10 Money Matches WWE Rushed To Give Away For Free
2. Steve Austin Vs. The Rock (23 March 1998, Raw)
If you've forgotten all about this one, don't be too hard on yourself. Everybody else did.
The same week Steve Austin would topple Shawn Michaels and become the new face of the WWF, he wrestled The Rock on Raw in a short, unmemorable main event. It marked the latest chapter in a feud that'd been blighted by Austin's inability to work proper matches following a career-threatening broken neck the prior year.
In March 1998 however, Austin was back on his game and raring to assume the mantle of WWF Champ. It was a bit illogical, then, to see him blast through Rocky (who was the reigning Intercontinental Champion) and his entire Nation Of Domination backup en route to 'Mania without so much as even a thought towards the future.
The WWF would have been better served writing a short double DQ or count out that kept Austin looking hot without beating The Rock. Then, in the aftermath of Austin's WrestleMania glory and when HBK disappeared, Rock would have been able to crow about how he was the true champion.