.
@@Richterdgf You are not supposed to take wrestling seriously. (wrestling is fake)
Scott Hall sold the best stunner I've ever seen.
We all do that witnessed it, stunned to his knees then the emphatic back roll legs extended high in the air to a front face bump. Legend reaction to the stunner. Their fued was legendary
The greatest wrestling rivalry of all time. The execution of the Survivor Series 1998 storyline was a thing of perfection, and this period encapsulated the hottest time wrestling has ever been, and ever will be.
I was 6 watching Survivor Series 1998 and I still remember watching it. It was great.
Szisetrikmz of Ghevzefimn Oh, the timing! Even Shamrock was great in that spot.
Blind Lazarillo Shamrock doesn’t get enough respect, he was a natural at wrestling and always very good in the ring.
@@Thor-Orion I watched the first of Shamrock only a couple years ago, and I'll say, even though I'm a child of the Ruthless Agression/PG turnover and mainly PG, in any other era, Shamrock would've been at the top of the card. Problem is, the Attitude Era already had a ton of stars who had better promo skills than Shamrock, and that's all it came down to, sadly.
Pensfan 5919 Yeah I always looked forward to a Shamrock match on Raw or PPV. Pity his promo skills couldn’t really elevate beyond angry and intense because he had everything else. When I think of that classic egg IC title, I picture Shamrock with it.
The Ali Fraizer of wrestling, pure lightening in a bottle
Each could have carried a whole era separately but thank God they were both in same place at the same time
Just a fantastic time for wrestling
Great upload as always WB
Nothing more to say.
When did Ali fight Brendan Fraser? Nyuk nyuk.
@@matthillegas3099 in Egypt, it was called Mummy 5 : The Tomb of Doom
Truly! 😁😁😊😊
@@only1icon1801 I thought it was called the Rumble in the Cursed Jungle?
Their encounters during Survivor Series 2001 was underrated.
And the raw before that when they had a bit of a singalong
@@davidredgrift6253 That on the other hand isn't underrated, people mention that sing along alot.
@@davidredgrift6253 and rebellion 2001 too (idk if I'm correct)
Those Rock and Hurricane vignettes are probably the greatest comedy promos of all time.
Hamburger! lol
9:07 Can we all just take a second to appreciate Chioda taking that chair shot like a boss?
The most iconic rivalry of all time, the one between the 2 wrestlers who made the attitude era so legendary. The fact at some point they were pratically both the faces of the company, both so popular and huge stars made it even more legendary. All the 3 wm matches are amazing for different reasons, especially the last 2. Wm 15 consolidated Austin and at the same time paved the way for Rock. Wm 17 was the biggest match in wrestlemania history in my opinion, the 2 man at the max of their popularity who finally collided again. Also it was a masterpiece of storytelling by the start to the end, where both turned in facts all the words they said in the previous interview with Jim Ross. Wm 19 in the end is simply my favourite match of all time. The perfect ending of a circle and in my opinion the last final chapter and definitive conclusion of the attitude era. Also the fact this was Steve's last match made it so poetic. Him fighting for the last time against his greatest rival was the best way to end his career and everytime i see the post match when Rock breaks character to thank him always gets me emotional. Rock vs Austin was the highest point of wrestling history. 2 GOATS
I agree 10000% brother. Like Messi Vs Ronaldo. 2 legends and the best to ever do it.
I wouldn't say the two Wrestlers that made the era Legendary, let's not discredit guys like Triple H, Undertaker, Mick Foley, Kurt Angle and more. Rock and Austin were just the heads of the Attitude era.
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Do you think Austin's return last year hindered your view on the WM 19 match?
@@elijahbruno2814 nah, Austin deserved that Moment. For what concerns me , he can fight all the times he wants, we all know his real main stint as wrestler ended at wm19. The magic is all there
The trilogy and rivalry that defined the WWF during the big boom period in the 90's & early 2000's.
All due respect to the Austin Mcmahon rivalry which helped turn the tide for the wwe during the Monday night wars but The Rock vs Stone Cold was the greatest rivalry in the attitude era which gave us an epic trilogy of three classic Wrestlemania matches but for me their WM X7 battle was their greatest match in the main event.
The buildup was fantastic and the match absolutely delivered which saw two of the biggest and most popular stars wage war for the world title to prove who was number one.
