20 Greatest WWE SmackDown Matches Ever

3. Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs Chris Benoit (May 31, 2001)

The 10 (ten) german suplexes Stone Cold Steve Austin took in this incredible WWE Championship encounter were a mark of the trust and respect he had for Chris Benoit when they viciously locked horns in 2001.

With former partner Triple H shelved weeks earlier, Austin took to battling 'The Crippler' and his partner Chris Jericho alone. The heel/babyface dynamic was knackered as a result, but it didn't prohibit the immense quality of the singles bouts. This intense affair was the pick of the bunch, with Benoit coming tantalisingly close to winning the top prize in his hometown before Austin stole the win with a tights-assisted roll-up.