10 Best WWE Matches That Happened Outside America

10. The Rock Vs Stone Cold - Rebellion

2001 was centred around two things in WWE: the Invasion angle and the feud between The Rock and Stone Cold.

At WrestleMania X-Seven - still regarded as the finest in WrestleMania history - Austin defeated The Rock to capture the WWF Championship after a shocking deal with the Devil as he sided with long-time nemesis Vince McMahon to the shock of fans worldwide. Austin’s habit of forming strange alliances continued later in the year as the increasingly paranoid Rattlesnake turned his back on the WWF and joined the ECWCW Alliance at Invasion, setting Stone Cold back at loggerheads with Vince McMahon and The Rock.

At this point, WWF/E was running semi-regular UK exclusive pay-per-view events with Sky Box Office and in 2001 Rebellion came from the Manchester Arena and was headlined by another match for the title between the two biggest stars in the business. The event was not long before the pivotal winner takes all Survivor Series, so tensions between the Alliance and WWF were palpable and suspicions over potential double-crosses were at fever pitch - and with good reason. The Rock and Austin fought in front of a rabid Manchester crowd in a match full of ref bumps and interference.

A staple of this wild era.