It was the greatest time to be a wrestling fan and everytime these two got together, it was pure magic and a hell of a rollercoaster ride.
I'm really glad Austin got to have his last match with Rock at Wrestlemania as it was a fitting end to a great trilogy.
WarhawkBeyond2040 Yes, the Main Event of WM17 really did feel like the end of wrestling.
@@TheLuscious I didn't have any problem with Austin winning but I actually wanted Rock to win the match but sadly that didn't happen but I'm glad he finally did beat him.
WarhawkBeyond2040 it made sense for austin to win at 17. Rock was going to film a movie and Austin hadn’t held the title since he got injured at summer slam 99.
A lot of people like to talk about how selfish Austin was and he had his moments but he did very good to put the rock over in his final match.
TheLuscious I definitely wanted Austin in that match. I wanted The Rock at WM15 and Austin again at WM19.
I was 8 years old when I watched this at home on PPV in the UK, fast forward and I now live in Texas and I drove past the arena in Houston last year, couldn’t help but think back to WM17
Where in UK did u live I'm from the west midlands homie?
The Devils General Hey man, I’m from Sheffield, been in Texas for almost 7 years now
Sweet I got friends from Sheffield home of niche music.....but Texas must be alot better, keep safe homie and bless!
The Devils General I’m from the west mids also 👍
Shame we wont ever be able to relive those feelings unless we watch older matches from this era
Who knew that WM XIX would be Stone Cold's last match? Anyway his rivalry with the Rock is unforgettable. Even as allies there was tension between them at times.
I didn't, I kept waiting for Austin to come back, and then found out later, it was his final. I was so shocked.
@@Chronoic I didn't know either. Also I didn't know how much pain he was in. After his retirement, WWE was never the same.
@Alex Kanyima the then the rock leaves shortly after
That Limp Biskit song is incredible, every time I hear it. It reminds me of the hype video lol
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Rock versus Austin at wrestlemania 19 is my favourite.
Rock is my favorite and even tho he won that 1. 17 is the best one?
19 was cool to see them break kayfabe and you saw how much respect they had for each other. 17 was a great match but like Austin said he should have stunned McMahon. Forming an alliance with Vince was kinda lame.
19 was a great end to an era. Other than the Austin heel turn at WM 17, it was an unrivaled time in pro wrestling. Austin went out on top against his greatest (wrestler) rival and didn't overstay his welcome. It would've been cool to have him for the RA era, but his body was breaking down. More matches against matured WWE wrestlers along with some of the incoming RA stars would've been awesome. WM 17 was more intense as a spectacle, but WM 19 was a great finale to an unrivaled legacy.
*Jim Ross* : and the time is upon us Paul!!!
*Paul Heyman* the time is now, it's the match that both men need to win and either men can't afford to lose!!!!
That moment still gives me chills to this day.
@@liquidgeorge especially when that music of the cage lowering gives me more goosebumps to my goosebumps when i hear it and see it!!!
When people don't know the rock leaves company for Hollywood
check check out, stone cold is going to wrestle mania OH HELL YEA, and its over the rock is the wwf champion CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT ITS GONNE BE LIKE AT WRESTLEMANIA.
One of the Greatest Wrestling Rivalries in history
''With all due respect''
-Stone Cold
This was definitely our true Childhood 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻❤️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
The Rock and Stone Cold had the best promos. They truly defined the Attitude Era because although they were the two biggest icons of their era, they were so vastly different.
I would like to see the Rock and Stone Cold make a movie together sometime.
Much as I love Austin he is a mediocre actor lol..... No.
Correction. The Rock didn't lose the right to face Triple H at WM19. In the backstage segment he said to Bischoff he didn't want to face Triple H because at this time he needs a victory over Austin at WM rather than the world title. So he cancelled his match with Booker T. Then Bischoff said that he still needs The Rock in the match at RAW because "sponsors and advertises were promised to see The Rock in action" or something like that. So The Rock went on to face The Hurricane with whom he had a backstage segments for some weeks during that period.
Still an awesone video though. One of the best feuds of all time. Maybe you can cover the rest of their matches too? Would be great!
