Stone Cold's Best WrestleMania Match?

[WWE Trademarked My Name]

Well considering all the love I've seen Austin/Rock's epic 2001 showdown getting, it made me wonder if it stood a chance against the match many feel made Austin, his WrestleMania 13 showdown with The Hitman. I, of course, included all his other WrestleMania matches since people just tend to have alternating tastes. Some may pick his match against Michaels due to it solidifying Austin as "the man" or maybe his final match against The Rock in 2003.

I'm undecided because I love the WM 13 and WM 17 matches almost equally, I'm probably going to have to review some footage before voting.

[Sonic...SonicTruth]

Austin/Rock at 17 is one of my top 5 mania matches ever. Just an all-out epic.


.....And even with that, it STILL loses out to Hart/Austin.

[WWE Trademarked My Name]

Mar 18, 2009 21:25:24 GMT -5 Sonic...SonicTruth said:

Austin/Rock at 17 is one of my top 5 mania matches ever. Just an all-out epic.


.....And even with that, it STILL loses out to Hart/Austin.

That's what makes it so damn tough for me to vote on my own poll. The epicness of these two matches are too overwhelming for me to pick one.

[Crappler El 0 M]

The 'I Quit" match with Bret Hart. If memory serves the posters on this board voted it as Austin's best match of all time. I believe the X-7 match with Rock was second, but it might have been behind the No Way Out match with Hunter.

[WWE Trademarked My Name]

Mar 18, 2009 21:28:45 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

I believe the X-7 match with Rock was second, but it might have been behind the No Way Out match with Hunter.

Damn, 2001 started off awesome. If only the Invasion didn't go wrong in so many ways.

[Crappler El 0 M]

Yeah, 2001 could have been the most exciting year ever. I guess we can blame AOL/Time Warner contracts or WWE's unwillingness to spend the big money to buy out some of these contracts or bringing in Flair, nWo, Bischoff, Goldberg, and/or Steiner earlier to be a part of the InVasion angle. Had these players been brought in and WCW allowed to be an actual worthy competitor, then we could still have the WCW name today. They wouldn't have had to bring all these people out at once either, but could spread them out throughout the early months of the InVasion.

However, this is a rambling on and not germane to a topic on Austin's best Mania match.

[The Summer of Muskrat XVII]

Went with 13, but his XIX match with Rocky is 2nd for me

[El Hijo del Havoc]

1. Vs Bret Hart (WM 13)
2. Vs Shawn Michaels (WM 14)
3. Vs The Rock (WM 17)

It seems hard to believe, but Austin actually had alot of really good matches

[Crappler El 0 M]

It seems hard to believe, but Austin actually had alot of really good matches

I'm curious why you said, "It seems hard to believe." He was very good in the ring. I did notice a difference after the neck injury with Owen (and as his neck continued to get worse), but he continued to put on great matches because he adapted his style slightly to include more brawling and striking.

[Robbymac]

Mar 18, 2009 21:25:24 GMT -5 Sonic...SonicTruth said:

Austin/Rock at 17 is one of my top 5 mania matches ever. Just an all-out epic.


.....And even with that, it STILL loses out to Hart/Austin.

Not to give anything away, but I'm currently working on a project that involves ranking every Wrestlemania match in history.

The Rock-Austin epic ranks #4 through 18 Wrestlemanias

But Hart-Austin is #1

[Sir Woodrow]

Austin/Rock Wrestlemania 19 what a way to end an era.

[superkickkid]

You know, it is really sad that Shawn was so injured in his match with Austin because I believe they could have had an all time classic.

Granted Shawn Michaels still pulled out a heck of a match for the fact that his back was destroyed.

[animalboy]

WM17

[salTy]

Mar 18, 2009 21:51:08 GMT -5 El Hijo del Havoc said:

1. Vs Bret Hart (WM 13)
2. Vs Shawn Michaels (WM 14)
3. Vs The Rock (WM 17)

It seems hard to believe, but Austin actually had alot of really good matches

I can't recall Austin ever having a bad match myself.

But anyway, Austin v. Hart wins.

[thedavefather]

WM 13 and WM 17 matches are both on my top 10 matches of all time list. Both are simply amazing in every way, but Austin vs Bret is my #2 match of all time behind the first Hell in a Cell. I would rank Austin vs HBK as the third best Austin WM match cause of HBK's amazing performance with a broken back. Painful to watch!

[El Hijo del Havoc]

Mar 18, 2009 21:54:57 GMT -5 Crappler El 0 M said:

It seems hard to believe, but Austin actually had alot of really good matches

I'm curious why you said, "It seems hard to believe." He was very good in the ring. I did notice a difference after the neck injury with Owen (and as his neck continued to get worse), but he continued to put on great matches because he adapted his style slightly to include more brawling and striking.

Because I get the impression on this board that the only good Stone Cold was before the neck injury. And after that, he became generic brawler #214

[Celgress]

No question 'bout VS Hart at 'Mania 13. What a fantastic match, with a fantastic story line behind it. Those were the days. *sigh*

[steamboat1]

Hart-Austin and its not even close

["UnHoly AltarBoy" Tyler Shane]

I had to go with Austin/Michaels. I love this match, and the story behind it. And Shawn did a HELL of a job, considering his back's shape going into it. The only downfall being Mike Tyson, IMO.

[Long Live the Stream]

I know this might be blasphemy but I always thought the match with Bret was a little overrated. Great, but overrated. I'm going with X7 against the Rock.