This match shouldnt, by rights, be anywhere near a list like this: a grudge match between two megastars, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H, the latter at the height of his heelish prime. As the blow-off match at No Way Out in February 2001, the WWF gave us a massively gimmicked spectacle: a Three Stages Of Hell match, essentially a two-out-of-three falls match where each fall had a separate concept - a straight singles match, a street fight and a cage match. The whole two-out-of-three falls idea is a dead giveaway, obviously: everyone knows itll go to three falls, or theres no point in running it, especially when each fall has its own exciting twist. As soon as Austin won the singles match, it was obvious to anyone with half a brain that Triple H had to win the street fight, or there wouldnt be any cage match. Its the cage match thats the problem, though: or, rather, the screwy finish. The powers that be had apparently decided that this climactic match to determine a definitive winner in a blood feud between two of the biggest stars of the era should have no definitive winner but that the history books would call it for Triple H, regardless. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x113irp_stone-cold-steve-austin-vs-triple-h-3-stages-of-hell-no-way-out-2001_sport The layout of each match is thrilling, and both men give it everything theyve got so the double knockout finish is ridiculous, and devalues everything theyve accomplished together in the ring. Austin goes down like hes been shot, but Triple H performs a version of the Flair flop, and collapses onto Austins prone form, getting the pinfall by accident. Finishing in such a contrived fashion ripped the heart and the heat right out of the match, and the feud. The babyface out for bloody vengeance didnt get it and that babyface had a rep for being the most vicious, unforgiving SOB in the company. It made no sense for the Rattlesnake to consider his grudge with the Game concluded after this.