The two biggest wrestling stars in the history of the industry. People many times have said either one would have dominated an era of wrestling, but this rare point in history they both coexisted in the same era, the best era. Many sports have classic and legendary rivalries and events. These two were IT for pro wrestling! It’s poetic that Austin’s final match was against the Rock in Wrestlemania.
I found myself rooting 4 each other at certain times during that great era
We need a triple h vs the rock rivalry history just like this one, great work brother keep it up. I believe the ending segment from smackdown March 29th 2001 Austin’s interview with Kevin Kelly when he went in a cussing tirade planted the seeds for heel turn slowly. Also we should have an Austin vs Kurt feud like this too.
Great video. I think one comment that could have added to the lead up to WM17 was Austin returning from being run over and then losing his 3 stages of hell match with HHH. I think Austin losing that match plays into the fact that Austin doubts himself enough to "sell his soul" to McMahon to be WWF Champion.
Pretty crazy that all 3 matches were quality. Even that last match where Austin wasn't in the best health was still fantastic.
Austin's heel turn was just awkward; there were some great moments but it just felt wrong with his persona. The Rock on the other hand was a far more compelling and entertaining heel; Hollywood Rock was his best gimmick IMO.
At first, Austin's heel turn had a lot of potential. HHH getting injured pretty much messed that up. Him sucking up to McMahon was hilarious, but probably turned a lot of people off from wrestling in general. Even still, when he briefly turned face against the Alliance, he got one of the loudest, longest crowd reactions I've ever heard. That second heel turn really hurt his popularity, even though he did great work as a heel and honestly had some of his best matches ever (Angle and Benoit matches come to mind).
Austin’s first heel turn was alright, but would have worked better if Rock was there, unfortunately Rock was in Hollywood, and it left us with a missing puzzle piece. Austin’s second heel turn when he joined the Alliance was absolutely horrible, it was the nail in the coffin, I still don’t understand why they did it.
@@roodypoochrisw They were considering a HHH face turn for the first Austin heel turn so that would have been the summer program, but obviously the injury messed it up. The second one could have been saved if they did Rock vs Austin at Summerslam but making Austin leader of the Alliance was dumb and it killed any heat it could have had.
What I would have wanted to see was Austin/HHH for the title at WM 18, that match would have deserved to headline instead of the mess we got with Austin/Hall and HHH/Jericho.
No one wanted him to turn but it was funny. Austin is just one of those guys you always want to cheer same went when they tried turn taker heel he still got cheered
@@roodypoochrisw what do you mean second? It was a continuation
WrestleMania 15 - Overbooked
WrestleMania 17 - Amazing
WrestleMania 19 - Clean
Excellent telling of perhaps the greatest tale WWE will ever have. Won't lie it got emotional when you started talking about XIX, and you did a great job really giving it the weight it deserved. There will never be another Stone Cold and he went out like a man.
The visual quality of the clips you used are amazing. Very quality video you made here. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us down the road! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
While yes, the Debra angle of the whole feud is mostly forgotten leading into X7 I do appreciate how it helped fill out the time between the rumble and the mania match pretty successfully. The sit down interview overshadows everything but there was months of television/ppv’s produced before that pinnacle moment and the Rocks pursuit of the title was very effectively kept connected to Austin with the inclusion of the rattlesnakes wife. You look at the months long builds done since then, the Becky/Rousey train wreck of a build with knee injuries and Trips/Steph and then McMahon/Flair inserting themselves into the whole mess and having Austins wife manage the Rock for a few weeks before taking a bump resulting in Steve attacking Rocky is grade A writing.
The I love you line from The Rock, to Stone Cold Steve Austin. Makes me teary eyed, just a little bit. Because these 2 proud warriors hated each other, and that line was heart felt in my point of view. These guys made my childhood during, The WWF's Attitude Era.
WWE is, indeed, "creatively bankrupt", in comparison to the AE and the RAE.
The rocks selling at the stone cold stunner was legendary 🙌🏻😂⭐️
Fantastic video covering a fantastic topic. Rock vs. Austin is basically one of those feuds that we should have been honored to witness as we grew up as fans. It's the feud of a generation.
Rock be back when the Lakers beat the King's in may!!!!
well he's not going to be back for anytime soon because the kings haven't been in the playoffs in a over a decade😂😂😂
I loved Austin’s heel run in 2001. Both of them were amazing faces but they were also phenomenal heels too.
What? What?
This was probably some of the best wrestling I had ever witnessed. Natural enemies, Stone Cold, and The Rock they put on clinics every time they met in the ring.
I love your content so much. This one I have to watch to wait tho because I'm binge watching 1999-2001 threw at the moment.
Fun Fact: Stone Cold had OMR on his vest. It stands for one more round since this was the last match of his career.
Kurt actually won the WWF championship from The Rock in a one on one title match at October's No Mercy PPV. Kurt successfully defended the WWF championship in December's Armageddon Hell in a Cell Match.
Great video, I love coming home after working all night and just sit and relax and watch your channel. Thanks for what you do brother.
The best rivalry ever Austin vs rock
Quite excellent video. Perfectly sums up a wonderful time in professional wrestling. I'm somewhat sad we'll never witness anything quite like this again...
Austin's heel turn just didn't work and wasn't time for it.
He didn’t had a top babyface to work with and HHH got injured
@@daherreysso2826 Basically this.
@@daherreysso2826 yep. Rock left to do scorpion king and there was no one else bigger.
@Ghostface True 1997 Heel Austin was better than 2001 Heel Austin.
The Rock and Austin was the NextGen Rhodes versus flair
Hogan vs Flair
I’ve subscribed to many great wrestling channels, but this channel truly became my number one place to go for the best wrestling content!
The remix of the Steve Austin theme is lit 🔥🔥🏴☠️🏴☠️
If you go back and watch those 1999 HBK commissioner clips you can tell he was pilled up.
yep he looked completely zonked at WM15 and it showed as he botched his lines.
It seems appropriate that the consensus Greatest Wrestlemania of All-time also marks the unofficial end of Professional Wrestling greatest Boom Period. Could you have picked a more perfect representation of the Attitude Era than The Rock vs Stone Cold Steve Austin battling it out for the Winged Eagle?
xThe_noJx EVERYTHING about it was sublime, which sadly made it rather bittersweet because it truly did feel like the end of wrestling. It’s hard to articulate, but there was an emptiness and a sort of knowing at the time that wrestling had reached its ultimate peak.
I have found myself binge watching the content on this channel for the past two weeks. My favorite vids are definitely the Monday Night Wars series.
Good to revisit this match trilogy too.
For those too young to remember, Angle won the Title off Rock at No Mercy in the October (Austin against Rikishi in a No DQ match), defended against Taker at Survivor Series (Rock vs Rikishi, Austin vs Trips, which of course led to HiaC @ Armageddon). Austin had a 2 out of 3 Falls with Trips @ No Way Out (1/ Straight match. Austin won. 2/ Street Fight. Trips won. 3/ Cage Match. Trips won).
Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock rivalry was my childhood.
Seen this in person. If you look over stone colds shoulder @19:38 you still cant see me. I was in the nose bleed section. But damn it was a good show. It was my first WrestleMania. One of the best. The only thing that would have made it better was of we could hear the commentary.
A rivalry I grew up watching from 2001-2003 (I was too young to remember anything prior to 2001, besides small moments like the World Rally Championship)
I have always been a fan of both Steve Austin and The Rock, so this will be an excellent 30 minutes of my time.
2000 was arguably the best year for WWE.
You really miss out on 98-00
One of in not Arguably the greatest rivalrie of all time
I've been here two minutes and you just got a lifelong sub. If you're making stuff imma watch it. I appreciative you and this content.
I think the only way The Rock would have got equal backing from the crowd is if Austin went into Mania as the champion, I feel like fans like a title change at Mania. The whole angle with Austin needing to be the champ could have been flipped to just say he needs to BE champ. I loved this match tho and I hated it when Austin turned heel
Yeah Austin hadn’t been champ since 1999, and having Austin going after the belt automatically made people more on Austin’s side.
I remember as a kid, Schoolyard talk with Rock Vs Stonecold was split down the middle and everyone had a reason to why one was better than the other. Seeing this video gave me flashbacks of those days.
The whole Stone Cold, Rock Debra angle reminds me everytime of The Hogan, Macho Man, and Ms. Elisabeth situation.
"Creatively bankrupt", that's one brilliant way to put it lol
They made each other GREAT!!! This rivalry is absolutely legendary and I have unlimited nostalgia just thinking about this time in my life....... wow
Rock vs Austin at Wrestlemania is the WWE making up for not giving the fans Hogan vs Flair.
I’ve been waiting for the past 2 weeks for a video like this. I wanted something with the Rock or Stone Cold Steve Austin, but you gave us both. Thank you very much.
Man...Rock was booked like an absolute unit in that second match lol look how much it took to get the 3 count on him.
@Ultra Instinct 94 I mean I wish Rock won that second one but Austin needing to cheat and go that far overboard to beat Rock is almost as good. To be fair if Rock did win that second match clean Austin would be yesterday's news in a heartbeat. It was a smart plan to keep both guys at the top.
The greatest trilogy in history of wrestling
My favorite will always be Wrestlemania 17, it's where I realized that while I really liked Stone Cold, The Rock was definitely my favorite wrestler ( he is my favorite all-time now ). I remember watching it at a movie theater with one of my buddies and his brother and everyone there being hype. I also remember it being weird because it was a completely different atmosphere from when I'd usually go there to watch a movie ( it was basically a wrestling audience but watching at a movie theater. I remember being super pissed at how Rock was being booed ( even after Stone Cold had clearly aligned with McMahon ). Good times... lol
This is the feud I remember the most from watching wrestling back in the day. Incredible chemistry between the two.
No no no keep it G... The Great One said the one thing he hadn't done was "whoop that bald headed candy ass at WrestleMania" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
one of my favorite rivalries ever. awesome thanks for this.
"My Way" promo is in contention with "Always" promo for the First Elimination Chamber Match
I was not expecting to cry at the end. All the memories.
2 legends ,who saved the wwe, during the monday night wars. And became the biggest stars in the wwe!👍👍👍🍺🍺
This serves as a reminder of what wrestling once was and could be again.
Angle won the belt at No Mercy 2000, not Armageddon. He retained the belt at Armageddon in the Six Man Hell in a Cell match.
What Rock said to Austin at the end of Wrestlemania 19 is not new information. Austin revealed what was said on the Mania of Wrestlemania documentary that was part of the Wrestlemania 20 DVD released in 2004. (Great documentary by the way. Narrated by Jesse The Body Ventura)
Its funny how he says hes not gonna give a play by play of the first match because we all saw it, then proceeds to give us a play by play of the forst match. Great videos!!!!!! I LOVE WATCHING THEM.
The Rock heel turn at survivor series was one of my favourite ppvs growing up, watched it over and over.
Good news on a Sunday night ... another Wrestling Bios upload. And that too featuring The Great One. Good times❤️
Certainly beats the heavily-choreographed ballet dancing the marks love these days.
It’s okay for matches to be heavily choreographed, Randy Savage was famous for it, but the point is to make it a believable looking fight. So i agree for the most part.
Nothing was the same after they both left the full time roster. They were the Ali/Frazier of the company. The two greatest we've ever seen.
Hogan, Michaels, Taker, Hart, Flair are in the second tier. Rock/Austin really are in a class of their own.
I miss the peak 98 - 2001 days with Kurt and Jericho, too.
Nahhhhhhh
Most of the time I am working on something either as a hobby or sometimes for work when I have the tv on in the background, but this was so captivating I had to stop everything and just enjoy this. Another great factual portrayal of history, thank you WB, you do a great service to the history of sports entertainment with your tributes.
Austin and Rock Once in a Lifetime Greats😎👍🖕🖕🍺🍺
Proof that in some rivalries your stock goes up even when you put the other guy over...twice!
Their match at WM 19 was the true end of an era. A very few saw that coming.
I was hoping Austin was bluffing but he wasn't. He really was only going 1 more round.
Another classic video, thx man!
XV man those times for me were great I was 17 just enjoying life. Everything was fresh then.
Now I'm old and bitter but watching this nice to bring me back
Best buildup=15
Best match was=17
The Rocks best heel work and most emotional=19
The closest we got to this rivalry in the modern era is Omega vs Okada
No rivalry will ever be better than Stone Cold Steve Austin vs The Rock. The greatest rivalry in WWE history.
Hbk vs Bret was better
@@keynansanders7949 maybe but because Bret Hart and HBK made their rivalry professional and personal. However, I consider their rivalry in my top 10 best rivalries in WWE history.
What an intro!! 🤘 Really enjoying your videos